1. Previously on The Bible.Copy !req
2. The Jewish nation has been
forged in faith by great heroes.Copy !req
3. Israel! Israel!Copy !req
4. Abraham proved he was fit
to father a nation.Copy !req
5. Moses earned his people's
freedom from slavery.Copy !req
6. Lord!Copy !req
7. David delivered
the city of Jerusalem.Copy !req
8. David! David!Copy !req
9. But then the Israelites' faith wavered.Copy !req
10. Kings became tyrants.Copy !req
11. Corruption grew.Copy !req
12. Now the connection
between God and his people...Copy !req
13. is at breaking point.Copy !req
14. You worship foreign idols!
You defile your God!Copy !req
15. To the gates!Copy !req
16. Everything the Israelites
have fought for is under threat.Copy !req
17. Jerusalem's survival depends
on a weak, new leader.Copy !req
18. The city is doomed...Copy !req
19. if King Zedekiah
doesn't return to God.Copy !req
20. Fire!Copy !req
21. Your Majesty.Copy !req
22. Jerusalem's 21st king, Zedekiah,Copy !req
23. is caught between
the region's superpowers.Copy !req
24. He is conspiring with Egypt,Copy !req
25. but owes allegiance to Babylon.Copy !req
26. News of his betrayal
has reached the Babylonian king,Copy !req
27. Nebuchadnezzar-Copy !req
28. Nebuchadnezzar! Nebuchadnezzar!
Nebuchadnezzar!Copy !req
29. Nebuchadnezzar! Nebuchadnezzar!Copy !req
30. We move! Jerusalem!Copy !req
31. Jerusalem!Copy !req
32. Jerusalem!Copy !req
33. - Hyah!
- Jerusalem!Copy !req
34. You know what it means?Copy !req
35. "Jerusalem"? City of peace.Copy !req
36. - Jerusalem!
- Hyah!Copy !req
37. Since the time of David,Copy !req
38. prophets like Jeremiah
have guided their kings.Copy !req
39. They are Israel's
direct link with God.Copy !req
40. But Jeremiah's warnings
have gone unheeded.Copy !req
41. Now he delivers
a final message to Zedekiah.Copy !req
42. Surrender to Nebuchadnezzar...Copy !req
43. or die.Copy !req
44. - Faithless people!
- No!Copy !req
45. Prophet, what is that?Copy !req
46. This is you.Copy !req
47. If you are wise,Copy !req
48. place yourself under
the yoke of Babylon.Copy !req
49. Accept the Lord's retribution...Copy !req
50. and know that he is
being lenient with you.Copy !req
51. These are God's words!Copy !req
52. Submit to King Nebuchadnezzar.Copy !req
53. Bow your head.Copy !req
54. You dare tell your king
to bow down?Copy !req
55. How dare you question
a prophet of God!Copy !req
56. It's you who offends!
It's you who must change!Copy !req
57. Go on.Copy !req
58. Remove him. Traitor.Copy !req
59. God is bringing
disaster from Babylon!Copy !req
60. Jerusalem! Jerusalem!Copy !req
61. Jerusalem!Copy !req
62. Jerusalem!Copy !req
63. To the gates!Copy !req
64. Quickly! Get inside!Copy !req
65. - My son! My son!
- Father! Father!Copy !req
66. Please be careful!Copy !req
67. You're too late!
You're too late!Copy !req
68. Father! My son!Copy !req
69. Stay! Father!Copy !req
70. Stay there!Copy !req
71. Let us in!Copy !req
72. Is the city sealed?
Yes, my king.Copy !req
73. No one escapes.Copy !req
74. Cavalry, to the east!Copy !req
75. It begins.Copy !req
76. After 18 months,Copy !req
77. the trapped Israelites
start to starve.Copy !req
78. The desperate resort
to cannibalism.Copy !req
79. - Get off!
- Get off!Copy !req
80. He's ours.Copy !req
81. Archers, ready!Copy !req
82. Take aim.Copy !req
83. Fire!Copy !req
84. - Help!
- Put the fires out!Copy !req
85. "'I am with you" '-Copy !req
86. "So saith the Lord."Copy !req
87. Prophet.Copy !req
88. Will you not speak for us
in our hour of need?Copy !req
89. Nothing has changed.Copy !req
90. All Jerusalem will burn.Copy !req
91. You wrote, "Repent, repent,
and all will be well."Copy !req
92. God will save us."Copy !req
93. Look out there.Copy !req
94. You're too late.Copy !req
95. Now.Copy !req
96. - Now!
