Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls: Renegade Mission | Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer

January 23, 2025 | S1:E4 | 44:29

The world’s most recognizable adventurer, Bear Grylls, embarks on a journey 2,000 years in the making, retracing the footsteps of Jesus in Israel. Each episode immerses viewers in the raw, untamed landscapes of the Holy Land while exploring the real story of the simple carpenter who changed the course of history. Using his signature survival skills, Bear dives into the life of the Refugee, Renegade, and Redeemer—Jesus of Nazareth.

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Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls | Bear Grylls: Renegade Mission | Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer | January 23, 2025

Jesus refugee renegade redeemer with bear
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Grylls is brought to you by mercy ships.
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Part of the adventure.
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Bear grylls: woo!
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♪♪♪
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Bear: i'm bear grylls, and i've been
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To the highest point on the planet,
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And i'm now here at the dead sea,
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At the lowest point in the entire world.
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Get ready for the ultimate adventure.
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♪♪♪
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Bear: i'm in israel following the footsteps
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Of a man who changed the entire world forever.
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The refugee, the renegade, and the redeemer,
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Jesus of nazareth.
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♪♪♪
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Bear: mountains have always played
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Such a big part in my life in, you know, different ways.
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And there's something about sometimes just getting away,
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Getting up high, getting that perspective.
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I don't know, i think it's primal, isn't it?
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It's in here in our hearts, and i love it.
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But from here, you can see the whole of the galilee region,
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And it's spectacular.
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You've got nazareth, and then beyond that
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The judaean desert,
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And eventually down to jerusalem.
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And this is where jesus spent so much of his time
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In this region, drawing people to him
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And what he did and what he said
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And how he interacted with people
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And how he made people feel was about to
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Set the world ablaze.
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Pretty committing take-off down there,
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Straight off the edge.
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But this is top of the mountain.
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Okay, get the parachute laid out.
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Harness on.
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♪♪♪
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Bear: the life of jesus was filled with mountain highs
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And valley lows.
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And if i'm following in his footsteps,
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I've got a lot of ground to cover.
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Today, i'll head south from these galilee hills
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To jerusalem.
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I'll visit an incredible archaeological find
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Where jesus actually performed one of his wildest miracles.
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From there, i'll scale a mountain
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Where many believed jesus revealed his true identity
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To his closest friends.
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I'll share a last supper and explore the mount of olives,
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The very site where jesus was betrayed.
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In each of these places, jesus leaves us a clue
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To his real mission on earth.
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And that's exactly what i'm after.
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♪♪♪
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Bear: it's about 80 miles or 130 kilometers
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From galilee to jerusalem.
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This would have been a week-long journey
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For jesus and his friends.
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But on a modern chariot like mine,
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It only takes a few short hours.
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I've always dreamt of coming here.
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This sacred city is over 5,000 years old
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And still thriving today.
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I'm told jerusalem actually means city of peace,
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And yet its entire history is filled with brutal conflict.
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This is where the jesus story reaches its dramatic climax
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And where the purpose of his renegade mission
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Is finally revealed.
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♪♪♪
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Bear: jesus made some pretty dramatic appearances
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Within these city walls.
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At only 12 years old, he famously ditched his parents
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And schooled the religious leaders.
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As an adult, he flipped tables in the temple.
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He even called out some very powerful
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And very corrupt people.
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I would have loved to have seen that.
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One of my favorite stories was thought to be a myth
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Because historians could find no evidence
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Of a site that is only mentioned
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In the gospel of john.
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But all that changed when archaeologists
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Made a shocking discovery right here
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In the middle of jerusalem.
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It's a place we know as the pools of bethesda.
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As the story goes, these pools held mystical power,
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And when an angel stirred the water,
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The first person to enter would be healed.
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That's where jesus finds a lame man.
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After decades of waiting for his miracle,
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Jesus healed him in an instant.
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I'm here to meet danny herman, an expert
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In first century history.
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Because of his love for bible archaeology,
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He's known to most as danny digger.
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Bear: hey, danny.
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Danny herman: hey, hey, what's up?
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Bear: yeah, what a great place.
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Danny: yes, this is one of the most fascinating
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Archaeological sites in jerusalem.
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It also links to the new testament
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In such a bright way.
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Bear: i mean, you can see it all, can't you,
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All the different layers?
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Danny: there are places where you dig
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And you can find 25 successive layers
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Of construction, destruction, and reconstruction,
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Again and again and again.
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Here alone, we have the time of jesus,
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The time of asclepius, the byzantine period,
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The crusader period, which became later a mosque.
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And now it's in christian hands.
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Bear: and was this, like, a formal religious place at all
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Or not?
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Danny: yes, first of all, in the days of jesus,
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It was related to sacrificial activity
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And purification.
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In pagan times, we are standing right now in an area
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That in late roman pagan times was associated
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With pagan healing.
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They worshiped here asclepius, the pagan god of healing.
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Bear: at the time of jesus, rome ruled the world.
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You can still see the evidence in places like england, turkey,
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Spain, even here in israel, and wherever the romans went,
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They brought their gods with them.
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Two thousand years ago, this site was dedicated
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To asclepius, son of apollo, the god of health and healing,
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Which makes this a wild place for jesus to show up.
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Bear: so, is this the actual where the pools would have been?
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Danny: archaeology in the 19th century,
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Research done here, proved this is indeed
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The pool of bethesda.
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That's amazing that we can actually touch base
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With a story told to us by the gospel of john,
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And here we are.
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Bear: yeah, but i find it interesting
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That this is, you know, we know that this is
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A spot that he would have come because a lot of the places
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You can't really pin it down, can you?
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Danny: yes, the home where he lived in capernaum,
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You know, or where he grew up in nazareth,
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It was a small home of a ordinary,
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I would even say a poor family.
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Archaeology is good in finding temples, synagogues,
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You know, public places like these pools,
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But it doesn't reflect well
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Or doesn't identify well the ordinary homes
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Of the ordinary people.
