Were the believers Romans who eventually (over time) gave themselves to the Roman Empire, or were they just normal, common back-slidden God’s people who wanted to get involved in Rome’s politics and eventually partake of it’s riches?
What you have written just has the same feelings as when Israel wanted a king in I Samuel and when the took on foreign wives at Baal-Peor.
Billy M
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Hi Billy.
All people in the Empire, after about 200 or so – I forgot the year – were officially considered Roman citizens. Before that, just some of God’s people, like the apostle Paul held the distinction of Roman citizenship.
Pastor John