1		00:00:25,519 --> 00:00:29,929		"In the beginning God created
				the heaven and the earth."
2		00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:31,379		(Genesis 1:1)
3	[001]	00:00:31,379 --> 00:00:37,050		There are 3 parts to God --
				God the Father, God the Son
4		00:00:37,050 --> 00:00:38,860		and God the Holy Spirit.
5	[002]	00:00:38,860 --> 00:00:46,379		And these three are One!
				The true and living God.
6		00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:56,539		All three are separate,
				yet all three are one.
7	[003]	00:00:56,539 --> 00:01:01,850		There was a beautiful angel in heaven
				called Lucifer whose high position
8		00:01:01,850 --> 00:01:05,220		was to guard the throne of God...
9	[004]	00:01:05,220 --> 00:01:10,180		Then one day the sin of pride
				came into his heart...
10		00:01:10,180 --> 00:01:13,430		He wanted to be like God Almighty.
11		00:01:13,430 --> 00:01:19,450		Lucifer, in his madness,
				enticed many angels to join him
12	[005]	00:01:19,450 --> 00:01:26,090		in an attempt to take over heaven.
				But Lucifer had a big problem...
13		00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:29,000		He was only a created being.
14	[006]	00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:35,420		God threw Lucifer and all the rebellious angels out of heaven.
15	[007]	00:01:35,420 --> 00:01:41,659		These fallen angels became devils
				and Lucifer became Satan.
16	[008]	00:01:41,659 --> 00:01:46,929		They settled around the planet earth,
				which became Satan's domain.
17		00:01:46,929 --> 00:01:52,069		The earth became the focal point
				for an amazing drama.
18		00:01:52,069 --> 00:02:03,479		It was now time to bring forth
				one of the key players.
19	[009]	00:02:03,479 --> 00:02:09,818		God said: "Let us make man
				in our image, after our likeness...
20		00:02:09,818 --> 00:02:13,440		and give them dominion...
				over all the earth.
21		00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:14,620		(Genesis 1:26)
22	[010]	00:02:14,620 --> 00:02:17,790		So God created man
				in his own image,
23		00:02:17,790 --> 00:02:24,569		in the image of God created he him:
				male and female created he them."
24		00:02:24,569 --> 00:02:25,620		(Genesis 1:27)
25	[011]	00:02:25,620 --> 00:02:30,650		"And the Lord God formed man
				of the dust of the ground,
26		00:02:30,650 --> 00:02:34,240		and breathed into his nostrils
				the breath of life;
27		00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:39,320		and man became a living soul."
				(Genesis 2:7)
28	[012]	00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,960		Adam was perfect and
				was made to live forever.
29	[013]	00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,350		But Satan was furious.
				His territory had been invaded
30		00:02:48,350 --> 00:02:59,500		by a new creation... called man.
31	[014]	00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:03,700		Adam lived in the beautiful
				Garden of Eden, and named all the animals
32		00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:07,540		that God the Son had created.
33	[015]	00:03:07,540 --> 00:03:11,450		Adam walked with God in harmony
				and the Lord gave him rule
34		00:03:11,450 --> 00:03:16,880		over all living things.
				But Satan hated Adam...
35		00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,960		and wanted him DEAD!
36	[016]	00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:27,980		"And Lord God commanded the man,
				saying, Of every tree of the garden
37		00:03:27,980 --> 00:03:32,480		thou mayest freely eat:
				But of the tree of the knowledge
38		00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:37,760		of good and evil,
				thou shalt not eat of it:
39	[017]	00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:43,310		for in the day that thou eatest
				thereof thou shalt surely die."
				00:03:43,310 --> 00:03:44,630
40		00:03:43,310 --> 00:03:44,630		(Genesis 2:1b)
41	[018]	00:03:44,630 --> 00:03:48,480		"And the Lord God said,
				It is not good
42		00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,930		that the man should be alone:
				I will make a help meet for him."
43		00:03:52,930 --> 00:03:53,750		(Genesis 2:18)
44	[019]	00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:57,740		So the Lord created Eve
				from one of Adam's ribs.
45		00:03:57,740 --> 00:04:06,460		Their life in the garden
				was a true paradise.
46	[020]	00:04:06,460 --> 00:04:10,040		When Eve was alone,
				Satan approached her in the form
47	[021]	00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:16,190		of a beautiful serpent.
				He lied to Eve and tempted her
48		00:04:16,190 --> 00:04:17,819		to eat from the forbidden tree...
49	[020]	00:04:17,819 --> 00:04:28,509		Eve made a horrible mistake:
				she obeyed Satan instead of God.
50	[022]	00:04:28,509 --> 00:04:32,810		In an open act of disobedience,
				both Adam and Eve,
51		00:04:32,810 --> 00:04:38,050		by eating the forbidden fruit,
				sinned before God.
52		00:04:38,050 --> 00:04:41,210		They lost their innocence.
53	[023]	00:04:41,210 --> 00:04:51,650		Both of them died spiritually and sin
				passed onto their descendants like a virus.
54	[024]	00:04:51,650 --> 00:04:59,919		As a result, none of us is without sin.
				God hates sin and
55		00:04:59,919 --> 00:05:04,800		will not allow it in His presence.
56	[025]	00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:10,939		The curse of death was upon all mankind
				and on the earth.
57		00:05:10,939 --> 00:05:15,069		The Lord cursed the ground
				to bring forth thorns and thistles
58		00:05:15,069 --> 00:05:17,430		as a result of sin.
59	[026]	00:05:17,430 --> 00:05:22,620		"Therefore the Lord God sent him forth
				from the garden of Eden,
60		00:05:22,620 --> 00:05:26,960		to till the ground from whence he was taken."
				(Genesis 3:23)
61	[027]	00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:32,219		As a result, Satan took control
				of this world system.
62		00:05:32,219 --> 00:05:35,900		Man no longer had dominion
				over all the earth and was now
63		00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:37,599		a slave to the Prince of Darkness
64	[028]	00:05:37,599 --> 00:05:45,620		and his demonic legions.
				Yet God, in His love,
65		00:05:45,620 --> 00:05:55,490		promised to send a Saviour
				to undo the damage caused by Adam.
66	[029]	00:05:55,490 --> 00:06:01,930		Adam and Eve had many children.
				Two of their sons were named Cain and Abel.
67	[030]	00:06:01,930 --> 00:06:11,689		Cain, the first born, in a vicious rage,
				murdered his brother, Abel. Mankind had
68		00:06:11,689 --> 00:06:15,960		already begun its downward slide.
69	[031]	00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,919		As the powers of darkness spread
				upon the earth,
70		00:06:19,919 --> 00:06:27,809		mankind became more violent.
				Endless wars and brutal acts of murder,
71		00:06:27,809 --> 00:06:30,689		rape and torture increased.
72	[032]	00:06:30,689 --> 00:06:37,900		Despite the Lord's mercy,
				men's hearts continued to turn against God.
73	[033]	00:06:37,900 --> 00:06:43,900		And because they did not fear God,
				mankind sank to its lowest level of depravity
74		00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:50,400		-- even to the sacrificing of children to
				Satan.
75	[034]	00:06:50,400 --> 00:07:02,409		It was rare to find a man who loved the Lord.
76	[035]	00:07:02,409 --> 00:07:12,169		But there was one man... a man of faith...
				named Abraham.
77	[036]	00:07:12,169 --> 00:07:17,509		He was a friend of God.
				The Lord blessed Abraham with a son
78		00:07:17,509 --> 00:07:23,819		when his wife was 90 years old.
				It was a miracle birth.
79	[037]	00:07:23,819 --> 00:07:32,379		From that line came the Chosen People of God...
				the Children of Israel.
80	[038]	00:07:32,379 --> 00:07:37,839		As time passed, the Children of Israel
				became slaves of the Egyptians
81		00:07:37,839 --> 00:07:43,960		and suffered in hard bondage for 400 years.
82	[039]	00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:51,479		God heard their cries for help.
				He loved them and wanted them to serve Him,
83		00:07:51,479 --> 00:07:56,259		so He sent them a deliverer.
84	[040]	00:07:56,259 --> 00:07:59,930		His name was Moses.
				He carried God's message to
85		00:07:59,930 --> 00:08:10,050		the most powerful man on earth,
				the ruler of Egypt... mighty Pharaoh.
86	[041]	00:08:10,050 --> 00:08:18,309		Moses spoke for the Lord and cried out,
				"Let my people go!" But Pharaoh refused.
87		00:08:18,309 --> 00:08:20,189		(Exodus 8:1)
88	[042]	00:08:20,189 --> 00:08:27,529		So God sent plagues against Egypt
				to force Pharaoh to give in.
89		00:08:27,529 --> 00:08:34,070		God turned all the water into blood.
				The fish died and the river stank.
90	[043]	00:08:34,070 --> 00:08:39,750		The Egyptians were frantic.
				They were unable to drink the water
91		00:08:39,750 --> 00:08:46,320		throughout all the land,
				yet Pharaoh would not budge.
92	[044]	00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:53,720		Other plagues followed.
				Frogs covered the land, their cattle died
93		00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,480		and dust was turned into lice.
94	[045]	00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:03,790		The Egyptians were terrified,
				yet Pharaoh's heart grew harder.
95	[046]	00:09:03,790 --> 00:09:11,630		Then the Lord sent the Egyptians
				another plague... boils upon
96	[047]	00:09:11,630 --> 00:09:18,010		both man and beast.
				This was followed by another pestilence...
97		00:09:18,010 --> 00:09:22,950		Hail mingled with fire
				which fell throughout all the land,
98		00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:31,450		and destroyed their crops.
				Egypt was in ruins.
99	[048]	00:09:31,450 --> 00:09:35,530		The last great plague would
				kill all the first born
100		00:09:35,530 --> 00:09:40,590		throughout the land of Egypt.
101	[049]	00:09:40,590 --> 00:09:45,200		Moses warned the children of Israel
				that they must put the blood of a lamb
102		00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:52,310		on their doorposts
				as protection from God's final curse.
103	[050]	00:09:52,310 --> 00:09:57,400		The Lord judged Egypt.
				At midnight He passed through the land
104		00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:03,800		with the destroyer
				killing all of the first born.
105	[051]	00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,300		But when the Lord saw
				the blood on the doorposts,
106		00:10:07,300 --> 00:10:14,900		He would not allow the destroyer
				to enter that house... it was passed over.
107	[052]	00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:19,770		That night dead bodies
				were in every Egyptian home.
108		00:10:19,770 --> 00:10:27,120		The nation was in hysteria;
				even Pharaoh's son was dead.
109	[053]	00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:31,470		Before dawn, Pharaoh ordered Moses
				to take the children of Israel away
110		00:10:31,470 --> 00:10:36,070		to go serve the Lord.
111	[054]	00:10:36,070 --> 00:10:49,970		So under the mighty hand of God,
				they left.
112	[055]	00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:58,120		"And it came to pass at the end
				of the four hundred and thirty years,
113		00:10:58,130 --> 00:11:02,500		even the selfsame day it came to pass,...
114	[056]	00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:08,770		that all the hosts of the Lord went out
				from the land of Egypt.