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Bear: and what would-- what would happen
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At these pools?
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Danny: so, just 100 meters away from us
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Is a gate of the old city of today.
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And the text tells us the pool was next to the sheep gate,
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And it had five colonnades, and archaeology proved
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That there is a big complex of two pools
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Which would have four colonnades on the perimeter
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And the fifth one in the middle.
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This was a place where both the sheep
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Were brought into the city to be washed
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Before used for animal sacrifice in the temple,
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And also the humans came here to immerse their body to purify
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Before going up to the temple.
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This was actually a giant mikvah.
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Do you know what's a mikvah?
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Bear: no.
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Danny: it's a jewish ritual bath.
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It's a place that every jew has to purify
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According to old law.
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And especially before you go up to the temple,
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You must cleanse yourself, you must dip
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In those purifying water.
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And then you are ready spiritually to go up
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To the temple mount.
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Bear: it's actually pretty exciting
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To be able to stand somewhere where you can say
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With a strong degree of certainty
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That jesus actually was and hung out.
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You know, because a lot of the places of archaeology
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Tend to be the big temples and the palaces
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And, you know, the rich places, and so much of jesus's life
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And upbringing and the way he lived,
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He was always at the poorest,
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Worst, dirtiest,
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Grittiest part of town.
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And those places in archaeology tend to get flattened and lost.
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You know, i can close my eyes
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And open it and imagine
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These pools and jesus down here.
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Bear: so, what, jesus would have come
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Over the mount of olives down to here?
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Danny: yes, he was a native of the galilee,
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But he came a few times to jerusalem,
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According to the gospel of john.
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He, according to the text, sees a sick person.
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That sick person couldn't reach the water.
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It was going up and down, it was fluctuating
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For some reason.
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And each time the water was being stirred,
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According to the text, others ran first and got healed.
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So, no one cared for him.
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So, jesus performs the healing miracle,
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And he heals him.
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Bear: for 38 years, this man had been unable to walk.
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He came to a pagan center for healing.
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Instead, he met the true healer.
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I like to imagine this as an epic showdown
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Between jesus the son of the hebrew god
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Versus asclepius, the son of apollo.
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But it's jesus who shows the real power.
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But it's jesus who shows the real power.
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Bear: you know, you've got this place
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Brimming with hundreds of people,
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And then suddenly the paralyzed guy
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Who hasn't walked for years.
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Danny: this is one of the places where the miracle
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Was probably very public.
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A lot of people probably witnessed this.
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It also happened on the sabbath.
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He is constantly arguing with the pharisees and others
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About the sabbath.
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The sabbath should be a day of rest.
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But judaism in his claim are taking it
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To a distorted interpretation where nothing is allowed.
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And jesus is saying this is not what god wants.
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Bear: "of course you can heal on the sabbath.
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Love doesn't take a day off," i suppose.
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Danny: yeah, that's quite a radical message
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Coming in that time.
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Bear: yeah, it's interesting that he goes
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To the places of mercy, healing, regular people,
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Washing, cleansing.
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He's not going to the kings in the temple.
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Danny: jesus is a social rebel and a miracle maker.
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Jesus goes to the paralytic, to the leper,
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To the prostitutes, to the taxmen.
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Everyone hated the people collecting tax,
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And even he would address them, okay?
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And his repeated message is i come to help the sick,
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The needed.
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And this is one of the great places
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Where it demonstrates that.
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Bear: one of the things jesus says
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Was that the first will be last, and the last will be first.
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And this healing is another example
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Of jesus kind of living out what he spoke about.
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I like that.
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It's just like this is the renegade in him,
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Turning everything on its head, and it's like his ministry
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Is starting to get bigger, you know,
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It's not just in small towns.
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Now he's come to the center of-- what was essentially
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The center of the world, jerusalem.
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You can sense this energy around him in his life
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Beginning to build now.
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♪♪♪
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Bear: it's easy to see why people loved jesus.
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He could really draw a crowd.
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But when the crowds got too big, you'd often find him
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Withdrawing to the mountains to rest and recover.
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As someone who loves the outdoors,
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I can definitely relate.
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And that's where i'm heading, to mount tabor.
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It's said to be the very spot where jesus brought
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His three closest friends for the ultimate
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Mountaintop experience.
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Without a doubt, jesus is the most pivotal figure
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In history.
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His very arrival divides the standard gregorian calendar
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In two, from bc to ad.
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But people have always been divided on jesus.
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He's called a prophet, messiah, fraud, renegade,
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And social rebel.
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But who was he really?
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According to biblical text, jesus answered this question
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Right here on the mount of transfiguration.
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Bear: that's where we're heading.
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Oh, you can smell something has died around here.
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Definitely smell a rotting carcass.
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Oh, yeah, look.
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Dead sheep, wow.
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This really smells, and that smell,
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In terms of survival, is telling me
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There's nothing really i can eat on this.
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If i try and tuck into any of this,
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Like, it's all, like, putrefying,
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It's just gonna make me sick.
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And then in the wild, you get diarrhea,
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You start vomiting, you dehydrate more.
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So, you gotta be careful of food sources you get.
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But even at this stage, this is done,
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And the lone sheep is always gonna be vulnerable.
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You gotta remember, out here you got jackals,
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You got lynxes, you got wolves.
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It's why the sheep depend so much
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On their shepherd.
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The shepherd's job: keep him safe.
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And this one definitely wasn't safe
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On its own.
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Yeah, this sheep doesn't look like
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It's died of old age.
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It's been taken.
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You can see that the animal's gone in here,
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Whatever's taken has gone in here,
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Taken a lot of the soft organs, liver, as much blood as it can,
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And then left the rest of it.
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And it's taken some of the leg as well, and the haunch here.
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Always vulnerable to predators,
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Especially when you're on your own.
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Bear: one title jesus gave himself
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Was the good shepherd.
