Life was not easy for Christians in the first century. Jesus, the one whom they proclaimed was the promised Messiah, had come and gone, yet they had not experienced the "golden age" of God's kingdom they had expected. Rome was still in firm control of Israel and most of the known world. Christians were facing increasing persecution for their beliefs. Things were supposed to be better now that God's kingdom had been ushered in by Jesus on earth...
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