115		00:11:08,770 --> 00:11:14,060		It is a night to be much observed
				unto the Lord for bringing them out
116		00:11:14,060 --> 00:11:17,780		from the land of Egypt."
				(Exodus 12:41)
117	[057]	00:11:17,780 --> 00:11:24,140		Pharaoh made one last attempt to stop them,
				but God opened the Red Sea
118		00:11:24,140 --> 00:11:28,040		allowing Moses and the children of Israel
				to escape.
119	[058]	00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:38,420		Then the Lord destroyed Pharaoh's army
				by closing the sea upon them.
120	[059]	00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:51,820		The Lord displayed incredible miracles
				before the people to show His great power.
121	[060]	00:11:51,830 --> 00:11:56,230		God then gave His people laws,
				the Ten Commandments,
122		00:11:56,230 --> 00:12:01,130		to protect them from sin
				and to guide them in life.
123	[061]	00:12:01,130 --> 00:12:08,830		But the children of Israel rebelled.
				Outwardly they served the Lord,
124		00:12:08,830 --> 00:12:12,780		but not in their hearts.
125	[062]	00:12:12,780 --> 00:12:20,580		They soon forgot about the miracles
				and their deliverance from the land of Egypt.
126	[063]	00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:25,020		As a result,
				God raised up kings to rule over them.
127		00:12:25,140 --> 00:12:30,040		But even the kings did evil in God's sight.
128	[064]	00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:36,320		"And they served their idols;
				which were a snare unto them.
129		00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:42,030		Yea, they sacrificed their sons
				and their daughters unto devils,
130		00:12:42,030 --> 00:12:44,140		And shed innocent blood,
131	[065]	00:12:44,140 --> 00:12:48,260		even the blood of their sons
				and of the daughters,
132		00:12:48,260 --> 00:12:53,490		whom they sacrificed
				unto the idols of Canaan,
133		00:12:53,490 --> 00:13:01,450		and the land was polluted with blood."
				(Psalm 106:38)
134	[066]	00:13:01,450 --> 00:13:05,230		Then God sent His prophets
				to warn the people
135		00:13:05,230 --> 00:13:12,180		to repent of their sins and serve God...
				but they rebelled over and over.
136	[067]	00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:19,160		The people hated the prophets
				and rather than repent and serve the Lord,
137		00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:24,340		they murdered these men of God without mercy.
138	[068]	00:13:24,340 --> 00:13:30,180		Time after time
				the children of Israel sinned.
139		00:13:30,190 --> 00:13:33,740		As a result,
				God allowed them to be captured
140		00:13:33,740 --> 00:13:36,380		and suffer in slavery.
141		00:13:36,380 --> 00:13:47,700		Look at us today... We are no different.
142	[069]	00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:59,050		The whole world is filled with
				liars, thieves, murderers and fornicators.
143		00:13:59,050 --> 00:14:06,240		We love revenge;
				we are all under the curse of sin.
144		00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:10,840		The Scriptures declare:
				"For all have sinned,
145		00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:16,600		and come short of the glory of God."
				(Romans 3:23)
146	[070]	00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:21,900		Let's see what happens
				to a sinner when he dies...
147		00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:26,420		This man thought he had everything...
148	[071]	00:14:26,420 --> 00:14:30,750		The Scriptures said:
				"And I will say to my soul,
149		00:14:30,750 --> 00:14:37,560		soul thou hast much goods
				laid up for many years:
150		00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:42,040		take thine ease, eat, drink,
				and be merry."
151		00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,960		(Luke 12:19)
152	[072]	00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:51,880		"But God said unto him,
				Thou fool, this night
153		00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:56,730		thy soul shall be required of thee..."
				(Luke 12:20)
154	[073]	00:14:56,730 --> 00:15:04,710		It is appointed unto men once to die,
				but after this the judgment."
155	[074]	00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:04,920		(Hebrews 9:27)
156		00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:16,300		are as filthy rags;
				and we all do fade as a leaf;
157		00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:21,400		and our iniquities,
				like the wind, have taken us away."
158		00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:22,720		(Isaiah 64:6)
159	[075]	00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:29,510		It is a fearful thing
				to fall into the hands of an angry God.
160		00:15:29,510 --> 00:15:34,680		(See Hebrews 10:31)
161	[076]	00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,320		After death
				his soul is immediately taken to hell
162		00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:44,360		to wait for God's terrible judgment...
				all because he rejected
163		00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:49,370		God's love gift of eternal life.
164	[077]	00:15:49,370 --> 00:15:57,100		The time is coming;
				it is called the great and terrible day
165		00:15:57,100 --> 00:16:02,130		of God's judgment,
				when all who died in their sins
166		00:16:02,130 --> 00:16:06,100		will be called to appear
				before the Lord Jesus Christ
167		00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:10,170		to be judged.
168	[078]	00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:15,750		The Word of God says:
				"And I saw a great white throne,
169		00:16:15,750 --> 00:16:20,650		and him that sat on it,
				from whose face the earth
170		00:16:20,650 --> 00:16:27,200		and the heaven fled away;
				and there was found no place for them."
171	00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,420		(Revelation 20:11)
172	[079]	00:16:28,420 --> 00:16:34,480		"And the sea gave up the dead
				which were in it; ...
173	[080]	00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:38,840		and death and hell delivered up the dead
				which were in them: ..."
174		00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,400		(Revelation 20:13)
175	[081]	00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:46,960		"And I saw the dead, small and great,
				stand before God;
176		00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:51,220		and the books were opened:
				and another book was opened,
177		00:16:51,230 --> 00:16:55,110		which is the book of life...
178	[082]	00:16:55,110 --> 00:16:58,490		and the dead were judged out of
				those things which were
179		00:16:58,490 --> 00:17:02,190		written in the books,
				according to their works."
180		00:17:02,190 --> 00:17:03,380		(Revelation 20:12)
181	[083]	00:17:03,380 --> 00:17:06,849		"... every idle word
				that men shall speak,
182		00:17:06,849 --> 00:17:10,168		they shall give account thereof
				in the day of judgment."
183		00:17:10,169 --> 00:17:12,209		(Matthew 12:36)
184	[084]	00:17:12,209 --> 00:17:15,980		When it is over,
				God will ask an angel
185		00:17:15,980 --> 00:17:24,429		to open the Book of Life
				to see if your name appears.
186	[085]	00:17:24,429 --> 00:17:32,020		The angel will look and say:
				"That name does not appear, Lord!"
187	[086]	00:17:32,020 --> 00:17:37,030		And God will say,
				"Depart from me, ye cursed,
188		00:17:37,030 --> 00:17:43,250		into everlasting fire,
				prepared for the devil and his angels:"
189		00:17:43,250 --> 00:17:45,260		(Matthew 25:41)
190	[087]	00:17:45,260 --> 00:17:50,540		"And these shall go away
				into everlasting punishment:
191		00:17:50,540 --> 00:17:55,200		but the righteous into life eternal."
				(Matthew 25:46)
192	[088]	00:17:55,200 --> 00:18:01,940		"And whosoever was not found
				written in the book of life
193	[089]	00:18:01,940 --> 00:18:07,000		was cast into the lake of fire."
				(Revelation 20:15)
194		00:18:07,010 --> 00:18:11,100		The Bible says:
				"And the smoke of their torment
195		00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:17,620		ascendeth up for ever and ever:
				and they have no rest
196		00:18:17,660 --> 00:18:28,400		day nor night,..." forever.
				(Revelation 14:11)
197	[090]	00:18:28,410 --> 00:18:33,350		But God, in His great love,
				prepared a way for you
198		00:18:33,350 --> 00:18:37,530		to miss this terrible place.
199	[091]	00:18:37,530 --> 00:18:41,630		He is "...not willing
				that any should perish,
200		00:18:41,630 --> 00:18:45,990		but that all should come to repentance."
				(2 Peter 3:9b)
201	[092]	00:18:45,990 --> 00:18:51,640		God loves you and wants you
				to live with Him in heaven...
202		00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,570		and He made a way for you
				to go there and miss hell.
203		00:18:56,570 --> 00:19:07,809		And that way is through the Promised One...
				the Deliverer.
204	[093]	00:19:07,809 --> 00:19:12,170		The Jews looked for Him
				as their Messiah and prayed for centuries
205		00:19:12,170 --> 00:19:15,660		for Him to come and save them.
206	[094]	00:19:15,660 --> 00:19:22,100		Around the year 760 B.C.,
				the prophet Isaiah said
207		00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:27,010		to the nation of Israel:
				"Therefore the Lord himself
208		00:19:27,010 --> 00:19:29,020		shall give you a sign;...
209	[095]	00:19:29,020 --> 00:19:34,050		Behold, a virgin shall conceive,
				and bear a son,
210		00:19:34,050 --> 00:19:40,470		and shall call his name Immanuel."
				(Which means "God with us.")
211		00:19:40,470 --> 00:19:41,309		(Isaiah 7:14)
212	[096]	00:19:41,309 --> 00:19:46,640		Satan understood the prophecy.
				From that time on,
213		00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,370		every virgin in Israel
				was closely watched.
214	[097]	00:19:50,370 --> 00:19:56,120		Years later,
				prior to the birth of the Messiah,
215		00:19:56,120 --> 00:20:01,650		Israel was once again
				under slavery to a foreign power.
216	[098]	00:20:01,650 --> 00:20:07,520		This time it was
				the mighty Roman Empire.
217	[099]	00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:17,960		Rome showed no mercy to the Jews.
				It was during this dark period
218		00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:27,610		that God's great
				plan of salvation began.
219	[100]	00:20:27,610 --> 00:20:30,470		When Gabriel,
				one of the highest ranking
220		00:20:30,470 --> 00:20:34,630		angels in heaven,
				penetrated the earth's atmosphere,
221	[101]	00:20:34,630 --> 00:20:38,580		the powers of darkness
				were electrified and
222		00:20:38,580 --> 00:20:44,240		instantly recognized that
				God's time table was now in motion.
223	[102]	00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:51,440		Gabriel came to the city of Nazareth
				to visit Mary, a virgin,
224		00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:58,100		to give her a message
				that would change the world forever.
225	[103]	00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:02,910		Mary was overwhelmed
				at the appearance of the angel.
226		00:21:02,910 --> 00:21:06,100		He said to her:
				"Behold, thou shalt
227		00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:09,760		conceive in thy womb,
				and bring forth a son,
228		00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,620		and shalt call his name JESUS."
				(Luke 1:31)
229	[104]	00:21:12,620 --> 00:21:17,300		"He shall be great,
				and shall be called the Son of the Highest...
230		00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:19,830		and of his kingdom there shall be no end."
				(Luke 1:32-33)
231	[105]	00:21:19,830 --> 00:21:26,370		And Mary said:
				"How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"
232		00:21:26,370 --> 00:21:27,530		(Luke 1:34)
233	[106]	00:21:27,530 --> 00:21:32,380		"The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
				and the power of the Highest
234		00:21:32,380 --> 00:21:34,360		shall overshadow thee; ..."
235		00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:38,670		therefore also that holy thing
				which shall be born of thee
236		00:21:38,670 --> 00:21:41,809		shall be called the Son of God."
				(Luke 1:35)
237	[107]	00:21:41,809 --> 00:21:51,150		And Mary believed Gabriel and said,
				"... be it unto me according to thy word."