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I think this offers a clue to his purpose on earth.
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Jesus sought out the lost lambs of the world, the unloved,
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The forgotten, the sick, the needy, the rebels,
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And the prodigals.
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And, like a good shepherd, he'd do anything
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To bring them safely back into the fold,
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Away from predators and away from death,
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Even if it cost him his life.
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♪♪♪
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Bear: hey, chris, how you--
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Bear: christine caine is an author, speaker, and activist
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Dedicated to ending modern-day slavery.
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Her inspiration is the jesus story,
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And she has some incredible insight
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On this mount of transfiguration.
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Bear: mountains were such a big part
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Of so many of the great, like, bible stories.
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Christine caine: well, absolutely, you know, like,
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Moses got the ten commandments up on the mountain,
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And elijah had experiences on the mountains,
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And abraham was on a mountain.
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I mean, it's all the way through the bible, yeah.
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Bear: so, what is transfiguration?
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Explain that one.
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Christine: okay, it is one of the most spectacular miracles
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In the bible.
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Really, really important, because what had happened
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Up until this point, you know, a lot of the religious leaders
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Are trying to make jesus say, "well, who are you really?"
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And trying to make-- really call him out.
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Jesus is not playing the game, you know?
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He's not playing any religious game.
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So, he then brings his three closest friends.
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So, you've got peter, james, and john.
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They're coming up to a mountain.
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So, just think about this, they've been up on mountains
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With jesus.
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I mean, he's fed the 5,000 on a mountain,
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Stuff has happened, but nothing like this,
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Because when they got to the top there,
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Jesus, everything begins to change.
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Suddenly his face, the bible says,
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Becomes like the sun, as bright as the sun.
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His clothes are so bright, like, magnificently bright.
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Bear: well, it's almost like shock,
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A shocker.
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You know, i mean, you would be pretty freaked out.
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Christine: well, yes, you'd be wondering--
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Bear: you've arrived here at the top of the mountain,
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And suddenly you're seeing, like, heaven open
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And jesus sort of suddenly shining like the sun,
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As you say.
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Christine: and then two old testament figures appear.
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So, you're on a mountain.
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I mean, they're freaking out right at this point,
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Because you've got moses, who represents the law.
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He was given the ten commandments.
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And then you've got elijah, who represents what,
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You know, one of the most influential prophets.
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And so there's a lot going on on this mountain.
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Bear: jesus's friends had to be freaking out.
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As they hike up this mountain, it's like the veil
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Between here and eternity is ripped open.
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Jesus is revealed as more than just a man.
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His face shines, his clothes radiate with light.
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That's when two legendary old testament heroes
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Show up.
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Moses, the guy who delivered the ten commandments,
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And elijah, the prophet
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Who called fire down from heaven.
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And here they were, talking with jesus,
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But there's more.
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Suddenly, a cloud appears all around them,
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And a voice booms from the heavens.
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And a voice booms from the heavens.
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Christine: that voice comes in and says, you know,
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"this is my son.
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Listen to him."
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This is where everything shifts, because at that moment,
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God the father is saying, "my son is above the law--
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Listen to his voice above the law,
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Listen to his voice above the prophets."
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Bear: so, he's like-- seems to be showing
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A whole kind of other, further, deeper, bigger side of himself,
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A side, maybe, that they've seen glimpses of
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In some of the miracles and things,
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But this seems bigger.
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Christine: yeah, so these guys had been walking with jesus,
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They'd seen miracles, they had seen the dead raised,
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Lepers healed, they had seen so many miracles.
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But everyone was still wondering,
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Who really is this guy?
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Like, is he just a good prophet? is he just a good teacher?
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And so there's this surreal moment
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Where jesus, as god, is revealed.
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Bear: i also find it interesting who jesus brings up here,
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Because if, as you say, you're gonna show a glimpse
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Of heaven outside of time and have, you know,
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Moses and elijah there, you kind of, you know,
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You kind of think you-- maybe you want everyone
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To see it, but he only seems to bring his closest--
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Not just all the disciples, but his closest,
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Closest disciples.
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Christine: totally. not everyone was ready for this.
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Like, people who-- they love the miracles,
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They love the teaching, they're like, "man,
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This guy's a great rabbi, a great teacher,"
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And they're watching the miracles.
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It's like, "wow, this is awesome."
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But they weren't really ready to understand jesus as god.
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I mean, that takes time.
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Bear: and even for, you know, peter, and who was that?
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John and james, you know, who'd seen so much,
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Even they, it, like, blows their mind.
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Christine: this is not anything that is normal or natural.
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And of course, peter wants to say,
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"let's memorialize this moment.
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Let's build a monument.
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Let's build three houses," because everyone, like,
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When you have this great mountaintop experience,
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We wanna stay up here and we wanna live here.
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Bear: yeah, plant your flag, make it--
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Make us sort of a cairn, a sign, a symbol, or something.
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I mean, man loves doing that.
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Christine: we love doing that.
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And then we want to just live in this moment and--
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But that's not where they're gonna live.
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Bear: so, then they turned around
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And went back down the mountain.
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That must have been a trip as well,
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Walking back down thinking, "did that just happen?"
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Christine: exactly.
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That's what i think, is they would be wondering,
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"did we really see it," because they were told,
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"don't tell anyone."
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So, they go back to the other nine.
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What do you do?
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Bear: so, "don't go back down the mountain
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And say what you've seen, wait."
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Christine: exactly.
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Bear: jesus transformed before their very eyes,
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Meeting moses and elijah, a booming voice from heaven.
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And now jesus goes on to say, "don't tell anyone about this,
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Until the son of man rises from the dead.
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Then you're free to talk."
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Of course, you might know what's about to happen to jesus.
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But at the time, his friends had no idea
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What he was talking about.
