2007-11-26 13:50:53 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
you need to watch this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f5Hc4Ea3nTY
2007-11-26 13:55:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me ask you this: Where exactly is the Roman army?
They're gone. The Roman empire was brought down, and it no longer exists...so the Roman army was probably trashed at some point.
As for freeing slaves, just take a look at American history.
What about slaves in the other parts of the world? Yes, there are people working to free them from their chains. If you are concerned by this, go help them as well.
In a spiritual sense, yes, Jesus can free slaves. I was a slave to sin and anguish. He freed me of both and gave me a life I never would've been able to dream of.
2007-11-26 22:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by Din-din 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
Why should he have. As man on earth he needed the Empire. Actually he came at a good time in World history because:
1) You had the Roman Empire, Pax Romana, a terrific road system for trade and commerce.
2) The first universal language, Koine Greek so one could communicate all over the Empire.
60 years before the birth of Jesus, Judea was in a awful civil war like state and actually the Romans, after being tech advisors to help the Jews overthrow the Greek Kings had been invited in to mediate a civil strife there
between the aristocracy and priests. In time they said the Jews couldn't rule themselves and stayed giving them some autonomy. Jews had special status with the Romans and were not slaves. There were factions who hated Romans there but others who thought they were great.
That said, he had no reason to crush Rome as his Kingdom was not of this world and given the track records of Herod the Great and Herod Antipas his fate would have been no different had they ruled the roost 100%. The situation mentioned above, allowed the easy spread of the gospel for the first time.
I do not try worrying about freedom of slaves in ancient times. Whether we like it or not in the late 20th century, slavery was a necessary and legal institution in those days. It was based on conquest or punishment for resistance or rebellion but was not color or racially motivated.
Cheers,
Michael Kelly
2007-11-26 22:16:05 · answer #3 · answered by Michael Kelly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are the slaves of Rome? Where is the Roman army?
Oh, the slaves were freed, and the Roman army got trashed, huh?
Question answered.
2007-11-26 22:00:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus can do whatever God Chooses for Him to do, for whatever purpose God sees fit. If Jesus came and freed every slave, raised all that were dead, and forced mankind to behave like robots and be peaceful and civil, then what would the point of faith be? Free choice, as much as the non-believer might make fun of the concept, is key to our belief as Christians. My God gives each of us a choice, and gives us only as much information and evidence as we need.
2007-11-26 21:54:55 · answer #5 · answered by Scott B 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm no bible-thumper but basically Jesus brought down the Roman Empire.
2007-11-26 22:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by Peter R 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That wasn't His mission. His purpose for coming was to deal with our most basic problem. Sin. If He said He came to free the slaves (which He ultimately did do for every slave who found liberation in Christ) and slay the Roman army and didn't do it, then we would have every reason to doubt Him. But He came to deal with our chief enemy, our sin which keeps us from God. He proved that He conquered it by rising from the dead. All who trust in Him will ultimately overcome sin as well. Wars don't come from good religion, but bad, perverted ones. They come from man's desire to lust for land, oil, money, etc. Please don't blame God, that's a copout. We are to blame. We have been created in God's image and we have blown it. God sent His Son to redeem us out of bondage to ourselves and give us new life in Christ. All He asks us to do is repent and believe.
2007-11-26 22:05:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To show humanity that salvation is only possible through Him, meaning purification, new heart and spirit, cleansed--He can raise us from our death in injustice, hate, violence and general lack of love of others.We are given free choice to choose Him or choose death which is the true definition of sin because we are condemed to live eternity seperated from God if we reject His son Jesus Christ.
2007-11-26 21:58:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is a a peaceful man. He doesn't use violence, for the reason that it cames from Satan himself. Jesus can't free slaves because he hasn't met any slaves yet.
2007-11-26 22:01:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So your point is because Jesus isn't doing the things you would do if you were Jesus - then Jesus must not have been the Son of God?!?
Why because now you are so wise - you can easily ascertain the will of the Son of God, in whom you don't even believe?!?
You people have your nerve, I'll give you that.
2007-11-26 21:59:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is why the Jews rejected Him. But that is also why He rejected them.
They did not want God to rule over them. They wanted a human king for their own glory and lust.
This is inherently your problem. You want a God to satisfy all of your wishes like some Genie out of a bottle, but you do not want Him to rule over you.
In the end, you will suffer the same fate as the unbelieving Jews, if you fail to repent.
2007-11-26 21:57:03 · answer #11 · answered by realchurchhistorian 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