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- Yeah!
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Oh!
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♪ While shepherds
kept their watching ♪
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♪ Over silent
flocks by night ♪
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♪ Behold throughout
the heavens ♪
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♪ There shone a holy light ♪
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♪ Oh, I say go, tell
it on the mountain ♪
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♪ Over the hills
and everywhere ♪
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♪ Go, tell it on
the mountain ♪
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♪ That Jesus Christ is born ♪
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♪ The shepherds
feared and trembled ♪
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♪ When, lo, above the Earth ♪
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♪ Rang out a angel chorus ♪
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♪ That hailed our
Savior's birth ♪
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♪ And down in a lowly manger ♪
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♪ A humble Christ was born ♪
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♪ And God sent our salvation ♪
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♪ On that blessed
Christmas morn ♪
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♪ Oh, I say go, tell
it on the mountain ♪
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♪ Over the hills
and everywhere ♪
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♪ Go, tell it on
the mountain ♪
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♪ That Jesus Christ is born ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Oh, yeah ♪
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♪ Go and tell it
on the mountain ♪
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♪ Hallelujah ♪
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♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
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♪ I was a lonely seeker ♪
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♪ I sought both
night and day ♪
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♪ And I asked the
Lord to help me ♪
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♪ And He showed me the way ♪
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♪ He made me a watchman ♪
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♪ Upon the city wall ♪
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♪ And if I am a Christian ♪
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♪ I am the least of all ♪
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♪ So I say go, tell
it on the mountain ♪
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♪ Over the hills
and everywhere ♪
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♪ Go, tell it on
the mountain ♪
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♪ That Jesus Christ is born ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go and tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go and tell about it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go on and tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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♪ Go on and tell it ♪
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♪ Go tell it ♪
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- Hey there, I'm Dallas,
creator of "The Chosen"
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and I want to welcome you to
"Christmas With The Chosen,"
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our third Christmas special.
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Man, this is going
to be a fun one.
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We have got some beautiful
and very unique content
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I'm about to introduce
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and I am so grateful
you're joining us.
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Right now I'm standing in our
Great Sanhedrin Temple set
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here in Texas where we film
the majority of our show.
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We introduced this
location in season three,
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you might remember
a few of the scenes,
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and we have some really big
scenes here in season four,
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which is coming to theaters
in less than two months.
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I cannot wait to show it to you.
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Now, why am I in here?
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What does it have to
do with Christmas?
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Well, it kind of doesn't have
anything to do with Christmas,
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and that's the point.
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You see, this is the
room, or a room like it,
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where people assumed the
Messiah, the Savior of the world,
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would end up as a leader, as
a ruler with absolute power,
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even an earthly king.
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This is where the religious
leaders of the Jewish people
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in the Great Temple
in Jerusalem met
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along with the High Priest.
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They made and interpreted laws.
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They debated theology.
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They sought to lead their
people closer to God
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and ultimately this is where
they decided to kill Jesus
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who unbeknownst to them
was actually their Messiah.
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Why didn't they know?
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Well, one of the
reasons was because
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He wasn't born into royalty
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or anything resembling
religious leadership.
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He couldn't have cared
less about status
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and His birth in a
stable reflected that.
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Another reason I'm
in this room is that
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the birth of "The
Chosen" is also
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somewhat the opposite
of a place like this.
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Over six years ago on a farm,
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20 minutes from my
house in Illinois,
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I made a short film for my
church called "The Shepherd."
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It was about the birth of Christ
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from the perspective
of the shepherds
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and everything about our
production was humble and small.
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We were behind a barn or
out in a random field.
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We went to a small sheep
farm nearby for a few scenes.
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One scene was filmed
in a cornfield.
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It was just a short film
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for my church's
Christmas Eve service,
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and I had no idea that
soon it would go viral
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and be the catalyst for a
record-breaking crowdfund
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for season one of "The Chosen,"
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that I'd be standing here now.
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I also had no idea that
in 2021, four years later,
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we'd film a special
episode of "The Chosen"
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called "The Messengers,"
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which was the same story
of the birth of Christ,
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but from the perspective
of Mary and Joseph.
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Well, a few months ago we
decided to try an experiment.
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What would it look like if we
combined the two short films
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into one narrative?
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We all figured it'd be clunky,
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that it would probably look
and feel a little weird
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because the two
films weren't written
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as one continuous piece
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and that the differences
would keep it from working.
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But I won't forget the moment
when my wife, Amanda, and I
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saw it for the first
time and almost wept
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with how it came together.
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So you'll see that tonight.
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Is it perfectly
seamless? Of course not.
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We didn't originally
intend for you to see
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what you'll see tonight.
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The music, the sets, the
equipment, the crews,
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the cinematography, basically
everything but the director
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is different between
the two films.
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But our team did some
meticulous work on this
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to try to make it a cohesive
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and powerful viewing experience
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and I know you'll be
impacted and moved
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by how it turned out.
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We also assembled for you
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some of the most popular
music performances
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from our first two
Christmas specials.
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These are the ones that
rocketed up the music charts
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after people saw them,
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along with a brand new
special performance
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from the Andrea Bocelli.
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Yes, you're hearing
me correctly.
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One of the most beautiful
voices in history
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from a beautiful soul
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performed an incredible
rendition of "O Holy Night"
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for you in Italy.
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And after each of our
previous Christmas specials,
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the monologues written by
our "Chosen" co-writer,
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Tyler Thompson, have
been talked about
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and cried over for weeks
after by the viewers.
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Well, it'll be the
same this time around
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because we've got two new
ones and they are awesome.
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Again, thank you for joining us.
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I promise this is going to
be a special time for you.
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Please lean in, take
in everything you can
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from the truth of these
extraordinary songs
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and the portrayal of the
greatest story ever told
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through the eyes
of people like us.
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And be reminded that
the Savior of the world
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was born in even humbler
circumstances than you and I were.
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So as we strive to be more like
Jesus and learn His lessons,
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let's start with humility.
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God bless you and
Merry Christmas.
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♪ Oh Lord, my God ♪
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♪ When I, in awesome wonder ♪
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♪ Consider all ♪
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♪ The worlds thy
hands have made ♪
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♪ I see the stars ♪
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♪ I hear the rolling thunder ♪
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♪ Thy power throughout ♪
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♪ The universe displayed ♪
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♪ Then sings my soul ♪
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♪ My Savior God to thee ♪
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♪ My Savior God to thee ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ Then sings my soul ♪
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♪ My Savior God to thee ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ And when I think ♪
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♪ Of God, His
Son not sparing ♪
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♪ Sent Him to die ♪
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♪ I scarce can take it in ♪
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
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♪ That on the cross ♪
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♪ That on the cross ♪
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♪ My burden gladly bearing ♪
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♪ He bled and died ♪
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♪ To take away my sin ♪
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♪ Then sings my soul ♪
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♪ My Savior God to thee ♪
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♪ My Savior God to thee ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ My Savior ♪
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♪ Then sings my soul ♪
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♪ My Savior God to thee ♪
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♪ Savior God to thee ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ How great ♪
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♪ Thou art ♪
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♪ How great ♪
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♪ How great thou art ♪
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♪ How great ♪
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♪ Thou ♪
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♪ Art ♪
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♪ Noel ♪
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♪ Oh, Noel ♪
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♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
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♪ What child is this
who laid to rest ♪
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♪ On Mary's lap is sleeping ♪
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♪ Whom angels greet
with anthems sweet ♪
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
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♪ While shepherds
watch are keeping ♪
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♪ This, this is
Christ the King ♪
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♪ Whom shepherds guard
and angels sing ♪
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♪ Haste, haste to
bring Him laud ♪
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♪ The babe, the Son of Mary ♪
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♪ Why lies He in
such mean estate ♪
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♪ While ox and
lamb are feeding ♪
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♪ The end of fear
for those who hear ♪
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♪ The silent word
is speaking ♪
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♪ Nails, spears shall
pierce Him through ♪
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♪ The cross be borne
for me, for you ♪
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♪ For all ♪
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♪ Hail, hail the
Word made flesh ♪
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♪ The babe, the Son of Mary ♪
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♪ Hal ♪
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♪ Hal ♪
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♪ Hal ♪
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♪ Do, do, do, do, do ♪
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♪ Hal, hal ♪
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♪ Do, do, do, do ♪
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♪ Noel ♪
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♪ Oh, noel ♪
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♪ Born is the King of Israel ♪
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♪ So bring Him incense,
gold and myrrh ♪
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♪ Come peasant
king to own Him ♪
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♪ Own Him ♪
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♪ The King of Kings
salvation brings ♪
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♪ Let loving hearts
enthrone Him ♪
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♪ Raise, raise
the Son on high ♪
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♪ Raise the Son on high ♪
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♪ The virgin sings
her lullaby ♪
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♪ Lullaby ♪
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♪ Joy, joy for
Christ is born ♪
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♪ The babe, the Son ♪
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♪ The babe, the Son of Mary ♪
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♪ The babe, the Son of Mary ♪
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- It all began as
a planet of water.
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The first two verses of Genesis
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describe the world
as formless and void,
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an empty and shapeless
blob shrouded in moisture,
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uninhabitable for human life.
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God said, "This won't do,"
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so He got to work creating
light on the first day.
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"It's good," He said,
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but everything was
still covered in water
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and there was no air to breathe.
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An aqueous vacuum-sealed chaos.
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So on the second day,
God created an expanse
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making space between the
water and the heavens.
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Something ancient writers
first called a canopy,
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then later the sky.
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And what we now understand
to be the atmosphere
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encased in a gaseous
shield, the ozone layer,
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a delicate retainer
of protection
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that keeps the Sun from
incinerating us by day
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while retaining just
enough of its warmth
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to keep us from freezing
to death at night.
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Nice, but still nothing
solid to stand on.
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What were we supposed to
do? Walk on the water?
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Well, two people eventually
did, but we'll get to that.
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On the third day,
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God gathered all the
waters into specific places
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and caused the dry land to
appear, which He named earth.
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God called the separation
between the earth and water good.
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The separated water took
many forms, oceans and lakes,
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lagoons, glaciers,
gulfs, estuaries.
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They would mark the
division between continents,
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hemispheres, and peoples.
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Rivers in particular
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would draw the borderlines
of countries, states,
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and even ideologies.
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The crossing of
which often signaled
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a seismic turning point.
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Slaves crossing the
Ohio River into freedom.
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George Washington
crossing the Delaware.
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Julius Caesar
crossing the Rubicon.
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Rivers symbolize a perforation
between existential realities
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before and after,
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now and next,
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the former and yet to be.
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And of the aforementioned
none more so than this one:
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The River Jordan.
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If streams could talk, oh,
the stories it could tell.
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These waters whispered
and prefigured
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the coming of the
Messiah for centuries.
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After 40 years of
wandering in the desert
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in a state of anguished longing,
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adversity, and
occasional mutiny,
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Israel finally crossed the
Jordan into the Promise Land.
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When the priests carrying
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the physical manifestation
of God's presence,
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the Ark of the Covenant,
stepped into it from the bank,
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the waters drew back
and stood in a heap
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so that the entire nation
passed through on dry land.
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This river knows what
Moses, Mary, Joseph,
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and the shepherds learned.
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That when God enters your midst,
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whether in the form of an ark
or a burning bush or a baby,
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the flow of the
trajectory of your life
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comes to a screeching,
laws-of-nature-defying halt
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and no one can explain it.
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Well, someone can, but
you'd have to meet Him.
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And that my friend is more
harrowing, exhilarating,
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and wonderfully dangerous
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than stepping into
roaring rushing rapids.
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I wish it for you.
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You'll survive, I promise,
328
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but you will get swept away.
329
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Perhaps that's what
no one was ready for.
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Despite humanity's enduring
tendency to splinter off,
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calcify our opinions of others,
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and alienate those whom
we deem irredeemable,
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this river became
a place of change,
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healing, and integration.
335
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The Jewish Prophet
Elijah told Naaman,
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the Syrian Army Commander,
a Gentile and a pagan,
337
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to dip in the Jordan seven
times to cure him of his leprosy
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and it worked.
