Christianity

What is the religion we call Christianity? Christianity is a major religion in our world, which developed from Judaism. Christianity started about 2000 years ago in Judea, or today’s Israel. Jesus Christ and His faithful team of followers began the trend. In this time, Judea was home to extremely busy cities, farms, and different cultures. The ruler was the emperor of Rome, John the Baptist. At that time, the Jews despised Roman rule. Rome’s cultural belief of having many gods was against the beliefs of Jews. Some Jews saw their only hope to be to submit themselves to this change. Other Jews became very committed to their religion and resisted Roman rule. Yet, others decided to study the Jewish law and wait for their promised Messiah, savior, to come.

Jesus preached in Israel during the time of Augustus, urging a purification of the Jewish religion that would free Israel and establish the kingdom of God on earth. He urged a moral code based on love, charity, and humility, and he asked the faithful to follow his lessons, abandoning worldly concern. Many disciples believed that a Final Judgment day was near at hand, on which God would reward the righteous with immortality and condemn sinners to everlasting hell.

Jesus was a Jew. He observed the Jewish faith and was well acquainted