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Bear: and what do you think ultimately was the point
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Of jesus giving them a little glimpse,
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Pulling back that veil, showing life outside of time
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And light and all of this, glimpse of actually
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Who he really is, not just in his human body?
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What do you think he really was trying to do?
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Christine: everything is about to change,
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Because now jesus is gonna go to his death
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On the cross, and there's gonna be a trial,
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There's gonna be a crucifixion, there's gonna be a burial.
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They're gonna think all their hope has died.
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They're gonna think, "man, we thought
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He was the messiah, and, really, the dude was not."
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And now they're gonna think back and go, "but we saw him
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In his glory on that mountain."
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Bear: remember, here on the mountain--
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Christine: so, it's all gonna come full circle.
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James, peter, and john, they've got to remember
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When jesus then is crucified and is put in a tomb
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For three days, they're gonna remember
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This moment and go, "hang on a minute."
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Bear: that's a cool thing to remember.
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Like, when the heavens open and that voice of god,
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I mean, hearing the voice of god,
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That must have been pretty scary.
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Christine: it's his way of showing, "listen,
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You've been raised on the law and the prophets,"
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Of course, the torah, that's so powerful.
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"but you have to understand this is my son,
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And you've got to listen to him above everything else."
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Bear: yeah, i like those words, "listen to him,"
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Because it's like, it's so hard in life.
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You-- there's so many things
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Competing for our attention.
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Christine: oh, yeah, there is.
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Bear: and, like, you're never quite sure of this,
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And they probably felt the same.
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Christine: and that's the deal.
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And you come back to those moments
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Where you go, "when i don't understand nothing,
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I remember, i saw a glimpse."
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Bear: well, it's the answer to so many
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Of my kind of theological wanderings
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When in my brain sometimes i go,
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"but how would that--" and then, like,
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Come back, just, like, look, seeing a glimpse,
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Here we go.
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It's good. trust it.
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Christine: i mean, there's still a journey of faith.
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You don't just arrive there.
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So, these guys are seeing this miracle
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In front of their face, and it is so supernatural,
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But it still takes time to process that.
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We're just, like, in the middle of the story right now,
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The story continues, and then when he's buried
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And he rises again, they're gonna be,
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"we remember that moment, and what he said is true.
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He did rise again.
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He must be the son of god."
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Bear: after the transfiguration jesus set his sights
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On jerusalem.
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As i head back to the old city, i can't help but wonder
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If the people thought jesus was intending
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To lead a revolution and overthrow the romans.
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But all along, he had a different plan in mind.
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♪♪♪
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Bear: it was passover, the biggest religious festival
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Of the year.
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The jews were celebrating freedom from slavery.
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Of course, the romans didn't like anything
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That smacked of jewish independence.
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So, at the same time, the roman governor,
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Pontius pilate, entered the city with a huge military parade
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And giant war horses, an attempt
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To keep the jews in their place.
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And that's when jesus shows up, riding on the back
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Of a little donkey, an absolute renegade move.
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The people went wild.
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They shouted "hosanna," which means, "deliver us."
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Jesus was welcomed into jerusalem
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As a conquering king, the messiah,
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Who would finally set them free from rome, once and for all.
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Bear: one of the first things jesus does when he arrives
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In jerusalem is go to the main temple,
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And he just goes a bit crazy.
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He starts turning over the tables
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Of all the money lenders, saying they're ruining
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This place of prayer.
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Everything just gets more intense.
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You know, he starts healing the sick,
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Restoring the sight of the blind, the lame,
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The cripples, you know, he's teaching,
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The crowds get bigger, everything gets bolder.
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He starts calling out the religious elites
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And the hypocrites.
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He starts feasting with the outcasts
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And the renegades.
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He is a true maverick in this place.
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But there's a sense that it's all building,
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All building to this one crescendo,
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And all the while the dark underbelly
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Of the ruling elite start plotting against jesus.
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Bear: i'm making my way through the old city
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To a rooftop near the actual site where
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Jesus shared a passover meal with his friends.
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They didn't know it yet, but this would be
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Their last supper.
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Samuel smadja has celebrated many passovers,
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And now i'm hoping he can tell me more
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About this pivotal moment in the jesus story.
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Bear: so, jerusalem is where jesus came
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For this last supper, this final passover supper.
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Who would it have been with?
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Samuel smadja: first of all, he came with his disciples.
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Bear: do you always get the feeling that
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It was very formal and you see those old paintings of it?
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But i get the feeling that actually this meal
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Would have been very different.
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Samuel: yeah, it was the most joyful meal
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Of the year.
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Bear: and traditionally, it was celebrating what?
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What does the passover mean?
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Samuel: the exodus of egypt.
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Bear: so, what was that about?
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Samuel: the people of israel were 400 years as slaves
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In egypt.
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Bear: so, the passover was, what,
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When the israelites got free from slavery?
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Samuel: exactly.
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God command the people of israel that every year
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To bring a sacrifice to remember what god did
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To the people of israel in egypt.
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And that sacrifice is called the passover.
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Passover is pesach, which is the angel of death
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Is pass-overing those people who take the blood of the lamb,
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Put it on their doorposts, and he pass over their house.
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Bear: to understand the last supper,
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We have to rewind time about 1,000 years before jesus
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To one of the most epic stories in the bible.
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To one of the most epic stories in the bible.
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The israelites were slaves in egypt,
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Building cities for a merciless pharaoh.
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And then moses shows up, telling pharaoh,
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"let my people go."
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Pharaoh refused.
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And each time, god sent a terrible plague upon egypt,
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Until at last, an angel of death claimed the life
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Of every firstborn male child.
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To escape this judgment, god instructed his people
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To mark their doors with the blood
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Of a perfect lamb, and the angel of death
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Would pass over their homes.
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That humble passover lamb was their redemption from death.
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The meal the israelites ate, lamb, herbs,
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And unleavened bread, would forever be known
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As a passover meal, a celebration
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Of how god redeemed his people from slavery and death.
