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>> Chris: THIS WEEK ON
"JERUSALEM DATELINE," THE
U.S. AND RUSSIA FACE OFF
IN MOSCOW OVER SYRIA.
>> SO PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
RIGHT TO HAVE ACTUALLY
ENFORCEDED A RED LINE THAT
OBAMA NEVER ENFORCED.
>> Chris: PLUS, EGYPT'S
CHRISTIANS RECOVER AFTER
TWO MAJOR TERROR ATTACKS.
>> THEY HAVE SAID, WE'RE
WILLING TO SUFFER FOR
JESUS' SAKE.
>> Chris: CHRISTIANS
CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION
OF JESUS AT EASTER.
HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THIS
EDITION OF "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."
I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.
COMING TO YOU THIS WEEK
FROM THE GARDEN TOMB,
WHERE MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE
JESUS CHRIST ROSE FROM THE
DEAD HERE 2,000 YEARS AGO.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE
RESURRECTION LATER IN THE
SHOW.
BUT FIRST IN THE NEWS,
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE
REX TILLERSON WENT TO
MOSCOW AS PART OF THE
LATEST CRISIS IN THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
RUSSIA AND THE UNITED
STATES.
DALE HURD HAS THAT STORY.
>> President Trump:
RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT
GETTING ALONG WITH RUSSIA
AT ALL.
>> Reporter: IT WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS.
U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS WERE
SUPPOSED TO IMPROVE UNDER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
BUT THE SYRIAN NERVE GAS
ATTACK, BLAMED ON BASHAR
al-ASSAD, AND THE U.S.
MISSILE ATTACK AGAINST
SYRIA HAS CAUSED
U.S.-RUSSIA TIES TO HIT
BOTTOM.
>> THE CURRENT STATE OF
THE U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
IS AT A LOW POINT.
>> Reporter: AND THE
LEVEL OF TRUST HAS
DETERIORATED.
THIS AFTER RE REX TILLERSON
FACED AN UNUSUALLY HOSTILE
RECEPTION IN MOSCOW.
THE U.S. MISSILE HIT A
SYRIAN AIR BASE, WHERE
THERE HAD BEEN RUSSIAN
MILITARY PERSONNEL.
SO DID MOSCOW KNOW ABOUT
THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS?
>> President Trump: I
WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT
THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
CERTAINLY THEY COULD HAVE.
THEY WERE THERE.
WE'LL FIND OUT.
>> Reporter: AFTER A
TENSE, TWO-HOUR,
CLOSED-DOOR MEETING, PUTIN
WAS ANGERED BY CALLING FOR
A REGIME CHANGE IN SYRIA.
BUT SERGEI LAVROV SAID
EXPERIMENTS LIKE THAT,
WHICH ARE BUILT ON AN
OBSESSION WITH
OVERTHROWING DICTATORS,
TOTALATARIAN LEADERS WE'VE
ALREADY SEEN.
WE KNOW THE END OF IT WAY
TOO WELL.
THE TWO SIDES ALSO AGREED
TO DISAGREE ABOUT UKRAINE,
WHERE MOSCOW BACKS REBEL
FORCES.
WITH RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
TWO NUCLEAR POWERS
WORSENS, GOOGLE TRENDS
REPORTS INTERNET SEARCHES
FOR THE TERM "WORLD WAR
III" HAVE HIT AN ALL-TIME
HIGH.
>> THE WORLD'S TWO MOST
NUCLEAR POWERS CANNOT HAVE
THIS KIND OF RELATIONSHIP.
>> Reporter: DALE HURD,
CBN NEWS.
>> Chris: WE TALK MORE
ABOUT THE CRISIS BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND
RUSSIA BACK IN OUR STUDIO
WITH MIDDLE EAST EXPERT
JOEL C. ROSENBERG.
JOEL, WHAT'S YOUR REACTION
TO WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW
AFTER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION STRUCK THAT
SYRIAN AIR BASE?