238		00:21:51,150 --> 00:21:54,059		(Luke 1:38)
239	[108]	00:21:54,059 --> 00:22:03,459		Jesus leaves the glories of heaven
				to begin His mission. Destination... Nazareth!
240	[109]	00:22:03,460 --> 00:22:10,840		The Holy Spirit overshadows
				Mary the virgin and she conceives.
241		00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:20,630		In her body the Creator of the universe
				is being transformed into a baby.
242	[110]	00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:24,140		Later, Mary was led
				to visit her older cousin,
243		00:22:24,140 --> 00:22:29,600		who was 6 months pregnant.
				When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting
244		00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,630		"the babe leaped in her womb;"
				(Luke 1:41)
245	[111]	00:22:33,630 --> 00:22:38,429		and she "was filled with the Holy Ghost."
				(Luke 1:41)
246		00:22:38,429 --> 00:22:44,380		Elizabeth's child would be born...
				John the Baptist!
247	[112]	00:22:44,380 --> 00:22:47,309		And Elizabeth
				"spake out with a loud voice,
248		00:22:47,309 --> 00:22:51,990		and said,
				Blessed art thou among women,
249		00:22:51,990 --> 00:22:56,630		and blessed is the fruit of thy womb."
				(Luke 1:42)
250	[113]	00:22:56,630 --> 00:23:02,179		Mary was engaged to Joseph,
				but she was now with child
251		00:23:02,179 --> 00:23:05,390		and Jewish law demanded death
				to any maiden
252		00:23:05,390 --> 00:23:14,190		who got pregnant before marriage.
				This was a major problem for Mary.
253	[114]	00:23:14,190 --> 00:23:18,860		Behind the scenes,
				Satan wanted Mary stoned to death
254		00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:24,520		to murder the child,
				but Joseph loved Mary and
255		00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,370		didn't want to make her a public example.
256	[115]	00:23:28,370 --> 00:23:32,220		He was afraid for her safety,
				and planned to
257		00:23:32,220 --> 00:23:34,860		call off the marriage privately.
258	[116]	00:23:34,860 --> 00:23:39,230		The angel of the Lord
				appeared to Joseph in a dream saying:
259		00:23:39,230 --> 00:23:45,200		"...fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife;
				for that which is conceived in her
260		00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,170		is of the Holy Ghost.
				(Matthew 1:20)
261	[117]	00:23:47,170 --> 00:23:53,309		And she shall bring forth a son,
				and thou shalt call his name JESUS:
262		00:23:53,309 --> 00:23:56,030		for he shall save his people
				from their sins."
263		00:23:56,030 --> 00:23:57,350		(Matthew 1:21)
264	[118]	00:23:57,350 --> 00:24:06,150		Then Joseph and Mary were married
				in the city of Nazareth.
265	[119]	00:24:06,150 --> 00:24:13,020		Satan moved Caesar Augustus
				in Rome to tax the whole world.
266		00:24:13,020 --> 00:24:16,850		Satan did this for evil,
267	[120]	00:24:16,850 --> 00:24:21,250		but in so doing
				he helped fulfill Bible prophecy,
268		00:24:21,250 --> 00:24:26,470		by forcing Joseph and Mary
				to journey to Bethlehem,
269	[121]	00:24:26,470 --> 00:24:30,900		where the Bible said
				Jesus would be born.
270		00:24:30,900 --> 00:24:35,830		Bethlehem was also
				the place of Joseph's birth
271		00:24:35,830 --> 00:24:41,350		and it was there he had to
				register for taxation.
272	[122]	00:24:41,350 --> 00:24:46,559		Mary was just about to give birth.
				Satan was hoping
273		00:24:46,559 --> 00:24:50,070		there would be an accident
				on that long journey.
274		00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:54,640		But God was in control.
275	[123]	00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,990		"And she brought forth
				her firstborn son, and
276		00:24:59,990 --> 00:25:04,750		wrapped him in swaddling clothes,
277	[124]	00:25:04,750 --> 00:25:08,510		and laid him in a manger;
				because there was
278		00:25:08,510 --> 00:25:16,610		no room for them in the inn."
				(Luke 2:7)
279	[125]	00:25:16,610 --> 00:25:19,890		That night shepherds
				were in a nearby field
280		00:25:19,890 --> 00:25:23,270		watching their sheep.
				The angel of the Lord
281		00:25:23,270 --> 00:25:24,760		appeared unto them and said:
282	[126]	00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,680		"Fear not:
				for, behold, I bring you
283		00:25:28,690 --> 00:25:32,730		good tidings of great joy,
				which shall be to all people.
284		00:25:32,730 --> 00:25:37,610		For unto you is born this day
				in the city of David a Saviour,
285	[127]	00:25:37,610 --> 00:25:40,370		which is Christ the Lord."
				(Luke 2:10, 11)
286		00:25:40,370 --> 00:25:45,460		"And suddenly there was with the angel
				a multitude of the heavenly host
287		00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:48,770		praising God..." (Luke 2:13)
288	[128]	00:25:48,770 --> 00:25:56,270		It was in a lowly stable that
				the Creator of the universe was born.
289		00:25:56,270 --> 00:26:03,470		The Bible says: "He was in the world,
				and the world was made by him,
290		00:26:03,470 --> 00:26:13,760		and the world knew him not."
				(John 1:10)
291	[129]	00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:20,620		This is how the Bible describes Jesus:
				"In the beginning was the Word
292		00:26:20,620 --> 00:26:26,280		and the Word was with God,
				and the Word was God.
293		00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:31,380		The same was in the beginning with God.
				(John 1:1-2)
294	[130]	00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:38,130		All things were made by Him and
	[131]			without Him was not anything made
295	[132]	00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:46,680		that was made."
				(John 1:3)
296	[133]	00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:51,679		"And when eight days were accomplished
				for the circumcising of the child,
297		00:26:51,679 --> 00:26:58,320		his name was called JESUS,
				which was so named of the angel
298		00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:03,970		before he was conceived in the womb."
				(Luke 2:21)
299	[134]	00:27:03,970 --> 00:27:07,429		According to Jewish law,
				Mary faithfully offered
300		00:27:07,429 --> 00:27:12,680		two turtledoves for a sin offering.
301	[135]	00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:19,320		Even though God had chosen Mary
				for such a high honor,
302		00:27:19,330 --> 00:27:24,790		Mary knew she was a sinner and
				understood that her child,
303		00:27:24,790 --> 00:27:31,360		Jesus, would be her Saviour.
304	[136]	00:27:31,370 --> 00:27:35,630		In the temple
				was a respected man named Simeon.
305		00:27:35,630 --> 00:27:39,549		The Bible says,
				"And it was revealed unto him
306		00:27:39,549 --> 00:27:43,580		by the Holy Ghost,
				that he should not see death,
307		00:27:43,580 --> 00:27:48,130		before he had seen the Lord's Christ."
				(Luke 2:26)
308	[137]	00:27:48,130 --> 00:27:52,299		He took the child Jesus in his arms
				and said,
309		00:27:52,299 --> 00:27:58,480		"... mine eyes have seen thy salvation,"
				(Luke 2:30)
310	[138]	00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:03,049		At the birth of the Lord Jesus,
				a star appeared in the heavens
311		00:28:03,049 --> 00:28:08,669		and wise men from the East,
				carrying gifts, followed the star.
312		00:28:08,669 --> 00:28:16,190		It would be a two year journey
				before they reached Jerusalem.
313	[139]	00:28:16,190 --> 00:28:20,820		The Wise Men came to King Herod
				and asked,
314		00:28:20,820 --> 00:28:23,559		"... Where is he that is born
				King of the Jews?
315		00:28:23,559 --> 00:28:28,110		for we have seen his star in the east,
				and are come to worship him."
316		00:28:28,110 --> 00:28:29,540		(Matthew 2:2)
317	[140]	00:28:29,540 --> 00:28:35,370		"And when Herod the king
				had heard these things, he was troubled,
318		00:28:35,370 --> 00:28:39,950		and all Jerusalem with him."
				(Matthew 2:3)
319	[141]	00:28:39,950 --> 00:28:43,260		And when he had gathered
				all the chief priests and scribes
320		00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:46,390		of the people together,
				he demanded of them
321		00:28:46,390 --> 00:28:51,520		where Christ should be born.
				And they said unto him,
322		00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,760		In Bethlehem of Judea ..."
				(Matthew 2:4)
323	[142]	00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:59,300		"When they had heard the king,
				they departed; and, lo,
324		00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:05,280		the star, which they saw
				in the east, went before them,
325		00:29:05,290 --> 00:29:09,120		till it came and stood over
				where the young child was."
326		00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:10,210		(Matthew 2:9)
327	[143]	00:29:10,210 --> 00:29:16,470		"And when they were come into the house,
				they saw the young child
328		00:29:16,470 --> 00:29:24,010		with Mary his mother, and fell down,
				and worshipped him:
329	[144]	00:29:24,010 --> 00:29:26,840		and when they had
				opened their treasures,
330		00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:33,340		they presented unto him gifts;
				gold, and frankincense, and myrrh."
331		00:29:33,340 --> 00:29:34,440		(Matthew 2:11)
332	[145]	00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:40,540		"And being warned of God in a dream
				that they should not return to Herod,
333		00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:45,660		they departed into their own country
				another way." (Matthew 2:12)
334	[146]	00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:52,000		"And when they were departed,
				behold, the angel of the Lord
335		00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:57,179		appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying,
336	[147]	00:29:57,179 --> 00:30:04,740		Arise, and take the young child
				and his mother, and flee into Egypt,
337		00:30:04,740 --> 00:30:08,900		and be thou there
				until I bring thee word:
338		00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:14,140		for Herod will seek the young child
				to destroy him.
339		00:30:14,140 --> 00:30:16,460		(Matthew 2:13)
340	[148]	00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:19,830		When he arose,
				he took the young child
341		00:30:19,830 --> 00:30:25,059		and his mother by night,
				and departed into Egypt:"
342		00:30:25,059 --> 00:30:26,570		(Matthew 2:14)
343	[149]	00:30:26,570 --> 00:30:32,000		"Then Herod, when he saw
				that he was mocked of the wise men,
344		00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,520		was exceeding wroth,
345	[150]	00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,309		and sent forth,
				and slew all the children
346		00:30:39,309 --> 00:30:44,740		that were in Bethlehem,
				and all the coasts thereof,
347		00:30:44,740 --> 00:30:49,020		from two years old and under,
				according to the time which
348		00:30:49,020 --> 00:30:54,410		he had diligently inquired of the wise men."
				(Matthew 2:16)
349	[151]	00:30:54,410 --> 00:30:57,730		"Then was fulfilled
				that which was spoken
350		00:30:57,730 --> 00:31:01,530		by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
351	[152]	00:31:01,530 --> 00:31:08,020		"In Rama was there a voice heard,
				lamentation, and weeping,
352		00:31:08,020 --> 00:31:13,510		and great mourning,
				Rachel weeping for her children,
353		00:31:13,510 --> 00:31:18,510		and would not be comforted,
				because they are not."