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Bear: so, tell me about the meal.
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What have we got here?
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Samuel: okay, first of all, we see that we have lamb,
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Matzah, and wine.
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During the meal, you drink four cups of wine.
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Bear: i'd never make it down the stairs.
00:28:48.802 --> 00:28:50.436
Samuel: exactly, that's why it was more happy.
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That's why everybody's joyful.
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Drinking is a big part of the passover.
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Bear: what are these? we got locusts here.
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Do you think he would have had locusts?
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Samuel: i don't know, but i'll let you eat that.
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Bear: john the baptist was locusts.
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Samuel: yeah, exactly. by the way, it's kosher.
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Bear: you know, john the baptist is definitely one of my heroes.
00:29:06.586 --> 00:29:10.156
He was the ultimate survivor.
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Samuel: he was the ultimate survivor,
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And he was daring to talk the truth.
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We have also the bitter herbs, who symbolize the bitter time
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That the people of israel had.
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Bear: for the 400 years of slavery.
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Samuel: of slavery.
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And the most important, the lamb,
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Which symbolize the sacrifice.
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This whole table has to do with one thing,
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The perfect sacrifice brought here on the altar,
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Here in jerusalem, 2,000 years ago.
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Bear: every dish here is filled with meaning.
00:29:41.354 --> 00:29:44.157
The sweet haroset is a paste made from fruit and nuts.
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It represents the mortar that the israelites used
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To build pharaoh's cities.
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Karpas is part of the ritual where you dip a herb
00:29:52.866 --> 00:29:56.002
Into saltwater, which stands for the tears
00:29:56.002 --> 00:29:58.638
Of suffering.
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The roasted lamb recalls the sacrifice
00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:02.375
Of that first passover animal.
00:30:02.375 --> 00:30:04.978
The wine represents god's redemption
00:30:04.978 --> 00:30:07.146
From slavery.
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The matzah is unleavened bread, reminding us the israelites
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Had no time to let the dough rise.
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They had to eat the flatbread on the run.
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And then at the last supper, jesus brings new meaning
00:30:17.390 --> 00:30:20.860
To these sacred symbols.
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He called himself the bread of life,
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His body stripped and broken, and the wine was his blood,
00:30:24.664 --> 00:30:28.568
Poured out to redeem mankind.
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Bear: the last supper, that you got
00:30:30.970 --> 00:30:32.372
This very symbolic lamb, you know, this sacrificial lamb
00:30:32.372 --> 00:30:36.209
That's obviously such a huge part
00:30:36.209 --> 00:30:37.644
Of jewish culture and the passover.
00:30:37.644 --> 00:30:41.047
But i see it also in jesus's life.
00:30:41.047 --> 00:30:42.882
You know, it started off with these shepherds, didn't it?
00:30:42.882 --> 00:30:44.651
When we were, you know, hearing their stories
00:30:44.651 --> 00:30:47.420
And their life and, you know, it almost feels like
00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:50.523
It's full circle.
00:30:50.523 --> 00:30:51.925
Now he's talking about his body and this wine being his blood
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That's gonna be given for all of those friends
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And disciples around that table with him.
00:31:00.867 --> 00:31:03.770
And it's almost like it's no accident.
00:31:03.770 --> 00:31:07.774
It's like the perfect story being crafted,
00:31:07.774 --> 00:31:10.443
Jesus's every step fulfilling all these prophecies
00:31:10.443 --> 00:31:13.212
And laws.
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And it's like, it's like the boxes are getting ticked
00:31:14.614 --> 00:31:18.017
More and more as we approach the end.
00:31:18.017 --> 00:31:21.254
Samuel: and we know in the last supper,
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Yeshua take the bread and he said,
00:31:22.855 --> 00:31:24.958
"this is my body, that was broken unto you."
00:31:24.958 --> 00:31:30.596
Then he takes the cup
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And he says, "the wine
00:31:33.132 --> 00:31:34.734
Symbolized the blood, my blood."
00:31:34.734 --> 00:31:36.869
Bear: do you think they understood that?
00:31:36.869 --> 00:31:38.271
Samuel: no, i don't think--
00:31:38.271 --> 00:31:39.706
Bear: 'cause it was almost like he kept trying to tell them,
00:31:39.706 --> 00:31:41.908
We're going to jerusalem, and i'm going to die there.
00:31:41.908 --> 00:31:45.812
Samuel: they were expecting a messiah, the king,
00:31:45.812 --> 00:31:49.315
But the whole ceremony start with him washing their feet.
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Do you see any king in the world
00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:56.255
Washing the feet of his servants?
00:31:56.255 --> 00:31:58.958
Bear: you gotta remember jesus and the disciples
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Had done this many times, they've done it before.
00:32:00.994 --> 00:32:02.829
They've come to jerusalem for the passover.
00:32:02.829 --> 00:32:05.131
They've probably done it twice, at least twice before,
00:32:05.131 --> 00:32:08.067
And this thing of coming and coming together
00:32:08.067 --> 00:32:10.937
And having this lamb and this feast and this festival
00:32:10.937 --> 00:32:13.906
And this celebration of the jewish people
00:32:13.906 --> 00:32:16.342
Being freed out of slavery.
00:32:16.342 --> 00:32:18.478
But this one was different, and it's like jesus
00:32:18.478 --> 00:32:20.780
Keeps hinting at it, keeps saying, you know,
00:32:20.780 --> 00:32:23.149
"we're gonna go to jerusalem, but i'm gonna be betrayed
00:32:23.149 --> 00:32:26.853
And killed," and it's like nobody kinda gets it.
00:32:26.853 --> 00:32:30.957
"what's he talking about here?"
