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Why did Jesus not overthrow the Roman Empire?

That Jesus didn't come to overthrow the Roman Empire is why the Jews rejected Him, but that was NOT His duty or mission to liberate Judea from the Romans

 Jesus told the Jews to not fight back against the Roman occupiers. It angers many people, but Christians are taught to not physically fight our oppressors whether its an idolatrous emperor or a slave master

As He told Pilate, “my kingdom is not of this world”. Meaning He was not sent to overthrow the Roman Empire.

The jews wanted the messiah to be another kind of Maccabean revolutionary. What they wanted mirrors what a lot of christians nowadays want. They wanted the messiah to come and show everyone that the Jews were the chosen people, while the Jews stood in the background and flipped the romans the bird and said “boy don’t you wish you would have listened to us when you all had the chance”

It’s mirrored in Jonah’s attitude towards Nineveh, after he’s done ministering to them he goes a safe distance away and goes, “alright God, blast those heathens” but that’s not what Christianity is about and it’s not why Jesus came.

Jesus came to save the world, the romans included. He died so all men could be saved, and as far as Rome went, he didn’t give a fig for the civilization that was Rome. He came to conquer the hearts of the people and free them. And in doing that the old Rome would fall, and new nations would rise. And that’s exactly what did happen, and it’s exactly what’s still happening.

Now things aren’t going so great right now, and lots 

Mark 12:17

“Well, then,” Jesus said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.” His reply completely amazed them.

Just barely, but by the time the arrested Jesus reached the palace of the high priest, his disciples finally understood what he had been telling them for months: “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” (Mark 8:31-34)

What he meant by “denying themselves” was that they had to suppress their opposition to those things of God that he said must happen: his being delivered to suffer and to be killed.

Of course, what he meant by “taking up their cross” was that they had to scatter from the scene of his arrest like cowards, which they were not.

Jesus did not want to lose any of those men who would have considered it an honor to die with him, so he orchestrated their scattering so that his saying would be true: “Of them you gave me have I lost none.” (Mark 14:27,31; John 18:8,9)

Jesus’ disciples scattered right on cue, except for Judas Iscariot, who was the only one who saw the condemnation of Jesus—the sight done under the sun for which it had been better had he not been born. (Mark 14:49b,50; Matthew 27:3; Mark 14:21; Ecclesiastes 4:3)

The opinion of Gary Hughes, in response to the question:

“Why didn't any of Jesus' disciples fight the Roman soldiers when Jesus was being tortured and crucified?”