354		00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:19,700		(Matthew 2:17-18)
355	[153]	00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:25,470		Even though there was a great
				slaughter of the innocents,
356		00:31:25,470 --> 00:31:34,370		God took their precious little souls
				to heaven.
357	[154]	00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:42,000		After King Herod died,
				the family moved back to Nazareth...
358		00:31:42,010 --> 00:31:46,990		"And the child grew,
				and waxed strong in spirit,
359		00:31:46,990 --> 00:31:52,210		filled with wisdom:
				and the grace of God was upon Him."
360		00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:53,730		(Luke 2:40)
361	[155]	00:31:53,730 --> 00:32:00,360		"Now his parents went to Jerusalem
				every year at the feast of the passover.
362		00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,110		And when he was twelve years old,
				they went up to Jerusalem
363		00:32:04,110 --> 00:32:08,210		after the custom of the feast."
				(Luke 2:41-42)
364	[156]	00:32:08,210 --> 00:32:13,419		During the Passover,
				Jesus understood that one day,
365		00:32:13,419 --> 00:32:16,820		as the Lamb of God,
				He would be sacrificed
366		00:32:16,820 --> 00:32:28,110		for the sins of the world.
				This was the greatest life ever lived.
367	[157]	00:32:28,110 --> 00:32:32,900		At the end of the feast,
				instead of going home with His family,
368		00:32:32,900 --> 00:32:36,020		Jesus was in the great temple
				with the doctors,
369		00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:39,660		"both hearing them,
				and asking them questions."
370		00:32:39,660 --> 00:32:42,610		(Luke 2:46b)
371	[158]	00:32:42,610 --> 00:32:47,580		Satan watched his enemy
				and heard His words.
372	[159]	00:32:47,580 --> 00:32:53,730		The doctors were astonished
				at His understanding and answers...
373		00:32:53,730 --> 00:32:59,820		How did young Jesus
				know so much about the Law?
374	[160]	00:32:59,820 --> 00:33:04,730		It was easy... in His glory
				1500 years earlier,
375		00:33:04,730 --> 00:33:12,350		He Himself had given the Laws
				to Moses on Mt. Sinai.
376	[161]	00:33:12,350 --> 00:33:17,900		When Joseph and His mother found Jesus,
				"they were amazed;
377		00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:24,059		and his mother said unto him,
				Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us?"
378		00:33:24,059 --> 00:33:25,330		(Luke 2:48a)
379	[162]	00:33:25,330 --> 00:33:29,830		"And he said unto them,
				How is it that ye sought me?
380		00:33:29,830 --> 00:33:35,150		wist ye not that
				I must be about my Father's business?"
381		00:33:35,150 --> 00:33:42,160		"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature,
				and in favour with God and man."
382		00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,580		(Luke 2:49, 52)
383	[163]	00:33:43,580 --> 00:33:47,169		18 years later,
				John the Baptist was asked
384		00:33:47,169 --> 00:33:50,830		if he was a prophet.
				He answered them and said,
385		00:33:50,830 --> 00:33:55,799		"I baptize with water:
				but there standeth one among you,
386		00:33:55,799 --> 00:33:57,210		whom ye know not.
387	[164]	00:33:57,210 --> 00:34:02,490		He it is, who coming after me
				is preferred before me,
388		00:34:02,490 --> 00:34:05,780		whose shoe's latchet
				I am not worthy to unloose."
389		00:34:05,780 --> 00:34:06,720		(John 1:26b-27)
390	[165]	00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:12,309		The next day Jesus, now 30,
				came to John to be baptized.
391		00:34:12,309 --> 00:34:20,069		When John the Baptist saw him, he said:
				"Behold the Lamb of God,
392		00:34:20,069 --> 00:34:24,668		which taketh away the sin of the world."
				(John 1:29b)
393	[166]	00:34:24,668 --> 00:34:30,209		"And Jesus, when he was baptized,
				went up straightway out of the water:
394	[167]	00:34:30,210 --> 00:34:33,980		and lo,
				the heavens were opened unto him,
395		00:34:33,980 --> 00:34:38,429		and he saw the Spirit of God
				descending like a dove,
396		00:34:38,429 --> 00:34:41,418		and lighting upon him:
				(Matthew 3:16)
397	[168]	00:34:41,418 --> 00:34:49,499		And lo a voice from heaven, saying,
				This is my beloved Son,
398		00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:54,690		in whom I am well pleased."
				(Matthew 3:17)
399	[169]	00:34:54,690 --> 00:34:59,460		Immediately He was led
				into the wilderness by the Spirit
400		00:34:59,460 --> 00:35:04,730		and was with the wild beasts...
				being tempted by the devil and
401		00:35:04,730 --> 00:35:09,510		He did eat nothing for forty days.
402	[170]	00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:13,119		Despite all of Satan's efforts
				to make the Lord sin,
403		00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:18,530		he utterly failed
				because Jesus is God Almighty...
404		00:35:18,530 --> 00:35:23,790		and there is no sin in Him.
405	[171]	00:35:23,790 --> 00:35:29,440		When the temptation ended,
				Jesus said, "Get thee hence, Satan:
406		00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:35,060		for it is written,
				Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
407		00:35:35,060 --> 00:35:39,960		and him only shalt thou serve.
				(Matthew 4:10)
408	[172]	00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,960		Then the devil leaveth him, and,
				behold, angels came
409		00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,400		and ministered unto him."
				(Matthew 4:11)
410	[173]	00:35:48,410 --> 00:35:51,570		As the Lord began His ministry,
				He preached,
411		00:35:51,570 --> 00:35:54,359		"Repent:
				for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
412		00:35:54,359 --> 00:35:56,300		(Matthew 4:17b)
413	[174]	00:35:56,300 --> 00:36:00,280		And Jesus revealed the heart of God
				by saying,
414		00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:07,990		"Love your enemies...
				do good to them that hate you..."
415		00:36:07,990 --> 00:36:09,540		(Matthew 5:44)
416	[175]	00:36:09,540 --> 00:36:13,270		His teaching stunned the people
				and they said,
417		00:36:13,270 --> 00:36:18,849		"Never spake man like this man."
				(John 7:46b)
418	[176]	00:36:18,849 --> 00:36:22,430		Most of the religious leaders,
				controlling the temple,
419		00:36:22,430 --> 00:36:25,940		were rich hypocrites
				who had no mercy
420		00:36:25,940 --> 00:36:31,460		and had corrupted God's laws.
				They quickly became the enemies
421		00:36:31,460 --> 00:36:34,860		of the Lord Jesus.
422	[177]	00:36:34,860 --> 00:36:39,840		The temple of God had been turned
				into a money making operation...
423		00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:43,930		cheating the poor and innocent.
				When Jesus saw it,
424		00:36:43,930 --> 00:36:46,950		in anger He made a whip
425	[178]	00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:51,380		and drove the religious crooks
				out of the temple,
426		00:36:51,390 --> 00:36:55,359		poured out the changer's money
				and overthrew their tables...
427	[179]	00:36:55,359 --> 00:36:58,140		and said,
				"Make not my Father's house
428		00:36:58,140 --> 00:37:06,160		an house of merchandise."
				(John 2:16)
429	[180]	00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:13,540		Jesus was the great miracle worker.
				The Bible says,
430		00:37:13,540 --> 00:37:17,520		"Behold, there came a leper
				and worshipped him saying,
431		00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:26,040		Lord, if thou wilt,
				thou canst make me clean.
432	[181]	00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:29,200		And Jesus put forth his hand,
433		00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:35,859		and touched him, saying,
				I will; be thou clean.
434	[182]	00:37:35,859 --> 00:37:39,369		And immediately
				his leprosy was cleansed."
435		00:37:39,369 --> 00:37:40,490		(Matthew 8:2-3)
436	[183]	00:37:40,490 --> 00:37:43,690		The Lord had compassion
				on the hungry multitude
437		00:37:43,690 --> 00:37:47,760		following Him
				and through His miracle power
438		00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:54,400		He fed 5,000 men and their families
				with just 2 fishes
439		00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,160		and 5 loaves of bread.
440	[184]	00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:03,070		"And Jesus went forth,
				and saw a great multitude,
441		00:38:03,070 --> 00:38:06,580		and was moved
				with compassion toward them,
442		00:38:06,580 --> 00:38:12,420		and he healed their sick."
				(Matthew 14:14)
443	[185]	00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:21,120		One night Jesus surprised His disciples
				by walking on the water.
444		00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,320		He said to them,
				"Be of good cheer,
445		00:38:24,330 --> 00:38:29,770		it is I; be not afraid."
				(Matthew 14:27)
446	[186]	00:38:29,770 --> 00:38:35,710		All creation obeyed the Son of God.
				Jesus declared...
447		00:38:35,710 --> 00:38:41,700		"I am the resurrection,
				and the life:
448		00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:46,040		he that believeth in me,
				though he were dead,
449		00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,310		yet shall he live..."
				(John 11:25)
450	[187]	00:38:49,310 --> 00:38:54,180		In demonstration of His power,
				He came to the grave of Lazarus,
451		00:38:54,180 --> 00:38:57,310		who had been dead 4 days...
				and Jesus
452		00:38:57,310 --> 00:39:02,609		"cried with a loud voice,
				Lazarus, come forth."
453		00:39:02,609 --> 00:39:04,359		(John 11:43)
454	[188]	00:39:04,359 --> 00:39:13,690		"And he that was dead came forth,
				bound hand and foot with graveclothes: ..."
455		00:39:13,690 --> 00:39:19,330		and the news spread everywhere
				that Jesus could even raise the dead.
456	[189]	00:39:19,330 --> 00:39:20,500		(John 11:44)
457		00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:23,900		"When the even was come,
				they brought unto him
458		00:39:23,900 --> 00:39:27,510		many that were possessed
				with devils:
459		00:39:27,510 --> 00:39:29,760		and he cast out the spirits
				with his word,
460		00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:36,650		and healed all that were sick."
				(Matthew 8:16)
461	[190]	00:39:36,650 --> 00:39:41,270		The common people admired Jesus.
				His biggest opposition
462		00:39:41,270 --> 00:39:45,830		came from religious leaders.
				They accused Him, saying
463		00:39:45,830 --> 00:39:50,070		that His power came from Satan.
464	[191]	00:39:50,070 --> 00:39:56,680		But Jesus said to them,
				"Ye are of your father the devil,
465		00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:02,970		and the lusts of your father ye will do.
				He was a murderer from the beginning,
466		00:40:02,970 --> 00:40:08,840		and abode not in the truth,
				because there is no truth in him.
467		00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:09,940		(John 8:44)
468	[192]	00:40:09,940 --> 00:40:13,920		When he speaketh a lie,
				he speaketh of his own:
469		00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:18,950		for he is a liar,
				and the father of it.
470		00:40:18,950 --> 00:40:24,359		And because I tell you the truth,
				ye believe me not."
471		00:40:24,359 --> 00:40:25,760		(John 8:44b-45)
472	[193]	00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:30,180		Behind the scenes,
				Satan was deeply involved.
473		00:40:30,180 --> 00:40:32,690		But you must realize
				that before the devil
474		00:40:32,690 --> 00:40:36,220		moves against someone,
				he must first get permission
475		00:40:36,220 --> 00:40:40,119		from God the Father in heaven.
