"America is an empire.
And the Bible has a lot to say about empires.
Most of the Bible is a history told by people living in lands occupied by conquering superpowers. It's a book written from the underside of power. It's an oppression narrative. The majority of the Bible was written by a minority of people living under the rule and reign of massive, mighty empires, from the Egyptian empire to the Babylonian Empire to the Persian Empire to the Assyrian Empire.
This can make the Bible a very difficult book to understand if you are reading as a citizen of the most powerful empire the world has ever seen. Without careful study and reflection, and humility, it may even be possible to miss central themes of the Scriptures.
Because what's true of empires then is true of empires now."
Jesus Wants to Save Christians by Rob Bell
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