>Emperor Justinian rears up an idol of "Christ" in Constantinople and fabricates a story that it came from Edessa>His reign is plagued by treachery, earthquakes, literal plagues, and a giant purple whale>Leo III Isaurian smashes the idols that God hates>God gives him rest from the heathen hordes>Skanky empress Irene rears up the idols that God hates>Heathen hordes plunder the empire thereafterreally makes you think
>>18541569Blessed will be the one who smashes an idol.
>>18541569>just a break from the heathen hoards>leaves the empire in the tiniest state up to that point>no heavenly intervention of great reconquestReally crappy reward from YHWH if you ask me. Either that or the idols didn’t make a difference and the empire was still fucked beyond belief.
>>18542429It matches God's behavior in the past. Like when Josiah smashed all the idols and God delayed the destruction of Judea for as long as Josiah lived as a reward to him but said he was still going to destroy Judea because they pissed him off too much with their idols.
>>18541569Faith in antithetical values.
>>18542675??
