How can the Messiah rule if the entire world has been crushed beneath the Roman heel?” “No,” Yehudah countered. “The choice was wrong. Daniel’s example was there before us. So was Nehemiah’s. Serve with humility.” He turned back to Myrad. “Gershom, like the rest of us, confused service with allegiance. He wanted to save the empire from Musa’s influence, but empires can’t be saved. They come and are washed away by the inexorable tide of history.
