Where Jesus Walked | Full Movie

this is more than landscaping to millions who have never set foot here this land is home reachable only by God's grace it is the goal of pilgrims the promised land the Holy Land it's geography is imprinted on almost every page of the Bible places for whom multitudes feel a homesickness even though most have never been here places places dwelt on in sermons and Remembered in prayers Bethlehem at birth Kano at marriage Bethany at this [Music] it is AM and thirsty for truth a land of living waters the River Jordan the Sea of Galilee the Pool of Bethesda it is Americans recalled caperna cyclamen [Music] it is mountable and a vision of glory this land is a land of pain of shame Jerusalem Calvary and of triumph for the days [Music] from the Golan Heights to the Sinai [Music] from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea from Nazareth to Jericho to Jerusalem [Music] this is the land where Jesus walked [Music] the Holy Land [Music] sure lined by the Mediterranean by the Dead Sea its southern border melds with the Sinai Peninsula and the land of Egypt Europe eyes it from the West while the great Asian landmass reaches out to it from the Pacific this is the navel of the world from the far reaches of antiquity to the present this land has been God's battlefield the hammer God chose to pound out a plan for human salvation it is a promised land to the east lies the Fertile Crescent of the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers famous for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon an infamous for the ziggurat Tower of Babel but before Babylon was Assyria in Sumeria and the incredibly old city of war the city of who were like the reston miserable Tamiya was rife with idolatry model and maroc rife with gods and goddesses to whom people were as playthings so the man whom the Lord came to call Abraham left ill and settled in Haram go to the land I will show Abraham who was then called Abram took his wife and his nephew and their belongings and caravans to the land of Canaan and the Lord appeared to him to your offspring I will give this letter [Music] though Abram was very old he begat a son Isaac with his aged wife but the Lord God tested him Abraham take your son whom you love and go to the region of Moriah sacrifice him there as a burnt offering without hesitating Abraham obeyed as the father raised the knife over his beloved son an angel of the Lord stayed his hand a ram was substituted for Isaac this mosque the Dome of the rock stands on Mount Moriah where this interrupted sacrifice took place it houses what many believe is the rock upon which Abraham laid Isaac for the kill a father sacrificing his son it is an act destined to be repeated and this time completed in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was through epochs prophets spring from this land seated by Abraham and through the ages these prophets foretell of the ultimate sacrifice who will be led like a lamb to the slaughter [Music] and made his dwelling it is in the fulfillment of this prophecy that Jesus comes into the world as the age of the great prophets drew to an end Jerusalem the Holy Land splendid capital became a world city then the long shadow of Rome fell over the land Rome the Colossus the power by which all worldly learned to be measured she webbed the world with her roads and made it conform to her laws Rome had made a province of the promised land to Romans it was the runt of Asia as historians measure it it happens at the beginning of the Christian era a decree goes out from Caesar Augustus [Music] like their neighbors Joseph a tradesman and his young wife Miriam obey the decree [Music] but it is a rugged 90 miles to Bethlehem the town of their ancestors it will take close to two weeks and Miriam is pregnant [Music] the trip takes them through the Judean Hills where Ruth of the Old Testament met Bhalla while she was cleaning grain Bethlehem itself means House of bread and it is known as the City of David it's a grueling journey any day now Miriam whom we call Mary is due to give birth there's no one to health no Midwife no woman relatives yet she is not afraid it has been prophesied a virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son this prophecy began to unfold here where the Church of the Annunciation now stands in Nazareth built over the ruins of a Byzantine Chapel this is the largest church in the Middle East each of these murals was donated by a different nation [Music] on this site the Archangel Gabriel greeted Mary [Music] she is an ordinary young woman with an extraordinary destiny [Music] Bethlehem is a bedroom multitudes impatient to get the census taking over with [Music] a room for the night Joseph begs a corner the look my wife is already in labor well you can bed down with the livestock she can bear her offspring there so in the darkness of a shelter for animals light comes into the world [Music] today the Church of the Nativity stands over the place where that shelter stood [Music] and this star marks the place where Jesus was born [Music] this night in fields fringing this city of David Shepherds tend their flocks as David once a shepherd himself tended his these are not ordinary Shepherds they are descended from the priestly tribe of Levi their flocks are raised for the holiest of purposes sacrifice in the Temple of Jerusalem these Shepherds must guard their sheep from impurities keep them acceptable to the priests of the temple yet the Shepherd's themselves are forbidden to enter the temple courts theirs is the lowliest position in the land now out of the night and angel appeals to them