>> WELL, I DON'T THINK
VLADIMIR PUTIN COULD HAVE
IMAGINED, WHEN REX
TILLERSON BECAME SECRETARY
OF STATE, THAT THE FIRST
CONVERSATION THEY MIGHT
HAVE, OR HIS GOVERNMENT
MIGHT HAVE, WOULD BE SUCH
A CONTENTIOUS ONE.
PUTIN GAVE TILLERSON THE
ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP
BECAUSE HE DID SO MANY OIL
AND GAS DEALS WITH RUSSIA.
BUT I THINK WHAT'S
INTERESTING IS THAT YOU
HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAVING CHOSEN TILLERSON,
AND THIS MAY PROVE THIS
WAS A WISE CHOICE.
I WAS SKEPTICAL, BUT IF
YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS THE LEADERSHIP AND
KNOWS PUTIN PARTICULARLY,
AND CAN SAY, LISTEN, WE
WANT TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT
YOU CAN'T BE SUPPORTING
PEOPLE WHO ARE USING
WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION AGAINST
ANYONE, MUCH LESS THEIR
OWN CHILDREN.
THAT'S A GOOD MESSAGE TO
SEND AND AN IMPORTANT
MESSAGE TO SEND.
I THINK MOST OF THE WORLD
HAS REACTED POSITIVELY TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ORDER TO
STRIKE.
AND RIGHTLY SO.
NOT IN EIGHT YEARS DID THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION EVER
CREATE A COST TO THE ASSAD
REGIME FOR ALL KINDS OF
ATROCITIES.
IT WAS RIGHT THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID SO,
AND IT'S WRONG FOR THE
RUSSIANS TO SIDE WITH
ASSAD.
I HOPE WE SEE THE RUSSIANS
MOVE TO REMOVE ASSAD.
>> Chris: A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE SAID THIS IS A
MARKED CHANGE FROM THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID
THERE IS A NEW SHERIFF IN
TOWN.
WHAT NEW SIGNALS DOES THIS
SEND TO RUSSIA, IRAN, AND
OTHER ENEMIES OF THE U.S.
AND THE REGION.
>> IT COULD -- IT SENDS A
NEW SIGNAL IN THE SENSE
THAT THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION NEVER USED
MILITARY FORCE, EVEN WHILE
PROMISING IT.
WHICH, OF COURSE, WHEN THE
PRESIDENT ABANDONED HIS
OWN RED-LINE THREAT
WARNING TO ASSAD, IT
CRATERED AMERICAN
CREDIBILITY IN THE MIDDLE
EAST AND WORLDWIDE.
SO PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
RIGHT TO HAVE ACTUALLY
ENFORCED A RED LINE THAT
OBAMA NEVER ENFORCED.
PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPOSED
THE LIE OF THE PUTIN
ADMINISTRATION THAT SAID
THAT ALL OF THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS HAD BEEN REMOVED
FROM SYRIA.
CLEARLY THAT WASN'T TRUE.
THE QUESTION NOW IS
WHETHER THE PRESIDENT TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPS AN
ACTUAL STRATEGY.
WWE'VE HEARD THEY WANT TO
MOVE ASSAD, OR THEY'RE NOT
REMOVING ASSAD.
THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME
DETERMINATIONS.
IN THE SHORT-TERM, TRUMP
IS RIGHT TO BE CAUTIOUS,
NOT TO TRY TO OWN SYRIA.
SYRIA IS A DISASTER.
IT IS IMPLODING.
WE CAN'T FIX IT.
BUT WE CAN HAVE SOME
OBJECTIVES.
ONE, YOU CAN'T USE WEAPONS
OF MASS DESTRUCTION
WITHOUT PUNISHMENT.
TWO, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
OUT THE SYRIAN AIR FORCE,
THAT WE ARE GOING TO
CREATE SAFE ZONES FOR
SYRIANS TO COME AND HAVE
AIR COVER AND HUMANITARIAN
RELIEF.
