The Essenes lived out in the wilderness as they were against the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Levites i.e. Sanhedrin.

This is where in Zechariah 11, 'the poor of the flock knew it was the word of the Lord', when the Messiah came to destroy the 2nd temple - which had rivers of blood flowing out of it.

The Gospel of John was made up by the Sanhedrin to discredit Yeshua; where it contradicts the Synoptic Gospels & the Tanakh on purpose.

Christianity was first established in Antioch to Paul/Saul, and Simon petros's ministry according to Acts 11:25-26; this means the early Church were not called Christians, they all gave up wealth, and were called the Poor Ones (Ebionites) because of it.

John the Baptist & Yeshua came out of the Essenes (which is why their teachings were similar), and then the Essenes became part of the early Ebionite movement; yet because this became a threat to the Sanhedrin’s agreement with Rome, of paying vast amounts of taxes, they had to stifle this movement by any means possible - So John, Paul, and Simon the stumbling stone (petros) made up Christianity.

Yehoshua named Simon as petros (pebble/stumbling stone), as he knew he was Pharisaic in Matthew 16, when he said "you are the Christ the Son of the Living God", which is a Pharisaic ideology. When Simon rebuked Yehoshua like satan, this fulfilled Zechariah 3:1-2, and when he called him a stone (petros) that fulfilled Zechariah 3:9. The specific wording Yeshua used, 'on this stumbling stone (petros), and this rock (petras), I will build my church', is a citation of Isaiah 8:14.

James (Jacob) was given the early Church, which is why in the Gospel of Thomas it says, 'you are to go to James (Jacob) the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being", as the naming was specific.

The 'Teacher of Righteousness' was a prophesied utterance in their writings, that the Messiah would come to correct the religion from its corruptions since Babylon.

Many religions have a disciple/student system, as it is a part of the nature of oral teachings; yet in the Bible it was specific that the Teacher of Righteous/Immanuel would seal up his testimony among his Disciples (Isaiah 8:11-22).

The Q source was most likely the Ebionites oral memories/traditions, which then got documented by the authors of some of the Gospels - which is why it looks like plagiarising in some places.

It was prophesied in the Bed of Adultery (Isaiah 28:15+18), that Saul/Sheol would create a 'Covenant with Death' about the 'Chief Corner Stone'; this happened because the Pharisees believed that we had to pay God for atonement, whereas Christ came teaching that repentance (turning away) is all that is required for the forgiveness of sin.

Christ warned not to go after those like Paul who were appealing to everyone, like the fake prophets did; yet also that they will teach that 'the time is at hand' (ἐγγίζω/eggizō - Luke 21:8).

The reason Yeshua warned about 'nursing babies' in his eschatology (Matthew 24:19, Mark 13:17, Luke 21:23) , was it was prophesied in Zechariah 11:9 & Deuteronomy 28:53-55, that they'd eat each others flesh as the Curse of Moses was placed on them at the 2nd temple destruction - which happened within the Siege of Jerusalem.

Paul wasn't teaching "if someone comes along teaching another baptism"; it was 'if someone comes teaching a different Gospel, and even if it is an angel sent from Heaven, may they be accursed' (Galatians 1:8). Basically Saul is playing the role of the devil, and setting up the Gentiles, where when he says if God sends an angel with divine authority, Saul/Sheol (Hell) stands against that.

Rather than seeing it as "picking & choosing", as I've also often been accused of too, it is to recognize that the Bible is a morality IQ exam; where the Law is a standard, and the New Testament is the test papers. Where the Synoptic Gospels are the Wheat/Sheep, and the Tares/Goats are on the right (John, Acts, Paul, Simon petros) - where then James, Jude, and Revelation are against the prophesied Pharisaic Christian corruptions.

Take into account the Sanhedrin's Babylonian diet (alcohol & meat) was condemned by many spiritual movements, whereas 'entheogens' were endorsed as a way 'to find God within' - the Pharisaic corruptions were purposely made up, to indoctrinate people back into their religion. 🤔💗😇