>> john dominic clawson believes the gospel writer's motives are not to write list but to make the world of theology. >> when matthew is going to have jesus give a sermon on the mount he is going to model him even as he has been born so moses was almost killed by the evil pharaoh jesus is going to be almost killed by the evil herod. >> the number one message from roman imperial theology was that the emperor was divine and the emperor had a divine right to rule. >> he takes note of the symbols used through out his empire and how they were received through the new christian religion. >> after julius caesar died haley's come met flew over the skies in rome. augustus claimed that was in fact my father julius caesar it's his soul ascending into