Roman Empire
221On the Mount of Olives
21 Jul 2025
19:19¶ 61
“Yes, the Roman peace is going to be disrupted, and in the fall of Jerusalem there was a blip in the Roman peace and…”
21:28¶ 68
“Did it? Did it reach the Aztec empire? Aztecs didn’t even exist yet, but you know, the Americas and China and South Africa by…”
40:32¶ 131
“So Jesus has to do two things: get rid of Jerusalem as the typical representation of his work, and then take the keys back…”
208Cynic, Epic, Stoic, Skeptic
21 Oct 2024
21:43¶ 53
“Those are the kinds of things that Rome really had to deal with, because when you conquer a world where everybody has their own…”
23:26¶ 59
“For Rome it was a political necessity. You’re trying to administer an empire of dozens and dozens of client-states, conquered peoples, people of all…”
23:50¶ 60
“This is the kind of world that Jesus was born into. We have this very pragmatic empire with lots of military force working on…”
159The Restoration Era
20 Mar 2023
37:05¶ 131
“There were a lot of things that the pagans would just say, “No, we’re not doing that.” Again, Rome specifically said, “We don’t trust…”
36:45¶ 130
“In the days of Rome, they weren’t even directly accountable to Rome. Remember when Cyrenius was governor of Syria? That’s because it was part…”
9:12¶ 28
“They don’t have the civil authority, so the sanctions are different. Rome will allow them to stone someone who actually defiled the temple out…”
147The Course of Empire
5 Dec 2022
19:01¶ 76
“Then Rome just came along and picked up the pieces. It left the Jews alone mostly, except when they were being annoying. They didn’t…”
19:56¶ 78
“You read the book of Acts and Rome is not generally the villain. Rome is the one that keeps stepping in a sort of…”
17:40¶ 72
“This was a single humanistic man-centered culture that continued to develop. On one level the glory declined, but on another the sheer power and…”