1. The First Christians 10-1

2. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
During the 900’s BC David and Solomon united the Israelites creating the kingdom of Israel

3. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
The Capital was Jerusalem at that time.
Israel then divided into 2 kingdoms: Israel and Judah

4. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
The kingdom would be short lived being conquered by the Assyrians, Chaldeans and Egyptians

5. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
63 BC the Romans took over Judah.
In 6 AD the Emperor Augustus would turn Judah into the Roman Province Judaea

6. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
Instead of a king, a Procurator ruled the new province.
Procurator- Roman governor who ruled a province

7. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
In 66 AD Jewish people called zealots took up arms against Rome thinking they should take their land back.

8. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
Rome brutally crushed the rebellion
The Romans destroyed the Jewish temple
Killed thousands of Jews

9. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
A Jewish general named Josephus fought in the war but later sided with the Romans and wrote The History of the Jewish War

10. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
The Jewish people once more rebelled in 132 AD.
The Romans then forced the Jews to leave Jerusalem and banned them forever from returning to the city.

11. The First Christians Jews and the Romans
By 700 AD the Jews had scattered and set up communities in Spain and as far East as central Asia.
In later centuries they would settle throughout Europe and the Americas.
They would be persecuted wherever they went.
Quiz 10-1A

12. The First Christians Jesus of Nazareth
During the time of the Roman occupation of Judaea (Judah) many Jewish people hoped God would send a Messiah
Messiah- In Judaism a deliverer sent by God.

13. The First Christians Jesus of Nazareth
They wanted this Messiah to help win back their freedom.
Many Jewish people expected the Messiah to be a great leader like David A

14. The First Christians Jesus of Nazareth
3 Decades before the first Jewish revolt, Jesus of Nazareth left his home and began preaching.
Jesus preached from 30 AD to 33 AD throughout Judaea and Galilee.
Galilee -Area North of Judaea

15. The First Christians Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus assembled a close band of followers called disciples
Much of what is known about the life of Jesus is found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible

16. The First Christians Jesus of Nazareth
The main points of Jesus’ message comes from what is known as the Sermon on the Mount
A person had to love and forgive from the heart
Love your neighbor as yourself.
These ideas were embedded in the Jewish environment in which Jesus preached

17. The First Christians Jesus of Nazareth
To give his message Jesus often spoke with parables
Parables- stories in everyday life to express spiritual ideas

18. The First Christians Jesus of Nazareth
Very little is known about the years of Jesus’ life after age 12 until age 30 p.3