Remember my huge series on the Maccabean Revolt and the first Hannukah? Well, this teaching picks up where that left off – with a new generation of Hasmoneans who were not worthy successors to their famous kin. That is actually a common theme scripturally – a good man having bad kids! This teaching is a solid PG/PG-13 because of the intra-family violence which some kids might find disturbing.
How will this tragically evil line of priest-kings plunge all of Israel back under foreign rule?
Over the next 14 weeks, we will explore the political insanity that marked the era from 104 BCE to 70 AD and beyond. You will never look at your Bible and the power players from the first centuries BCE and CE the same ever again. But most importantly, the Gospels are going to become more and more real to your kids as they see the events firmly rooted in history.