476	[194]	00:40:40,119 --> 00:40:45,119		And so to fulfill Bible prophecy,
				God allowed Satan
477		00:40:45,119 --> 00:40:47,930		to attack the Lord Jesus.
478	[195]	00:40:47,930 --> 00:40:53,970		Later, the Lord's religious enemies
				tried to trap Him by asking,
479		00:40:53,970 --> 00:40:58,430		"Is it lawful
				to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
480		00:40:58,430 --> 00:40:59,750		(Matthew 22:17)
481	[196]	00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:05,430		But Jesus perceived their wickedness,
				and said, Why tempt ye me,
482		00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:11,349		ye hypocrites?
				Shew me the tribute money.
483	[197]	00:41:11,349 --> 00:41:15,380		And they brought unto him a penny.
				And he saith unto them,
484		00:41:15,380 --> 00:41:19,310		Whose is this image
				and superscription?
485		00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:22,760		They say unto him, Caesar's.
486	[198]	00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:27,530		Then saith he unto them,
				Render therefore unto Caesar
487		00:41:27,530 --> 00:41:35,090		the things which are Caesar's;
				and unto God the things that are God's.
488	[199]	00:41:35,090 --> 00:41:40,050		When they had heard these words,
				they marvelled, and left him,
489		00:41:40,050 --> 00:41:42,720		and went their way.
				(Matthew 22:18-22)
490	[200]	00:41:42,730 --> 00:41:45,740		Jesus exposed the Pharisees
				when He said,
491		00:41:45,740 --> 00:41:51,760		"Woe unto you,
				scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
492		00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:59,339		for ye are like unto whited sepulchres,
				which indeed appear beautiful outward,
493	[201]	00:41:59,339 --> 00:42:02,540		but are within full of
				dead men's bones,
494		00:42:02,540 --> 00:42:05,250		and all uncleanness."
				(Matthew 23:27)
495		00:42:05,250 --> 00:42:14,530		"Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers,
				how can ye escape the damnation of hell?"
496		00:42:14,530 --> 00:42:19,190		(Matthew 23:33)
497	[202]	00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,920		Jesus said,
				"For God sent not his Son into the world
498		00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,920		to condemn the world;
				but that the world through him
499		00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:38,349		might be saved.
				He that believeth on him is not condemned:
500	[203]	00:42:38,349 --> 00:42:43,169		but he that believeth not
				is condemned already,
501		00:42:43,169 --> 00:42:51,339		because he hath not believed in
				the name of the only begotten Son of God."
502		00:42:51,339 --> 00:42:52,710		(John 3:17-18)
503	[204]	00:42:52,710 --> 00:42:57,220		Jesus said to the crowds:
				"He that heareth my word,
504		00:42:57,220 --> 00:43:02,250		and believeth on him that sent me,
				hath everlasting life,
505		00:43:02,250 --> 00:43:08,730		and shall not come into condemnation,
				but is passed from death unto life."
506		00:43:08,730 --> 00:43:10,210		(John 5:24)
507	[205]	00:43:10,210 --> 00:43:15,750		"In him was life;
				and the life was the light of men."
508		00:43:15,750 --> 00:43:17,990		(John 1:4)
509		00:43:17,990 --> 00:43:22,109		The Lord Jesus sent shock waves
				throughout the religious establishment
510		00:43:22,109 --> 00:43:23,450		when He said,
511	[206]	00:43:23,450 --> 00:43:29,869		"I am the way, the truth,
				and the life:
512		00:43:29,869 --> 00:43:35,619		no man cometh unto the Father,
				but by me,"
513		00:43:35,619 --> 00:43:41,210		thereby declaring to the whole world
				that He is the only way to heaven.
514		00:43:41,210 --> 00:43:43,490		(John 14:6)
515	[207]	00:43:43,490 --> 00:43:48,270		Those words
				turned the religious world upside down.
516		00:43:48,270 --> 00:43:51,609		They hated Jesus
				for saying them then
517		00:43:51,609 --> 00:44:00,180		and multitudes hate those words today.
518	[208]	00:44:00,180 --> 00:44:04,010		The Messiah's ministry
				was coming to a close.
519		00:44:04,010 --> 00:44:07,390		The prophet Daniel
				foretold to the exact day
520		00:44:07,390 --> 00:44:14,609		when the Messiah would enter Jerusalem
				to the shouts of Hosanna...
521	[209]	00:44:14,609 --> 00:44:19,509		but Jesus knew that
				within a week they would be shouting
522		00:44:19,509 --> 00:44:24,320		"Crucify Him!" (Mark 15:13)
523	[210]	00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:27,089		Satan was busy
				moving the religious leaders
524		00:44:27,089 --> 00:44:34,599		to plot the death of his greatest enemy.
				After all, it was Jesus Christ
525		00:44:34,599 --> 00:44:39,170		who had thrown him
				and his angels out of heaven.
526	[211]	00:44:39,170 --> 00:44:43,490		The disciples were still excited
				about Jesus' triumphal entry
527		00:44:43,490 --> 00:44:49,650		into Jerusalem,
				believing that He would soon be a king.
528	[212]	00:44:49,650 --> 00:44:52,220		But at the Passover supper,
				Jesus explained
529		00:44:52,220 --> 00:44:58,640		that He was about to
				shed His blood and die.
530	[213]	00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:02,000		Then Jesus took some bread and wine
				as a symbol of
531		00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:07,760		what was about to take place.
				He broke some bread,
532		00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:14,760		which represented His body
				that would be broken on the cross.
533	[214]	00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:19,000		Then He gave them wine,
				which represented
534		00:45:19,010 --> 00:45:24,609		the blood He would shed.
				This established a custom
535		00:45:24,609 --> 00:45:30,389		to be followed until His second coming.
536	[215]	00:45:30,389 --> 00:45:33,740		After the supper,
				Satan made his move.
537		00:45:33,740 --> 00:45:42,300		He used a disciple named Judas Iscariot
				by entering into his body.
538		00:45:42,300 --> 00:45:48,040		What followed made Judas
				the greatest traitor of all history.
539	[216]	00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:55,710		Judas went to the chief priests
				to betray the Lord.
540	[217]	00:45:55,710 --> 00:46:01,150		Judas sold out to the religious crowd
				for 30 pieces of silver.
541	[218]	00:46:01,150 --> 00:46:06,940		Then Satan,
				believing his hour of triumph had come,
542		00:46:06,940 --> 00:46:08,970		summoned his dark forces
				to Jerusalem
543		00:46:08,970 --> 00:46:17,210		to destroy Jesus, the Light of the World.
544	[219]	00:46:17,210 --> 00:46:22,400		That night Jesus took His disciples
				to the garden of Gethsemane,
545		00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:26,530		and left them so He could pray alone.
546	[220]	00:46:26,530 --> 00:46:30,109		The Bible says,
				"And being in an agony
547		00:46:30,109 --> 00:46:34,609		he prayed more earnestly;
548	[221]	00:46:34,609 --> 00:46:38,440		and his sweat was
				as it were great drops of blood
549		00:46:38,450 --> 00:46:42,290		falling down to the ground."
				(Luke 22:44)
550	[222]	00:46:42,290 --> 00:46:49,030		Jesus, "who did no sin,
				neither was guile found in his mouth"
551		00:46:49,030 --> 00:46:54,570		was about to take upon Himself
				the sins of the whole world.
552		00:46:54,570 --> 00:46:56,500		(1 Peter 2:22)
553	[223]	00:46:56,500 --> 00:47:03,290		Jesus prayed, saying,
				"O my Father, if it be possible,
554		00:47:03,290 --> 00:47:10,640		let this cup pass from me:
				nevertheless not as I will,
555		00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:14,940		but as thou wilt."
				(Matthew 26:39)
556	[224]	00:47:14,940 --> 00:47:21,160		"...behold, the hour is at hand,
				and the Son of man is betrayed
557		00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:26,840		into the hands of sinners."
				(Matthew 26:45)
558	[225]	00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:31,460		"And immediately,
				while he yet spake, cometh Judas,
559		00:47:31,470 --> 00:47:35,500		one of the twelve,
				and with him a great multitude
560		00:47:35,500 --> 00:47:38,580		with swords and staves,
				from the chief priests
561		00:47:38,580 --> 00:47:42,180		and the scribes and the elders."
				(Mark 14:43)
562	[226]	00:47:42,180 --> 00:47:47,300		Judas "gave them a sign, saying,
				Whomsoever I shall kiss,
563		00:47:47,300 --> 00:47:50,990		that same is he;
				hold him fast."
564		00:47:50,990 --> 00:47:52,210		(Matthew 26:48)
565	[227]	00:47:52,210 --> 00:47:57,500		"Jesus said unto him, Judas,
				betrayest thou the Son of man
566		00:47:57,500 --> 00:48:00,840		with a kiss?"
				(Luke 22:48)
567	[228]	00:48:00,849 --> 00:48:05,500		"Then came they,
				and laid hands on Jesus,
568		00:48:05,500 --> 00:48:07,089		and took him."
				(Matthew 26:50)
569	[229]	00:48:07,089 --> 00:48:11,010		"And, behold,
				one of them which were with Jesus
570		00:48:11,010 --> 00:48:14,400		stretched out his hand,
				and drew his sword, and
571		00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:18,740		struck a servant of the high priest's,
				and smote off his ear."
572		00:48:18,740 --> 00:48:19,510		(Matthew 26:51)
573	[230]	00:48:19,510 --> 00:48:23,110		But Jesus
				"touched his ear, and healed him"
574		00:48:23,110 --> 00:48:23,860		(Luke 22:51)
575	[231]	00:48:23,860 --> 00:48:27,220		and told them to
				"put up again thy sword
576		00:48:27,230 --> 00:48:31,820		into his place:
				for all they that take the sword
577		00:48:31,820 --> 00:48:36,400		shall perish with the sword."
				(Matthew 26:52)
578	[232]	00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:41,900		Jesus reminded them that
				He could pray to His Father in heaven
579		00:48:41,900 --> 00:48:48,829		and He would give Him more than
				12 legions of angels to rescue Him.
580	[233]	00:48:48,829 --> 00:48:56,540		That would be more than 72,000 angels.
				But Jesus would not allow the angels
581		00:48:56,540 --> 00:49:01,700		to defend Him,
				because He had to be crucified
582		00:49:01,700 --> 00:49:05,020		to fulfill the Scriptures.
583	[234]	00:49:05,030 --> 00:49:09,450		As He was arrested,
				Satan was delighted.
584		00:49:09,450 --> 00:49:14,520		His arch enemy was defenseless...
				and the devil's moment for revenge
585		00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:18,619		had come.
586	[235]	00:49:18,619 --> 00:49:23,750		"And they that had laid hold on Jesus
				led him away
587		00:49:23,750 --> 00:49:28,550		to Caiaphas the high priest,
				where the scribes and the elders
588		00:49:28,550 --> 00:49:30,280		were assembled."
				(Matthew 26:57)
589	[236]	00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:34,849		"Now the chief priests, and elders,
				and all the council,
590		00:49:34,849 --> 00:49:39,710		sought false witness against Jesus,
				to put him to death."
