The Hope of Rome

The Hope of Rome

The Hope of Rome. 

The ancient Hebrew prophecies spoke of a new kingdom that God would instigate during the fourth great world empire of the ancient world: the Roman Empire.  The great promise of that empire was this: that they would civilize the surrounding “barbarian” nations by conquering them.  Caesar began the process of “civilization” by conquering the Celts to the west of Rome.  But then….