they're terrified don't be afraid I bring you good news of great joy today in the town of David a savior has been born to you now a star of stunning brilliance draws Three Magi beast to David city it is from Sabah the ds3 Magi began there starlets way to Bethlehem they are men with knowledge of ancient Hebrew prophecies of the promised Messiah and these men of great minds and wisdom and possibly great wealth come humbly to the Christ child they worship Him and offer gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh [Music] through the Magi Herod king of Judea half mad and wracked with disease learns of the birth of Jesus and he also learns of the 700 year old prophecy of the prophet Micah Bethlehem out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel Herod will brook no rivals Joseph get up as he sleeps an angel appears to Joseph in a dream get up take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt stay there until I tell you for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him the child must die now deaths shadow hovers over him and he will never leave already he is a refugee in a family of refugees [Applause] in a rage parrot commands that all the male children of Bethlehem two years Amanda be slaughtered [Music] Jesus is carried to safety into Egypt Egypt will be blessed by the Lord because of their kindness of the sons of Jacob God looks with favor upon Egypt and now Egypt is a sanctuary for the Messiah [Music] the ruler who ordered the slaughter of the newborn of Bethlehem Herod the Great as a young man this half-breed Herod is more pagan than Jew his appetites for intrigue luxury and pretty women scandalized Judea he ingratiate himself with Caesar Augustus who sits him on a throne as his vassal parent becomes King of the Jews despite his royal debauchery he inaugurates a splendiferous building programmed under his scepter Jerusalem becomes one of the most magnificent cities in the world his rebuilding of the temple would cause Solomon himself to be envious now this vassal King lies close to death soon Herod the Great is dead with Herod's death an angel appears and commands Joseph take the child and his mother and go to the Land of Israel heading north they skirt Bethlehem and Jerusalem now Judea is ruled by Herod's son another puppet of the Romans the family goes further north to the district of Galilee safer perhaps and fertile but ganodi is not part of the Jewish homeland Jews of Jerusalem looked down on Galileans that on any Gentiles among them Galileans are second-class citizens Joseph settles his family in Nazareth in Galilee a backward town held in such low esteem that later the Apostle Nathanael will ask can anything good come out of Nazareth [Music] this church the Church of st. Joseph stands on the site of the families living quarters Jesus grows up here here Joseph teaches him the skills of his trade and here in Nazareth Jesus studies the Torah and the words of the prophets the Feast of the Passover lambs are chosen for the Paschal son huh it is the week when pilgrims pour into the city from three continents multitudes choke Jerusalem's twisted streets now Mary is near panic as she and Joseph elbow through the crowd searching for their twelve year old his missing lost they seek him among kinfolk everywhere after three days they stumble upon him engaged in a question-and-answer session with learner doctors of the law when Mary and Joseph ask him what he's been doing his answer is that he is about his father's business [Music] this is the river Jordan in the time of Jesus one who shuns the goods and flare of this world a man on fire for God is John John the Baptist John the same age as Jesus had come into the world to blaze the way for the Messiah repent for the kingdom of heaven is near clad in camels hide under [ __ ] on locusts and wild honey John immerses those who repent as the priests of the temple are immersed that they may be clean in the eyes of God [Music] John knows that he is the forerunner of the promised Messiah so when Jesus comes to him there is immediate recognition I need to be baptized by you and do you come to me let it be so [Music] the heavens open and the Holy Spirit descends upon Jesus in the form of a death this is my son my love with him I am well things [Music] Jericho a city going back some 10,000 years modern Jellico is a sleepy town with a population of about 7,000 [Music] from the wilderness skirting Jellico Rises the Mount of temptation after his baptism by John it is here that Jesus comes the heavens had opened had spoken now Jesus seeks solitude he retreats into this wilderness of Judaea to be alone with his God to contemplate his ministry [Music] the Sun is scorching nights are raw bitter he is beset by wild creatures [Music] days become weeks now he is no longer alone he is attacked spiritually again and again he is assaulted by the adversary hasatan in hebrew satan in whatever form satan knows well the prophecy that jesus is setting in motion and he rallies all the forces of hell to hold it [Music] without food for weeks Jesus is famished and if you are the son of God tell these stones to become bread man does not live on bread alone [Music] Satan attacks again viciously striking at his god centeredness he takes Jesus up up into the holy city and has him stand dizzily on the temples highest point and urges him to jump throw yourself down for it is written he will command his angels concerning you and they will if you have been there it is also written do not put the Lord your God to the test Satan leads Jesus up a high mountain and points out all the kingdoms of this world oh this I'm giving