![]() ![]() While Jerusalem was the symbolic center of Christianity, Antioch became the hub from which the first missionary journeys were launched. Antioch was a melting pot city, a kind of San Fransisco of the ancient world. In part 3 (34:00-44:00), Tim outlines a few famous stories in Acts, like Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch and Paul visiting Antioch. This is exactly how the early Christians were viewed. Tim comments that every culture has their norms, their accepted beliefs, and those who choose to break away or live outside of those cultural norms will be thought of as strange and potentially undermining the culture they live in. Jon asks if there are any modern cultural symbols that we hold to be true that could be equivalent to how the ancient Jews saw these laws. Jon says that it’s difficult for him to imagine the lives of ancient Jews and their customs. Peter’s vision on the rooftop, where God shows him that the kosher food laws no longer apply, would have been extremely offensive and destabilizing for ancient Jews. ![]() Peter and Paul both wake up to the reality of the risen Jesus in two different ways. Luke (the author) intentionally weaves stories of Peter and Saul/Paul together. ![]() This section is known as the persecution and scattering of the ancient church. There were more sects and messianic movements than just the ones that were explicitly covered in the Protestant Bible, and ancient Judaism had a whole spectrum of beliefs with nominal to radical followers. Tim responds saying that in fact, Judaism was extremely diverse. Jon comments that in his imagination, there were just two sects of Judaism, the Pharisees and the Sadducees. In part 1 (0-11:00), the guys briefly discuss the other Jewish messianic sects that were also in the ancient world. ![]()
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