- Now!Copy !req
97. And again! Push!Copy !req
98. Hold the gates!Copy !req
99. Push!Copy !req
100. Strike hard.Copy !req
101. - Stay together!
- Strike hard and victory will be ours.Copy !req
102. - Pull back!
- And whatever's left of Jerusalem-.Copy !req
103. Help yourselves!Copy !req
104. Not my child!Copy !req
105. As Jerusalem is destroyed,Copy !req
106. Zedekiah and his sons escape
through a secret passageway.Copy !req
107. Now you must be brave for me.Copy !req
108. Can you do that?Copy !req
109. Don't worry. We'll be safe.Copy !req
110. Quickly. This way.Copy !req
111. His people are not so lucky.Copy !req
112. Jerusalem is ours.Copy !req
113. Jerusalem is ours.Copy !req
114. Punish them for trying
to resist me.Copy !req
115. Make them pay!Copy !req
116. To the temple!Copy !req
117. Take everything
and burn this temple to the ground.Copy !req
118. Have mercy!Copy !req
119. The temple!
The temple's on fire!Copy !req
120. Everything we fought for is lost.Copy !req
121. Since the time of Abraham,Copy !req
122. the Jewish people have struggled
for this promised land.Copy !req
123. Now the hopes and dreams
of generations are destroyed.Copy !req
124. Among those fleeing
for their lives...Copy !req
125. a young nobleman called Daniel.Copy !req
126. This way, Daniel!
Help us, Lord.Copy !req
127. It's locked!Copy !req
128. Daniel! Get behind me!Copy !req
129. Wait!Copy !req
130. They look valuable.Copy !req
131. Take them alive. What?Copy !req
132. - Azariah!
- Move!Copy !req
133. Daniel!Copy !req
134. Daniel!Copy !req
135. Azariah! No!
We're people of God.Copy !req
136. - Daniel!
- Stay together.Copy !req
137. Azariah!Copy !req
138. Nebuchadnezzar! Nebuchadnezzar!Copy !req
139. Nebuchadnezzar! Nebuchadnezzar!Copy !req
140. Find Zedekiah.Copy !req
141. - Find his family.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
142. There's a price for betrayal.Copy !req
143. Don't worry, my boys.
We're safe now.Copy !req
144. Quickly!Copy !req
145. Zedekiah!Copy !req
146. Come, come.Copy !req
147. Please, don't hurt them!
Please! Please!Copy !req
148. Dear God!Copy !req
149. Dear God, no!Copy !req
150. Leave them, please!
Oh, God, no!Copy !req
151. King Zedekiah!Copy !req
152. Shh, shh, shh, shh.Copy !req
153. Shh, shh, shh.Copy !req
154. No! Please! No.Copy !req
155. Father!Copy !req
156. Please! Please, don't!Copy !req
157. Please, don't!
Spare them. Please!Copy !req
158. A pity.Copy !req
159. The last thing you'll ever see.Copy !req
160. Bring him.Copy !req
161. Move!Copy !req
162. Leave those stragglers to die!Copy !req
163. The Jewish people
are forced into exile...Copy !req
164. a 500-mile journey
east to Babylon.Copy !req
165. Move! Move!Copy !req
166. Zedekiah is the last
of King David's descendants to reign.Copy !req
167. Move it!Copy !req
168. The Israelite monarchy ends here.Copy !req
169. Jeremiah is one
of the few to escape.Copy !req
170. He heads to Egypt,
never to return.Copy !req
171. Keep moving.Copy !req
172. Move along!Copy !req
173. The people have lost their prophet,Copy !req
174. their city and their king.
Move! Get along!Copy !req
175. You there, on your feet!Copy !req
176. Azariah, lift.Copy !req
177. Come on!Copy !req
178. - Come on!