you if you will bow down and worship me away from me Satan for it is written worship the Lord your God and serve him only Jesus will not yield to nor compromise after forty days and forty nights Jesus comes out of the wilderness he takes the Jellicoe road back to his home province of Galilee there he will proclaim the kingdom of God again he is in Nazareth the place where he grew up there he will begin his ministry by preaching in a place familiar to him the synagogue Jesus performs his duty he takes his turn to read to the congregation with great authority from the prophet Isaiah the Spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor he has sent me to proclaim freedom for the captives recovery of sight for the blind to release the oppressed to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor he has read Isaiah's words to mean that the Spirit of the Lord is upon him that the Lord had anointed him his listeners are enraged they take him to a Ledge over a steep on this hill here they crowd around him intending to hurl him over the edge but he passes through their ranks and walks away abounding in fish this body of water in the Jordan Valley called Yama Kenneth in Hebrew and Lake Tiberias by the Romans is the Sea of Galilee [Music] follow me forced out of Nazareth Jesus comes upon two fishermen brothers and bids them come follow me follow me and I will make you fishers of men perhaps Andrew who and his brother Simon Peter aren't fully aware of what draws them so suddenly to Jesus Jesus doesn't seem to be anyone special he isn't wealthy he was born of a little Jewish trouble they will soon learn Jesus goes to another boat where the sons of Zebedee James and John are mending their nets follow me and they follow without question to trail after him wherever he goes to live with him for him this is discipleship and thus Jesus gathers his disciples in a place called Cana this church stands where a wedding took place a wedding attended by Jesus his mother and his disciples [Music] it's a joyous affair family feasting wine [Music] [Applause] until the wine runs out causing much embarrassment for the host here Jesus performs a miracle is fast [Music] tradition says that in this vessel Jesus changed that water into wine when Jesus leaves the feast only a few realize that a miracle has been done for Jesus time had not yet arrived then he came here to this place Capernaum the town of Capernaum is a special place for Jesus a place where he preaches repentance and a place he curses when this city which he feels is his city fails to heed him these ruins date from the 5th century after Christ but beneath them is a house from the time of Jesus [Music] some believe that it is the house of Simon Peter where Jesus often stayed where he took meals rested prayed once in that house Peters mother-in-law lay racked with fever [Music] Jesus takes her by the hand and lifts her up and the fever leaves her now Jesus has shown that he is a healer no disease Fester's in human history as does leprosy unclean that is how the leper thinks of himself feels about himself a leper approaches and begs Jesus to heal him for years he has not felt the touch of a human hand Jesus reaches out and touches his flesh be cleansed the leper is cured and Jesus tells him to say nothing of this to anyone but his fame grows as he travels from place to place reaching out to everyone working people street people outcasts preaching forgiving sins and gathering more Apostles until their number is 12 like the 12 tribes of Israel in any case the lame and the sick trail after him clamoring to be cured at his Capernaum with headquarters he chooses twelve of his disciples as apostles Simon whom he calls Peter and his brother Andrew the Zebedee brothers James and John who he calls the sons of thunder Philip in his friend Bartholomew Matthew who had been a tax collector Thomas who happened to be a twin another James and a Judas Thaddeus Simon a revolutionary and Judas Iscariot who kept track of the money donations they received he teaches with divine authority and with deeply felt humanity blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven blessed are those who mourn for they a church now stands atop the Mount where he proclaimed a new covenant written not upon stone tablets but upon the human heart blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth [Music] blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled [Music] blessed are the merciful for they shall be shown mercy blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called sons of God in the same Sermon on the Mount he taught that in prayer we can address the creator of this vast universe the source of life from the atom to the farthest galaxies as Abba which is as warm and familiar as our word Papa our Father in heaven Hallowed be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us today our daily bread forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever amen [Music] it is not out of the law that Jesus makes his claims Jesus is his own authority and this makes him enemies by breaking with their traditions later incorporated into the Talmud now his enemies are surveying the ground upon which to accuse him they soon find it the ruins of a pool called Bethesda invalids the lame and the blind swarm here and make their way to the pool whose waters they hope desperately will cure them this man has been an invalid for 38 years after so long he has given up all hope of ever getting well he is startled when Jesus asks do you want to get well rather than answering the man blames his hardship on the neglect of others and bemoans his state