January 3

106 BCE:
Birthdate of Marcus Tullius, the Roman statesman and orator.  From the Jewish point of view he was just one
more anti-Semitic intellectual.  “He
denounced Judaism as a ‘barbarous superstition.’” He defended a Roman officia…

January
1

630:  Prophet Muhammad sets out
toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.  At first Mohammed “had hoped to find is main
supporters among the Jewish tribes” of Arabia. 
This can be seen in his early adoption …

DECEMBER 7

43 BCE: The famous orator Marcus Tullius Cicero
died.  Cicero was a Patrician, member of
the Senate and opponent of Julius Caesar. 
Following Caesar’s assassination, Mark Anthony and Octavian executed
those whom they viewed as ene…

December 3

311: Sixty-sixty-year-old Emperor Diocletian passed away.

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1368: Birthdate of Charles VI, the French king who would order the
expulsion of the Jews from his re…

November 30

1215: The Fourth Lateran Council which had been led by
Innocent III came to a close. The Fourth Lateran Council made the first
official use of the term “transubstantiation,” with reference to the
Eucharist (Lord’s Supper). The adoption of …

The Psalms or Songs of Ascent were sung by the pilgrims going yearly to Jerusalem for three designated feasts, and as they made their way up the incline to Jerusalem, they sang. In the previous study, we looked at some of the persecution that has come Israel’s way because Satan hates Israel and always has […]

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November
16

42
BCE: Birthdate of Tiberius, 2nd Roman emperor. The stepson of Augustus reigned
from 14 to 37 C.E. A competent general with a sour disposition, Tiberius came
to the thrown through the efforts of his pushy mother. Tiberius treatment of
th…