- Quickly!Copy !req
179. The Jewish nation needs
a different kind of leader...Copy !req
180. to survive in Babylon.Copy !req
181. A man like Daniel.Copy !req
182. Daniel has visionary powers...Copy !req
183. and is forced to work
in Nebuchadnezzar's court.Copy !req
184. Has no one...Copy !req
185. anything to tell me?Copy !req
186. Can you not even
describe my dream?Copy !req
187. Silence is no answer.Copy !req
188. You're supposed to be wise men,Copy !req
189. sorcerers, seers.Copy !req
190. So, what do you see?Copy !req
191. Sire.Copy !req
192. Forgive me.Copy !req
193. No one here can read your mind.Copy !req
194. Then what use are any of you?Copy !req
195. But my God can.Copy !req
196. He has shown me your dream.Copy !req
197. Then you will be able
to tell it to me...Copy !req
198. every detail.Copy !req
199. You saw a giant statue
of a man,Copy !req
200. its head made of gold.Copy !req
201. Then a giant stone struck the
statue, smashing it to pieces.Copy !req
202. I know that much!Copy !req
203. What does it mean?Copy !req
204. The statue represents the empires
that will follow yours.Copy !req
205. Yours is the greatest-Copy !req
206. the head of gold.Copy !req
207. And the stone
that destroys the statue?Copy !req
208. That is the kingdom of God.Copy !req
209. In the future, God will reign
over all the world forever.Copy !req
210. Destroyed by God.Copy !req
211. Yes, sire.Copy !req
212. What's your name?Copy !req
213. Daniel.Copy !req
214. You're a brave man, Daniel.Copy !req
215. I value that.Copy !req
216. You will serve me.Copy !req
217. Just do as they say.Copy !req
218. Will we ever return
to Jerusalem?Copy !req
219. Jeremiah promised that-
that one day we would.Copy !req
220. And in the meantime,
what do we do?Copy !req
221. Just bow our heads
and serve this monster?Copy !req
222. I can't do it anymore.Copy !req
223. Think about our people,
Azariah.Copy !req
224. As long as we're in the king's
court, we can help them.Copy !req
225. Imprisoned or dead, we can't.Copy !req
226. Nebuchadnezzar destroyed God's
temple, forced us into exile.Copy !req
227. My name is Azariah.Copy !req
228. "He who is helped by God."Copy !req
229. Well, I call upon God
to help me now.Copy !req
230. He'll kill you
if you won't bow.Copy !req
231. I cannot.Copy !req
232. I will not worship that.Copy !req
233. Now!Copy !req
234. With all our hearts,
we follow you.Copy !req
235. Bow your heads!Copy !req
236. We seek your presence.Copy !req
237. With all my heart,
I follow you.Copy !req
238. I fear you.
I seek your presence.Copy !req
239. Bring them!Copy !req
240. Oh, my friends, your faith
will be tested now.Copy !req
241. Daniel!Copy !req
242. What's wrong with them?Copy !req
243. Why will your friends
not bow to me?Copy !req
244. I assure you, sire, they will
serve you faithfully all their lives,Copy !req
245. as I will, but-Copy !req
246. But?Copy !req
247. But they will only worship God.Copy !req
248. I will make them bow.Copy !req
249. We follow you, we fear you,Copy !req
250. we seek your presence
with all our heart.Copy !req
251. We follow you, we fear you,
we seek your presence.Copy !req
252. You.Copy !req
253. When we wish to bend something
that is hard and unyielding,Copy !req
254. what do we do with it?Copy !req
255. We put it into the fire.Copy !req
256. Majesty!Copy !req
257. - Take him!
- We fear you.Copy !req
258. - And we seek your presence!
- Your Majesty!Copy !req
259. - Burn them!
