In the second movie "Lives of Jesus: Jesus the Rebel", Mark Tully examines the economic and political climate which led Jesus to champion the poor and oppressed Filmed in the Holy Land, Rome and Ravenna, this program examines new evidence about the economic and social background to Jesus's mission. ... The poor even today are the most likely to fall into illness. ...
The Epistle to the Romans stands as a letter of encouragement and theology to a group of believers in and around Rome, a city that the Apostle Paul longed to visit. ... Beginning in Chapter 6, Verse 15, Paul poses a key question to the believers in Rome; "What then? ... Paul intends to combat the tendency of falling victim to the desires of the flesh. ... This word picture would immediately strike a chord among the members of the Church at Rome, who were very familiar with the intricacies and economy of slavery. Rome, the cultural and commercial capital of the Roman Empire, boasted a populati...
Revelation was written in the last 3rd of the 1st century clearly when the christians were being pressured by Rome to turn from their faith to the Roman emperor. ... Some think that the book was written around 64 AD, after the burning of Rome. ... Concluding with the fall of Babylon, the final battle, and the new Jerusalem. ... Upon breaking the seals the sun will turn black, the moon red like blood, stars will fall from the sky, and the people will hide from the wrath of God. ... The harshness of this wrath is not only to judge the people, but to force them to fall to their knees and repent. ...
The Church of Rome has managed to break sin down into differing degrees with differing consequences but similarly defines all types as an act or transgression against God2. ... They all fall into "action" categories, meaning the sinner in order for the sin to occur must perform some type of action. ... We fall victim, to an extent, to Satan because he is the ruler of our world. ... God, being just, sentenced us to death for our sinful transgression in the fall. ...