339
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And yet hundreds of years later,
340
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everyone was shocked
and scandalized
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when the Messiah
ministered to Gentiles
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and performed miracles for
them that signaled a world
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where God's chosen people
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are not defined by
race or bloodline,
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but by faith alone,
united as one in Christ.
346
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It was a startling permutation.
347
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And maybe that's why
God chose the Jordan
348
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for so many significant events.
349
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Because the difference between
a river and a lake is that
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rivers are always moving,
changing, transforming.
351
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The billions of H2O molecules
352
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contained in a
single drop of water
353
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pass by you in a millisecond
354
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and will never be in
the same place again.
355
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Before Jesus began
His earthly ministry,
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His cousin John baptized people
in the Jordan and preached,
357
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"Repent! For the Kingdom
of Heaven is at hand."
358
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You could break down, analyze,
359
00:20:15,997 --> 00:20:19,348
and expound forever on
any word in that sentence.
360
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Repent, kingdom, Heaven.
361
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But it's the two words at hand
362
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that most reflect the
spirit of this season.
363
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In context, it means buckle up,
364
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something new and convulsive
is imminent, close in time,
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about to happen and things
will never be the same.
366
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Like the rippling currents
of an ever-changing river,
367
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God is on the move
368
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and that means we must move
to make space in our hearts.
369
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Is there room in yours?
370
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As it says in the song, "Let
every heart prepare Him room,
371
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let Heaven and nature sing,
372
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Heaven and nature sing."
373
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On the second day,
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God separated the
heavens from the waters,
375
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but they still sing
together in harmony.
376
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The song of a people set free,
of a world no longer divided,
377
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of a baptism that symbolizes
a bright new beginning.
378
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"Hark!" They sing.
379
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"Glory to the newborn King."
380
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♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
381
00:21:36,338 --> 00:21:37,644
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
382
00:21:37,731 --> 00:21:39,515
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
383
00:21:39,602 --> 00:21:40,821
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
384
00:21:40,908 --> 00:21:42,213
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
385
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:44,303
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪
386
00:21:44,390 --> 00:21:48,872
♪ Hark the herald
angels sing ♪
387
00:21:48,959 --> 00:21:53,529
♪ Glory to the newborn King ♪
388
00:21:53,616 --> 00:21:58,360
♪ Peace on Earth
and mercy mild ♪
389
00:21:58,447 --> 00:22:03,104
♪ God and sinners reconciled ♪
390
00:22:03,191 --> 00:22:07,630
♪ Joyful all ye nations rise ♪
391
00:22:07,717 --> 00:22:12,374
♪ Join the triumph
of the skies ♪
392
00:22:12,461 --> 00:22:17,074
♪ With angelic
hosts proclaim ♪
393
00:22:17,161 --> 00:22:21,688
♪ Christ is born
in Bethlehem ♪
394
00:22:21,775 --> 00:22:26,432
♪ Hark The herald
angels sing ♪
395
00:22:26,519 --> 00:22:31,350
♪ Glory to the newborn King ♪
396
00:22:32,307 --> 00:22:33,613
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
397
00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:34,831
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪
398
00:22:34,918 --> 00:22:36,180
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
399
00:22:36,267 --> 00:22:37,530
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
400
00:22:37,617 --> 00:22:39,401
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪
401
00:22:39,488 --> 00:22:44,188
♪ Christ by highest
Heaven adored ♪
402
00:22:44,275 --> 00:22:48,802
♪ Christ the
everlasting Lord ♪
403
00:22:48,889 --> 00:22:53,546
♪ Late in time,
behold Him come ♪
404
00:22:53,633 --> 00:22:58,464
♪ Offspring of a
virgin's womb ♪
405
00:22:58,551 --> 00:23:03,033
♪ Veiled in flesh
the Godhead see ♪
406
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:07,473
♪ Hail the incarnate deity ♪
407
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:12,434
♪ Pleased as man
with men to dwell ♪
408
00:23:12,521 --> 00:23:17,178
♪ Jesus, our Emmanuel ♪
409
00:23:17,265 --> 00:23:21,791
♪ Hark, the herald
angels sing ♪
410
00:23:21,878 --> 00:23:26,796
♪ Glory to the newborn King ♪
411
00:23:28,450 --> 00:23:32,106
♪ And the angels they sing,
and the heavens they ring ♪
412
00:23:32,193 --> 00:23:34,500
♪ Won't you raise
up your voice ♪
413
00:23:34,587 --> 00:23:36,589
♪ Join the song of the King ♪
414
00:23:36,676 --> 00:23:41,332
♪ Singing glory to God
and peace on the Earth ♪
415
00:23:41,420 --> 00:23:46,381
♪ Singing out now the
song of the King ♪
416
00:23:49,123 --> 00:23:50,254
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
417
00:23:50,341 --> 00:23:51,604
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
418
00:23:51,691 --> 00:23:53,736
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪
419
00:23:53,823 --> 00:23:58,393
♪ Hail the Heaven-born
Prince of Peace ♪
420
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,963
♪ Hail the Son of
Righteousness ♪
421
00:24:03,050 --> 00:24:07,533
♪ Light and life
to all He brings ♪
422
00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:12,451
♪ Risen with healing
in His wings ♪
423
00:24:12,538 --> 00:24:16,977
♪ Mild He lays His glory by ♪
424
00:24:17,064 --> 00:24:21,721
♪ Born that man
no more may die ♪
425
00:24:21,808 --> 00:24:26,421
♪ Born to raise
the sons of Earth ♪
426
00:24:26,508 --> 00:24:31,252
♪ Born to give
them second birth ♪
427
00:24:31,339 --> 00:24:35,822
♪ Hark the herald
angels sing ♪
428
00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:40,827
♪ Glory to the newborn King ♪
429
00:24:42,393 --> 00:24:46,136
♪ The angels they sing,
and the heavens they ring ♪
430
00:24:46,223 --> 00:24:48,530
♪ Won't you raise
up your voice ♪
431
00:24:48,617 --> 00:24:50,837
♪ Join the song of the King ♪
432
00:24:50,924 --> 00:24:55,494
♪ Singing glory to God
and peace on the Earth ♪
433
00:24:55,581 --> 00:25:00,499
♪ Sing it out now,
the song of the King ♪
434
00:25:03,023 --> 00:25:04,372
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
435
00:25:04,459 --> 00:25:05,721
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
436
00:25:05,808 --> 00:25:07,636
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪
437
00:25:07,723 --> 00:25:09,029
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
438
00:25:09,116 --> 00:25:10,421
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
439
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:12,423
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪
440
00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:13,860
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
441
00:25:13,947 --> 00:25:15,252
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
442
00:25:15,339 --> 00:25:17,254
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪
443
00:25:17,341 --> 00:25:18,386
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
444
00:25:18,473 --> 00:25:19,822
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
445
00:25:20,214 --> 00:25:23,783
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
446
00:25:49,373 --> 00:25:53,595
♪ All my words fall short ♪
447
00:25:53,682 --> 00:25:58,469
♪ I got nothing new ♪
448
00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:02,909
♪ How could I express ♪
449
00:26:02,996 --> 00:26:07,566
♪ All my gratitude ♪
450
00:26:07,653 --> 00:26:12,179
♪ I could sing these songs ♪
451
00:26:12,266 --> 00:26:16,400
♪ As I often do ♪
452
00:26:16,487 --> 00:26:21,449
♪ But every song must end ♪
453
00:26:21,536 --> 00:26:26,106
♪ And you never do ♪
454
00:26:26,193 --> 00:26:28,891
♪ So I throw up my hands ♪
455
00:26:28,978 --> 00:26:33,287
♪ And praise you
again and again ♪
456
00:26:33,374 --> 00:26:38,335
♪ 'Cause all that I
have is a hallelujah ♪
457
00:26:40,642 --> 00:26:44,646
♪ Hallelujah ♪
458
00:26:44,733 --> 00:26:46,866
♪ And I know it's not much ♪
459
00:26:46,953 --> 00:26:51,827
♪ But I've nothing
else fit for a King ♪
460
00:26:51,914 --> 00:26:56,832
♪ Except for a heart
singing hallelujah ♪
461
00:26:59,095 --> 00:27:04,057
♪ Hallelujah ♪
462
00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:12,282
♪ I've got one response ♪
463
00:27:12,369 --> 00:27:16,635
♪ I've got just one move ♪
464
00:27:16,722 --> 00:27:21,465
♪ With my arm stretched wide ♪
465
00:27:21,552 --> 00:27:25,861
♪ I will worship you ♪
466
00:27:25,948 --> 00:27:28,864
♪ So I throw up my hands ♪
467
00:27:28,951 --> 00:27:33,477
♪ And praise you
again and again ♪
468
00:27:33,564 --> 00:27:38,526
♪ 'Cause all that I
have is a hallelujah ♪
469
00:27:40,528 --> 00:27:44,750
♪ Hallelujah ♪
470
00:27:44,837 --> 00:27:47,187
♪ And I know it's not much ♪
471
00:27:47,274 --> 00:27:52,148
♪ But I've nothing
else fit for a King ♪
472
00:27:52,235 --> 00:27:57,197
♪ Except for a heart
singing hallelujah ♪
473
00:27:59,068 --> 00:28:01,288
♪ Hallelujah ♪
474
00:28:10,993 --> 00:28:15,911
♪ Ah, ah ♪
475
00:28:17,347 --> 00:28:22,091
♪ Yeah ♪
476
00:28:22,178 --> 00:28:24,050
♪ So come on, my soul ♪
477
00:28:24,137 --> 00:28:26,574
♪ Oh, don't you
get shy on me ♪
478
00:28:26,661 --> 00:28:28,707
♪ Lift up your song ♪
479
00:28:28,794 --> 00:28:33,624
♪ 'Cause you've got a lion
inside of those lungs ♪
480
00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:38,673
♪ Get up and praise the Lord ♪
481
00:28:40,414 --> 00:28:42,851
♪ Oh come on, my soul ♪
482
00:28:42,938 --> 00:28:45,245
♪ Oh, don't you
get shy on me ♪
483
00:28:45,332 --> 00:28:47,290
♪ Lift up your song ♪
484
00:28:47,377 --> 00:28:52,034
♪ 'Cause you've got a lion
inside of those lungs ♪
485
00:28:52,121 --> 00:28:57,039
♪ Get up and praise the Lord ♪
486
00:28:58,824 --> 00:29:00,913
♪ Come on, my soul ♪
487
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,480
♪ Oh, don't you
get shy on me ♪
488
00:29:03,567 --> 00:29:05,744
♪ Lift up your song ♪
489
00:29:05,831 --> 00:29:10,487
♪ 'Cause you've got a lion
inside of those lungs ♪
490
00:29:10,574 --> 00:29:15,057
♪ Get up and praise the Lord ♪
491
00:29:15,144 --> 00:29:16,885
♪ Hey ♪
492
00:29:25,589 --> 00:29:30,420
♪ Praise the Lord ♪
493
00:29:30,507 --> 00:29:35,295
♪ Praise the Lord ♪
494
00:29:36,165 --> 00:29:39,386
♪ Oh, ah, oh ♪
495
00:29:39,473 --> 00:29:43,999
♪ Oh, ah, oh ♪
496
00:29:44,086 --> 00:29:48,612
♪ Praise the Lord ♪
497
00:29:48,699 --> 00:29:53,356
♪ Ah, ah ♪
498
00:29:53,443 --> 00:29:57,578
♪ Ah, ah ♪
499
00:29:57,665 --> 00:30:02,670
♪ Ah, yeah ♪
500
00:30:03,976 --> 00:30:08,894
♪ Oh ♪
501
00:30:11,984 --> 00:30:15,422
♪ So I throw up my hands ♪
502
00:30:15,509 --> 00:30:19,948
♪ Praise you again and again ♪
503
00:30:20,035 --> 00:30:24,953
♪ 'Cause all that I
have is a hallelujah ♪
504
00:30:27,390 --> 00:30:31,917
♪ Hallelujah ♪
505
00:30:32,004 --> 00:30:34,789
♪ And I know it's not much ♪
506
00:30:34,876 --> 00:30:39,794
♪ But I've nothing
else fit for a King ♪
507
00:30:41,274 --> 00:30:45,147
♪ Except for a heart
singing hallelujah ♪
508
00:30:47,933 --> 00:30:50,283
♪ Hallelujah ♪
509
00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:17,266
[fast-paced dramatic
orchestral music]
510
00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:48,950
- We might see Samuel,
but it's been so long.