- Majesty, no!Copy !req
260. Burn them! Wood!Copy !req
261. Bring me wood.Copy !req
262. Bring oil!Copy !req
263. Come!Copy !req
264. Come! Please save me.Copy !req
265. Fire!Copy !req
266. Bring me fire!Copy !req
267. Hear my prayer,
O Lord. Hear my cry.Copy !req
268. The cords of death entangle me.Copy !req
269. The anguish of the grave
consumes me.Copy !req
270. Do not ignore my tears.Copy !req
271. I am overcome by sorrow.Copy !req
272. I call upon the name
of the Lord!Copy !req
273. Lord, save me!Copy !req
274. The Lord is my light.Copy !req
275. The Lord receives my prayer.Copy !req
276. My enemies will be daunted.Copy !req
277. They will turn back in shame.Copy !req
278. Why do they not burn?Copy !req
279. Lord.Copy !req
280. It's a miracle.Copy !req
281. People of Judah, rise.Copy !req
282. God is with us. He's with us.Copy !req
283. God is with us.Copy !req
284. The miracle in the fire
unites the Jewish people.Copy !req
285. Far from allowing their faith
to weaken in exile,Copy !req
286. they reaffirm their trust in God.Copy !req
287. The laws and histories that Moses
received on Mount Sinai...Copy !req
288. are preserved...Copy !req
289. and compiled with the books
of Joshua, Samuel and Kings.Copy !req
290. Together, they form the heart
of the Hebrew Bible.Copy !req
291. The Jewish people
have their faith,Copy !req
292. but they're still prisoners.Copy !req
293. And the only man
who can set them free...Copy !req
294. has lost his mind.Copy !req
295. So here you are,
Nebuchadnezzar,Copy !req
296. the greatest king...Copy !req
297. and lowliest man
on God's earth.Copy !req
298. See where your pride
has brought you?Copy !req
299. And us.Copy !req
300. You could have set us free.Copy !req
301. Now we are as trapped as you.Copy !req
302. Shh. Shh.Copy !req
303. Shh.Copy !req
304. Here.Copy !req
305. A new king is coming.Copy !req
306. Please God let him deliver us.Copy !req
307. Within a few years
of Nebuchadnezzar's death,Copy !req
308. a massive army approaches Babylon...Copy !req
309. led by Cyrus, king of Persia.Copy !req
310. Let them know we've arrived.Copy !req
311. The Babylonians know
they don't stand a chance.Copy !req
312. They let Cyrus in
without a fight.Copy !req
313. Cyrus! Cyrus!Copy !req
314. Cyrus! Cyrus! Cyrus! Cyrus!Copy !req
315. Cyrus! Cyrus!Copy !req
316. Cyrus! Cyrus! Cyrus!Copy !req
317. Cyrus! Cyrus! Cyrus!
Cyrus! Cyrus!Copy !req
318. Cyrus will set us free,
if the prophecy's right.Copy !req
319. Cyrus! Cyrus!Copy !req
320. Cyrus! Cyrus! Cyrus!Copy !req
321. To protect his fellow Jews,Copy !req
322. Daniel befriends Cyrus...Copy !req
323. and continues
to interpret dreams.Copy !req
324. But what does
your dream mean, Daniel?Copy !req
325. It's not my dream, sire. There's a
prophet here in Babylon-Isaiah.Copy !req
326. He says, "Here is a king whose right hand I
take hold of to subdue nations before him."Copy !req
327. He is Cyrus."Copy !req
328. He names you, sire.Copy !req
329. It means God is with you.Copy !req
330. I think you flatter me.Copy !req
331. But no one has
ever died of flattery.Copy !req
332. Your Majesty has done
many great things,Copy !req
333. as the record will show.Copy !req
334. As it should.Copy !req
335. "I am Cyrus,
king of the world."Copy !req
336. Yet he hangs on
Daniel's every word...Copy !req
337. like he's lost the power
to think for himself.Copy !req
338. Daniel must be removed.Copy !req
339. One month without prayer.Copy !req
340. Surely only a traitor
would object.Copy !req
341. I cannot go back on my word. I
promised them freedom to worship.Copy !req
342. It is merely a test
of their loyalty.Copy !req
343. They have had so many rulers.Copy !req
344. We wanted to make sure
they saw you as the final,Copy !req
345. ultimate king of the world.Copy !req
346. One month without prayer.Copy !req
347. It probably sounds reasonable to
Cyrus, but they know we can't comply.Copy !req
348. They don't care about the king. They just
want as much power over him as they can get.Copy !req
349. Which means they need you
out of their way.Copy !req
350. It's a trap for all of us.
They want us dead.Copy !req
351. A whole month.
What will you do?Copy !req
352. I don't know.Copy !req
353. But I do know I can't live long
without praying to God.Copy !req
354. Save me, O God, by your name.Copy !req
355. Have mercy on me...Copy !req
356. according to
your unfailing love.Copy !req
357. Create in me
a pure heart, O God,Copy !req
358. and renew a steadfast
spirit within me.Copy !req
359. Do not cast me from your presence
or take your holy spirit from me,Copy !req