THESE WOULD BE SOME
INITIAL OBJECTIVES.
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE
AN OBJECTIVE OF PROTECTING
ISRAEL AND JORDAN FROM
RETALIATION BY THE ASSAD
REGIME.
AND YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AN
OBJECTIVE THAT IRAN CAN'T
END UP THE OWNER OF SYRIA.
THIS WOULD BE A HORRIBLE
CONCLUSION TO THE CIVIL
WAR.
ARE THOSE DOABLE?
IT DEPENDS ON HOW SERIOUS
TRUMP IS.
HE MADE A FIRST GOOD STEP.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO SEE WHAT
ARE HIS ACTUAL GOALS, AND
HOW WILL HE SEEK TO
ACHIEVE THEM.
>> Chris: IN OTHER NEWS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE
VICTIMS OF THE PALM SUNDAY
BOMBINGS IN EGYPT WERE
LAID TO REST.
ISIS KILLED NEARLY 50 AND
WOUNDED WELL OVER A
HUNDRED.
WE DISCUSSED HOW EGYPTIAN
CHRISTIANS ARE DEALING
WITH THIS LATEST ATTACK,
AS WELL AS CENTURIES OF
PERSECUTION WITH DICK
BROGDEN, A CHRISTIAN
LEADER IN CAIRO.
>> THIS IS NOT ANYTHING
NEW TO THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY.
IN WHAT WAY ARE THEY
RESPONDING BIBLICALLY?
>> THE EGYPTIAN CHURCH IS
MARVELOUS IN THE SENSE
THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LONG
HISTORY OF OPPRESSION.
SO FOR TWO MIL MILLENNIA, THE
CHURCH IN EGYPT HAS
SUFFERED.
AND WHAT IS REMARKABLE AND
BIBLICAL ABOUT THE
EGYPTIAN CHURCH'S RESPONSE
IS THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED
IN ANGER OR BY TAKING OF
WEAPONS.
FROM THE COPTIC CHURCH ALL
THE WAY DOWN TO LAIHI,
THEY HAVE TURNED THE OTHER
CHEEK.
THEY HAVE SAID, WE ARE
WILLING TO SUFFER FOR
JESUS' SAKE.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN
DIFFICULT, WE APPLAUD OUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR
THE DIGNITY AND PATIENCE
AND GRACE THEY HAVE
EXHIBITED DURING THEIR
TIMES OF SUFFERING.
>> Chris: DICK, HOW CAN
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE
WORLD BE PRAYING FOR THE
CHURCH IN EGYPT NOW?
>> WOULD YOU PRAY THAT THE
CHURCH IN EGYPT WOULD NOT
ONLY SURVIVE THESE
MILITANT ATTACKS, BUT HAVE
GRACE AND FAVOR AND
COURAGE TO AR ARTICULATE AND
OPEN UP THEIR MOUTHS AND
SHARE WITH MUSLIMS ACROSS
THE NATION THE REASON FOR
THE HOPE WE HAVE.
IN THESE TRAGEDIES WE ARE
NOT DISMAYED BECAUSE WE
ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN
RESURRECTION.
WE ARE BELIEVING IN THE
END GOD MAKES ALL THINGS
RIGHT.
ULTIMATELY, THAT WILL BE
WHEN JESUS RETURNS.
IN THE MEANTIME, WOULD YOU
PRAY THAT THE EGYPTIAN
CHURCH WOULD NOT JUST
ABSORB THESE DIFFICULTIES
BUT BE REACTIVE IN
PROCLAIMING THE REASONS
FOR THE THINGS THEY HAVE,
AND WITH JESUS ALL THINGS
ARE MADE RIGHT.
>> Chris: UP NEXT, HOW
IMPORTANT IS THE
RESURRECTION TO THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH?
*
>> Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."
BEHIND ME IS THE TOMB
WHERE MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE
JESUS CHRIST WAS LAID TO
REST, AND THEN THREE DAYS
LATER ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
AS PAUL STRAND REPORTS, IT
IS THE RESURRECTION THAT
IS THE CORE OF THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH.
