The Political, Social and Religious Situation of Palestine During the First Century AD
The situation in Palestine at the time Jesus began his teaching was
very unstable and "ready for trouble". This was mainly because of the
Roman invasion, and because they still occupied the land. This meant
that there became definite different groups of people, who had
different beliefs and attitudes towards one another. Overall, there
were five different groups of people, who had differences between
themselves. I shall explain the five groups and state their beliefs
and attitudes, which led to trouble.
The first group is the Romans. They had conquered many lands before
the region of Palestine (now part of Israel). When the invaded to
conquer the land they did it by force, their army was very important
to them so pride was taken in it and so it became very powerful. When
they had conquered a place, you really had to give in to them because
they were so powerful, but when people gave in to the Romans their
rules were quite fair. They had their own religion and they let you
have yours. They built roads and cities, established law and order and
generally kept the peace.
Although the Jews may have submitted to Roman rule on the surface,
deep down they never gave in. They really hated the Romans because of
their religion, the fact they had to pay tax to the Romans and
probably the main reason - they were taking over and occupying their
country. The Jewish people who showed their hatred and tried
frequently to rebel against the Romans is the second group called the
Zealots.
The Zealots were Jewish people who wanted rid of the Romans, for the
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...ots hated the Romans and were
constantly trying to attack them, because their land was being stolen
from them and they could not worship properly. The Romans wanted to
take over peacefully, collect money from the people in the country and
every one to obey them - which made every one hate them. Finally the
people who only wanted to have more comfortable lives, all they wanted
was the Messiah that God had promised them. I think the ordinary
people would have disliked to some extent the Temple because it was
costing them money and before Jesus cam, no benefit to them.
The implications of each group's feelings meant that eventually,
sooner rather than later something was going to happen. Overall, I
think Jesus would either be loved, and seen as saving them, or hated,
and all of the people's bad feelings took out on him.
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