Constantine commissioned his 80-year-old mother, Helena, to bring back archaeology of Jesus Christ.
In 326-328 A.D.
These stairs really are from the huge Governor's Palace.
These stairs would have seen Jesus climb the marble portion of the stairs. In Rome, today, these are called Scala Sancta. In the last 7 years, the Scala Santa was uncovered to replace the worn wooden parts, allowing the stairs to be climbed. This archaeological set of stairs is not in question. The huge building ruins were easily found.
Today, we have a perfect idea of Constantine's face.
Like the Magi, Constantine was given a sign in the sky.
In 312 AD, the Battle of the Milvian Bridge was miraculous.
Constantine I defeated rival Maxentius, leading to his complete control of the Western Roman Empire. And at the same time, the rise of Christianity.
Before the battle, Constantine saw a sign of cross of light in the sky. With the words "In Hoc Signo Vinces" meaning, "with this sign, you shall conquer." Following a subsequent dream, Jesus Christ commanded Constantine to use the symbol of the letters Chi and Ro, and then Constantine gave orders his soldiers to mark their shields with the Chi-Rho (☧) sign. Constantine’s forces were victorious, and Maxentius drowned in the Tiber River. This historic battle was a monumental shift towards a Christian Roman Empire. Constantine's army is recorded to be vastly outnumbered by Maxentius. The difference was up to 100,000 soldiers, although accounts of the actual numbers differ, but no historian disagrees Constantine looked to be horrendously outnumbered.
struck this coin
as a Historic Momento
of the Milvian Bridge Battle
Do we know his mother, Helena, existed and was 80 years old on the high seas and traveling about Israel? Yes. Constantine was so overcome when his mother passed on in 329 A.D., Constantine gave her his own tomb. And we know Helena was in her 80s at her death. So well thought of, so many archaeological finds were brought to the Vatican.
Helene's remains were later moved to the Church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli.
The Titulus Crucis, the title panel of the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified. In Latin, Greek and Hebrew, it says "Jesus the Nazarene King of the Jews."
Constantine is similar to the Virgin Birth huge question of the 1970s. Was this true? Was Constantine a Christian? We would have to find Constantine was a Christian. He spent his life advancing Jesus Christ in the Church Jesus said would happen in Rome. Constantine, in his final hours, called to have Christian priests with him and have last rites. Making sure he was properly prepared.
Zechariah 13:6
He will say, 'I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.' 6" And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will say, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'
Constantine had a remarkable aspect of his early life.
Something extremely similar to Peter.
As a young man, Constantine was a pawn of his uncle. Emperor Diocletian. And Diocletian was a ferocious hater of Christians. He ordered his nephew Constantine about, doing his bidding as he decided who would be his heir. In fact, Eusebius, Bishop of Jerusalem, was a boy traveling near Nazareth and came upon a very famous Roman army marching to Nazareth.
Constantine was sent to Nazareth to torture all the living descendants, nephews of Jesus Christ. Torture them if bribery would not work, to say Jesus was a fake. A phony. An actor. The bribes did not work, and the torture began. Lasting for under 2 weeks. Constantine could not return to his uncle, Emperor Diocletian, with the rebuttal of Jesus as the Christ of God.
All of the nephews insisted Jesus was the Son of God. The way, the truth and the life. We know Constantine had never seen torture fail completely.
We can imagine how Constantine would continue to think of his time in Nazareth.
Jeremiah 33:3
"Call to Me
and
I will answer you
and
tell you
great and unsearchable things
you do not know."
Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit."
Genesis 15:1
After these things the Word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying,
Fear not, Abram:
I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.
So glorify God in your body.
Abba, Father!
And in Jesus - This Hope.
Faith and Love
- We will rise up
Believing Jesus
Amen!
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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