Before JESUS CHRIST [son of Mary] began preaching the people in Palestine regarded him as a human like themselves. When he begin preaching to his people the Jews they divided into two groups; The first group believed in him and accepted his message; they believed that he was human prophet sent to them by God. The second group rejected him and did not believe in him; they accused him of being a false prophet. A few years after Jesus was taken up to heaven, along came Paul, who claimed that Jesus was God and the son of God. His followers became a third group.