And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Consider the phrase, “all the world.” There are a number of perspectives one can consider
Caesar thought he ruled the world
What arrogance man possesses. Give him just a little bit of power and he thinks he rules all the world.
The people felt like all the world was under his rule
Their world was only as big as what affected them. It may have been the whole world as far and they knew and as far as they were concerned.
All the world is a reference to that part which pertains to this account.
God began His work of redemption in that part of the world. He has
coordinated that spread of the Gospel from there, through Europe to the Americas and the rest of the world. No wonder the liberal world wishes to change history. It is indeed, “His-story.”
God’s Word is for all the world
And so, what happened so long ago in Israel has a direct application to all the world.
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