If it had been up to a human strategist to plan the successful entry of God into history, it is unlikely he or she would have chosen locations like Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Galilee. It would be far-fetched to believe such a strategist would choose a time in history with so much radical political upheaval and transition of national powers. Learn about the influences of people like Antiochus, Alexander the Great, Pompey, Augustus, and the Pharisees and Sadducees on the world Jesus entered into.