Caesar Augustus and Christ

"And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed." Luke 2:1 Strange! Surpassing strange, it might seem, that the holy writer under the guidance of the Holy Spirit should begin an account of the birth of the Savior by referring to a decree from the head of the Roman empire! Actually Caesar Augustus knew nothing about this Jesus, whose coming had been announced and awaited for four thousand years. And he could not care...