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2 Key Elements of Jesus & the Message Perceived as Threat to Roman…
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Message 2:
The second why Jesus teachings posed threat to Roman Imperial Values, is due to him claiming to be the Messiah.
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“We found this man perverting our notion, forbidding us to pay taxes to the emperor, and saying that he himself is the Messiah" – Luke 23:2
Jesus' claims of being the Messiah did not correspond to the Jewish expectations of a Messiah at the time.
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Pilate & other Roman Rulers realised that the very real threat was Jesus' life & his message, Jesus' message was that in the 'Kingdom of God', the poor would be the rich & the sick would be the strong etc.
Jesus was aware of the danger that he was putting himself in by speaking out against the Roman Empire .
Jesus' message & belief resulted in him being charged with treason & condemned to death by crucifixion.
Jesus know that his teaching & preaching would get him in trouble with the Romans, but he still voiced out and continued to share his Gospel regardless of consequences.
Message 1:
One of the major reasons why Jesus' teachings posed a threat to the Roman Values was due to him proclaiming bout the 'Kingdom of God'.
The idea of the kingdom of God was unheard of to the Jewish, due to Jesus being the first to use this new term.
This made the Romans Rulers furious, due to them thinking that the teaching of the Kingdom of God could pose a threat to King Caesar.
Jesus' teaching were understood by the Roman Rulers as a direct challenge to the power of Imperial Rome.
This continued to bother the Romans due to the people of Judea beginning to embrace Jesus' idea of the Kingdom of God.
This resulted in Jesus being brought for questioning at his trial where Pilate asked Jesus a question to justify the Roman position.
To which Jesus replied tp by saying "my kingdom is not of this world." Showing complete disregard & disrespect towards towards Roman Rule.
Jesus notion of the 'Kingdom of God' is very different to Pilates, and due to Jesus' response to this question he was tried for treason but not death.