of helplessness Jesus reply is brief and to the point pick up your mat we walk [Music] it is the feather there's no rejoicing among the Pharisees witnessing this a man carrying his mat on the Sabbath they're angry they cannot fathom that God had given the Sabbath simply as a day for men and women to rest from their labors their own legalism has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts to what they've just witnessed in contrast and Jesus loves the man is healed a man who tells others of the miraculous happening Jesus had given him not only the gift of physical wellness but of spiritual wholeness as well the outraged want to stone him he called God his father he claims his equal with God my father is always at his work and I too am working [Music] Jesus had not come to break the law but to fulfill it an outcast celebrity he seeks solitude on the shores of the Sea of Galilee and not far behind the multitudes follow him the curious and the cripples the cynical and the sincere it is near the Galilean town of tag bar that a multitude gathers to hear Jesus preach in time the crowd is famished the only food two small fish and five pieces of bread miraculously Jesus makes this food feed five thousand hungry people [Music] Jesus tells the crowd that Moses had also given them bread and filled their bodily needs in their journey from Egypt that miraculous manner vanished when they passed into the land of Canaan on this day five thousand hungry men women and children are fed all are amazed at Jesus endless bounty his endless blessing and when everyone has eaten there is enough left over to fill 12 baskets a church has been erected near the place where this miracle occurred I am the bread of life he who comes to me [Music] they had arrived by boat and they were returning by Jesus and His disciples a storm rages yet Jesus remains asleep under a platform in the sternum his disciples are struggling to keep the pitching boat steel Peter don't you terribly draw Jesus awaken us and calms the storm why are you so afraid do you still have no faith this is another time Jesus has shown the disciples his miraculous power over nature more and more they are realizing what an extraordinary man their teacher is his claims are becoming more and more startling to those who hear him and more incriminating for his enemies are greater than our father Abraham Abraham saw my day and rejoiced I tell you the truth before Abraham was born I am he continues working miracles sometimes to inspire faith sometimes to emphasize his teaching that the kingdom of God is coming through him and often out of simple pity for those suffering these are the remains of the pool of siloam here Jesus encounters a man born blind with his saliva and some mud Jesus makes a paste and applies it to the man's sightless eyes then Jesus tells him to wash in the pool of Siloam [Music] without questioning the man obeys and for the first time in his life he sees he sees light while I am in the world I am the light of the world seeing Jesus the man worships him [Music] again he demonstrates his command of a nature his disciples are by themselves on the Sea of Galilee rowing hard against a storm then they see a figure moving over the water a ghost walking on the sea they're terrified it is I don't be afraid he climbs into the boat the sea is calm again again he fills his apostles with sudden or in some ways he is still a stranger to them who is he really his enemies are hissing the same question he threatens their payroll power so he must be done away with they revile him for associating with sinners and forgiving them their sins but the people widows orphans publicans the dispossessed the diseased physically mentally or spiritually some hungry for attention some thirsting for truth the people love him from them Jesus asks faith from him they want miracles he does more than calm the tempest and cure the sick he meets face to face the demons in snaring men's minds what is your name [Music] the demons are driven into a herd of pigs who plunge headlong down the steep into a lake where they drown what is most awesome is his power over life and death yesterday gyruss daughter had been singing and laughing today she is dead little girl I say to you get up [Music] he had reached into death and drew her back into life [Music] radically for a Jew of his time Jesus reaches beyond the Jewish people to a Roman centurion an officer a commander of other men through Jewish elders this Roman implores Jesus to restore the health of his dying servant this proud Roman says Lord I do not deserve to have you come under my rule but say the word and my servant will be healed without entering the Centurions house Jesus makes the servant well again of the Roman he says I tell you I have not found such great faith even in Israel the time comes when he reveals himself fully to those closest to him to Simon Peter who has confessed he believes Jesus to be the son of God tradition says this is monster boy in Galilee the event that took place many believe on these Heights is commemorated by the Church of the Transfiguration and by this statue of Elijah up these slopes Jesus leads Peter and James and John to a place where they might pray they do not know what awaits them Simon Peter falls asleep so did James and John Jesus is transfigured his face changes and his clothes become as bright as a flash of lightning [Music] Jesus is not alone Moses and the prophet Elijah appear in glorious splendor and Jesus talks with them then a cloud envelops them and a voice is heard this is my son whom I love with him I am well pleased listen to him now Jesus is alone