591		00:49:39,710 --> 00:49:40,520		(Matthew 26:59)
592	[237]	00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:45,720		They asked Jesus this question:
				"Art thou the Christ,
593		00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:48,890		the Son of the Blessed?"
				(Mark 14:61)
594	[238]	00:49:48,890 --> 00:49:52,020		Jesus said, "I am!"
				(Mark 14:62)
595	[239]	00:49:52,020 --> 00:49:59,420		"Then the high priest rent his clothes,
				saying, He hath spoken blasphemy;
596		00:49:59,420 --> 00:50:02,800		what further need have we of witnesses?
				(Matthew 26:65)
597	[240]	00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:05,880		"behold,
				now ye have heard his blasphemy.
598		00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:08,109		What think ye?"
599	[241]	00:50:08,109 --> 00:50:11,560		"They answered and said,
				He is guilty of death."
600		00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:12,440		(Matthew 26:65-66)
601	[242]	00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:16,940		"Then did they spit in his face,
				and buffeted him;
602		00:50:16,940 --> 00:50:20,530		and others smote him
				with the palms of their hands,"
603		00:50:20,530 --> 00:50:22,109		(Matthew 26:67)
604	[243]	00:50:22,109 --> 00:50:27,190		"And when they had bound him,
				they led him away,
605		00:50:27,190 --> 00:50:29,160		and delivered him
				to Pontius Pilate the governor."
606		00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:31,869		(Matthew 27:2)
607	[244]	00:50:31,869 --> 00:50:37,800		"And when he was accused
				of the chief priests and elders,
608		00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,800		he answered nothing."
				(Matthew 27:12)
609	[245]	00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:46,150		This act fulfilled another prophecy:
				"He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
610		00:50:46,150 --> 00:50:51,170		yet he opened not his mouth:
				he is brought
611		00:50:51,170 --> 00:50:55,710		as a lamb to the slaughter,
				and as a sheep before her shearers
612		00:50:55,710 --> 00:51:00,920		is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
				(Isaiah 53:7)
613	[246]	00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:06,920		"And Pilate asked him,
				Art thou the King of the Jews?
614		00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:11,270		And he answering said unto him,
				Thou sayest it."
615		00:51:11,270 --> 00:51:12,010		(Mark 15:2)
616	[247]	00:51:12,010 --> 00:51:17,460		After hearing the charges,
				Pilate was politically trapped.
617		00:51:17,470 --> 00:51:22,910		Out of fear, he looked for a way out.
				"And said Pilate to the chief priests
618		00:51:22,910 --> 00:51:28,440		and to the people,
				I find no fault in this man."
619		00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:30,020		(Luke 23:4)
620	[248]	00:51:30,020 --> 00:51:35,920		The Jews became enraged and
				turned the situation into a near riot,
621		00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:39,480		putting the pressure on Pilate.
622	[249]	00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:44,710		This was a special Jewish feast day
				and Pilate knew that it was customary
623		00:51:44,710 --> 00:51:51,810		to release a prisoner at this time.
				Pilate wanted Jesus released.
624	[250]	00:51:51,810 --> 00:51:55,010		And the soldiers brought
				before the people a murderer
625		00:51:55,010 --> 00:51:58,570		named Barabbas.
				They were to choose
626		00:51:58,570 --> 00:52:02,130		between him and the Lord Jesus.
627	[251]	00:52:02,130 --> 00:52:07,099		Pilate asked the crowd
				to choose which should be released...
628		00:52:07,099 --> 00:52:13,300		Christ or Barabbas... to his surprise...
				They all cried out together...
629		00:52:13,300 --> 00:52:19,500		"Not this man, but Barabbas! ... Barabbas!"
				(John 18:40)
630	[252]	00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:24,740		Pilate asked what he should do
				with the man called the King of the Jews.
631		00:52:24,740 --> 00:52:30,310		The crowd shouted, "Crucify Him!"
				(Mark 15:13)
632	[253]	00:52:30,310 --> 00:52:36,450		Pilate found nothing done by Jesus
				deserving death...
633		00:52:36,450 --> 00:52:40,900		he thought if he had Jesus scourged,
				it would please the crowd
634		00:52:40,900 --> 00:52:43,740		and he could release Him.
635	[254]	00:52:43,740 --> 00:52:49,780		So Jesus was taken by the soldiers
				to be scourged.
636		00:52:49,780 --> 00:52:54,609		The Lord Jesus was
				in complete control of the situation.
637	[255]	00:52:54,609 --> 00:53:00,310		Each step of the crucifixion
				had been planned in heaven
638		00:53:00,310 --> 00:53:07,619		by God the Father, God the Son
				and God the Holy Spirit
639		00:53:07,619 --> 00:53:11,900		before the earth was ever formed.
640	[256]	00:53:11,900 --> 00:53:18,329		They tied the Saviour's hands
				to an overhead beam and whipped Him,
641		00:53:18,329 --> 00:53:22,339		fulfilling the prophecy,
				"He gave His back to the smiters."
642		00:53:22,339 --> 00:53:24,440		(see Isaiah 50:6)
643	[257]	00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:31,640		Jesus had the power to stop them
				but He willingly allowed them to do so.
644	[258]	00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:35,970		The leather whip usually had
				pieces of steel, balls of lead
645		00:53:35,970 --> 00:53:40,960		and sharp bones attached.
				Not only the back was whipped,
646		00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:46,720		but also the buttocks and the legs.
647	[259]	00:53:46,720 --> 00:53:52,580		As the sharp bones and metal
				in the whip tore away the flesh,
648		00:53:52,589 --> 00:53:57,770		muscles were sliced wide open.
				The arteries would be hit,
649		00:53:57,770 --> 00:54:02,099		spurting blood.
				Most victims died
650		00:54:02,099 --> 00:54:04,500		from the beating alone.
651	[260]	00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:10,550		"But he was wounded
				for our transgressions,
652		00:54:10,550 --> 00:54:18,180		he was bruised for our iniquities:
				the chastisement of our peace
653	[261]	00:54:18,180 --> 00:54:26,380		was upon him;
				and with his stripes we are healed."
				00:54:26,380 --> 00:54:32,910
654		00:54:26,380 --> 00:54:32,910		(Isaiah 53:5)
655	[262]	00:54:32,910 --> 00:54:38,520		Remember when God cursed the earth
				with thorns because of sin?
656		00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:41,720		The soldiers made a crown
				of poisonous thorns ...
657	[263]	00:54:41,720 --> 00:54:49,200		...and jammed it down on His head
				causing terrible pain,
658		00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:52,680		swelling and bleeding.
659	[264]	00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:57,320		Jesus was to become
				the sin offering for us.
660		00:54:57,329 --> 00:55:04,420		The crown of thorns symbolized
				the awfulness of sin.
661	[265]	00:55:04,420 --> 00:55:11,320		And they stripped him,
				and put on him a purple robe.
662	[266]	00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:17,360		They put "a reed in his right hand:
				and they bowed the knee before him,
663		00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:21,240		and mocked him saying,
				Hail, King of the Jews!"
664		00:55:21,250 --> 00:55:22,310		(Matthew 27:29)
665	[267]	00:55:22,310 --> 00:55:26,650		Each soldier present
				hit Jesus in the face
666		00:55:26,650 --> 00:55:31,970		with their fists without mercy
				and struck Him on the head
667		00:55:31,970 --> 00:55:35,090		with the reed.
668	[268]	00:55:35,090 --> 00:55:40,740		They spit upon "The Lamb of God,"
				fulfilling the scriptures...
669		00:55:40,740 --> 00:55:45,310		"I hid not my face
				from shame and spitting."
670		00:55:45,310 --> 00:55:46,690		(Isaiah 50:6b)
671		00:55:46,690 --> 00:55:50,170		"He is despised
				and rejected of men;
672		00:55:50,170 --> 00:55:56,010		a man of sorrows,
				and acquainted with grief."
673		00:55:56,010 --> 00:55:57,470		(Isaiah 53:3)
674	[269]	00:55:57,470 --> 00:56:00,910		Jesus was returned to the governor,
				Pontius Pilate,
675		00:56:00,910 --> 00:56:04,300		who boasted that he alone
				had the power to crucify
676		00:56:04,300 --> 00:56:08,000		or release Jesus.
677	[270]	00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:11,329		But the Lord answered,
				"Thou couldest have
678		00:56:11,329 --> 00:56:19,390		no power at all against me,
				except it were given thee from above."
679		00:56:19,390 --> 00:56:21,050		(John 19:11)
680	[271]	00:56:21,050 --> 00:56:26,819		Jesus had said earlier:
				"I lay down my life,
681		00:56:26,819 --> 00:56:32,950		that I might take it again.
				No man taketh it from me,
682		00:56:32,950 --> 00:56:37,800		but I lay it down of myself."
				(John 10:17b-18a)
683	[272]	00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:41,380		From then on Pilate
				sought to release Him.
684		00:56:41,380 --> 00:56:47,079		But the Jews called out saying,
				"If you let this man go,
685		00:56:47,079 --> 00:56:53,010		"thou are not Caesar's friend:
				whosoever maketh himself a king
686		00:56:53,010 --> 00:56:55,970		speaketh against Caesar."
				(John 19:12b)
687	[273]	00:56:55,970 --> 00:56:58,860		Satan whipped up
				the emotions of the crowd
688		00:56:58,869 --> 00:57:04,500		into total hate for Jesus...
				Satan believed he was
689		00:57:04,500 --> 00:57:08,880		in complete control. He was not!
690	[274]	00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:12,050		Unknowingly,
				Satan was a puppet
691		00:57:12,050 --> 00:57:17,450		playing into God's hands.
				He was completely oblivious
692		00:57:17,450 --> 00:57:21,369		that his actions
				were fulfilling Bible prophecy.
693	[275]	00:57:21,369 --> 00:57:27,500		For the last time, Pilate said,
				"Behold your King..."
694		00:57:27,500 --> 00:57:28,859		(John 19:14b)
695		00:57:28,859 --> 00:57:33,950		but the chief priest said,
				"We have no king but Caesar!"
696		00:57:33,950 --> 00:57:34,920		(John 19:15b)
697		00:57:34,920 --> 00:57:39,420		The mob kept shouting,
				"Crucify Him, Crucify Him!"
698		00:57:39,420 --> 00:57:40,180		(Luke 23:21b)
699	[276]	00:57:40,180 --> 00:57:44,359		So when Pilate saw that
				he had lost control of the situation,
700		00:57:44,359 --> 00:57:50,030		he took water and washed his hands
				before the crowd saying,
701		00:57:50,030 --> 00:57:54,839		"I am innocent of the blood
				of this just person..."
702		00:57:54,839 --> 00:57:56,039		(Matthew 27:24b)
703	[277]	00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:59,640		"Then answered all the people,
				and said,
704		00:57:59,650 --> 00:58:08,560		his blood be on us and on our children."
				God took them at their words
705		00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:13,780		and they have suffered ever since.
				(Matthew 27:25)
706	[278]	00:58:13,780 --> 00:58:18,660		Then Pilate delivered Jesus
				to be crucified...
707		00:58:18,660 --> 00:58:22,480		and they took Him away.
