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Simply Jesus: The Bible Study Study Sheet 1 By Rev. Fr. Dustin Lyon Introduction Wright, NT. Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters. New York: HarperOne, 2011. The Roman Storm •
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1,000 years of history o Roman Kingdom (8th century BC – 509 BC) o Roman Republic (509 BC – 27 BC) o Roman Empire (27 BC – 476 AD [Western], 1453 AD [Eastern]) Gaius Julius Caesar (49 BC – 44 BC) o First Triumvirate ("three men") (Caesar, Crassus, Pompey) o Caesar’s Civil War and the Battle of Pharsalus (9 August 48 BC) o Caesar becomes a title (Kaiser/Tsar) o Divine Status Octavian (August Caesar) (27 BC – 14 AD) o 2nd Triumvirate (Octavian, Lepidus, Mark Antony) o Battle Actium (2 September 31 BC) and Egypt o Augustus (worthy of honor) and “Son of god” and pontifex maximus o The STORY of Rome = great climax at last (Pax Augusta/Romana) o Virgil Eclogues 4. o The Good News: “We have an Emperor! Justice, Peace, Security, and Prosperity are ours forever! The Son of God has become King of the World!” Tiberius (42 BC – 37 AD) o Coin: “Augustus Tiberius Caesar, son of the Divine Augustus” & Pontifix Maximus Middle East o Important for its grain (like today’s USA dependent on oil) o Vital to keep under control (cf., see above, “The Good News”) 1 The Jewish Storm •
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On going drama, of which they were actors, BUT it had a GOAL o Prospective eschatology, looking FORWARD to a golden-­‐age = freedom, justice, and peace. It was there’s by right. Story of the Exodus o Slavery o Passover and Red Sea o Desert o Promised Land Creation and Covenant o God made world o Called Israel to be his people o Reorder world to rescue his people, Israel Empires o Out of Egypt to Promised Land § Northern Israel/United Monarchy (930 – 720 BC) § Judah (Judea) (930 – 586 BC) o Assyrian (conquered Northern Israel in 720 BC) o Babylon (conquered Judah in 586 BC and Temple destroyed) o Persia (conquered Babylon in 539 BC) o Greeks (conquered Persia in 330 BC) o Rome (Pompey conquered Jerusalem in 63 BC) 2