roman coins

[glow]

Hi I had a person tell me the other day the roman coins that were used in Christ time had stamped on them, Cesar was the son of God. Is that true?

[SteveF]

Hi glow, it’s my understanding that it’s true. At the time of Christ, once an Emperor died he was believed to have become a deity. Thus the son of the dead Emperor would become a “son of god”. After the time of Christ, Emperor’s eventually started claiming deity while they were still alive.

Steve

[glow]

Thank you for that information.

I asked this question becasue this person said to me, he felt that was one of the reasons all the arguing went on when Christ flipped over the tables etc. when he was angry folks were selling etc. in His Fathers House.

The roman coins, that were being used and exchanged said on them Cesar was the son of God.So that angered Him. And also politically , that is why the romans were so angry at Christ because he threatened Cesar who "was" the son of God to them.

[steve]

Hi Glow,

Good to see you back with us on the forum. I guess you never made the "jump" from the old forum to here until now. I don't think it was the writing on the coins that Jesus was upset by, since He would have as much reason to object to it whether it was in the temple or elsewhere. I think He was reacting to the exploitation of workers by salespeople and money-changers. He referred to them as "thieves" (Matt.21:13).

As for the Romans being angered at Christ for usurping the divine honors of the Caesars, you may be referring to the eventual opposition to Christianity that was expressed in the persecution of the church by later emperors, and I think this would be correct. When Jesus walked the earth, the Romans never seemed to have any objections to Him.

[glow]

Hi Steve,

Yes, you are right regarding the "jump" to over here.I think I actually found it through your facebook page and it was on there...Nice to read all about you etc.!I am on there too.
Thought about adding you as a friend

Actually I was checking out an art gallery to see if I'd want to hang anything in it and got into a discussion with the owner. I love the way God orchestrates things. It turned out he was an atheist or gnostic, hard to fully decipher.

He was using the coin as an example in a position he was taking with me to prove Christ and what was going on around him was not really anything amazing spiritually(and all the other stances he was taking with me)beyond Christ was a teacher or person etc. that He was just getting in the middle of politics.
He had quite alot of twists and turns, but being the Holy Spirit knows em all, He guided me in keeping my cool and being compassionate.
It did get me to searching for your discussion board again and thought I'd ask this coin question because I did wonder about it. A little bit of deceit can go long way!

[steve]

Debby,

Feel free to add me as a Facebook friend. I'm not particular. I'll take all the friends I can get!