00:32:30.957 --> 00:32:34.027
Bear: i get this kind of sense that, you know,
00:32:34.994 --> 00:32:37.363
Jesus and his friends, you know, these rough fishermen,
00:32:37.363 --> 00:32:41.501
As you talk about, have traveled up here,
00:32:41.501 --> 00:32:44.670
And they're tired, and they reach it,
00:32:44.670 --> 00:32:46.105
And they want to celebrate this jewish passover,
00:32:46.105 --> 00:32:48.841
And they're hungry, and the food's on the table
00:32:48.841 --> 00:32:50.777
And looks so delicious, like this.
00:32:50.777 --> 00:32:52.879
And they're about to dive in, and then he does
00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:55.648
This mike drop moment of saying,
00:32:55.648 --> 00:32:57.183
"one of you here is gonna dip this,"
00:32:57.183 --> 00:33:00.486
And then suddenly--
00:33:00.486 --> 00:33:01.888
Samuel: and he's gonna betray me.
00:33:01.888 --> 00:33:03.322
Bear: yeah.
00:33:03.322 --> 00:33:04.724
Samuel: judah realized that yeshua knows.
00:33:04.724 --> 00:33:08.628
Instead of coming and repenting, he chose to stick to his plan,
00:33:08.628 --> 00:33:14.233
But he cannot celebrate.
00:33:14.233 --> 00:33:15.668
Bear: so, what does he do?
00:33:15.668 --> 00:33:17.070
Samuel: he get up and he leaves.
00:33:17.070 --> 00:33:19.172
Now, all the disciple knows that he's the one.
00:33:19.172 --> 00:33:22.842
Bear: judas, he was one of jesus's closest friends.
00:33:22.842 --> 00:33:26.979
He had witnessed some miracles, and now he betrayed him.
00:33:26.979 --> 00:33:32.385
To most people jesus was a hero,
00:33:32.385 --> 00:33:35.154
Maybe even a messiah that they'd been waiting for.
00:33:35.154 --> 00:33:38.825
But to the ruling elite jesus was a threat,
00:33:38.825 --> 00:33:42.428
And that's what judas was banking on.
00:33:42.428 --> 00:33:45.765
In a secret bargain with the jewish chief priests,
00:33:45.765 --> 00:33:49.268
Judas agreed to hand over jesus for just 30 silver coins.
00:33:49.268 --> 00:33:54.707
Bear: judas knows the game is up and gets up and leaves,
00:33:54.707 --> 00:33:58.377
And this last supper ends, and then it gets dark,
00:33:58.377 --> 00:34:04.016
Hard, and terrifying.
00:34:04.016 --> 00:34:09.122
Bear: it's hard to imagine a bigger plot twist.
00:34:09.122 --> 00:34:11.691
Only days ago, crowds of people had welcomed jesus
00:34:11.691 --> 00:34:15.194
Into jerusalem as their messiah,
00:34:15.194 --> 00:34:17.597
Their conquering king.
00:34:17.597 --> 00:34:19.232
And then during their last supper together,
00:34:19.232 --> 00:34:22.068
Judas suddenly left.
00:34:22.068 --> 00:34:24.370
He'd gone to betray jesus.
00:34:24.370 --> 00:34:27.740
Meanwhile, jesus spent a sleepless night
00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:30.409
In a quiet olive grove at the base
00:34:30.409 --> 00:34:32.645
Of the mount of olives.
00:34:32.645 --> 00:34:34.380
And i've come to see this place for myself.
00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:38.151
This might be the darkest moment of his life.
00:34:38.151 --> 00:34:42.455
Bear: so, this is the garden of gethsemane,
00:34:42.455 --> 00:34:45.158
Just outside the city walls.
00:34:45.158 --> 00:34:47.293
And this is where jesus came to the night before
00:34:47.293 --> 00:34:50.763
He gave himself up to the authorities.
00:34:50.763 --> 00:34:53.666
And he spent that time on his knees, praying.
00:34:53.666 --> 00:34:57.270
Jesus had to make the hardest decision
00:34:57.270 --> 00:35:00.473
Of his life, whether he would fulfill his destiny
00:35:00.473 --> 00:35:04.477
And do, as he said, lay down his life
00:35:04.477 --> 00:35:07.446
For all of humankind, or would he walk away,
00:35:07.446 --> 00:35:11.918
Away from the pain and the torture
00:35:11.918 --> 00:35:14.954
And the humiliation?
00:35:14.954 --> 00:35:16.522
They actually say that blood
00:35:16.522 --> 00:35:18.791
Oozed out of his sweat gland.
00:35:18.791 --> 00:35:20.793
The fear was so great, he bled fear.
00:35:20.793 --> 00:35:24.864
Never had so much rested
00:35:24.864 --> 00:35:27.466
On the shoulders of one man.
00:35:27.466 --> 00:35:30.269
Bear: it's not hard to picture the scene.
00:35:30.269 --> 00:35:32.772
For 2,000 years, this moment has been captured
00:35:32.772 --> 00:35:35.841
In virtually every art form.
00:35:35.841 --> 00:35:38.277
Jesus kneeling in the garden of gethsemane,
00:35:38.277 --> 00:35:40.980
Begging god to spare him from the terrors of the cross.
00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:45.184
Nearby, peter, james, and john have fallen asleep.
00:35:45.184 --> 00:35:48.888
It's like they still couldn't grasp
00:35:48.888 --> 00:35:51.157
What was about to happen.
00:35:51.157 --> 00:35:53.292
This had to be the lowest point for jesus.
00:35:53.292 --> 00:35:57.163
And for me, the most relatable.
00:35:57.163 --> 00:35:59.565
Even jesus had to wrestle with his own unanswered prayer.
00:35:59.565 --> 00:36:03.703
But in the end, he willingly surrenders his life
00:36:03.703 --> 00:36:06.872
And sticks with the mission as he cries out
00:36:06.872 --> 00:36:09.242
To his heavenly father, "not my will,
00:36:09.242 --> 00:36:12.011
But yours be done."
00:36:12.011 --> 00:36:14.747
♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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Bear: tsuriel bar david is a trusted guide
00:36:25.091 --> 00:36:28.160
And biblical expert.