>> Paul: TO BELIEVE THE
EVENTS AROUND THAT FIRST
EASTER, YOU HAVE TO
BELIEVE THAT JESUS DID
EXIST AND THE NEW
TESTAMENT CAN BE TRUSTED.
BIBLICAL SCHOLAR JONATHAN
MARROW.
>> THE FACT IS WE HAVE FAR
MORE SOURCES FOR JESUS OF
NAZARETH THAN WE DO FOR
MANY HISTORICAL FIGURES IN
THE FIRST CENTURY.
WE HAVE AT LEAST 18.
12 ARE NON-CHRISTIAN
SOURCES.
>> Paul: AS FOR THE NEW
TESTAMENT...
>> THESE BOOKS ARE THE
BEST ATTESTED PIECES OF
ANCIENT LITERATURE WE
POSSESS.
>> Paul: HE SAYS THE
BIBLE HAS FAR MORE ANCIENT
PAGES SURVIVING THAN ANY
OTHER BOOK FROM ANTIQUITY.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
OVER 5800 GREEK MAN
MANUSCRIPTS.
MOST BOOKS WE WORK FOR
HAVE MAYBE, AT MOST, A
DOZEN.
>> Paul: MARROW SAYS
EVERYTHING HANGS ON IF
JESUS HAS RISEN FROM THE
DEAD.
>> PAUL MADE THE ARGUMENT,
YOU CAN TEST THIS.
IF THE RESURRECTION DIDN'T
HAPPEN, CHRISTIANITY IS
FALSE, GO TO THE NEXT
RELIGION.
>> Paul: BUT CHRISTIAN
EXPERTS SAY TO DISMISS THE
RESURRECTION, ANY THEORY
YOU COME UP WITH HAS TO
EXPLAIN THREE HISTORICAL
FACTS.
THAT THERE WAS AN EMPTY
TOMB THREE DAYS AFTER
JESUS' BODY HAD BEEN
PLACED IN IT.
HE APPEARED IN NUMEROUS
PLACES FOR SEVEN WEEKS
AFTER HIS CRUCIFIXION.
AND SOMETHING HUGE
HAPPENED TO TURN ALL OF
THE COWARDLY DISCIPLES
INTO BOLD BELIEVERS,
PROCLAIMING A DISCIPLE
THEY ALL WERE WILLING TO
DIE FOR.
APOLOGISTS LIKE DARYL
HEREPOINT OUT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT IT ALL THE WAY
THROUGH, IT IS ACTUALLY
EASIER TO BELIEVE IN THE
RESURRECTION THAN ITS
ALTERNATIVES.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING AROUND
PREACHING JESUS WAS
PHYSICALLY RAISED FROM THE
DEAD AND PEOPLE KNEW WHERE
HE WAS BURIED AND KNEW
WHERE THEY COULD FIND HIS
BONES, THAT MESSAGE
WOULDN'T EVEN GET OFF THE
GROUND.
>> Paul: JOSH MCDOWELL
SAYS THIS DISCIPLES KNEW
THIS.
>> IN THE RESURRECTION,
WHERE WAS THE HARDEST
PLACE IN THE WORLD TO
CONVINCE ANYONE IT WAS
TRUE IF IT WAS FALSE?
JERUSALEM.
WHERE A 15 MINUTE WALK BY
ANYONE COULD CONFIRM THE
EMPTINESS OF THE TOMB.
>> Paul: MATTHEW 28
SHOWS THAT THE JEWISH
LEADERS BRIBED THE GUARDS
TO SAY THEY HAD FALLEN
ASLEEP.
AND IF THEY WERE MAKING UP
JESUS' RESURRECTION, WOULD
THEY HAVE LIVED AND DIED
FOR HIM FOR A FICTION THEY
THEMSELVES MADE UP.
