Consider the 2000-year-old line of poetry written by the Roman satirical poet Juvenal, who lived during the latter half of the first century AD. In his 10th Satire, Juvenal writes of the Roman citizenry: "the people who once upon a time bestowed military commands, high civil offices, legions, and everything else, now restrains itself, and instead, eagerly hopes for just two things: bread and circuses" (10.77-81).
What Juvenal is asserting here is that, during the Roman Empire, the previously highly engaged and politically active Roman people traded away their political power in exchange for basic sustenance and mindless entertainment. Rome's rulers deliberately kept the populace in a complacent and inert state by continually plying them with handouts of food and lavish, violent shows.
- Four Stages of the Beast - part 1: "Already Here"
- Four Stages of the Beast - part 2: "The 4 Who Become One - A"
- Four Stages of the Beast - part 3: "The 4 Who Become One - B"
- Four Stages of the Beast - part 4: "Ten Horns and Turbulent Times"
- Four Stages of the Beast - part 5: "Unmasking the Beast's Mark"
- Four Stages of the Beast - part 6: "Defiling the Sacred Ground"
- Four Stages of the Beast - part 7: "the Day the Beast Falls"
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