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Introduction
Greetings...
God’s faithful children have a goal, the same goal as our theme of these lessons, to have “Open Eyes” to God through His Word ().
We have gotten to know God and His love for us better when we examined God in creation and over the last two weeks as we have looked at the “Scheme of Redemption.”
Today we are going to look at how God providentially used several different world empires to impact the fulness of time.
God’s Use Of Medo-Persian Empire
The Medo-Persian empire overthrew the great Babylon empire.
This was prophesied about by three many prophets.
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The Medo-Persian empire’s impact on the scheme of redemption.
Dan 5:
The greatest impact this empire had on the “fulness of time” was its actions towards those it conquered.
Before the Medo-Persian empire the two major empires before “came, destroyed, and dispersed everyone” with the hopes of making those conquered into Assyrians or Babylonians.
Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Elder (king of the Medo-Persian empire) was different because he “respected the customs and religions of the lands he conquered.”
Cyrus II was different, not out of chance, but because God was with him, he knew it, and was listening to God.
Cyrus II was different, not out of chance, but because God was with him, he knew it, and was listening to God.
We don’t know when Cyrus knew about the God of heaven or that he was leading him but at some point this became clear, just like it did with king Nebuchadnezzar.
Summery
The greatest impact wasn’t allowing the Hebrew remnant to go home, it was the new development of allowing the conquered to keep practicing their religion and customs.
Both the Greek and Roman empires adopted versions of this plan.
This would allow for the gospel to be “preached to every creature under heaven” () without the fear of governmental persecution at first.
God’s Use Of The Greek Empire
The Greek empire overthrew the Medo-Persian empire.
Alexander the Great began where his father Philip had left off, in putting an end to the Persian empire and expanding the empire.
This too was foretold by God to Daniel.
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There is no biblical or secular information that suggests any Greek king had God directly or indirectly speaking to them and telling them what He desired of them.
The Greek empire’s impact on the scheme of redemption.
By far the most significant impact the Greek empire had on the “fulness of time” was language.
Cicero, a first century BC Roman stated, “Greek is read in almost all nations; Latin is confined by its own narrow boundaries.”
(http://www.diktuon.com/smelser_j/ntchronc.htm)
The Greek language was so dominant that even the Jews asked for the LXX to be made because they were much more familiar with Greek than Hebrew.
Of the 300 plus O.T. quotes in the N.T. about 85% are from the LXX and not the original Hebrew or Aramaic.
Summery
God used the Greek empire to create a universal language that could allow for the gospel to be preached without the need for miracles.
Remember just because miracles, like tongues, existed doesn’t mean that “everyone” had this spiritual gift, nor was it “widely needed.”
In almost all of the book of Acts we don’t see the need for tongue speaking in Paul’s travels.
God’s Use Of The Roman Empire
The Roman empire overthrew the Greek empire.
The Roman empire was the largest empire to ever exist or will exist.
The only “kingdom” to grow larger than the Roman empire is the Lord’s church (, ).
This empire was prophesied about roughly 500 plus years before it came into existence.
The Roman empire is the legs of iron and feet of iron and clay in king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.
Dan 2:
The Roman empire’s impact on the scheme of redemption.
There are two specific things that God used the Roman empire to do to help create the “fulness of time.”
First is security or “Pax Romana.”
“The Romans were so successful militarily that they soon had no one left to fight.
With Rome replacing Greece as the world super power, and having the power to subdue all nations and tribes of the known world, peace reigned.”
(http://bit.ly/2JfGcUg)
This allowed brethren pretty safe travels in spreading the gospel (Paul’s missionary journeys).
The Romans were so successful militarily that they soon had no one left to fight.
With Rome replacing Greece as the world super power, and having the power to subdue all nations and tribes of the known world, peace reigned.”
Second is the great roads.
To keep the empire under control they built such great roads that even today many still exist and can be walked upon.
These roads allowed missionaries to travel much quicker than had ever happened in history.
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God providentially used Rome to secure the land and build great roads so that the “fulness of time” would come.
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