John's church struggles amid a terrible storm. Messiah amid violent times. The Roman tyranny brutalizes and oppresses the Jewish people. This Roman oppression breeds Jewish revolution.
Jewish terrorists attack Roman barracks.
Jewish guerrilla squadrons harass the imperial guard. Jewish propaganda vilifies these colonial outsiders. Jerusalem seethes with resistance, rebellion, hatred of these Roman empire builders. The city is in chaos, riddled with conflict, oppression, terror, subversion, brutality. In 70 A.D., the Romans decide to solve this pernicious problem.