Jesus: Messiah or Myth? - Book - Page 34
As if Paul the Apostle hadn’t done enough damage to
cause people to doubt the message the God of Israel gave to
the Jews in the Torah, the Roman Emperor Constantine took
the confusion to a whole new level.
Constantine ruled the Roman Empire from 306 to 337
AD. During his reign he was said to have had a vision of Jesus
and the Cross, which he took as a sign to denounce the
paganism he grew up with and convert to Christianity. The
history books tell us he went on to make Christianity the
official religion of the Roman Empire.
But based on the Arch he erected in Istanbul, Turkey to
pay homage to his military victories, it’s doubtful Constantine
was a Christian at all.
Up until a few years ago, no one had been allowed to
examine the arch up close. But investigative journalist Simcha
Jacobovici was recently granted permission to examine it for
his research.
Upon his inspection of the arch, Simcha says there is
not one trace of Christianity on the monument, which details
Constantine’s military victories. However, the structure is full
of pagan symbols, such as a winged goddess of victory and
Roma, the Goddess of Rome.
Simcha believes that based on what he saw on the
arch, Constantine was faking his Christian conversion and only
made it the official religion of Rome to gain favor with Roman
soldiers in his army who were believers in Christ.
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