708	[279]	00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:27,579		His flesh is hanging in ribbons
				and He is ordered to carry a cross
709		00:58:27,579 --> 00:58:34,899		weighing over 100 pounds,
				650 yards to the place of execution...
710		00:58:34,900 --> 00:58:38,980		Golgotha.
711	[280]	00:58:38,980 --> 00:58:43,230		The rough wood
				gouged into His torn back,
712		00:58:43,230 --> 00:58:53,410		by now He was already dehydrated.
				The miracle was that He was still living.
713	[281]	00:58:53,410 --> 00:59:01,220		Another prophecy came to pass:
				"Surely he hath borne our griefs,
714		00:59:01,220 --> 00:59:08,460		and carried our sorrows:
				yet we did esteem him stricken,
715		00:59:08,460 --> 00:59:14,200		smitten of God, and afflicted."
				(Isaiah 53:4)
716	[282]	00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:21,060		Another prophecy came to pass:
				"I gave my back to the smiters,
717		00:59:21,069 --> 00:59:25,089		and my cheeks
				to them that plucked off the hair:
718	[283]	00:59:25,089 --> 00:59:35,729		I hid not my face from shame and spitting."
				(Isaiah 50:6)
719	[284]	00:59:35,729 --> 00:59:40,329		God left heaven
				in love and mercy
720		00:59:40,329 --> 00:59:46,540		to bear the insults, lies and hatred
				of His creation
721	[285]	00:59:46,540 --> 00:59:56,980		and to die for their sins.
722	[286]	00:59:56,980 --> 01:00:03,560		The angels watched in horror.
723	[287]	01:00:03,569 --> 01:00:10,000		By now His face
				was mass of torn tissue.
724		01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:13,060		The thorns which had caused
				such massive swelling
725		01:00:13,060 --> 01:00:15,950		and painful infection
726	[288]	01:00:15,950 --> 01:00:19,310		were almost covered
				with swollen flesh that
727		01:00:19,310 --> 01:00:26,060		He no longer looked like a man.
728	[289]	01:00:26,060 --> 01:00:29,940		Hundreds of years before
				this even took place,
729		01:00:29,940 --> 01:00:34,500		the psalmist prophesied
				these words about the Lord Jesus:
730	[290]	01:00:34,500 --> 01:00:39,760		"For dogs have compassed me;
				the assembly of the wicked
731		01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:42,950		have inclosed me:
732	[291]	01:00:42,950 --> 01:00:46,300		they pierced my hands
733	[292]	01:00:46,300 --> 01:00:51,140		and my feet."
				(Psalm 22:16)
734	[293]	01:00:51,140 --> 01:00:56,140		Jesus Himself said...
				"And I, if I be lifted up
735		01:00:56,140 --> 01:01:01,500		from the earth,
				will draw all men unto me."
736		01:01:01,500 --> 01:01:03,960		(John 12:32)
737	[294]	01:01:06,340 --> 01:01:07,660		(THUD!)
738	[295]	01:01:07,660 --> 01:01:12,460		"Greater love hath no man
				than this, that a man
739		01:01:12,470 --> 01:01:17,780		lay down his life for his friends."
				(John 15:13)
740	[296]	01:01:17,780 --> 01:01:22,579		"And with him they crucify
				two thieves;
741		01:01:22,579 --> 01:01:27,869		the one on his right hand,
				and the other on his left.
742		01:01:27,869 --> 01:01:30,680		And the scripture was fulfilled,
				which saith,
743		01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:33,490		And he was numbered
				with the transgressors."
744		01:01:33,490 --> 01:01:34,829		(Mark 15:27-28)
745	[297]	01:01:34,829 --> 01:01:39,119		The soldiers gambled
				for the Lord's clothing.
746		01:01:39,119 --> 01:01:42,540		The gentle Jesus
				was further humiliated
747		01:01:42,540 --> 01:01:48,980		by being stripped naked
				for all the world to see.
748	[298]	01:01:48,980 --> 01:01:53,600		Jesus looked at His tormentors
				and prayed:
749		01:01:53,609 --> 01:02:01,710		"Father, forgive them;
				for they know not what they do."
750		01:02:01,710 --> 01:02:04,640		(Luke 23:34)
751	[299]	01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:07,380		The onlookers said,
				"Save thyself,
752		01:02:07,380 --> 01:02:12,040		and come down from the cross."
				(Mark 15:30)
753	[300]	01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:18,089		"Likewise also the chief priests mocking
				said among themselves with the scribes,
754		01:02:18,089 --> 01:02:24,010		He saved others; himself he cannot save."
				(Mark 15:31)
755	[301]	01:02:24,010 --> 01:02:28,380		"Let Christ the King of Israel
				descend now from the cross,
756		01:02:28,380 --> 01:02:37,460		that we may see and believe."
				(Mark 15:32a)
757	[302]	01:02:37,460 --> 01:02:41,510		The horror of the crucifixion
				was described medically
758		01:02:41,510 --> 01:02:45,190		by a qualified physician, who said:
759	[303]	01:02:45,190 --> 01:02:50,220		"This was the most agonizing death
				man could face...
760		01:02:50,220 --> 01:02:56,220		he had to support himself
				in order to breathe...
761	[304]	01:02:56,220 --> 01:03:00,960		The flaming pain caused by the spikes
				hitting the median nerve
762		01:03:00,960 --> 01:03:10,349		in the wrists explodes up his arms,
				into his brain and down his spine.
763	[305]	01:03:10,349 --> 01:03:12,569		The spike burning through
				the nerves between
764		01:03:12,569 --> 01:03:17,920		the metatarsal bones of the feet
				jerks his body erect,
765	[306]	01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:24,580		then the leg muscles convulse
				and drive his body downward...
766	[307]	01:03:24,590 --> 01:03:29,150		beating him against the cross.
767	[308]	01:03:29,150 --> 01:03:31,700		Air is sucked in,
				but cannot be exhaled
768		01:03:31,700 --> 01:03:35,780		until the buildup of carbon dioxide
				in the lungs and blood stream
769		01:03:35,780 --> 01:03:43,040		stimulates breathing
				to relieve the cramps.
770	[309]	01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:47,840		Exhaustion, shock,
				dehydration and paralysis
771		01:03:47,849 --> 01:03:53,500		destroy the victim.
772	[310]	01:03:53,500 --> 01:03:56,820		The heart is barely able
				to pump the thick blood
773		01:03:56,829 --> 01:04:05,210		As each of his billions of cells
				die one at a time."
774		01:04:05,210 --> 01:04:13,140		Our sins
				sent Jesus Christ to the cross.
775	[311]	01:04:13,140 --> 01:04:18,800		"As many were astonied at thee;
				his visage was so marred
776		01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:22,809		more than any man,
				and his form
777		01:04:22,809 --> 01:04:27,710		more than the sons of men:"
				(Isaiah 52:14)
778	[312]	01:04:27,710 --> 01:04:32,410		This was the turning point
				in all history...
779		01:04:32,410 --> 01:04:38,620		never was there a day like this day.
780	[313]	01:04:38,620 --> 01:04:46,920		"For God so loved the world,
				that he gave his only begotten Son,
781		01:04:46,920 --> 01:04:51,599		that whosoever believeth in him
				should not perish,
782		01:04:51,599 --> 01:04:57,619		but have everlasting life."
				(John 3:16)
783	[314]	01:04:57,619 --> 01:05:02,619		The blood that Jesus shed
				on the cross that terrible day
784		01:05:02,620 --> 01:05:11,080		was not human blood.
				It was God's precious blood...
785		01:05:11,089 --> 01:05:14,960		the only thing
				that could wash away our sins.
786		01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:16,620		(see Acts 20:28; Rev 1:5)
787	[315]	01:05:16,620 --> 01:05:18,060		(THUNDER -- LIGHTNING)
788	[316]	01:05:18,060 --> 01:05:31,880		Why did Jesus go through all this?
				For you... because He loves you!
789	[317]	01:05:31,880 --> 01:05:38,380		The sky became black as
				God the Father could not look upon sin.
790	[318]	01:05:38,380 --> 01:05:43,359		Jesus took the sin of mankind
				upon Himself,
791		01:05:43,359 --> 01:05:48,349		including every evil thought or deed,
				and paid the terrible price
792		01:05:48,349 --> 01:05:51,609		on the cruel cross.
793	[319]	01:05:51,609 --> 01:05:56,819		And Jesus cried out...
				"My God, my God,
794		01:05:56,819 --> 01:06:00,379		why hast thou forsaken me?"
				(Mark 15:34b)
795	[320]	01:06:00,380 --> 01:06:05,560		"Behold the Lamb of God,
				which taketh away
796		01:06:05,569 --> 01:06:08,720		the sin of the world."
				(John 1:29)
797	[321]	01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:14,050		Just before He died,
				the Lord cried out...
798		01:06:14,050 --> 01:06:17,710		"IT IS FINISHED!"
				(John 19:30)
799		01:06:17,710 --> 01:06:23,040		All the work necessary to save us
				was completed.
800	[322]	01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:26,780		"And when Jesus cried
				with a loud voice...
801		01:06:26,780 --> 01:06:32,260		He said, Father, into thy hands
				I commend my spirit:
802		01:06:32,260 --> 01:06:38,619		and having said thus,
				he gave up the ghost."
803		01:06:38,619 --> 01:06:38,619		(Luke 23:46)
804	[323]	01:06:38,620 --> 01:06:46,840		The sacrifice on the cross
				will never be repeated.
805	[324]	01:06:46,849 --> 01:06:51,069		To make sure that He was dead,
				a soldier thrust a spear
806		01:06:51,069 --> 01:06:56,769		in the Lord's side
				and out came blood and water.
807		01:06:56,769 --> 01:06:57,859		(see John 19:34)
808	[325]	01:06:57,859 --> 01:07:01,099		"And when the centurion,
				which stood over against him,
809		01:07:01,099 --> 01:07:06,599		saw that he so cried out,
				and gave up the ghost, he said,
810		01:07:06,599 --> 01:07:15,899		Truly this man was the Son of God."
				(Mark 15:39)
811	[326]	01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:19,040		After His death,
				the body was taken down
812		01:07:19,050 --> 01:07:21,900		from the cross and
				wrapped in fine linen and
813		01:07:21,900 --> 01:07:26,240		placed in a borrowed tomb.
814	[327]	01:07:26,240 --> 01:07:31,760		Great uncertainty gripped Jerusalem.
				The Lord Jesus was dead,
815		01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:36,640		Judas had hanged himself and
				the disciples were hiding
816		01:07:36,650 --> 01:07:39,370		for fear of their lives.
817	[328]	01:07:39,370 --> 01:07:44,760		Everything seemed hopeless.
				The disciples in unbelief
818		01:07:44,770 --> 01:07:49,330		forgot that Jesus said
				He would rise again.
819	[329]	01:07:49,330 --> 01:07:55,790		Then it happened...
				the greatest event of all time.
820		01:07:55,790 --> 01:07:59,850		After three days in the tomb,
				the glory of God
821		01:07:59,850 --> 01:08:02,490		burst forth
				and the crucified One
822		01:08:02,490 --> 01:08:06,230		rose again from the dead
				offering to the world
823	[330]	01:08:06,230 --> 01:08:11,370		the hope of eternal life.