511
00:31:49,037 --> 00:31:51,431
I don't know if he's
living in the same home.
512
00:31:51,518 --> 00:31:53,955
- I hope so. You've
said so much about him.
513
00:31:54,042 --> 00:31:55,478
- We will see.
514
00:31:55,565 --> 00:31:57,132
We won't have any
time to look for him
515
00:31:57,219 --> 00:31:58,307
if he's not of course.
516
00:31:59,439 --> 00:32:03,269
- We'll see.
517
00:32:03,356 --> 00:32:05,749
- Are we out? Not even drop.
518
00:32:10,276 --> 00:32:11,581
Come on.
519
00:32:14,976 --> 00:32:16,630
- Um, Joseph?
520
00:32:16,717 --> 00:32:18,414
- Yes?
521
00:32:18,806 --> 00:32:20,766
- Can you stop please? I'd
like to walk for a bit.
522
00:32:21,678 --> 00:32:25,508
- Oh, Mary, why would you
want to walk? It's dangerous.
523
00:32:25,595 --> 00:32:27,380
- I'm getting a
bit uncomfortable.
524
00:32:27,467 --> 00:32:29,599
Elizabeth actually told me
it's good to walk and move
525
00:32:29,686 --> 00:32:30,731
when I feel up to it.
526
00:32:32,385 --> 00:32:34,953
- We won't have any water
until I get you to town.
527
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,693
You need your rest.
528
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:38,173
Ai!
529
00:32:38,565 --> 00:32:40,005
Let me get you more
comfortable, huh?
530
00:32:40,523 --> 00:32:42,221
Just...
531
00:32:42,308 --> 00:32:44,614
- Joseph, you don't have
to be the only one walking.
532
00:32:44,701 --> 00:32:47,487
Plus we're far enough
away from Nazareth.
533
00:32:47,574 --> 00:32:50,055
I don't have to hide
my condition anymore.
534
00:32:50,142 --> 00:32:51,578
- Mary, this blanket is stuck.
535
00:32:51,665 --> 00:32:53,449
There is no way that
you are comfortable.
536
00:32:53,536 --> 00:32:57,584
- Joseph, I'd like to
walk with you. Please.
537
00:33:01,675 --> 00:33:05,200
- I am responsible
for you, Mary.
538
00:33:05,287 --> 00:33:06,462
For you, and...
539
00:33:07,811 --> 00:33:09,335
- You protect us.
540
00:33:09,422 --> 00:33:11,032
- Yes.
541
00:33:11,119 --> 00:33:14,905
- I know, I know. I'll
let you help me down.
542
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,392
- All right. You can walk
for a few minutes, huh?
543
00:33:23,479 --> 00:33:27,483
But please, not too far. You
need to save your strength.
544
00:33:29,137 --> 00:33:31,270
- I actually do need
you to help me down.
545
00:33:31,357 --> 00:33:33,272
- Ah. Ah, yeah. Oh yes, sorry.
546
00:33:35,317 --> 00:33:36,144
- Oh!
547
00:33:36,231 --> 00:33:37,493
- Slowly. Slowly.
548
00:33:37,580 --> 00:33:38,886
Watch the baby.
549
00:33:38,973 --> 00:33:39,887
- Oh!
- Okay. Okay. Okay.
550
00:33:39,974 --> 00:33:40,888
- Ah!
551
00:33:40,975 --> 00:33:41,671
- Is it okay?
552
00:33:41,758 --> 00:33:43,369
- Yes. Yes.
553
00:33:43,456 --> 00:33:44,456
Oh!
554
00:33:47,851 --> 00:33:50,028
- Hey.
555
00:33:50,115 --> 00:33:51,464
- This feels better.
556
00:33:51,551 --> 00:33:52,856
- Hmm.
- Thank you.
557
00:33:58,732 --> 00:34:00,473
Thank you for protecting me.
558
00:34:02,388 --> 00:34:04,042
I don't know that
I've said that yet.
559
00:34:05,434 --> 00:34:07,262
- We have a little
ways to go yet.
560
00:34:07,349 --> 00:34:09,134
Let's see how tonight goes, and-
561
00:34:09,221 --> 00:34:12,137
- I'm not talking about that.
562
00:34:12,224 --> 00:34:14,835
I'm talking about before.
563
00:34:17,141 --> 00:34:18,230
- Oh. Ah!
564
00:34:19,753 --> 00:34:21,599
- I've been meaning to say
something this whole journey
565
00:34:21,623 --> 00:34:24,583
and I just, I didn't,
and I should have.
566
00:34:24,670 --> 00:34:25,976
- Hmm.
567
00:34:26,107 --> 00:34:27,369
- I should have months ago.
568
00:34:30,329 --> 00:34:31,591
- You don't have to.
569
00:34:31,678 --> 00:34:33,853
- Yes! Yes I do.
570
00:34:35,464 --> 00:34:36,659
You could have gotten
all of the bride price
571
00:34:36,683 --> 00:34:38,380
back from my father.
572
00:34:38,467 --> 00:34:40,513
- It was never about the money.
573
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,341
- I know it wasn't,
574
00:34:42,428 --> 00:34:44,299
and I know it's not
polite to talk about,
575
00:34:44,386 --> 00:34:46,344
but no one would have
blamed you for...
576
00:34:46,431 --> 00:34:50,088
- For what?
577
00:34:50,175 --> 00:34:51,654
- You divorcing me publicly.
578
00:34:54,396 --> 00:34:55,396
- Mary, I...
579
00:34:57,312 --> 00:34:59,097
- You could be
betrothed to someone
580
00:34:59,184 --> 00:35:00,837
that you don't have to hide
581
00:35:01,011 --> 00:35:03,101
and people wouldn't
be gossiping about you
582
00:35:04,189 --> 00:35:05,581
and you could go be registered
583
00:35:06,234 --> 00:35:08,274
without having to drag me
on a donkey for five days.
584
00:35:11,544 --> 00:35:12,544
Joseph!
585
00:35:16,897 --> 00:35:20,466
You are a brave man
and you are godly.
586
00:35:21,771 --> 00:35:23,469
And I should have
said, "Thank you."
587
00:35:28,474 --> 00:35:29,475
- God told me to.
588
00:35:31,085 --> 00:35:32,085
- I know He did.
589
00:35:33,435 --> 00:35:34,871
But you had a choice.
590
00:35:34,958 --> 00:35:38,136
- Ah! I don't
believe that I did,
591
00:35:40,573 --> 00:35:42,444
but I'm glad either way.
592
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,667
I wouldn't change a single thing
593
00:35:47,754 --> 00:35:50,278
that has happened
since that dream, hmm?
594
00:35:53,586 --> 00:35:54,586
- Neither would I.
595
00:35:58,634 --> 00:36:00,854
- Oh, this all seems
impossible, huh?
596
00:36:00,941 --> 00:36:03,291
- Yes! Yes.
597
00:36:03,378 --> 00:36:05,380
But remember what the
messenger said to me.
598
00:36:05,467 --> 00:36:06,467
- Hmm?
599
00:36:06,990 --> 00:36:08,557
- Nothing is
impossible with God.
600
00:36:09,558 --> 00:36:11,865
- My messenger didn't say that.
601
00:36:11,952 --> 00:36:13,258
That would've been nice, huh?
602
00:36:16,130 --> 00:36:17,130
- Oh!
603
00:36:21,353 --> 00:36:22,963
- Are you
feeling better?
604
00:36:24,094 --> 00:36:25,966
- A bit. Yes.
605
00:36:26,053 --> 00:36:28,186
- Okay. Up, up.
606
00:36:28,273 --> 00:36:29,273
- Okay.
607
00:36:30,362 --> 00:36:31,362
Okay. Oh!
608
00:36:33,582 --> 00:36:34,582
Oh!
609
00:36:37,673 --> 00:36:39,153
- We need to move quicker.
610
00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:41,895
You need water and I
plan to get settled
611
00:36:41,982 --> 00:36:44,463
for the part where your
messenger and my messenger
612
00:36:44,550 --> 00:36:45,812
said the same thing.
613
00:36:47,074 --> 00:36:49,076
"And she will give
birth to a Son."
614
00:36:49,163 --> 00:36:52,471
- "And you shall
call His name Jesus."
615
00:36:52,558 --> 00:36:54,647
- Yes, that part.
616
00:36:57,389 --> 00:36:58,825
Come on.
617
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,680
- Come on. Come on.
618
00:37:42,869 --> 00:37:45,437
- It's a lovely
day today, isn't it?
619
00:37:45,524 --> 00:37:46,829
- How are you?
620
00:38:40,883 --> 00:38:43,930
- But you, O
Bethlehem Ephrathah,
621
00:38:44,017 --> 00:38:47,586
who are too little to be
among the clans of Judah,
622
00:38:47,673 --> 00:38:50,458
from you shall come forth for me
623
00:38:50,545 --> 00:38:53,896
one who is to be
ruler in Israel,
624
00:38:53,983 --> 00:38:58,118
whose coming forth is from
old, from ancient days.
625
00:38:58,205 --> 00:39:00,294
Therefore, he shall give them up
626
00:39:00,381 --> 00:39:04,342
until the time when she who
is in labor has given birth
627
00:39:04,429 --> 00:39:06,822
and he shall be their peace.
628
00:39:08,476 --> 00:39:10,870
A reading from the scroll
of the Prophet Micah.
629
00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:34,372
- Right. I believe that
Samuel's house is through here.
630
00:39:35,938 --> 00:39:39,507
I'm not sure how he will
respond to your condition,
631
00:39:39,594 --> 00:39:43,206
but he will have water and
it will be nice to see him.
632
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,519
- Actually, I don't
know if this is it.
633
00:39:53,129 --> 00:39:55,088
It looks so different.
634
00:39:55,175 --> 00:39:57,307
Maybe because there
are so many people.
635
00:39:59,092 --> 00:40:00,310
I think if we...
636
00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:10,407
- Yes?
637
00:40:11,670 --> 00:40:14,237
- We don't have time
to look for Samuel.
638
00:40:14,324 --> 00:40:16,370
- No, no. It'll be fine.
639
00:40:16,457 --> 00:40:18,372
I know you wanted to find him.
640
00:40:18,807 --> 00:40:21,157
- I need to get you to the
inn, Mary. You need your rest.
641
00:40:23,943 --> 00:40:26,293
Maybe I can find the
well so you can drink
642
00:40:26,380 --> 00:40:28,513
and I'll take you
straight to the inn, huh?
643
00:40:30,558 --> 00:40:31,558
- Thank you.
644
00:40:33,474 --> 00:40:37,652
[relaxing somber
music continues]
645
00:40:40,525 --> 00:40:41,700
- So many people.
646
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:56,279
- Perfect. No, no blemish.
Nothing. Nothing wrong.
647
00:40:56,366 --> 00:40:57,672
See?
648
00:40:57,759 --> 00:40:59,282
- Spotless!
649
00:40:59,369 --> 00:41:00,458
- Good. No blemish.
650
00:41:00,545 --> 00:41:01,545
- This one's good.
651
00:41:01,850 --> 00:41:02,850
- Thank you. Thank you.
652
00:41:10,511 --> 00:41:13,253
- Teacher, I have a
question about the Messiah.
653
00:41:15,298 --> 00:41:17,126
I have studied
Torah every day and-
654
00:41:17,213 --> 00:41:18,867
- A shepherd wants to learn?
655
00:41:18,954 --> 00:41:19,954
- Yes!