360. but restore to me the joy
of your salvation...Copy !req
361. and grant me a willing spirit...Copy !req
362. to sustain me.Copy !req
363. For disobeying Cyrus,Copy !req
364. Daniel is arrested
and sentenced to death.Copy !req
365. Save me, O God, by your name.Copy !req
366. Have mercy on me...Copy !req
367. according to
your unfailing love.Copy !req
368. The next morning, Cyrus realizes...Copy !req
369. he's made a terrible mistake.Copy !req
370. Sire, are you unwell?Copy !req
371. I haven't slept.Copy !req
372. Please god I'm not too late.Copy !req
373. Sire, shall I call the physician?Copy !req
374. I have wronged my friend!Copy !req
375. Open it.Copy !req
376. Daniel.Copy !req
377. God is with you.Copy !req
378. Your God is real.Copy !req
379. Your God has saved you. Yes.Copy !req
380. I am Cyrus, king of the world,
and my judgment is this.Copy !req
381. Your people shall return
to Jerusalem.Copy !req
382. Their God will be pleased,Copy !req
383. though, sadly, they no longer
have a temple to worship him in.Copy !req
384. Throw him in with the lions.Copy !req
385. No!Copy !req
386. No! No!Copy !req
387. Do you know what this is?Copy !req
388. Oh.Copy !req
389. It's from the temple
in Jerusalem.Copy !req
390. It's beautiful.Copy !req
391. You know,
I've never seen it used.Copy !req
392. And staying here in Babylon,
I suppose now I never will.Copy !req
393. But our children will
when they get to Jerusalem,Copy !req
394. when the temple is rebuilt
and our nation is restored.Copy !req
395. Our struggle is over.Copy !req
396. There's something I need to show you.
Come with me.Copy !req
397. Look.Copy !req
398. Our people are heading home.Copy !req
399. After decades in exile,Copy !req
400. moving as one,Copy !req
401. with hope and purpose.Copy !req
402. They've waited so long
for this.Copy !req
403. But I fear for their future. We're on our way!
We're going home!Copy !req
404. I had a dream.Copy !req
405. I saw a great beast-Copy !req
406. dreadful and terrible
and unimaginably strong.Copy !req
407. It had great iron teeth.Copy !req
408. And it devoured
the whole world.Copy !req
409. But God will not abandon us.Copy !req
410. I saw a great new leader.Copy !req
411. In my dream, there before me
was one, like a son of man,Copy !req
412. coming with
the clouds of heaven.Copy !req
413. He was given authority,
glory and sovereign power.Copy !req
414. Nations and men of every
language worshipped him.Copy !req
415. This isn't the end, Azariah.Copy !req
416. It's the beginning.Copy !req
417. The Jewish people will need help...Copy !req
418. to survive what is coming.Copy !req
419. Over the next 500 years,Copy !req
420. their tiny nation
is attacked again and again.Copy !req
421. Then they succumb
to the might of Rome.Copy !req
422. - Get in line!
- You can't do this.Copy !req
423. - Put it here-all of it!
- Roman greed.Copy !req
424. Roman law.Copy !req
425. Roman punishment.Copy !req
426. Israel suffers like never before.Copy !req
427. Every day, the people pray
for a new King David...Copy !req
428. to lead them to salvation.Copy !req
429. Next time on The Bible.Copy !req
430. Mary, my betrothed.Copy !req
431. You have the most beautiful eyes
I've ever seen...Copy !req
432. and the sweetest smile.Copy !req
433. I wonder, what can you
tell me of the new king?Copy !req
434. Are you not looking at Herod,Copy !req
435. king of the Jews?Copy !req
436. Of course. Then who is
claiming to be king?Copy !req
437. No one. He's not born yet.Copy !req
438. It is a prophecy
heralded by the star.Copy !req
439. - Kill them!
- Kill them all!Copy !req
440. I've got you! Hurry! He's coming now!
Joseph, he's coming!Copy !req
441. I baptize you,
ready for the new kingdom.Copy !req
442. As you are cleansed,Copy !req
443. so all Israel
shall be cleansed.Copy !req
444. The people are flocking
to this wild man, John.Copy !req
445. Some even call him the messiah.Copy !req
446. Then you need to keep
an eye on your messiah.Copy !req
447. There is one to come,
greater than me,Copy !req
448. who will baptize with fire.Copy !req
449. I'm just a voice
in the wilderness,Copy !req
450. preparing the way for the-.Copy !req
451. Lord.Copy !req
452. He's here. Out there.Copy !req
453. Opening the hearts of all men.Copy !req
454. Orders from Caesar.
This dissent must stop.Copy !req
455. What are we going to do?Copy !req
456. Change the world.Copy !req
457. He will bring a new age
of righteousness and justice!Copy !req
458. His power will draw all men
to a new world!Copy !req
459. All people!Copy !req