00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:29.929
When i first met him, we explored the early events
00:36:29.929 --> 00:36:32.999
In jesus's life.
00:36:32.999 --> 00:36:34.500
Now i'm learning about jesus's final days.
00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:38.571
Bear: and so much of that night, i hear about it,
00:36:38.571 --> 00:36:43.576
You kind of can feel the terror, the nerves of that.
00:36:43.576 --> 00:36:47.179
Tsuriel bar david: i myself think that it's probably
00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:48.614
The hardest moment of jesus except for being on the cross,
00:36:48.614 --> 00:36:50.783
That night.
00:36:50.783 --> 00:36:52.184
Tsuriel: it's late. bear: why?
00:36:52.184 --> 00:36:53.619
Tsuriel: why?
00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:55.021
Because he had to take the decision.
00:36:55.021 --> 00:36:56.455
Should i go on with the mission that i'm at,
00:36:56.455 --> 00:36:58.424
Or should i take a different path?
00:36:58.424 --> 00:37:00.459
That was the t-junction point, i would say that.
00:37:00.459 --> 00:37:03.763
It's cold, it's dark, it's late at night.
00:37:03.763 --> 00:37:06.666
They were already so-called celebrating
00:37:06.666 --> 00:37:08.167
The passover, so, maybe 11 o'clock at night.
00:37:08.167 --> 00:37:10.636
It's a long night, and he is tired, 24 hours,
00:37:10.636 --> 00:37:14.273
You know, with his disciples a lot.
00:37:14.273 --> 00:37:16.375
And now, suddenly, something is happening.
00:37:16.375 --> 00:37:18.277
Bear: what were the disciples doing?
00:37:18.277 --> 00:37:19.679
Tsuriel: he told them, "stay awake and pray,"
00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:21.314
And he left them.
00:37:21.314 --> 00:37:22.715
Just a little bit farther, he was going on,
00:37:22.715 --> 00:37:24.150
And he was praying, and they fell asleep,
00:37:24.150 --> 00:37:26.152
And he goes back and forth, and he wakes them up.
00:37:26.152 --> 00:37:28.154
They are tired, they are after a meal.
00:37:28.154 --> 00:37:29.789
So, suddenly, the guards are coming,
00:37:29.789 --> 00:37:33.359
And they are surrounded, okay?
00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:34.994
And they come in order to arrest him
00:37:34.994 --> 00:37:37.963
With judas that was leading them.
00:37:37.963 --> 00:37:39.799
Bear: what did judas do?
00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:41.367
Tsuriel: judas is coming and kissing him,
00:37:41.367 --> 00:37:42.802
Basically to tell them, "the one that i will kiss,
00:37:42.802 --> 00:37:45.071
He is the man," in a sense, to point at jesus.
00:37:45.071 --> 00:37:47.306
He is the one that should be arrested.
00:37:47.306 --> 00:37:49.408
Bear: with a single kiss, judas completes
00:37:49.408 --> 00:37:51.877
The most infamous betrayal in history.
00:37:51.877 --> 00:37:54.914
As the guards arrest jesus, he remains calm,
00:37:54.914 --> 00:37:58.084
But not his disciples.
00:37:58.084 --> 00:38:00.086
This seems to be the moment when they finally wake up
00:38:00.086 --> 00:38:03.189
And realize that this story is not going the way
00:38:03.189 --> 00:38:06.025
They thought it would.
00:38:06.025 --> 00:38:08.160
Bear: and what did-- what did the disciples do?
00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:10.663
Tsuriel: so, most of them do nothing,
00:38:10.663 --> 00:38:13.032
Except for one guy, peter.
00:38:13.032 --> 00:38:14.767
He grabbed a sword, probably some kind of a knife
00:38:14.767 --> 00:38:17.336
That he brought with him, you know,
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To try and attack the guards that arrest jesus.
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And i would say-- it doesn't say so--
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I say he went for the throat.
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Eventually, he cuts the ear.
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I guess the guard was moving backward,
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And then his ear was cut it off.
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Bear: so, he hits the guy's side of his head,
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Takes his ear off.
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Tsuriel: yeah, right.
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And we see that jesus immediately stops him,
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You know, "don't do that.
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This is not what i came for.
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You know, i'm not coming here in order to fight with weapon.
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I can call my father, and he can send
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Legions of angels to protect me.
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I've come here for a whole different purpose.
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We should love, basically, our enemies."
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Bear: so, what did jesus do?
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Tsuriel: he takes the ear, in a sense,
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And he put his hand, and he heals that servant's ear.
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Everything now is fine.
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You know, it's a miracle, but he's willing to give himself
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For those guards.
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Bear: why did people go so quickly
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From loving him to then hating him
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And spitting on him and calling for his crucifixion?
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Tsuriel: i think that most of the people around judea
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And especially galilee, they liked jesus,
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But they expected for a local messiah
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That would lead them and set them free
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From the romans.
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The romans were oppressing them, and jesus didn't come
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To do that.
00:39:24.904 --> 00:39:26.305
He came to set us free from a spiritual point of view,
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Not from the romans.
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It doesn't matter if it's the romans,
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If it's the assyrians, the babylonians, or anyone else.
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That's not the point who is controlling over you,
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You can be free, you can be free
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If jesus set you free, and they didn't get that.
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The people didn't get that.
00:39:39.251 --> 00:39:40.653
So, they were expecting him to lead a revolt with a sword,
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Like peter thought.
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And he said, "no, this is not the purpose of my coming here."
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Bear: why would you want him dead?
00:39:47.526 --> 00:39:49.128
Tsuriel: when he put himself as god,
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They couldn't handle that anymore.
00:39:52.298 --> 00:39:54.467
And that's the moment in the stories before
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That they said, "we have to get rid of him.
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We have to kill him if he put himself--
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If he forgives sins.
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This is what he says.