656
00:41:21,304 --> 00:41:23,611
Do you believe the
Messiah will set us free
657
00:41:23,698 --> 00:41:25,613
from the occupation?
658
00:41:25,700 --> 00:41:28,050
- Yes. He will make a
great military leader.
659
00:41:28,137 --> 00:41:31,401
- Are you sure?
Because last Shabbat,
660
00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:33,403
the priest read from
Prophet Ezekiel,
661
00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:34,492
and he did not say-
662
00:41:34,579 --> 00:41:35,928
- How dare you!
663
00:41:36,015 --> 00:41:38,278
- I'm sorry, teacher.
He is obsessed.
664
00:41:38,365 --> 00:41:40,280
- You brought this animal?
665
00:41:40,367 --> 00:41:41,455
I said, "Spotless."
666
00:41:41,847 --> 00:41:43,370
- Spotless, yes.
667
00:41:44,589 --> 00:41:49,071
- These are for righteous men
for the perfect sacrifice.
668
00:41:49,158 --> 00:41:50,899
- Very sorry. Very sorry.
669
00:41:51,857 --> 00:41:53,336
Very sorry.
670
00:41:53,423 --> 00:41:55,643
- You wonder why the
Messiah hasn't come.
671
00:41:55,730 --> 00:41:58,864
People like you keeping
him away with your stains.
672
00:41:58,951 --> 00:42:01,780
If you come back here
without a perfect lamb,
673
00:42:03,390 --> 00:42:05,479
I will banish you all
from the marketplace.
674
00:42:07,481 --> 00:42:08,481
- Now come, come.
675
00:42:09,483 --> 00:42:12,181
I warned you about this. Are
you deaf as well as lame?
676
00:42:12,268 --> 00:42:13,661
- I'm sorry!
677
00:42:13,748 --> 00:42:15,489
- We are not slowing
down for you.
678
00:42:15,663 --> 00:42:18,492
You take this runt back up to
the hill and try and keep up
679
00:42:19,493 --> 00:42:20,886
or find your own way back.
680
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,280
♪ Ah, ya, ya ♪
681
00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:34,552
♪ Ah, ya, ya, ya ♪
682
00:42:36,466 --> 00:42:41,297
♪ Ah, ya, ya ♪
683
00:42:44,736 --> 00:42:47,216
♪ Ah, ya, ya ♪
684
00:42:50,698 --> 00:42:53,048
- Say to those who
have an anxious heart,
685
00:42:55,964 --> 00:42:57,923
your God will come
with vengeance,
686
00:42:58,010 --> 00:43:00,839
with the recompense of God.
687
00:43:00,926 --> 00:43:05,365
The people who walked in
darkness have seen a great light.
688
00:43:05,452 --> 00:43:08,498
Those who dwelt in a
land of deep darkness
689
00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:10,283
on them has light shone.
690
00:43:11,501 --> 00:43:13,808
You have multiplied the nation.
691
00:43:13,895 --> 00:43:16,289
You have increased its joy.
692
00:43:16,376 --> 00:43:21,294
They rejoice before you,
as with joy at the harvest
693
00:43:21,381 --> 00:43:24,384
as they are glad when
they divided the spoil.
694
00:43:26,255 --> 00:43:29,824
For the yoke of his burden and
the staff for his shoulder,
695
00:43:29,911 --> 00:43:31,217
the rod of his oppressor-
696
00:43:31,304 --> 00:43:32,174
- You need to go.
697
00:43:32,261 --> 00:43:33,611
- I want to listen.
698
00:43:33,698 --> 00:43:34,307
- No. This
is a holy place.
699
00:43:34,394 --> 00:43:35,613
- Please!
700
00:43:35,700 --> 00:43:36,831
- You are filthy! Go!
701
00:43:36,918 --> 00:43:37,745
- For every boot-
702
00:43:37,832 --> 00:43:38,964
- Get out!
703
00:43:39,051 --> 00:43:40,530
- In battle tumult
704
00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:44,143
and every garment rolled
in blood will be burned
705
00:43:44,230 --> 00:43:46,319
as fuel for the fight.
706
00:43:46,406 --> 00:43:48,147
Strengthen the weak hands.
707
00:44:00,420 --> 00:44:04,337
[relaxing somber
music continues]
708
00:44:06,905 --> 00:44:08,297
- Oh, excuse me, friend.
709
00:44:09,472 --> 00:44:11,431
Could you point me to
a well in this town?
710
00:44:11,518 --> 00:44:13,607
My wife hasn't had
a drink in hours.
711
00:44:14,869 --> 00:44:17,045
- The other end of the square.
712
00:44:17,132 --> 00:44:18,394
- Thank you, brother.
713
00:44:18,481 --> 00:44:19,744
- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
714
00:44:21,136 --> 00:44:22,136
Here.
715
00:44:23,399 --> 00:44:25,924
- Oh, thank you
for your kindness.
716
00:44:30,015 --> 00:44:31,295
- How far have you come?
717
00:44:31,364 --> 00:44:33,671
- From Galilee. Nazareth.
718
00:44:33,758 --> 00:44:35,673
- Don't say that too loud here.
719
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,371
You know they say nothing
good can come from-
720
00:44:38,458 --> 00:44:40,416
- I know what they
say about Nazareth.
721
00:44:40,503 --> 00:44:42,592
- Don't worry. I
won't tell anyone.
722
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:44,072
Your secret's safe with me.
723
00:44:48,511 --> 00:44:50,383
- Thank you for your kindness.
724
00:44:50,470 --> 00:44:51,819
- My name is Simon.
725
00:44:51,906 --> 00:44:53,429
- Out of my way!
726
00:44:55,431 --> 00:44:56,431
- We must go.
727
00:44:58,391 --> 00:44:59,391
- Thank you.
728
00:45:05,572 --> 00:45:10,403
- Strengthen the weak hands
and make firm the feeble knees.
729
00:45:11,970 --> 00:45:15,277
Say to those who have an
anxious heart, "Be strong."
730
00:45:17,323 --> 00:45:19,238
Fear not.
731
00:45:19,325 --> 00:45:22,110
Behold, your God will
come with vengeance,
732
00:45:22,197 --> 00:45:24,286
with the recompense of God.
733
00:45:25,897 --> 00:45:28,029
He will come and save you.
734
00:45:31,859 --> 00:45:35,254
Then the eyes of the
blind shall be opened
735
00:45:35,341 --> 00:45:37,996
and the ears of the
death unstopped.
736
00:45:39,301 --> 00:45:42,870
Then shall the lame
man leap like a deer
737
00:45:42,957 --> 00:45:47,440
and the tongue of the
mute shall sing for joy.
738
00:45:47,527 --> 00:45:50,399
A reading from the scroll
of the Prophet Isaiah.
739
00:46:16,164 --> 00:46:18,427
- Then why
do you have a line?
740
00:46:18,514 --> 00:46:19,428
Can you can you
explain that to me?
741
00:46:19,515 --> 00:46:20,515
I have the papers.
742
00:46:24,433 --> 00:46:25,260
- We have no room.
743
00:46:25,347 --> 00:46:26,827
- Move!
744
00:46:26,914 --> 00:46:29,090
- So this? This is
bull dropping here?
745
00:46:29,177 --> 00:46:30,570
I don't like this, okay?
746
00:46:30,657 --> 00:46:31,919
You're lying to me, huh?
747
00:46:35,444 --> 00:46:36,924
- I cannot no matter
how much you pay.
748
00:46:39,318 --> 00:46:40,710
No!
749
00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:42,625
- Please,
I'm begging you.
750
00:46:42,712 --> 00:46:47,021
[relaxing enchanted
music continues]
751
00:46:59,381 --> 00:47:02,950
- Oh God, you are my God.
752
00:47:03,864 --> 00:47:06,475
Earnestly I seek you.
753
00:47:06,562 --> 00:47:08,738
My soul thirsts for you.
754
00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:10,784
- My soul thirsts for you.
755
00:47:12,351 --> 00:47:16,398
My flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land.
756
00:47:16,485 --> 00:47:20,272
- Dry and weary land
where there is no water.
757
00:47:36,462 --> 00:47:37,462
- Mary.
758
00:47:42,033 --> 00:47:43,425
- What did he say?
759
00:47:43,512 --> 00:47:44,949
- Ah, you
won't believe it.
760
00:47:45,036 --> 00:47:46,515
- No?
761
00:47:46,602 --> 00:47:48,015
- He said that they
are completely full.
762
00:47:48,039 --> 00:47:50,737
The census. The whole
town is overrun.
763
00:47:53,522 --> 00:47:55,960
I think it's because...
764
00:47:56,047 --> 00:47:57,875
Ah!
765
00:47:57,962 --> 00:48:02,140
I think it's because he knows
that we aren't exactly...
766
00:48:02,227 --> 00:48:05,056
That I can't just give him
more money like the others can.
767
00:48:06,274 --> 00:48:07,841
But he insisted
that they were full.
768
00:48:09,887 --> 00:48:13,281
I was furious but I kept
my calm like I promised.
769
00:48:14,413 --> 00:48:15,413
- Of course.
770
00:48:16,415 --> 00:48:17,615
- Told him about our situation
771
00:48:18,896 --> 00:48:20,496
but that didn't make
a difference either.
772
00:48:22,508 --> 00:48:23,988
He just said that
there was nothing.
773
00:48:30,690 --> 00:48:34,389
Finally, his wife
said that if we wanted
774
00:48:34,476 --> 00:48:37,610
we could try camping
in the stable.
775
00:48:39,786 --> 00:48:43,050
They promised us water
and blankets to help,
776
00:48:43,137 --> 00:48:45,270
even lamb's clothes
for the baby.
777
00:48:46,619 --> 00:48:48,299
And they promised that
they would be clean.
778
00:48:50,188 --> 00:48:53,278
But I can go look for Samuel.
779
00:48:54,888 --> 00:48:58,239
If he is living in the same
home, then he will have room.
780
00:48:58,326 --> 00:49:00,391
- I'm sorry. I slowed us
down. I should have stayed on.
781
00:49:00,415 --> 00:49:03,375
- Oh no, Mary,
it's not your fault.
782
00:49:03,462 --> 00:49:04,462
- Joseph.
783
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:08,902
We can't keep looking.
784
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,299
- Have the pains started?
785
00:49:15,430 --> 00:49:16,431
- He is coming.
786
00:49:18,738 --> 00:49:19,738
- Aye!
787
00:49:22,394 --> 00:49:24,613
Sorry. He said
there was nothing.
788
00:49:24,700 --> 00:49:26,267
- I know. I know.
789
00:49:29,531 --> 00:49:33,448
- All right. All right.
790
00:49:33,535 --> 00:49:35,537
We will make it work, hmm?
791
00:49:35,624 --> 00:49:39,280
- Yes. Yes. We will make it
work. We will make it work.
792
00:49:40,499 --> 00:49:42,283
- We will make it work.
793
00:49:45,417 --> 00:49:46,417
- Woman!
794
00:49:48,376 --> 00:49:49,376
- Yes, Lazarus?
795
00:49:50,639 --> 00:49:51,989
- I'm sorry to wake you but-
796
00:49:52,293 --> 00:49:54,643
- No, I was just
resting my eyes.
797
00:49:55,601 --> 00:49:57,907
- Are you feeling well
enough to see her?
798
00:49:57,995 --> 00:49:59,300
- She's here?
799
00:50:03,609 --> 00:50:05,306
Ah, what are you waiting for?
800
00:50:08,353 --> 00:50:09,353
- Shalom.
801
00:50:15,534 --> 00:50:16,752
- Oh!
802
00:50:16,839 --> 00:50:18,363
How did they get you here?
803
00:50:18,450 --> 00:50:20,800
- Our former zealot had
ideas and old friends
804
00:50:20,887 --> 00:50:22,976
to get me to Tishka's
for the last leg.
805
00:50:23,063 --> 00:50:24,499
I was safe.
806
00:50:24,586 --> 00:50:25,413
- Do you
need anything else?
807
00:50:25,500 --> 00:50:27,154
- Where is he now?