everything is as it had been he goes back into the gritty everyday world when teaching in the temple Jesus has frequently beset by hostile Pharisees bent on trapping him once in his presence these enemies thrust a woman into a circle of men who mean to stone her she had been caught in adultery in the very act the law of Moses commands her stoning wanting to trap him they asked Jesus what do you say at first Jesus is silent if he replies release her he is condoning the breaking of Mosaic law if he says stone her he is without compassion at last he speaks if any one of you is without sin let him be the first to throw a stone at her [Music] [Music] when Jesus asks the woman if anyone has condemned her she answers no answer then neither do i condemn you go now and leave your life of sin for three years Jesus had brought God to mankind now the time has come when he must bring mankind to God the sacrifice for which he came into the world must be fulfilled Jesus is the perfect sacrifice the Lamb of God committed to doing his father's will even unto death for the last time he sets out for Jerusalem the City of God the sacred tapestry woven of the threads of history from the lengths of antiquity to the knotty strands of its unpredictable future this is the holy city set among though the hills throughout time it has been under siege again and again conquered again then again it's name means a city of peace it is the city where King David a thousand years before Christ was born built an altar to the art of the Covenant it is said that the world has ten measures of beauty of which nine belong to Jerusalem it is the city of eight gates and no other city on earth so stirs the blood and fires the imagination in traveling from Galilee to the holy city he passes through Somalia Somalia today Samaritans are remembered because of Jesus parable Good Samaritan has become part of our everyday speech but in Jesus time Samaritan was tantamount to despised outcasts on the outskirts of Nablus Somalia's largest city is the place where the patriarch Jacob Abraham's grandson pitched his tents [Applause] this church is built over Jacobs ancient well it is at Jacob's Well for Jesus thirsty and tired on his journey to Jerusalem stops to rest it's noon people are staying in their houses to avoid the midday heat a Samaritan woman a woman with a history of casual relationships with men comes to Jacob's Well to draw water she lowers her eyes when she sees Jesus Jesus asks will you give me a drink she surprised and a bit suspicious perhaps surprised that a Jew would ask a despised Samaritan for water for anything usually they wouldn't even speak to them if you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink you would have asked him and he would have given you living water she takes Jesus to be a prophet there are many things she doesn't understand but then when the Messiah comes he will explain everything to us and Jesus says I who speak to you a.m. he but can this woman grasp what awaits the Messiah in Jerusalem [Music] in the company of his disciples and with the dire prediction of his death he turns his face towards Jerusalem for the last time the first leg of the journey takes them through Jericho believed to be the oldest city in the world being the oldest city in the world today's Jericho continues to be the site of archaeological exploration it's an echo ASUS in the barren Valley of the Lower Jordan here in Jericho people have heard much of Jesus the healer a crowd surges are son of David have mercy on me it is a blind beggar reaching out to Jesus because of his faith Jesus restores his sight on this last journey to Jerusalem Jesus stops at Bethany on the outskirts of the city this church stands on the site of the house of Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary Lazarus had been ill by the time Jesus got to Bethany he had been dead for four days as is the custom Lazarus body is washed denim bombed with ointment sand perfumers Lazarus sisters Martha and Mary had torn their garments and covered all their mirrors they are in seven days of mourning it is Martha who greets Jesus if you had been here my brother wouldn't have died your brother will rise again I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day I am the resurrection and the life he who believes in Me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die take away the stone these steps lead to the actual tomb where Lazarus lay dead Lazarus come out the dead man rises he is bound with grave rocks [Music] but he is alive in raising Lazarus Jesus offers proof of his words to Martha I am the resurrection [Music] the raising of Lazarus sets off a while and firing talk Jesus is winning more and more followers among the prominent among the leaders the chief priests and the high priest caiaphas convene a council what are they to do if they vet Jesus be the whole nation will follow him Rome get into it Rome will punish the whole nation because of this Jesus it is better that one man die for the people than that the whole nations perish Jesus as a wanted man his name may be posted in public places condemned he's no longer free to wander among the Jews the temple guards have orders to arrest him on sight so he and his disciples go into hiding into the wilderness [Music] it is the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Nisan when the lambs for sacrifice a set-aside Jesus bravely sets out for Jerusalem and his disciples risk following their for the Passover is at hand despite being a religious outcast he's coming draws huge crowds looking down from the Mount of Olives you can see the route he takes as he rides