Now Revealed: The True History of the Early Christian Church - Chapter I - May 1967

Ronald D Kelly

Roman banners were flying over every city from the Atlantic to the Euphrates. The clatter of horse's hooves, the rumble of war machines, the cadence of marching legions, had long since been a familiar sight to the inhabitants of Palestine. For years prior to the birth of Christ, Roman armies waged bloody wars bringing every nation in the then civilized world under the banner of Rome. By 4 B.C., when Jesus Christ was born, Judea had already been brought under subjections. The entire empire was prosperous and AT PEACE. Roman armies of occupation now busied themselves with games, tournaments, gambling and talking over valiant battles of the past. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library