808
00:50:27,241 --> 00:50:29,417
- Persia, Lebanon, Armenia,
all over the place.
809
00:50:29,504 --> 00:50:30,897
- I will just leave you to it
810
00:50:30,984 --> 00:50:32,551
and let me know if
you need anything.
811
00:50:32,638 --> 00:50:34,118
- Thank you.
812
00:50:34,205 --> 00:50:35,293
I came as soon as I heard.
813
00:50:36,729 --> 00:50:38,774
- It's just a
fever. I'll be fine.
814
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:41,908
I just had something
to share with you.
815
00:50:41,995 --> 00:50:44,867
But first, anything to
report about our boys?
816
00:50:46,521 --> 00:50:48,523
- I don't want...
817
00:50:48,610 --> 00:50:50,371
Let's just talk about what
you brought me here for.
818
00:50:50,395 --> 00:50:51,657
- I want to know, Mary.
819
00:50:52,919 --> 00:50:54,486
I pray for them every day.
820
00:50:54,573 --> 00:50:56,531
I want to know what to pray for.
821
00:51:02,102 --> 00:51:06,628
- They're preaching everywhere
and the church is growing
822
00:51:08,195 --> 00:51:10,067
and the deaths of Big
James and Nathaniel
823
00:51:10,154 --> 00:51:13,940
seem to have only
emboldened everyone,
824
00:51:14,027 --> 00:51:15,985
especially Peter.
825
00:51:17,248 --> 00:51:18,336
- Of course.
826
00:51:23,428 --> 00:51:26,257
- And it is getting
more difficult.
827
00:51:27,606 --> 00:51:29,782
It's clear they
want us all dead.
828
00:51:34,178 --> 00:51:36,876
You can pray especially
for Andrew in Greece.
829
00:51:38,399 --> 00:51:40,271
They say he will be
arrested at any moment.
830
00:51:43,578 --> 00:51:45,058
- I will pray in earnest.
831
00:51:53,980 --> 00:51:55,895
Do you know where Luke is?
832
00:51:55,982 --> 00:51:58,506
- Yes. He is in
Rome with Paul.
833
00:51:58,593 --> 00:51:59,942
- Can you reach him?
834
00:52:00,247 --> 00:52:03,381
- If necessary.
Of course. Why?
835
00:52:05,122 --> 00:52:07,559
- He's been gathering
his record of the stories
836
00:52:07,646 --> 00:52:12,303
and we spoke but I didn't
tell him everything.
837
00:52:25,403 --> 00:52:28,319
- Ah, there is enough wood here.
838
00:52:28,406 --> 00:52:30,451
I can put something
together for you.
839
00:52:30,538 --> 00:52:32,888
- There's no time. They're
coming a bit faster now.
840
00:52:32,975 --> 00:52:35,456
- All right, we can do this.
841
00:52:35,543 --> 00:52:38,198
Try to see if you can find a
spot to sit on this blanket
842
00:52:38,285 --> 00:52:42,202
and I'll put something together
for you and clean up, huh?
843
00:52:42,289 --> 00:52:43,289
- Okay.
- Okay.
844
00:52:47,642 --> 00:52:49,340
- He needs a place to sleep.
845
00:52:49,427 --> 00:52:51,080
- What?
846
00:52:51,472 --> 00:52:53,605
- When he gets here, he
needs a place to lie down.
847
00:52:54,475 --> 00:52:56,303
You make my bed.
I'll make his.
848
00:52:56,390 --> 00:52:57,390
- Already a mother, huh?
849
00:53:05,182 --> 00:53:06,052
Okay.
850
00:53:19,413 --> 00:53:24,288
♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm ♪
851
00:53:26,246 --> 00:53:29,293
♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm ♪
852
00:53:34,472 --> 00:53:37,344
- This way. Hut,
hut, hut, hut, hut!
853
00:53:40,826 --> 00:53:44,830
- Yes, well, next time I will
wipe my hands with his robe.
854
00:53:44,917 --> 00:53:45,787
- Oh!
855
00:53:45,874 --> 00:53:47,354
- He would faint.
856
00:53:47,441 --> 00:53:50,401
- A Pharisee is so cheap
when he writes his will,
857
00:53:50,488 --> 00:53:52,838
he names himself as
the heir!
858
00:53:52,925 --> 00:53:54,511
- And then he still
doesn't get much.
859
00:53:54,535 --> 00:53:55,797
- No!
860
00:53:59,627 --> 00:54:00,627
- Ah!
861
00:54:06,678 --> 00:54:08,636
- Oh! Finally he's back!
862
00:54:11,073 --> 00:54:12,073
- Hello, Simon.
863
00:54:13,511 --> 00:54:15,121
- Stay
with the sheep!
864
00:54:16,427 --> 00:54:18,516
- He is useless. Why
do you keep him around?
865
00:54:18,603 --> 00:54:19,821
- He is a good boy.
866
00:54:19,908 --> 00:54:21,301
- Ah! You want some dinner?
867
00:54:21,388 --> 00:54:23,085
- Finally.
868
00:54:23,172 --> 00:54:25,262
- Aaron made dinner tonight
so nothing is cooked.
869
00:54:25,349 --> 00:54:27,046
- Yes, I see.
870
00:54:27,133 --> 00:54:28,787
- The food is fine.
871
00:54:28,874 --> 00:54:30,591
It's my grandmother's
recipe, so leave it alone.
872
00:54:30,615 --> 00:54:32,878
- Yeah, then that is why
your grandfather left.
873
00:54:45,369 --> 00:54:46,935
- Again and again!
874
00:54:47,022 --> 00:54:48,676
- They take
whatever they want.
875
00:54:48,763 --> 00:54:50,045
- Oh, I wish that woman
wouldn't have left the well.
876
00:54:50,069 --> 00:54:51,766
- No, she was very beautiful.
877
00:54:51,853 --> 00:54:54,203
- Very
pretty. Very pretty.
878
00:54:54,291 --> 00:54:56,162
- Can I have my dinner now?
879
00:54:56,249 --> 00:55:00,340
- Not with us. No. Your
place is over there.
880
00:55:00,427 --> 00:55:01,752
- After what happened
this morning,
881
00:55:01,776 --> 00:55:03,387
you sleep with
the sheep tonight.
882
00:55:03,474 --> 00:55:04,712
- And pay
attention this time!
883
00:55:04,736 --> 00:55:06,433
- And watch out for wolves.
884
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:08,696
- Watch out for the Pharisee.
He might come after you.
885
00:55:08,783 --> 00:55:10,829
- A Roman took
another sheep yesterday.
886
00:55:10,916 --> 00:55:12,633
- Simon! They're
talking about the Romans again.
887
00:55:12,657 --> 00:55:15,007
- But they cook
it right in front of me.
888
00:55:16,443 --> 00:55:18,053
- You're lucky.
889
00:55:18,140 --> 00:55:19,335
You're lucky you're not
part of this conversation.
890
00:55:19,359 --> 00:55:20,519
About Romans again and again.
891
00:55:24,321 --> 00:55:26,540
- Let's talk
about something else.
892
00:55:28,107 --> 00:55:30,327
♪ Hmm, hmm ♪
893
00:55:42,730 --> 00:55:44,776
♪ Ah, ah ♪
894
00:55:44,863 --> 00:55:47,953
- My soul magnifies the Lord
895
00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:51,696
and my spirit rejoices
in God, my Savior.
896
00:55:51,783 --> 00:55:54,742
For He has looked upon the
humble estate of His servant.
897
00:55:54,829 --> 00:55:55,829
- What is that?
898
00:55:57,310 --> 00:55:58,224
- What?
899
00:55:58,311 --> 00:56:00,357
- What are you saying?
900
00:56:00,444 --> 00:56:01,314
- Oh, nothing.
901
00:56:01,401 --> 00:56:03,316
- Is it a song of David?
902
00:56:03,403 --> 00:56:06,014
We could use one
right about now.
903
00:56:06,101 --> 00:56:09,017
- No, sorry. It's just
something to myself.
904
00:56:09,104 --> 00:56:10,367
- A poem you created?
905
00:56:11,585 --> 00:56:12,586
- Yes, but I...
906
00:56:12,673 --> 00:56:13,892
- When?
907
00:56:15,110 --> 00:56:16,460
- Several months ago.
908
00:56:16,547 --> 00:56:18,331
- I would love to hear it.
909
00:57:40,979 --> 00:57:41,979
- Mary?
910
00:57:44,635 --> 00:57:45,635
- Ah! Ah!
911
00:57:52,469 --> 00:57:54,558
- Are you seeing this? Mary?
912
00:57:57,169 --> 00:57:58,213
Mary?
913
00:58:05,873 --> 00:58:07,919
- It's time!
914
00:58:08,006 --> 00:58:10,617
- Oh! Come. I've
got you. Come sit.
915
00:58:10,704 --> 00:58:13,751
- Should we call for help?
You've never done this before.
916
00:58:13,838 --> 00:58:15,404
Maybe the wife
could come and help.
917
00:58:15,492 --> 00:58:17,319
- No, there isn't any
time. We've got this.
918
00:58:17,406 --> 00:58:19,974
- No! No! No! I don't want
you to see me like this!
919
00:58:20,061 --> 00:58:21,256
- Slow,
slow, slow, slow.
920
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:22,280
- Ah! Oh!
921
00:58:31,551 --> 00:58:33,335
♪ Ah ♪
922
00:58:37,949 --> 00:58:39,559
- Mary, look at me.
923
00:58:39,646 --> 00:58:41,450
- No, no, no! I can wait.
I just, go get someone.
924
00:58:41,474 --> 00:58:44,216
- Don't look over
there, Mary. Look at me.
925
00:58:46,871 --> 00:58:48,307
We are not alone.
926
00:58:49,656 --> 00:58:51,353
- I'm so scared.
927
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:54,269
- Mary, remember what
your messenger said.
928
00:58:54,356 --> 00:58:55,967
The first thing
your messenger said.
929
00:58:56,054 --> 00:58:59,274
It was the same thing
my messenger said to me.
930
00:58:59,361 --> 00:59:00,361
Remember?
931
00:59:01,973 --> 00:59:03,148
- Don't be afraid.
932
00:59:03,235 --> 00:59:04,541
- Don't be afraid.
933
00:59:06,804 --> 00:59:08,414
- I love you.
934
00:59:08,501 --> 00:59:10,242
- I love you.
935
00:59:10,634 --> 00:59:14,115
- Thank you for taking care
of me. God gave you to me.
936
00:59:14,986 --> 00:59:17,031
- He has been our help.
937
00:59:17,118 --> 00:59:21,253
And in the shadow of His
wings, we will sing for joy,
938
00:59:21,340 --> 00:59:22,733
a song of David.
939
00:59:24,430 --> 00:59:25,430
- Oh!
940
00:59:27,433 --> 00:59:28,869
- Can I hear yours now?
941
00:59:28,956 --> 00:59:30,436
- Not now. Oh!
942
00:59:32,481 --> 00:59:35,746
- Oh, I know, I know.
943
00:59:35,833 --> 00:59:36,833
- Oh!
944
00:59:36,877 --> 00:59:38,052
- It is time, yes?
945
00:59:38,139 --> 00:59:39,401
- Yes. Yes.
946
00:59:39,619 --> 00:59:41,621
- Okay. It is time.
947
00:59:45,016 --> 00:59:47,061
♪ Ah, ah ♪
948
00:59:48,410 --> 00:59:51,239
- It's
okay. I've got you.
949
01:00:00,858 --> 01:00:05,602
- I told Luke about the
journey to Bethlehem
950
01:00:05,689 --> 01:00:08,387
and about how we couldn't
get a room at the inn,
951
01:00:08,474 --> 01:00:12,957
but I didn't tell
him about my son.
952
01:00:13,044 --> 01:00:14,480
- Your son?
953
01:00:14,567 --> 01:00:17,352
- When I went to see
Cousin Elizabeth,
954
01:00:17,439 --> 01:00:18,832
when she was pregnant with John,
955
01:00:20,051 --> 01:00:23,141
she cried out when she saw me.