into the city his reception as he enters through its gold engages stupendous the hopeful the curious the grateful of the caucus are waving palms they even hailed him as a king at King politically this is a dangerous reception in the land ruled by Romans we're enough for the adoring crowds surrounding him he would have been arrested then and there [Music] this lovely tear-shaped church is called dominus flevit which means the lord wept for it commemorates what Jesus feels as he pauses to gaze at Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives he sees the entire city before him the palaces and towers the valleys and Hills he loves this city but seeing it now he weeps [Music] terrible suffering lay ahead of him and he knows this forage had been foretold by the prophet Isaiah 700 years before the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all Jesus does not weep for what lay ahead for him he weeps for Jerusalem because he foresees a time when this city will be destroyed and left with not one stone standing on another [Music] it is the Monday of Passover week Jews from everywhere keep pouring into the city head a with a kind of spiritual excitement already pillars of smoke arising from the altars of the temple [Music] this day risking arrest Jesus goes to the temple to teach little more remains of the temple that Jesus knew other than this masonry this western wall of massive stone blocks rising to a height of 55 feet Jerusalem's temples had always crowned Mount Moriah and it is this temple that Jesus compares with his own body when he says destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days though the guards are on the watch for him on Monday morning Jesus goes openly to the temple which he regards as his father's house he teaches in the court of Gentiles but he's appalled by the way it's been commercialized it's a market [Music] foreign coins being exchanged for temple currency with which to buy lands and dams for sacrifice he is here to call people to their prophetic faith but here Pilate it is being turned into prophet of Prayer for All Nations but you have made it a den of robbers who drives out the money changers body before astonished pregnancy hope returns cached Asians fearlessly under great Authority his father has been insulted and he is furious [Music] [Music] and he has the audacity to remain to heal the blind and the Maine [Music] while the temple guards are held back like dogs on a leash the authorities are afraid to have him arrested afraid of riots to the masses of people crowding into Jerusalem Jesus is a hero common people hang on every word he utters so the authorities bide their time that night Jesus returns to Bethany under cover of darkness one of the twelve secretly contacts the temple guard captain who takes him to the priests he offers to alert them at the first opportunity when Jesus is alone and vulnerable so that he can be arrested without rioting from the masses [Music] a purse is given 13 pieces of silver [Music] Thursday of the Passover Jesus sends two into the city there he says they are to look for a man carrying a water pot an unusual sign because in Jesus day men never carried water pots women did this work follow him enter the house that he goes in to find the owner of the house and tell him my master says my appointed time is near I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house this is how the arrangements are made for the supper many believe that this is the site of the Cenacle of the Narsapur this rambling old building holds what is believed to be king david's tomb as well [Music] this is the upper room the Cenacle where the supper begins I have eagerly desired to eat this passover with you before i suffer here jesus and his chosen 12 partake of lamb roasted on a spit of pomegranate wood of roasted eggs bitter herbs unleavened bread to the twelve jesus is their teacher their rabbi as his learners which is what the word disciple means they attend to their teachers every need but something they are never expected to do is to watch their teachers feet yet while they daydream of high places in the coming Kingdom Jesus assumes the place of a lowly servant he washes their feet [Music] blessed art Thou O Lord our God King of the universe during the supper Jesus takes bread and breaks it take indeed this is my body then he blesses a cup of wine drink from it all of you this is my blood of the Covenant [Music] he shops them when he foretells that one of their number will be trade judas quietly slips away with the eleven who remain jesus shares his deepest thoughts he will suffer but be exalted his greatest humiliation will be the hour of his glory now he foretells that Simon Peter will deny him before the [ __ ] crow [Music] this is Gethsemane then as now a lovely garden here stand olive tree is sown are with age that they may have been saclink when Jesus came here to pray here his chosen felt drowsy while he felt agony overlooking Gethsemane today is the Church of All Nations the facade is graced with Byzantine style mosaics it's twelve domes stand for the twelve nations that contributed to its construction [Music] it holds what is believed to be the rock at which Jesus prayed in his agony in the garden that Thursday night after the Passover meal Jesus comes here with the eleven they are sleepy and he implores them to stay awake to keep watch with him but they keep dozing off here in this lovely Grove Jesus is stunned by the dread of what is to come by an inner agony wandering further into the garden his heart is near to bursting with grief [Music] ah ah father take this cup from me yet not what I will