Throwing down moneylenders tables in the temple is pretty unambiguous. How many times did Jesus show violence or aggression? That’s the only one I can think of really.
Though he did throw out some wicked burns a time or two.
> > How many times did Jesus show violence or aggression? That’s the only one I can think of really.
> I think you might be forgetting about the bulk of the Old Testament
I'm pretty certain Jesus Christ does not show violence or aggression in the OT even as much as the one time being described as him showing violence or aggression in the NT.
I mean, I think that's a necessary consequence of a pretty fundamental element of the OT vs. NT distinction.
> 1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2. He was in the beginning with God. 3. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. (John 1:1-3)
> I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8).
> And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment” (Revelation 21:6).
> “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end” (Revelation 22:13).
Jesus is a New Testament figure and very explicitly broke with the past in key ways. This is why his followers are not required to keep kosher, commit genocide, or abstain from having tattoos or mixed fiber clothing.
No, they're not required to keep kosher, commit genocide, or abstain from having tattoos or mixed fiber clothing because he fulfilled the law, not because he replaced it[1].
Furthermore Jesus was the God of the Old Testament, at least if you accept the New Testament as scripture[2].
[1]: "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." --Matthew 5:17
Your first paragraph is repeating my point: Christians are not bound by the same rules as the Jews in the Old Testament.
As for the second, you’re leaving out the last couple of millennia of Christians debating the exact nature of God and fissuring into different groups over the details. Most variants recognize some difference between the OT and NT gods, however, because you have to explain the difference in their actions and instructions.
Though he did throw out some wicked burns a time or two.