956
01:00:23,228 --> 01:00:24,621
I told Luke about this,
957
01:00:25,012 --> 01:00:27,188
how she was overwhelmed
for the both of us,
958
01:00:29,408 --> 01:00:31,628
and she called me the
mother of her Lord.
959
01:00:34,065 --> 01:00:37,546
And we were laughing
and crying together
960
01:00:37,634 --> 01:00:40,506
and it was all too much,
961
01:00:40,593 --> 01:00:44,336
and words of praise
just burst out of me.
962
01:00:46,338 --> 01:00:48,427
- Please tell me I'm
about to hear them.
963
01:00:48,775 --> 01:00:52,649
- You are going to write them
down and deliver them to Luke.
964
01:00:54,085 --> 01:00:55,085
- Oh.
965
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:02,441
♪ Ah ♪
966
01:01:25,420 --> 01:01:27,771
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
967
01:01:33,254 --> 01:01:35,300
- The materials are here.
968
01:01:38,216 --> 01:01:39,478
I trust you to get them right
969
01:01:41,045 --> 01:01:44,439
and to keep it safe
and to get it to Luke.
970
01:01:51,359 --> 01:01:53,318
I've kept it all to myself.
971
01:01:55,929 --> 01:01:58,323
As you know, I like to
treasure things in my heart.
972
01:01:59,759 --> 01:02:01,892
I was shy
973
01:02:03,807 --> 01:02:06,461
and it felt personal
between God and me,
974
01:02:08,072 --> 01:02:12,816
but I wish I would've
shared it with Joseph.
975
01:02:17,298 --> 01:02:18,996
And people must know
976
01:02:20,562 --> 01:02:23,304
these felt like God's
words as much as my own.
977
01:02:24,392 --> 01:02:26,786
I can't explain
it, but they did.
978
01:02:27,961 --> 01:02:29,310
People must know.
979
01:02:36,448 --> 01:02:37,579
- I'm ready.
980
01:02:48,373 --> 01:02:51,637
- My soul magnifies the Lord
981
01:02:53,204 --> 01:02:56,598
and my spirit rejoices
in God, my Savior.
982
01:02:58,078 --> 01:03:00,472
For behold
983
01:03:00,559 --> 01:03:04,389
from now on generations
will call me blessed.
984
01:03:06,043 --> 01:03:09,742
And He who is mighty has
done great things for me
985
01:03:12,310 --> 01:03:14,921
and holy is His name.
986
01:03:17,837 --> 01:03:21,623
And His mercy is for
those who fear Him,
987
01:03:23,277 --> 01:03:25,932
from generation to generation.
988
01:03:27,586 --> 01:03:30,937
He has shown strength
with His arm.
989
01:03:31,024 --> 01:03:34,854
He has scattered the proud in
the thoughts of their hearts.
990
01:03:36,421 --> 01:03:38,858
He has brought down the
mighty from their throne
991
01:03:38,945 --> 01:03:42,253
and exalted those
of humble estate.
992
01:03:44,429 --> 01:03:48,346
He has filled the
hungry with good things
993
01:03:48,433 --> 01:03:52,306
and the rich he has
sent away empty.
994
01:03:54,787 --> 01:03:57,746
He has helped His servant Israel
995
01:03:57,834 --> 01:04:00,488
in remembrance of His mercy.
996
01:04:05,189 --> 01:04:08,888
As He spoke to our
fathers, to Abraham,
997
01:04:08,975 --> 01:04:11,543
and to his offspring forever.
998
01:04:11,630 --> 01:04:16,591
♪ Ah ♪
999
01:04:17,418 --> 01:04:18,680
♪ Ah ♪
1000
01:04:23,860 --> 01:04:26,688
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
1001
01:04:26,775 --> 01:04:30,475
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
1002
01:04:30,562 --> 01:04:32,651
♪ Ah ♪
1003
01:04:32,738 --> 01:04:35,697
♪ Ah ♪
1004
01:04:35,784 --> 01:04:37,786
♪ Ah ♪
1005
01:04:37,874 --> 01:04:39,701
[relaxing dramatic
music continues]
1006
01:04:39,788 --> 01:04:44,793
♪ Ah, ah ♪
1007
01:04:49,581 --> 01:04:51,670
♪ Ah, ah ♪
1008
01:05:14,040 --> 01:05:15,781
- Ah!
1009
01:05:15,868 --> 01:05:17,565
That's amazing.
1010
01:05:20,568 --> 01:05:23,745
It is like the Song of Hannah,
but even more beautiful.
1011
01:05:30,013 --> 01:05:34,974
♪ Ah, ah ♪
1012
01:05:38,586 --> 01:05:43,330
♪ Ah, ah ♪
1013
01:05:46,681 --> 01:05:48,814
♪ Ah, ah ♪
1014
01:06:02,828 --> 01:06:07,093
[somber enchanted
music continues]
1015
01:06:10,967 --> 01:06:15,928
♪ Ah, ah, oh ♪
1016
01:06:19,366 --> 01:06:24,328
♪ Ah, ah, oh ♪
1017
01:06:26,721 --> 01:06:31,683
♪ Ah, ah, oh ♪
1018
01:06:33,685 --> 01:06:38,646
♪ Ah, oh ♪
1019
01:06:43,477 --> 01:06:46,002
♪ Ah, ah, oh ♪
1020
01:06:50,571 --> 01:06:54,880
[somber enchanted
music continues]
1021
01:07:06,979 --> 01:07:09,503
- Look at him. So beautiful.
1022
01:07:11,592 --> 01:07:13,029
- We must tell someone.
1023
01:07:13,116 --> 01:07:14,571
- No, we
must tell everyone.
1024
01:07:14,595 --> 01:07:15,790
- Yes, we
must tell everyone.
1025
01:07:15,814 --> 01:07:17,052
- Everyone. Yes.
Yes. Thank you.
1026
01:07:17,076 --> 01:07:18,382
Thank you. Thank you.
1027
01:07:18,469 --> 01:07:21,254
- Thank
you. Thank you.
1028
01:07:21,341 --> 01:07:25,302
- We've waited for this
for so long, so long.
1029
01:07:29,610 --> 01:07:30,437
Thank you.
1030
01:07:30,524 --> 01:07:31,351
- His arm.
1031
01:07:32,657 --> 01:07:33,677
His arm.
- His arm?
1032
01:07:33,701 --> 01:07:35,181
- His arm.
1033
01:07:35,268 --> 01:07:36,269
- Yes, his arm.
1034
01:07:36,356 --> 01:07:37,488
- Oh, it's okay.
1035
01:07:39,925 --> 01:07:44,147
[somber enchanted
music continues]
1036
01:07:54,331 --> 01:07:56,202
What will you name him?
1037
01:08:00,511 --> 01:08:01,511
- Jesus.
1038
01:08:03,601 --> 01:08:06,212
- We will name him Jesus.
1039
01:08:06,299 --> 01:08:07,299
- I must go.
1040
01:08:09,346 --> 01:08:11,130
People must know.
1041
01:08:11,217 --> 01:08:12,392
People must know.
1042
01:08:12,479 --> 01:08:13,959
- People must know.
1043
01:08:16,395 --> 01:08:20,705
[somber enchanted
music continues]
1044
01:08:42,073 --> 01:08:44,772
- Are you better?
Is this comfortable?
1045
01:08:44,859 --> 01:08:46,252
- Yes. Thank you.
1046
01:08:47,426 --> 01:08:48,426
- Are you still in pain?
1047
01:08:50,778 --> 01:08:54,042
- Yes, but the blanket
underneath is helping.
1048
01:09:05,358 --> 01:09:08,361
- Oh! I don't know
how you did that.
1049
01:09:09,493 --> 01:09:12,278
I feel like my heart
is going to explode.
1050
01:09:12,365 --> 01:09:17,240
- Oh, don't make me
laugh. It hurts to laugh.
1051
01:09:22,984 --> 01:09:24,421
He's so small.
1052
01:09:25,857 --> 01:09:28,033
- Smaller than I expected.
1053
01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:31,167
- I don't know what I expected
but it wasn't any of this.
1054
01:09:31,254 --> 01:09:35,345
- Mm. No. From the
beginning of it all.
1055
01:09:41,394 --> 01:09:45,484
So your messenger said
that he would be called,
1056
01:09:45,572 --> 01:09:48,444
"Holy, the Son of God."
1057
01:09:48,532 --> 01:09:51,099
The prophecy mentions Emmanuel.
1058
01:09:52,622 --> 01:09:54,973
Are we going to
stick with Jesus?
1059
01:09:57,758 --> 01:09:59,369
- I think we should.
1060
01:10:00,500 --> 01:10:02,023
- Probably best, huh?
1061
01:10:02,110 --> 01:10:03,199
- Mm-hmm.
1062
01:10:06,289 --> 01:10:08,334
He needs to sleep.
1063
01:10:08,421 --> 01:10:11,294
- You both do. Put
him in the manger.
1064
01:10:12,817 --> 01:10:15,515
It's a better bed than
the one I made for you.
1065
01:10:54,075 --> 01:10:58,036
- There's something else
I want you to tell Luke.
1066
01:10:58,123 --> 01:11:00,734
I want you to tell him
about the swaddling clothes.
1067
01:11:00,821 --> 01:11:03,171
- You want him to
write about it?
1068
01:11:03,259 --> 01:11:04,912
- People must know.
1069
01:11:06,653 --> 01:11:10,483
I want to honor the help we
received from the innkeeper,
1070
01:11:10,570 --> 01:11:14,487
but I also think it's lovely
that we used the same cloths
1071
01:11:14,574 --> 01:11:16,968
they used to wrap newborn lambs.
1072
01:11:18,491 --> 01:11:21,625
I wonder if God gave
us that as a sign.
1073
01:11:21,712 --> 01:11:23,104
- It is lovely.
1074
01:11:25,498 --> 01:11:29,285
- And there's something else.
1075
01:11:31,548 --> 01:11:34,551
Go get that box over
there by the window.
1076
01:11:51,089 --> 01:11:53,874
Open it. What's
inside is yours.
1077
01:11:58,488 --> 01:12:00,272
I kept them.
1078
01:12:04,842 --> 01:12:05,842
- Oh!
1079
01:12:07,453 --> 01:12:11,065
- They meant so much to me
I just couldn't leave them.
1080
01:12:12,676 --> 01:12:14,808
And now they're yours.
1081
01:12:14,895 --> 01:12:16,288
- Mother!
1082
01:12:16,375 --> 01:12:18,029
- There's a rip here
1083
01:12:19,639 --> 01:12:21,443
from where we gave a piece
to one of the shepherds
1084
01:12:21,467 --> 01:12:23,121
to dress his wound.
1085
01:12:24,514 --> 01:12:27,517
- Did you tell Luke about the
shepherds? I love that part.
1086
01:12:27,604 --> 01:12:28,604
- Of course.
1087
01:12:34,262 --> 01:12:37,440
- I can't. I can't.
This is too...
1088
01:12:37,527 --> 01:12:39,877
- You can and you will.
1089
01:12:41,618 --> 01:12:45,361
Let this be a reminder
of where all this began
1090
01:12:46,927 --> 01:12:49,539
and how He was one
of us for a time.
1091
01:12:55,327 --> 01:12:56,502
- Thank you.
1092
01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:00,941
- I have loved you
like a daughter
1093
01:13:01,028 --> 01:13:03,117
since I met you at the wedding,
1094
01:13:04,336 --> 01:13:07,905
and you have done God's work.
1095
01:13:07,992 --> 01:13:09,428
- I do miss Him.
1096
01:13:13,389 --> 01:13:16,174
And it seems like you will
get to see Him before I do.
1097
01:13:16,261 --> 01:13:19,612
- Ssh, child. This
is not the end.
1098
01:13:23,921 --> 01:13:27,011
- I will get this
to Luke right away.
1099
01:13:31,102 --> 01:13:33,191
Before anything happens to me.
1100
01:13:33,278 --> 01:13:34,584
To any of us.
1101
01:13:39,458 --> 01:13:40,458
- Wait.
