You and I should look back in history and ask the question - “Why were the first Christians martyred?” They were not martyred because they believed in God or Jesus. The Romans did not care if you worshiped another god. That did not matter to them. The christian believers came under persecution when they worshiped Christ to the exclusion of all others. Please get this. They became enemies of the nation when they would not bow their knee to the emperor or the empire. They did not see their divine purpose to be the preservation of the Roman empire. For many years, Rome was a well organized empire and it did a lot of good. It also did a lot of evil. Christians in Rome were in Rome but not of Rome. That is important to remember because the Roman Empire does not rule the earth today. If the christian believers at that time thought that they had a divine obligation and assignment to preserve Rome, look at how badly they would have missed the will of God. This is why is is so important for us to have the right perspective. We can actually end up fighting on the wrong side of God while attempting to do the work of God.