![]() we should consider equal to the Beginning of all things. Here is more of what it says, which gives us insight into how they understood the “gospel” concerning Caesar Augustus: This inscription is found on a government building dating from 6 B.C. They declared to them that because of what someone else had done, they were set free! The Gospel of Caesar AugustusĪn inscription found in Priene, in modern-day Turkey, referring to Caesar Augustus says: “the birthday of has been for the whole world the beginning of the gospel (euangelion) concerning him.” (Priene 150.40-41) Heralds were sent out who proclaimed to those slaves that something had happened, which would change their lives forever. ![]() In the United States, when Abraham Lincoln signed the document which set the slaves in the southern states free, that news had to be taken and proclaimed in every city, town and farm in the South. Despite all odds, Greece managed to defeat Persia, and after the battle, Greece sent heralds to take the euangelion (proclamation of good news) out into every town and village in the country, to tell the people what had happened, and declare to them that they were free! Those heralds were “evangelists”. The setting of that first marathon was a battle in 490 B.C. I feel like I still have a lot to live for, hence my hesitation… I have run a few half marathons, and after those I felt half-dead, so we’ll see… I am considering running a marathon this year, and one of the things that I always keep in the back of my mind is that the person who ran the first marathon ran 42.2 kilometers (26.2 miles) to deliver a message, and upon completing this run, he DIED! In the Greco-Roman world, from the time of Alexander the Great and on into the Roman Empire, this word was used to refer to history-making, world-shaping reports of political, military, or societal victories. When we hear this word today, our minds immediately tend to associate it with spirituality in general, or Christianity in particular, but originally, this word was political in nature. “Gospel” is the English translation of the Greek word “euangelion” which means “news that brings great joy.” However, in the Bible, the word “gospel” doesn’t mean truth. ![]() In English vernacular, we have terms like “gospel-truth”, which means that something is absolutely true. ![]() the books which tell the story of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Maybe you’ve heard of “the gospel of Jesus Christ”, but have you ever heard of “the gospel of Caesar Augustus”?Īn ancient inscription which bears that phrase gives us understanding into what exactly the gospel of Jesus Christ is, and sheds light on the structure and content of the biblical “Gospels”, i.e. ![]()
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