1102
01:13:46,422 --> 01:13:49,337
The Lord bless you and keep you.
1103
01:13:50,861 --> 01:13:55,213
The Lord make His face shine
on you and be gracious to you.
1104
01:13:56,519 --> 01:14:00,348
The Lord turn His face toward
you and bring you peace.
1105
01:14:03,526 --> 01:14:05,353
- And also to you.
1106
01:14:07,051 --> 01:14:08,226
- Shalom.
1107
01:14:09,880 --> 01:14:11,011
- Shalom.
1108
01:15:03,063 --> 01:15:04,587
- Mary of Magdala.
1109
01:15:04,674 --> 01:15:06,502
- It's good to see you, Luke.
1110
01:15:08,199 --> 01:15:10,462
- What are you doing
here? It's not safe.
1111
01:15:10,549 --> 01:15:12,333
I could have
arranged for people.
1112
01:15:12,638 --> 01:15:15,467
- You've been recording an
account of Jesus's birth, yes?
1113
01:15:16,512 --> 01:15:19,558
- Oh, yes. I have begun
collecting historical accounts.
1114
01:15:19,645 --> 01:15:23,344
- I've just been to see Mother
Mary in a secure location.
1115
01:15:25,346 --> 01:15:26,347
- Yes?
1116
01:15:30,438 --> 01:15:33,790
I have completed my
writing of her account.
1117
01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:37,402
Did she have something to add?
1118
01:15:45,410 --> 01:15:47,194
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
1119
01:15:47,281 --> 01:15:51,111
- For to
us a child is born.
1120
01:15:51,198 --> 01:15:53,244
To us a Son is given.
1121
01:15:54,637 --> 01:15:57,378
And the government shall
be upon His shoulder
1122
01:15:57,465 --> 01:16:00,730
and His name shall be
called Wonderful Counselor,
1123
01:16:00,817 --> 01:16:05,343
Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace.
1124
01:16:06,866 --> 01:16:08,868
Of the increase of His
government and of peace,
1125
01:16:08,955 --> 01:16:10,957
there will be no end.
1126
01:16:11,044 --> 01:16:14,874
To establish it and to
uphold it with justice
1127
01:16:14,961 --> 01:16:19,400
and with righteousness from
this time forth and forevermore.
1128
01:16:19,487 --> 01:16:20,924
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
1129
01:16:21,011 --> 01:16:25,972
♪ Eh, eh, eh ♪
1130
01:16:27,452 --> 01:16:29,410
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
1131
01:16:29,497 --> 01:16:34,415
♪ Eh, eh, eh ♪
1132
01:16:35,416 --> 01:16:38,028
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
1133
01:16:38,115 --> 01:16:42,946
♪ Eh, eh, eh ♪
1134
01:16:43,729 --> 01:16:45,992
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
1135
01:16:47,603 --> 01:16:52,042
- You were right. You
were right all along.
1136
01:16:52,608 --> 01:16:53,608
- You!
1137
01:16:55,523 --> 01:16:57,569
I told you not to
come back here.
1138
01:16:59,527 --> 01:17:01,138
So where is it?
1139
01:17:01,225 --> 01:17:04,315
Have you found a spotless
lamb for sacrifice?
1140
01:17:41,918 --> 01:17:45,443
♪ O holy night ♪
1141
01:17:45,530 --> 01:17:50,448
♪ The stars are
brightly shining ♪
1142
01:17:52,102 --> 01:17:55,453
♪ It is the night of our
dear Savior's birth ♪
1143
01:18:18,128 --> 01:18:21,218
♪ A thrill of hope ♪
1144
01:18:21,305 --> 01:18:25,613
♪ the weary world rejoices ♪
1145
01:18:25,701 --> 01:18:28,399
♪ For yonder breaks ♪
1146
01:18:28,486 --> 01:18:32,577
♪ a new and glorious morn ♪
1147
01:18:49,159 --> 01:18:51,248
♪ Noel ♪
1148
01:18:51,335 --> 01:18:53,250
♪ Noel ♪
1149
01:19:02,650 --> 01:19:06,567
♪ Noel ♪
1150
01:19:06,654 --> 01:19:08,569
♪ Noel ♪
1151
01:19:22,583 --> 01:19:27,327
[enchanted instrumental
music continues]
1152
01:19:56,487 --> 01:19:59,664
♪ Chains shall He break ♪
1153
01:19:59,751 --> 01:20:04,712
♪ for the slave
is our brother ♪
1154
01:20:05,713 --> 01:20:07,193
♪ And in His name ♪
1155
01:20:07,454 --> 01:20:11,632
♪ all oppression shall cease ♪
1156
01:20:28,040 --> 01:20:33,002
♪ Christ is the Lord ♪
1157
01:20:34,394 --> 01:20:39,138
♪ Oh praise His name forever ♪
1158
01:20:40,400 --> 01:20:45,231
♪ Noel ♪
1159
01:20:45,318 --> 01:20:47,930
♪ Noel ♪
1160
01:20:55,938 --> 01:20:59,985
♪ Noel ♪
1161
01:21:00,072 --> 01:21:03,728
♪ Noel ♪
1162
01:21:27,404 --> 01:21:32,322
[enchanted instrumental
music continues]
1163
01:21:46,553 --> 01:21:50,818
- One way or another, every
river eventually meets the sea.
1164
01:21:50,906 --> 01:21:54,126
The Jordan River begins at
the base of Mount Herman
1165
01:21:54,213 --> 01:21:56,433
where the transfiguration
took place,
1166
01:21:56,520 --> 01:21:58,914
then continues down
into the Sea of Galilee
1167
01:21:59,001 --> 01:22:00,698
where Jesus walked on water,
1168
01:22:00,785 --> 01:22:02,395
told you we'd get there,
1169
01:22:02,482 --> 01:22:05,398
empties out from the
Galilee to pass by Samaria
1170
01:22:05,485 --> 01:22:07,487
where Christ first
publicly revealed
1171
01:22:07,574 --> 01:22:10,142
His identity as Messiah
to the woman at the well,
1172
01:22:10,229 --> 01:22:11,709
and then carries
on through Judea
1173
01:22:11,796 --> 01:22:14,668
where John baptized
Jesus in its waters.
1174
01:22:14,755 --> 01:22:19,064
And at last meets its final
destination here, the Dead Sea.
1175
01:22:20,631 --> 01:22:22,589
You ever hear of someone
hitting rock bottom?
1176
01:22:22,676 --> 01:22:25,418
Well, technically this is it.
1177
01:22:25,505 --> 01:22:28,247
The Dead Sea is the
lowest point on Earth
1178
01:22:28,334 --> 01:22:31,424
at 1,296 feet below sea level.
1179
01:22:31,511 --> 01:22:35,037
It's also one of the saltiest
bodies of water on the planet
1180
01:22:35,124 --> 01:22:37,474
at 34% salinity.
1181
01:22:37,561 --> 01:22:39,171
For perspective,
1182
01:22:39,258 --> 01:22:42,348
the salinity of the Great
Salt Lake of Utah is 14%
1183
01:22:42,435 --> 01:22:44,916
and the ocean itself is 3.5%.
1184
01:22:45,003 --> 01:22:46,787
So yeah, she's salty.
1185
01:22:47,963 --> 01:22:49,921
But why call it dead
1186
01:22:50,008 --> 01:22:53,577
when so many events in the
life of Christ, the Living God,
1187
01:22:53,664 --> 01:22:57,407
took place in or along
its tributary, the Jordan?
1188
01:22:57,494 --> 01:23:00,149
How can so much life
flow into death?
1189
01:23:01,498 --> 01:23:03,413
The name dead comes
from the fact that
1190
01:23:03,500 --> 01:23:05,415
no living plants or creatures
1191
01:23:05,502 --> 01:23:07,591
can survive in its briny waters.
1192
01:23:07,678 --> 01:23:11,290
And yet while nothing
can live in the Dead Sea,
1193
01:23:11,377 --> 01:23:14,685
ever since biblical times, it
has been a famed destination
1194
01:23:14,772 --> 01:23:16,817
for restoration and wellness.
1195
01:23:16,904 --> 01:23:20,647
Its mineral properties of
magnesium, sodium and bromide
1196
01:23:20,734 --> 01:23:23,215
are known to soothe
the pain of arthritis,
1197
01:23:23,302 --> 01:23:26,610
reduce inflammation, and promote
healthy blood circulation.
1198
01:23:26,697 --> 01:23:30,788
Its mud can treat skin conditions
like psoriasis and eczema.
1199
01:23:30,875 --> 01:23:34,661
Even Cleopatra used it as
part of her beauty regimen.
1200
01:23:34,748 --> 01:23:36,620
Think of all the paradoxes.
1201
01:23:36,707 --> 01:23:38,622
It's called the Dead Sea
1202
01:23:38,709 --> 01:23:41,146
but you literally can't
become dead by drowning in it
1203
01:23:41,233 --> 01:23:45,281
because the density of salination
creates natural buoyancy
1204
01:23:45,368 --> 01:23:48,501
that forces your body to
the surface and you float.
1205
01:23:48,588 --> 01:23:50,808
This place is named
after death itself
1206
01:23:50,895 --> 01:23:53,419
and yet people come
here to experience
1207
01:23:53,506 --> 01:23:56,379
life-enhancing
powers of healing.
1208
01:23:56,466 --> 01:23:58,555
Echoes of Christ are everywhere.
1209
01:23:58,642 --> 01:24:00,818
This is the world's rock bottom.
1210
01:24:00,905 --> 01:24:03,560
And what could be a
lower entry into society
1211
01:24:03,647 --> 01:24:05,736
than an infant taking
His first breath
1212
01:24:05,823 --> 01:24:09,000
in a smelly hovel meant
to house beasts of burden?
1213
01:24:09,087 --> 01:24:12,264
And yet He was royalty
of the highest elevation.
1214
01:24:13,570 --> 01:24:16,312
Salt in an open wound
is a searing pain,
1215
01:24:16,399 --> 01:24:18,444
but ultimately cleanses it.
1216
01:24:18,531 --> 01:24:19,967
Jesus grew up into a man
1217
01:24:20,055 --> 01:24:22,405
who suffered searing
pain on the cross,
1218
01:24:22,492 --> 01:24:25,103
which ultimately led to
the cleansing of our sins.
1219
01:24:25,190 --> 01:24:27,279
The Dead Sea is Christmas,
1220
01:24:27,366 --> 01:24:30,413
a roiling ocean
of contradictions.
1221
01:24:30,500 --> 01:24:32,328
Maybe you've felt it too.
1222
01:24:32,415 --> 01:24:35,113
The bright festivities of
the season bring you joy,
1223
01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:37,376
existing side by side
with the pang of sorrow
1224
01:24:37,463 --> 01:24:40,118
for a loved one who
won't be there this year
1225
01:24:40,205 --> 01:24:42,294
for the first time, or the 50th.
1226
01:24:44,122 --> 01:24:47,343
Resounding carols blast from
speakers in every retail store,
1227
01:24:47,430 --> 01:24:49,475
radio station and church service
1228
01:24:49,562 --> 01:24:52,913
but they feel
dissonant, out of step,
1229
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:56,787
with a heaviness in your spirit
you can't name, or you can.
1230
01:24:56,874 --> 01:24:58,528
Either way it hurts.
1231
01:24:58,615 --> 01:25:01,400
Flip to one channel and
choirs are belting out,
1232
01:25:01,487 --> 01:25:03,489
"Oh, tidings of comfort and joy
1233
01:25:03,576 --> 01:25:06,492
and peace on Earth,
goodwill to men."
1234
01:25:06,579 --> 01:25:09,191
Flip to the next channel
and find news that
1235
01:25:09,278 --> 01:25:10,931
there is no peace on Earth,
1236
01:25:11,018 --> 01:25:14,457
no sign of goodwill
among mankind.
1237
01:25:14,544 --> 01:25:16,415
This is what it
means to be alive,
1238
01:25:16,502 --> 01:25:18,200
to stand in the
middle of the Jordan
1239
01:25:18,287 --> 01:25:20,593
between exile and
the Promise Land.
