When Jesus was born, the promised lands of the Israelites was taken over by the Roman Empire. Jesus was a teacher that wanted the Jews to go back to their roots, he taught mostly …show more content…
Christianity was close to dying out and, it wasn’t really known until Paul of Tarsus started his journey. Saul was raising a Pharisee and for a big part of his life he put Christians in prison, he killed them, he hated them. But when Saul on his way to Damascus he received a vision from God and became known as Paul. He began visiting Jesus followers and sending letters throughout Rome. He was able to go everywhere because he was a Roman Citizen which allowed him to travel freely throughout the empire. He taught that Christians didn’t have to follow all Jewish customs, they didn’t have to be circumcised, he taught the idea of being born again, and how Jesus died for us all. This made many people want to convert to this new