but what you will [Music] his work is coming to an end and he is giving all that the father asks of him out of the darkness Judas Iscariot appears [Music] Judas kisses him identifying him master and a band of temple guards grab him [Music] every day I was with you teaching in the temple courts and you did not arrest me but the Scriptures must be fulfilled [Music] they lead him away a prisoner Peter followed his master at a distance as the gods marched Jesus to the house of the high priest [Music] this is some Peter's Church in Jerusalem it's a reminder that just a few hours before the arrest was made in Gethsemane Jesus had warmed it is written I will strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered Peter had protested even if I have to die with you I will never disown you Simon Peter this very night before the rooster crows you will disown me three times [Music] he waits in the courtyard huddling around a warming fire with some servants while Jesus words haunt him before the rooster crows you will disown me three times a seventh woman stares at him through the firelight you you also well with that Nazarene Jesus I don't know or understand what you're talking about yes fellow is one of them I'm not surely you're one of them you're a Galilean I don't know this man you're talking about [Music] Peter breaks down and weeps [Music] the roosters crow sounds the beginning of one of the strangest trials in the history of humankind they want him dead the chief priests the high priest himself Caiaphas the high priest has hurriedly summoned these priests from their homes and beds to condemn this outlaw Caiaphas asks bluntly are you the Christ the Son of the Blessed One and Jesus answers I am blasphemy cried the high priest you all heard him say it what do you think and they condemned him as worthy of death [Music] the clamor for Jesus death increases and Judas repenting his betrayal hangs himself [Music] it is early Friday morning the emergency council of priests has pronounced a death sentence it has no power to carry out this power is firmly invested in the Roman procurator so the condemned is hurried to the house of Pontius Pilate their ploy is to paint Jesus as a threat to Rome he urges our people not to pay their taxes to Rome he claims to be our Messiah a king are you King of the Jews yes it is as you say I find no basis for a charge against this man Pilate is reluctant he doesn't want a medal in the Jews religious squabbles when Pilate learns that Jesus is a Galilean he squirms out of the situation he thinks he refers the case to Rome's man in Galilee the Tetrarch Herod Antipas who is in Jerusalem for Passover Jesus the T truck is eager to get a look he's heard all sorts of stories about this Jesus he had hoped to see him perform some miracle [Music] but Jesus remains silent and this infuriates Herod Antipas he mocks this self-proclaimed king he drapes him in a royal robe and has him shunted back to Pilate pilots wife is convinced that this Jesus is innocent she's been told so in a dream and the governor himself informs the chief priests that after examination he finds the prisoner guiltless of any crime against the Roman government the fortress of Antonia this is the way it looked during the time of Jesus a Hasmonean for two rebuilt by Herod the Great [Music] today the Church of the sisters of Zion roofs the fourths pavement on which Pontius Pilate judged Jesus here incised in a paving stone is a game of kings a gambling pastime popular with the Roman troops now at the insistence of the priests Jesus is being led to pilots judgment seat for a second time it is a custom here for the Roman procurator to free a condemned criminal in honor of the Passover it's a mindless mob he faces orchestrated to shout what they've been told [Music] tonight crucify your king the mob keeps hammering free Barabbas and crucified Jesus to avoid a riot and a possible bad report to the Emperor Pilate orders the execution and tries to wash his hands of the whole affair Jesus is turned over to the rough Roman guards for flogging before these Roughnecks are through they're having sport with this joke of a king forcing a hastily made crown of thorns onto his head he is made to drag the instrument of his execution a heavy cross through these streets each crushing fold of the paving stones each agony is forged into our memory at Easter time Christians from all over the earth are drawn to these dark narrow lanes to bear their own crosses over the Kaaba worn smooth by centuries of pilgrims to walk where he walked to the last in the knowledge that it is they humankind who are responsible for his death now the 700 year old prophecy of Isaiah he was oppressed and afflicted yet he did not open his mouth he was led like a lamb to the slaughter many believe that this is the place of execution this hill Calvary in Hebrew Golgotha the place of the skull Roman law orders crucifixion for non Romans and slaves and then only for the most terrible of crimes it is the most agonizing form of execution known to Romans a signboard is fixed on the cross announcing in Latin and Greek and Aramaic Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews Father forgive them for they know not what they are doing Mary Magdalene and other women are standing near the cross men in the military are given to gambling and these Romans no exception are now throwing dice for Jesus clothes while others stand around joking come down from that cross if you are the son of God [Music] that morning to criminals thieves are crucified as well one on either side of Jesus one of them scoffs aren't you the Christ save yourself and