Mathew 5:9 – “Blessed are the peacemakers because they are the children of God.” The first century Palestine during the time Jesus was here was a time of political strife and economic hardship. According to Riches https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/world-of-jesus/political-economic-social-and-cultural-context-of-firstcentury-palestinian-judaism/78E9FC5FF52226BA04868426D9EDF481 (1990): Palestine at the turn of the era was under Roman control. It was not, however, all controlled in the same manner. Herod the Great, a loyal and politically crafty client king, had just died (4 B.C.). His kingdom, after much deliberation by... Read more