The first persecutions of Christians was in 67AD under Nero the sixth Emperor of Rome. This wasn't a religious persecution so much as he blamed the Christians for setting Rome on fire even though it was he that set it on fire.
The second persecution of Christians was in 81AD under Emperor Domitian. He commanded all the lineage of David be put to death. Simeon was bishop of Jerusalem and was crucified, John was boiled in oil and afterward was exiled to Patmos. Domitian made a law that no Christian, once brought before the tribunal, should be exempted from punishment without renouncing his religion. We will see this in Chapter 13 as this Roman law still exist in the end times.
Christians were forced to meet in the wilderness places, in caves and in mountains. Some met in the catacombs as they hid themselves from Roman persecutions.
Papal Rome ruled from 538AD with Emperor Justinian's decree and under the military protection of Belisarius and the beast until the deadly wound came in 1798 by General Berthier who made his entrance into Rome and abolished the papal government and established a secular one. There were over 500,000,000 Christians killed between 538 and 1798. In 1929 the deadly wound was healed when Mussolini gave the Vatican back to the Pope and established it as a country in it's own right in the Lateran Treaty. Today the Vatican has formal diplomatic relations with almost every country in the world.
Luke 21:24 Jesus spoke of the destruction of Jerusalem as they would fall by the sword and be led captive into all nations and Jerusalem would be trodden down of the Gentiles until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled. This happened in 70AD with the destruction of the temple by the hands of the Romans.
On May 15, 1948 Israel became a nation again
When Jerusalem was captured by Israel in the 1967 war Israel's secular government returned control of the Temple Mount to the Muslims. Ever since Jerusalem has been fighting to get the Temple Mount back and build a new temple and this will happened as prophecy given that this is where Satan will literally take his seat as he gives power, authority and this seat to the beast we will study about in Chapter 13.
Revelation 11:1, 2 explains when the time of the Gentiles will come to an end as the outer court is turned over to the Gentiles and the holy city Jerusalem will be tread under foot for three and a half years. During this time once again the Roman Empire will take control of the temple in Jerusalem and they will bring back the sacrifices in the last part of the three and a half years or at the end of Daniels seventy week vision in Daniel chapter 9. This sacrifice they make is not the sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin, but will be a sacrifice in that of persecuting Christians to death as they refuse to take the mark of the beast. The fulfillment of the times of the Gentile is that of the Gentiles that will not repent as they fulfill the prophecy of the beast and the false prophet that are thrown into the lake of fire with Satan at Gods final judgment.
Many Gentiles have come to Christ through that of Paul's preaching the word to them and many are added daily since this time of Paul's first missionary trip. Acts 15:14 Simeon declared how God at first did visit the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name as we read this also in Acts chapters 13-15 during Paul's first missionary trip. Israel was to proud as being Gods chosen people to accept a lowly meek Messiah as they were waiting for a Priestly King as in a king that had material riches. God turned to the Gentiles who were humble enough to receive salvation through Gods grace even though they did not deserve it. God was looking for a nation or people He could have mercy upon that would humble themselves before Him. Israel thinking since they are Gods chosen people deserved Gods favor, but yet rejected the Messiah set forth before them.
Paul explains the Israelite were provoked to jealousy when the word of God was brought to the Gentiles as we read in Romans 11:11-24.
The second persecution of Christians was in 81AD under Emperor Domitian. He commanded all the lineage of David be put to death. Simeon was bishop of Jerusalem and was crucified, John was boiled in oil and afterward was exiled to Patmos. Domitian made a law that no Christian, once brought before the tribunal, should be exempted from punishment without renouncing his religion. We will see this in Chapter 13 as this Roman law still exist in the end times.
Christians were forced to meet in the wilderness places, in caves and in mountains. Some met in the catacombs as they hid themselves from Roman persecutions.
Papal Rome ruled from 538AD with Emperor Justinian's decree and under the military protection of Belisarius and the beast until the deadly wound came in 1798 by General Berthier who made his entrance into Rome and abolished the papal government and established a secular one. There were over 500,000,000 Christians killed between 538 and 1798. In 1929 the deadly wound was healed when Mussolini gave the Vatican back to the Pope and established it as a country in it's own right in the Lateran Treaty. Today the Vatican has formal diplomatic relations with almost every country in the world.
Luke 21:24 Jesus spoke of the destruction of Jerusalem as they would fall by the sword and be led captive into all nations and Jerusalem would be trodden down of the Gentiles until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled. This happened in 70AD with the destruction of the temple by the hands of the Romans.
On May 15, 1948 Israel became a nation again
When Jerusalem was captured by Israel in the 1967 war Israel's secular government returned control of the Temple Mount to the Muslims. Ever since Jerusalem has been fighting to get the Temple Mount back and build a new temple and this will happened as prophecy given that this is where Satan will literally take his seat as he gives power, authority and this seat to the beast we will study about in Chapter 13.
Revelation 11:1, 2 explains when the time of the Gentiles will come to an end as the outer court is turned over to the Gentiles and the holy city Jerusalem will be tread under foot for three and a half years. During this time once again the Roman Empire will take control of the temple in Jerusalem and they will bring back the sacrifices in the last part of the three and a half years or at the end of Daniels seventy week vision in Daniel chapter 9. This sacrifice they make is not the sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin, but will be a sacrifice in that of persecuting Christians to death as they refuse to take the mark of the beast. The fulfillment of the times of the Gentile is that of the Gentiles that will not repent as they fulfill the prophecy of the beast and the false prophet that are thrown into the lake of fire with Satan at Gods final judgment.
Many Gentiles have come to Christ through that of Paul's preaching the word to them and many are added daily since this time of Paul's first missionary trip. Acts 15:14 Simeon declared how God at first did visit the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name as we read this also in Acts chapters 13-15 during Paul's first missionary trip. Israel was to proud as being Gods chosen people to accept a lowly meek Messiah as they were waiting for a Priestly King as in a king that had material riches. God turned to the Gentiles who were humble enough to receive salvation through Gods grace even though they did not deserve it. God was looking for a nation or people He could have mercy upon that would humble themselves before Him. Israel thinking since they are Gods chosen people deserved Gods favor, but yet rejected the Messiah set forth before them.
Paul explains the Israelite were provoked to jealousy when the word of God was brought to the Gentiles as we read in Romans 11:11-24.