1240
01:25:20,680 --> 01:25:23,379
To feel the sting
of Dead Sea salt
1241
01:25:23,466 --> 01:25:25,859
in the open wound of
your soul and of society,
1242
01:25:25,946 --> 01:25:29,341
and yet have the courage
to believe it all coexists
1243
01:25:29,428 --> 01:25:31,996
with the capacity for shalom.
1244
01:25:32,083 --> 01:25:35,521
Some would say Christmas marks
the beginning of the end.
1245
01:25:35,608 --> 01:25:37,436
The beginning of Jesus' life,
1246
01:25:37,523 --> 01:25:39,395
which would extend beyond death
1247
01:25:39,482 --> 01:25:42,746
in a redemptive arc that
ends with a world baptized
1248
01:25:42,833 --> 01:25:45,052
by the Shekinah
glory and made whole,
1249
01:25:45,140 --> 01:25:48,621
a new kingdom where the
Prophet Ezekiel foretold that
1250
01:25:48,708 --> 01:25:51,711
this Dead Sea will be
turned to fresh water,
1251
01:25:51,798 --> 01:25:54,366
teeming with every kind
of colorful marine life
1252
01:25:54,453 --> 01:25:57,978
that darts and flutters
and leaps amid its waves.
1253
01:25:58,065 --> 01:25:59,458
And in John's revelation,
1254
01:25:59,545 --> 01:26:00,981
he writes that an
angel showed him
1255
01:26:01,068 --> 01:26:02,679
the river of the water of life,
1256
01:26:02,766 --> 01:26:04,420
bright as crystal,
1257
01:26:04,507 --> 01:26:06,813
flowing from the throne
of God and of the Lamb.
1258
01:26:06,900 --> 01:26:09,033
There is water everywhere
in the new heavens
1259
01:26:09,120 --> 01:26:10,774
and the new Earth.
1260
01:26:10,861 --> 01:26:14,038
Rivers that do not signify
boundaries or borders
1261
01:26:14,125 --> 01:26:16,388
or separation or alienation.
1262
01:26:16,475 --> 01:26:19,522
Seas that do not represent
death or drowning
1263
01:26:19,609 --> 01:26:20,740
or sunken ships.
1264
01:26:22,046 --> 01:26:23,830
Wherever you are this Christmas,
1265
01:26:23,917 --> 01:26:25,441
whether in the fresh pool
1266
01:26:25,528 --> 01:26:28,139
of your own version
of a Promise Land
1267
01:26:28,226 --> 01:26:30,272
or caught in the
riptide of salt tears
1268
01:26:30,359 --> 01:26:32,491
that won't stop
falling from your eyes,
1269
01:26:32,578 --> 01:26:34,624
or somewhere in between,
1270
01:26:34,711 --> 01:26:37,931
the Living Christ who walked
along these very banks
1271
01:26:38,018 --> 01:26:39,759
sees you.
1272
01:26:39,846 --> 01:26:41,761
That He who was
the Word made flesh
1273
01:26:41,848 --> 01:26:45,025
in the final sentences of
that Holy Word promises,
1274
01:26:45,112 --> 01:26:48,551
"Surely I am coming soon."
1275
01:26:48,638 --> 01:26:50,944
That no matter what
it looks like now,
1276
01:26:51,031 --> 01:26:55,949
there will be peace in you and
around you, and mercy mild.
1277
01:26:57,124 --> 01:26:59,475
God and sinners reconciled.
1278
01:27:00,998 --> 01:27:05,785
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
1279
01:27:06,221 --> 01:27:10,703
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
1280
01:27:12,357 --> 01:27:17,319
♪ Joy to the world,
the Lord is come ♪
1281
01:27:18,537 --> 01:27:23,281
♪ Let Earth receive her King ♪
1282
01:27:24,978 --> 01:27:29,940
♪ Let every heart
prepare Him room ♪
1283
01:27:31,550 --> 01:27:34,423
♪ And Heaven and nature sing ♪
1284
01:27:34,510 --> 01:27:37,774
♪ And Heaven and nature sing ♪
1285
01:27:37,861 --> 01:27:42,561
♪ And Heaven, and
Heaven, and nature sing ♪
1286
01:27:44,607 --> 01:27:45,607
- Yeah!
1287
01:27:46,957 --> 01:27:51,048
♪ We will sing, sing, sing ♪
1288
01:27:51,135 --> 01:27:54,094
♪ Oh, sing ♪
1289
01:27:54,181 --> 01:27:59,186
♪ Joy to the world ♪
1290
01:28:00,492 --> 01:28:05,062
♪ We will sing, sing, sing ♪
1291
01:28:07,064 --> 01:28:08,892
♪ Oh, oh ♪
1292
01:28:08,979 --> 01:28:11,590
♪ Joy to the world, ♪
1293
01:28:11,677 --> 01:28:15,246
♪ the Savior reigns ♪
1294
01:28:15,333 --> 01:28:19,381
♪ Let men their songs employ ♪
1295
01:28:19,468 --> 01:28:21,513
♪ Their songs employ ♪
1296
01:28:21,600 --> 01:28:24,734
♪ While fields and floods ♪
1297
01:28:24,821 --> 01:28:28,085
♪ Rocks, hills and plains ♪
1298
01:28:28,172 --> 01:28:30,261
♪ Repeat the sounding joy ♪
1299
01:28:30,348 --> 01:28:31,654
♪ Repeat the sounding joy ♪
1300
01:28:31,741 --> 01:28:33,177
♪ Repeat the sounding joy ♪
1301
01:28:33,264 --> 01:28:35,310
♪ Repeat the sounding joy ♪
1302
01:28:35,397 --> 01:28:40,315
♪ Repeat, repeat,
the sounding joy ♪
1303
01:28:43,927 --> 01:28:46,886
♪ We will sing, sing, sing ♪
1304
01:28:46,973 --> 01:28:50,803
♪ Oh, we will sing ♪
1305
01:28:50,890 --> 01:28:52,849
♪ Joy to the world ♪
1306
01:28:52,936 --> 01:28:56,766
♪ Joy to the world ♪
1307
01:28:56,853 --> 01:29:01,553
♪ We will sing, sing, sing ♪
1308
01:29:01,640 --> 01:29:05,818
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
1309
01:29:05,905 --> 01:29:10,736
♪ He rules the world
with truth and grace ♪
1310
01:29:12,042 --> 01:29:16,916
♪ And makes the
nations prove ♪
1311
01:29:18,527 --> 01:29:23,358
♪ The glories of
His righteousness ♪
1312
01:29:24,794 --> 01:29:26,839
♪ And wonders of His love ♪
1313
01:29:26,926 --> 01:29:28,319
♪ And wonders of His love ♪
1314
01:29:28,406 --> 01:29:31,104
♪ And wonders of His love ♪
1315
01:29:31,191 --> 01:29:36,153
♪ And wonders,
wonders of His love ♪
1316
01:29:40,505 --> 01:29:44,161
♪ We will sing, sing, sing ♪
1317
01:29:44,248 --> 01:29:47,512
♪ We'll sing it,
we'll sing it ♪
1318
01:29:47,599 --> 01:29:50,994
♪ Joy to the world ♪
1319
01:29:51,081 --> 01:29:53,475
♪ Oh, oh ♪
1320
01:29:53,562 --> 01:29:58,480
♪ We will sing, sing, sing ♪
1321
01:30:02,658 --> 01:30:07,358
♪ Joyful, joyful,
we adore thee ♪
1322
01:30:09,055 --> 01:30:13,930
♪ God of glory, Lord of love ♪
1323
01:30:15,497 --> 01:30:20,415
♪ Hearts unfold like
flowers before thee ♪
1324
01:30:22,025 --> 01:30:26,508
♪ Opening to the Sun above ♪
1325
01:30:26,595 --> 01:30:28,553
♪ Oh, joy to the world ♪
1326
01:30:28,640 --> 01:30:32,339
♪ Joyful, joyful,
we adore thee ♪
1327
01:30:34,994 --> 01:30:39,912
♪ God of glory, Lord of love ♪
♪ There is no one like you ♪ ♪
1328
01:30:41,610 --> 01:30:46,179
♪ Hearts unfold like
flowers before thee ♪
1329
01:30:47,616 --> 01:30:52,490
♪ Opening to the Sun above ♪
1330
01:30:56,842 --> 01:31:01,760
♪ We will sing, sing, sing ♪
1331
01:31:03,675 --> 01:31:06,548
♪ Joy to the world ♪
1332
01:31:25,131 --> 01:31:29,832
♪ O come, O come, Emmanuel ♪
1333
01:31:34,880 --> 01:31:38,449
♪ And ransom captive Israel ♪
1334
01:31:45,543 --> 01:31:47,066
♪ That mourns ♪
1335
01:31:47,153 --> 01:31:52,071
♪ in lonely exile here ♪
1336
01:31:55,988 --> 01:31:59,644
♪ Until the Son
of God appear ♪
1337
01:32:06,346 --> 01:32:09,045
♪ Rejoice ♪
1338
01:32:09,132 --> 01:32:11,395
♪ Rejoice ♪
1339
01:32:11,482 --> 01:32:16,443
♪ Emmanuel ♪
1340
01:32:17,575 --> 01:32:20,056
♪ Shall come to thee ♪
1341
01:32:20,143 --> 01:32:23,799
♪ O Israel ♪
1342
01:32:43,035 --> 01:32:45,777
♪ O come, thou rod of ♪
1343
01:32:45,864 --> 01:32:50,826
♪ Jesse free ♪
1344
01:32:53,437 --> 01:32:58,355
♪ Thine own from
Satan's tyranny ♪
1345
01:33:04,056 --> 01:33:06,581
♪ From depths of Hell ♪
1346
01:33:06,668 --> 01:33:11,586
♪ Thy people save ♪
1347
01:33:14,414 --> 01:33:17,504
♪ And give them victory ♪
1348
01:33:17,592 --> 01:33:21,117
♪ O'er the grave ♪
1349
01:33:29,778 --> 01:33:33,346
♪ Emmanuel ♪
1350
01:33:38,569 --> 01:33:42,442
♪ Israel ♪
1351
01:33:44,880 --> 01:33:48,840
[upbeat enchanted
music continues]
1352
01:33:48,927 --> 01:33:52,017
♪ Yi, yi, yi, yi, yi ♪
1353
01:34:11,907 --> 01:34:14,431
♪ O come, thou key ♪
1354
01:34:14,518 --> 01:34:19,349
♪ of David come ♪
1355
01:34:22,178 --> 01:34:24,354
♪ And open wide ♪
1356
01:34:24,441 --> 01:34:29,402
♪ our heavenly home ♪
1357
01:34:32,536 --> 01:34:35,234
♪ Make safe the way ♪
1358
01:34:35,321 --> 01:34:40,239
♪ that leads on high ♪
1359
01:34:42,938 --> 01:34:45,418
♪ And close the path ♪
1360
01:34:45,505 --> 01:34:49,858
♪ to misery ♪
1361
01:34:58,431 --> 01:35:00,695
♪ Emmanuel ♪
1362
01:35:07,049 --> 01:35:09,094
♪ Israel ♪
1363
01:35:19,626 --> 01:35:23,718
♪ Emmanuel ♪
1364
01:35:27,634 --> 01:35:30,725
♪ Israel ♪
1365
01:35:38,428 --> 01:35:43,346
♪ Israel ♪
1366
01:35:45,478 --> 01:35:48,090
♪ Has come to you, ♪
1367
01:35:48,177 --> 01:35:51,876
♪ O Israel ♪
1368
01:36:00,102 --> 01:36:03,192
[upbeat enchanted
music continues]
1369
01:36:03,279 --> 01:36:06,848
♪ Oh, yi, yi, yi,
yi, yi, yi, yi ♪
1370
01:36:06,935 --> 01:36:10,939
♪ Yi, yi, yi, yi,
yi, yi, yi, yi ♪
1371
01:36:11,026 --> 01:36:14,203
♪ Yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi ♪98928
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