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It's only god can do such a thing,
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Only god can forgive sins.
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And he says, 'i'm forgiving sins.'
00:40:05.344 --> 00:40:06.979
We have to get rid of that guy," yeah.
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Bear: so, it almost feels like with the everyday people
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Who heard his message, he was so gentle and so fun
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And loving and always healing and helping.
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But with the spiritual leaders, he said, "you're going
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In the wrong direction," essentially.
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Tsuriel: exactly.
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"you are responsible for leading those people
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To the wrong way."
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Bear: like that same shepherd analogy
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That always seems to be in jesus's life,
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Like, looking after, protecting.
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Tsuriel: right, and he cares for everyone.
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He goes for the one lost sheep, you know?
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He would leave the 99 and he would go
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For that 1 to bring it all the way back to the flock.
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Bear: he always goes for the person
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You think is lost and no hope and outside and rejected.
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Tsuriel: and the one that maybe we normally
00:40:52.491 --> 00:40:54.026
Wouldn't even see, he would always see them.
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Bear: so, when jesus is saying to peter, "no,"
00:40:57.396 --> 00:41:01.033
And healing that ear and saying "no,"
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What is he saying?
00:41:02.768 --> 00:41:04.203
"there's a-- my way is a different way"?
00:41:04.203 --> 00:41:06.405
Tsuriel: yeah, it's a completely different way.
00:41:06.405 --> 00:41:07.840
I came to bring forgiveness and love.
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Bear: so, after he restores the guard's ear--
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Tsuriel: he's been arrested.
00:41:12.411 --> 00:41:13.846
Bear: then he's arrested, and what do the disciples do?
00:41:13.846 --> 00:41:15.915
Tsuriel: they all run away, and two of them, john and peter,
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They are the only ones that are mentioned
00:41:19.118 --> 00:41:20.920
That still follow jesus.
00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:22.354
They follow the guards that arrest jesus,
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And they take him all the way to the high priest's house,
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To caiaphas's house, and they follow him,
00:41:26.625 --> 00:41:28.427
And they even go all the way inside
00:41:28.427 --> 00:41:30.462
To the open courtyard there of that villa
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To see what's happening with jesus.
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Bear: for me, it's the bit i never think about
00:41:35.067 --> 00:41:37.036
In that story, you know,
00:41:37.036 --> 00:41:38.437
Just the raw terror of, like, it begins.
00:41:38.437 --> 00:41:44.143
Tsuriel: jesus came here to this world,
00:41:44.143 --> 00:41:45.744
To a world that doesn't necessarily love him.
00:41:45.744 --> 00:41:47.947
And we see that people were around him, arresting him,
00:41:47.947 --> 00:41:50.382
Cursing him, spitting on him, beating him, humiliating him,
00:41:50.382 --> 00:41:53.986
All those kind of things.
00:41:53.986 --> 00:41:55.754
What does he say on the cross? "forgive them."
00:41:55.754 --> 00:41:57.723
So, his whole attitude is completely different
00:41:57.723 --> 00:42:00.826
That you would expect from any, i would say,
00:42:00.826 --> 00:42:02.962
Maybe historical character that came to this world
00:42:02.962 --> 00:42:05.598
To lead some kind of change, revolution,
00:42:05.598 --> 00:42:07.967
Whatever you want to call it.
00:42:07.967 --> 00:42:09.468
Bear: the bit i feel in here is, like,
00:42:09.468 --> 00:42:11.637
That this feels raw courage, from sweating blood
00:42:11.637 --> 00:42:17.076
To going that way.
00:42:17.076 --> 00:42:18.477
It's like, what do they say, courage isn't not being scared,
00:42:18.477 --> 00:42:21.981
Courage is feeling it deep in your bones,
00:42:21.981 --> 00:42:24.850
But still doing it.
00:42:24.850 --> 00:42:29.688
Bear: what's also clear to me is that nobody had forced jesus
00:42:29.688 --> 00:42:33.592
Into this situation, somehow, like, forced him into a corner.
00:42:33.592 --> 00:42:37.463
It feels like he is here of his own choice,
00:42:37.463 --> 00:42:41.200
His decision, on his terms.
00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:43.669
And remember that time after time,
00:42:43.669 --> 00:42:45.771
Jesus had told his disciples what was gonna happen,
00:42:45.771 --> 00:42:49.508
Where they were going, what lay ahead.
00:42:49.508 --> 00:42:52.378
But it's almost like the disciples
00:42:52.378 --> 00:42:53.946
Never really understood it.
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♪♪♪
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Bear: when i think of the life of jesus
00:43:06.492 --> 00:43:15.901
And even my own journey in the holy land,
00:43:15.901 --> 00:43:18.203
I get the sense that everything that happened that night
00:43:18.203 --> 00:43:21.206
Was so destined.
00:43:21.206 --> 00:43:23.475
Just take a look back, before the last supper
00:43:23.475 --> 00:43:26.679
And the mount of transfiguration,
00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:28.714
Before walking on water and the baptisms
00:43:28.714 --> 00:43:31.350
In the jordan river, a baby was born in bethlehem.
00:43:31.350 --> 00:43:35.387
This rural town was known for sheep,
00:43:35.387 --> 00:43:38.490
Lowly, simple sheep.
00:43:38.490 --> 00:43:41.527
But bethlehem lambs were special.
00:43:41.527 --> 00:43:44.496
The finest amongst them were destined for jerusalem,
00:43:44.496 --> 00:43:48.067
For the most important festival of the year, passover.
00:43:48.067 --> 00:43:52.905
You see, only a perfect lamb born in bethlehem
00:43:52.905 --> 00:43:57.076
Could be sacrificed for the people's redemption.
00:43:57.076 --> 00:44:00.946
And if you know the story, you know
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Where this adventure is headed next.
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♪♪♪
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Bear Grylls: Renegade Mission | Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer

January 23, 2025 | S1:E4 | 44:29

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