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artgnome - 2004-03-08 16:13:44
His torture and death was totally historically accurate. His punishment was common of the Roman Empire...crucifixion was common, as were beatings with whips laced with broken glass and nails. To the Romans, torture and punishment were entertainment, and they were skilled and cruel in their practice of it. The difference in the case of Jesus, is that He was innocent of all charges, and allowed to happen what was fortold in the book of Isaiah, chapter 53, 700 years before His birth. That the old testament, blood sacrifice of His death took on the sins of the world and redeemed us, as animal sacrifice did for Jews before His coming. Under Roman rule, people were boiled in oil, burned at stakes, fed to starving wild animals (such as lions and tigers). All done in colliseums for live audiences. Such brutality kept masses of people in fear, and under control. Herod was basically royalty, overindulged and spoiled from birth, and every bit the aristocrat of his day. His portrayal was also accurate of to nobility of his day and time. Think of the wealthy socialites of our time and their behaviour, and see how history only repeats itself. Wealthy Romans indulged in pulbic bingeing/purging, orgies, and homosexuality. This was government all the way up through the dark ages, the Renaissance, The Crusades. This type of abuse of power caused the French Revolution and the Guillotine, and the passionate quests of Joan of Arc and William Wallace.
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