In a world where every nation was assumed to be ruled by a spiritual being ("Prince" in Daniel),
"Divi filius" Augustus was self-proclaimed "a son of a god", "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior" (Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ) Greek acronym for "fish" (ΙΧΘΥΣ) became shorthand for the ascended Messiah's role as the head of the divine council of the (sometimes rebellious) "nations".
The temptation of giving allegiance to rebellious demons-idols-shrines-portals-princes etc. is a throughline from Deuteronomy 32 to Acts 7, and a central theme of Paul's Acts 14/Acts 17 sermons regarding the repentance of the nations (the folk thereof) who are commanded to renounce the forces of darkness and give allegiance to the one who died to harrow hell and lives ascended to continuously pour out his spirit upon all flesh and who has given and gives gifts to humanity.
In a world where every nation was assumed to be ruled by a spiritual being ("Prince" in Daniel),
"Divi filius" Augustus was self-proclaimed "a son of a god", "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior" (Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ) Greek acronym for "fish" (ΙΧΘΥΣ) became shorthand for the ascended Messiah's role as the head of the divine council of the (sometimes rebellious) "nations".
The temptation of giving allegiance to rebellious demons-idols-shrines-portals-princes etc. is a throughline from Deuteronomy 32 to Acts 7, and a central theme of Paul's Acts 14/Acts 17 sermons regarding the repentance of the nations (the folk thereof) who are commanded to renounce the forces of darkness and give allegiance to the one who died to harrow hell and lives ascended to continuously pour out his spirit upon all flesh and who has given and gives gifts to humanity.