824		01:08:11,370 --> 01:08:14,480		The Lord Jesus,
				in great victory
825		01:08:14,490 --> 01:08:18,609		over sin, death and hell,
				proclaimed:
826	[331]	01:08:18,609 --> 01:08:25,000		"I am Alpha and Omega,
				the beginning and the ending,
827		01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:30,640		saith the Lord,
				which is, and which was,
828		01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:34,799		and which is to come,
829	[332]	01:08:34,799 --> 01:08:36,649		the Almighty."
				(Revelation 1:8)
830		01:08:36,649 --> 01:08:41,278		"I am he that liveth,
				and was dead;
831		01:08:41,279 --> 01:08:47,189		and behold, I am alive
				for evermore, Amen;
832		01:08:47,189 --> 01:08:50,189		and have the keys
				of hell and of death."
833		01:08:50,189 --> 01:08:53,659		(Revelation 1:18)
834	[333]	01:08:53,660 --> 01:08:57,140		At dawn,
				on the first day of the week,
835		01:08:57,149 --> 01:09:01,838		women brought spices to the tomb
				to anoint the body of Jesus.
836		01:09:01,839 --> 01:09:07,259		They were greeted by an angel who said,
837	[334]	01:09:07,260 --> 01:09:12,120		"Fear not ye:
				for I know that ye seek Jesus,
838		01:09:12,120 --> 01:09:16,500		which was crucified,...
				he is not here,
839		01:09:16,500 --> 01:09:20,640		he is risen, as he said...
				Go quickly and tell his disciples."
840		01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:22,859		(Matthew 28:5-7)
841	[335]	01:09:22,859 --> 01:09:30,059		Satan's kingdom was shattered.
				In his madness, Satan was defeated.
842		01:09:30,060 --> 01:09:35,359		A resurrected Christ
				meant Satan's days were numbered.
843	[336]	01:09:35,359 --> 01:09:40,499		Satan underestimated
				the power of God Almighty.
844		01:09:40,500 --> 01:09:47,020		If he had known it,
				he would have never crucified the Lord.
845		01:09:47,020 --> 01:09:48,140		(see 1 Corinthians 2:8)
846	[337]	01:09:48,140 --> 01:09:53,279		The resurrected Jesus
				was seen by over 500 witnesses.
847		01:09:53,279 --> 01:09:56,899		His disciples were overjoyed.
848	[338]	01:09:56,900 --> 01:10:00,980		The Lord gave them
				this direct order:
849		01:10:00,980 --> 01:10:06,620		"Go ye into all the world,
				and preach the gospel
850		01:10:06,620 --> 01:10:12,860		to every creature."
				(Mark 16:15)
851	[339]	01:10:12,860 --> 01:10:19,420		Now watch closely,
852		01:10:19,420 --> 01:10:28,200		and see the billions upon billions
				who died in their sins.
853		01:10:28,200 --> 01:10:33,380		Jesus loved these people enough
				to leave heaven and warn them
854		01:10:33,380 --> 01:10:37,900		about hell and judgment.
855		01:10:37,900 --> 01:10:45,840		He shed His precious blood, God's blood,
				to wash away their sins.
856		01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:54,940		He died and rose from the dead.
				But none of these people believed Him.
857		01:10:54,940 --> 01:10:59,000		None of them
				made Jesus their Lord and Saviour.
858		01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:04,500		Instead of choosing life,
				they chose death.
859		01:11:04,500 --> 01:11:11,260		So Jesus, as God Almighty
				and final Judge, had to send them here,
860		01:11:11,260 --> 01:11:14,740		to their second death.
861		01:11:14,740 --> 01:11:28,180		In the name of God,
				before it's too late, before you die,
862		01:11:28,180 --> 01:11:33,620		believe Jesus,
				and make Him your Lord and Saviour,
863		01:11:33,620 --> 01:11:41,600		before you end up
				in this horrible place.
864	[340]	01:11:44,380 --> 01:11:49,480		Before His return to heaven,
				Jesus made this wonderful promise
865		01:11:49,480 --> 01:11:56,790		to all those who receive Him:
				"Let not your heart be troubled:
866		01:11:56,790 --> 01:12:01,620		ye believe in God,
				believe also in me.
867		01:12:01,620 --> 01:12:03,420		(John 14:1)
868	[341]	01:12:03,420 --> 01:12:07,320		In my Father's house
				are many mansions:
869		01:12:07,320 --> 01:12:11,320		if it were not so,
				I would have told you.
870		01:12:11,320 --> 01:12:15,840		I go to prepare a place for you.
				(John 14:2)
871	[342]	01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:19,380		And if I go
				and prepare a place for you,
872		01:12:19,380 --> 01:12:25,030		I will come again,
				and receive you unto myself;
873		01:12:25,030 --> 01:12:28,400		that where I am,
				there ye may be also."
874		01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:32,120		(John 14:3)
875	[343]	01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:36,980		Jesus proclaimed that,
				"All power is given unto me
876		01:12:36,989 --> 01:12:44,460		in heaven and in earth..."
				Then He was taken up
877		01:12:44,460 --> 01:12:48,980		into the clouds to heaven.
				(Matthew 28:18; Acts 1:9-11)
878	[344]	01:12:48,980 --> 01:12:55,000		Dear viewer,
				this is the greatest story ever told.
879		01:12:55,000 --> 01:13:02,920		Jesus is indeed the Light of the World.
				If you miss Jesus,
880		01:13:02,920 --> 01:13:07,980		you miss the way to heaven.
				He Himself said,
881		01:13:07,980 --> 01:13:13,500		"I am the way,
				the truth, and the life;
882		01:13:13,500 --> 01:13:17,150		no man cometh unto the Father,
				but by me."
883		01:13:17,150 --> 01:13:19,190		(John 14:6)
884	[345]	01:13:19,190 --> 01:13:25,280		"That if thou shalt confess
				with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
885		01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:28,600		and shalt believe
				in thine heart that
886		01:13:28,600 --> 01:13:35,100		God hath raised him from the dead,
				thou shalt be saved."
887		01:13:35,100 --> 01:13:36,910		(Romans 10:9)
888	[346]	01:13:36,910 --> 01:13:41,960		Although Satan is a defeated foe,
				God has given him permission
889		01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:47,500		to rule over this world's system,
				which is totally corrupt.
890	[347]	01:13:47,500 --> 01:13:51,480		Satan's purpose
				is to blind the hearts and minds
891		01:13:51,480 --> 01:13:57,340		of people to the Gospel.
				Millions are deceived!
892	[348]	01:13:57,340 --> 01:14:02,600		Religion is one of Satan's way
				of destroying your soul.
893	[349]	01:14:02,610 --> 01:14:08,760		But Jesus came to save your soul.
				Satan has multitudes
894		01:14:08,760 --> 01:14:14,810		following the teachings of Buddha...
				but Buddha is dead.
895		01:14:14,810 --> 01:14:19,090		He's powerless to save,
				for he was only a man.
896	[350]	01:14:19,090 --> 01:14:22,760		Ancient pagan religions
				worshipped Astarte,
897		01:14:22,760 --> 01:14:28,560		known as the Queen of Heaven.
				Today, millions of Roman Catholics
898		01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:31,560		unknowingly worship
				this same pagan goddess
899		01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:33,980		as "the Virgin Mary".
900	[351]	01:14:33,980 --> 01:14:37,020		God Himself commands
				in His Holy Word:
901		01:14:37,030 --> 01:14:41,860		"Cursed be the man
				that maketh any graven or molten image..."
902		01:14:41,860 --> 01:14:42,940		(Deuteronomy 27:15a)
903		01:14:42,940 --> 01:14:49,070		"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them,
				nor serve them."
904		01:14:49,070 --> 01:14:53,910		This is an abomination in the eyes of God.
				(Exodus 20:5)
905	[352]	01:14:53,910 --> 01:14:57,850		One of Satan's masterpieces is Islam.
906	[353]	01:14:57,850 --> 01:15:02,100		History proves that
				Allah was nothing more than
907		01:15:02,100 --> 01:15:05,420		the ancient moon god of the Middle East.
908	[354]	01:15:05,420 --> 01:15:11,080		Mohammed was doomed to hell
				when he rejected Jesus Christ
909		01:15:11,090 --> 01:15:14,699		as his Lord and Saviour.
910	[355]	01:15:14,699 --> 01:15:20,130		The devil has furnished mankind
				with millions of false gods to worship.
911		01:15:20,130 --> 01:15:23,969		In his wicked imagination,
				man has worshipped everything
912		01:15:23,969 --> 01:15:31,489		from insects, to rocks, rivers,
				idols made with hands,
913		01:15:31,489 --> 01:15:37,800		and even Satan himself.
914	[356]	01:15:37,800 --> 01:15:42,780		To be a follower of Jesus,
				you must reject all of your false gods
915		01:15:42,780 --> 01:15:48,480		and follow Him alone.
916	[357]	01:15:48,480 --> 01:15:51,980		The lake of fire
				is the final place
917		01:15:51,989 --> 01:15:55,790		for all who rejected
				the Lord Jesus Christ
918		01:15:55,790 --> 01:16:02,380		as their personal Saviour.
				It's too late for them...
919		01:16:02,380 --> 01:16:06,740		but what about you?
920	[358]	01:16:06,740 --> 01:16:10,860		If you receive Jesus,
				this is the beginning
921		01:16:10,860 --> 01:16:15,540		of a wonderful new life.
				God will bless you and
922		01:16:15,540 --> 01:16:22,000		change your whole life and
				give you a brand new heart.
923	[359]	01:16:22,010 --> 01:16:29,540		All of your problems won't go away,
				but He will carry your burdens for you.
924		01:16:29,540 --> 01:16:36,480		"Casting all your care upon him,
				for he careth for you."
925		01:16:36,480 --> 01:16:37,660		(1 Peter 5:7)
926	[360]	01:16:37,660 --> 01:16:40,500		But the best part will come
				when you stand
927		01:16:40,500 --> 01:16:45,900		before your wonderful Saviour
				at death and He will say to you...
928		01:16:45,900 --> 01:16:54,880		"Well done, thou good and faithful servant...
				enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."
929		01:16:54,890 --> 01:16:56,400		(Matthew 25:21)
930	[361]	01:16:56,400 --> 01:17:04,440		God loves you and guided you here
				so you can be saved from a burning hell.
931		01:17:04,440 --> 01:17:07,280		If you want Jesus
				to come into your heart,
932		01:17:07,290 --> 01:17:16,590		you must ask Him.
				Repeat these words and mean them.
933	[362]	01:17:16,590 --> 01:17:24,980		Lord, I realize that
				I am a sinner and need forgiveness.
934		01:17:24,980 --> 01:17:31,020		I believe Christ died for me
				and rose from the dead.
935		01:17:31,020 --> 01:17:39,620		Jesus, I now repent.
				I am willing to turn from sin.
936		01:17:39,630 --> 01:17:48,140		Please come into my heart.
				I trust You alone for my salvation.
937		01:17:48,140 --> 01:17:51,100		Thank you for letting me
				hear and receive
938		01:17:51,110 --> 01:18:04,550		the words of eternal life.
				In Jesus' name, Amen.