us the other confesses that the two of them deserve this death but that Jesus is innocent Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom today you will be with me in paradise though it is only known the sky begins to darken as though night were falling [Music] my god my god why have you forsaken me the mockers and Gawker's think he has called on the prophet elijah I'm thirsty when Jesus calls for water they tried to force on him sour wine [Music] [Music] [Music] at about 3:00 that afternoon Jesus boughs his head and breathed his last father into your hands I commit my spirit a storm rages the earth shakes and the curtain shielding the Holy of Holies of the temple is taught into a Roman soldier pierces the course with the spear blood gushes out and water the Roman officer in charge of the execution a Centurion comments surely this man was the son of God 700 years before this event it was prophesied he was crushed for our iniquities the punishment that brought us peace was upon him and by his wounds are we healed [Music] there is in the Kidron Valley of Jerusalem a communal grave for paupers Jesus owned nothing it seems possible that his corpse might have been flung into a pauper's grave but the prophets foresaw that it would be otherwise a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph a secret disciple summons all his courage and goes to Pilate and pleads for custody of the body Pilate gives in again Isaiah's 700 year old prophecy is being fulfilled he was assigned a grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death the tomb that Joseph of Arimathea offers is newly hewn out of rock as with Lazarus Jesus must be entombed shortly after death today particularly there is no time to tarry it's Friday sundown marks the beginning of the Sabbath Joseph and the other followers carried the corpse to Joseph's family tomb this church was built in the 12th century by Crusaders the first church to stand here had been built by the Emperor Constantine in the 4th century it is the final station of the way of the cross the Church of the Holy Sepulchre millions are certain that it holds the tomb where Jesus was laid during Jesus lifetime this was indeed an area of tombs and the belief that this is the authentic tomb goes back as far as the 1st century a later discovery is this Sepulchre now known as the garden tomb near a skull shaped rock many believe that it is here that Jesus was entombed what we know for certain is that the place was in a garden and near col gaza a great stone is rolled across the entrance and the tomb is sealed at the demand of the priests but they are taking no chances guards are posted [Music] the first night of the first day the night of the Sabbath is markedly uneventful [Music] the second day is increasingly tedious and hot [Music] but the light is chilly then the dawn of the third day [Music] as the new day dawns Mary Magdalene and the other Mary are on their way to the tomb they're fretting how can they roll aside the huge stone at the entrance said the vacant embalm the body with the ointments they've brought [Music] something is wrong the stone has been rolled away the Roman seal is broken the tomb is empty do not be afraid for I know you are looking for Jesus he is not here he has risen the women flee frightened but bursting with joy [Music] suddenly Jesus is there in front of them Jesus shows himself first to the women the Magdalene they had been steadfast throughout his ordeal while his disciples hid themselves and despaired though the temple priests claimed that the body has been stolen news spreads of the resurrection [Music] Galilee a church stands over the place where Jesus meets with these closest disciples apostles for the last time here the eleven await him they wait at last Peter says I'm going out to fish [Music] by Dawn they are on the water fishing from a boat day breaks they find themselves squinting at someone on the beach throw your net on the right [Music] there are so many fish that they can hardly draw in the net John is straining his eyes trying to make out who the stranger is suddenly he shouts it is the Lord Peter plunges into the water and swims for sure the others stay in the boat pulling the net to land [Music] over a small fire they share a breakfast of bread and the freshly caught fish with Jesus now his ministry rests on them Jesus entrusts them with his word as the father has sent me I am sending you many believe that it is from here the ground that this church is built on that Jesus was taken up into heaven with a promise to return to this land where he walked some 2,000 years ago and the word was made flesh and dwelt among us [Music] of all the earth God chose this plot of land this spiritual bridge joining the worlds of Asia of Africa of Europe this is the land God promised and God chose these people and spoke through their prophets when Jesus walked this land he never went beyond a hundred miles from Nazareth yet for two thousand years he has walked with men and women from the farthest corners of the earth [Music] I am with you always to the very end of the age [Music] [Music] in the temple curtain store the terms seeds city shook and the rocks began to [Music] the soldier stood besides your glaive an angel k turn on the stone [Music] look what [Music] oh Christ it was all up to me would I bear the cross Oh Terry it was all up to me would I see it was all up to me would I take the thorns and wear look [Music]

Channel: Questar Entertainment

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Id: efZXSQ2L6Ew

Length: 89min 59sec (5399 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 03 2016