>> IF THEY KNEW IT, YOU
WOULD HAVE TO SAY, HERE
ARE THESE MEN WHO THE NOT
ONLY DIED FOR THE LIE, BUT
THEY KNEW IT WAS A LIE.
>> YOU DON'T DIE KNOWINGLY
FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU
KNOW YOU MADE UP.
YOU WOULD BACK OFF.
AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN,
EITHER.
>> Reporter: THESE AND
OTHER EXPERTS SAY IN
TRUTH, IT TAKES SOMETHING
AS RADICAL AS JESUS'
RESURRECTION TO TRANSFORM
COWARDLY PETER, WHO WAS SO
SCARED BEFORE THE
CRUCIFIXION HE SWORE HE
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW JESUS.
>> YOU SEE PETER GOING
FROM COWARD TO THIS
COURAGEOUS CHAMPION, WHO
IS SAYING, LOOK, HERE I
STAND.
THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> Paul: MARROW POINTS
OUT JESUS' BROTHER, JAMES,
WAS INSTANTLY CHANGED.
JAMES DIDN'T FOLLOW JESUS
DURING HIS EARTHLY
MINISTRY.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY.
>> JAMES THOUGHT HE WAS
EMBARRASSING THE FAMILY
AND EVERYTHING.
AND JESUS APPEARED TO HIM,
AND HE BECAME THE LEADER
OF THE CHURCH OF
JERUSALEM.
AND JAMES BECOMES AN EARLY
LEADER IN THE CHURCH AND
WAS PERSECUTED AND
EVENTUALLY KILLED FOR THAT
BELIEF.
>> Paul: AND APOLOGISTS
SAY I IT COULD ONLY BE A
RESURRECTED JESUS SHOWING
UP LATER THAT COULD CHANGE
ITS MAIN MISSIONARY.
>> PAUL WENT FROM CITY TO
CITY, CASTING HIS VOTE TO
HAVE HIM EXECUTED, BUT IN
HIS OWN WORDS, CHRIST
APPEARED TO HIM.
>> HOW CAN SOMEONE LIKE A
SAUL, WHO BECOMES PAUL,
EVEN EXISTS.
>> HE WAS HOLDING THE CODE
WHEN PEOPLE WERE KILLING
THE FIRST CHRISTIANS.
HE WAS A ADAMANTLY OPPOSED
AND THEN HE WAS ONE OF THE
GREATEST BELIEVERS.
>> HE WENT FROM A
CHRISTIAN HATER TO A
CHRISTIAN LOVER.
SOMETHING HAPPENED IN
PAUL'S LIFE THAT I'VE
NEVER FOUND ANY OTHER
EXPLANATION THAT EVEN
COMES CLOSE TO SATISFYING
ME EXCEPT THAT JESUS
APPEARED TO PAUL AFTER THE
RESURRECTION.
>> Paul: THE FIRST
CENTURY JEWS BELIEVED
WOMEN WERE SECOND-CLASS
CITIZENS.
SO IF THEY WERE LYING,
THEY MADE THE STORY HARDER
TO ACCEPT BY PUTTING WOMEN
AT THE FOREFRONT.
>> MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE,
AND JOHN ALL REPORT WOMEN
FINDING JESUS' EMPTY TOMB.
IN THE FIRST TESTIMONY,
WHERE WOMEN'S TESTIMONY
WOULD BE LIKE THAT OF A
SLAVE -- YOU WOULD NEVER
DO THAT.
>> YOU WOULD NEVER MAKE UP
THE STORY THIS WAY, SO THE
REASON THE STORY IS THIS
WAY IS BECAUSE IT MUST BE
GROUNDED IN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Paul: THE APOSTLE
PAUL IN 1 CORINTHIANS 15
SUGGESTED DOUBTERS GO TALK
TO THEM.
>> YOU'VE GOT LIVING
HISTORY.
WUYOU'VE GOT THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE THERE TO CROSS-CHECK
WHATEVER MESSAGE IS THERE.
IT IS NOT AS THOUGH NO ONE
WOULD HAVE CHALLENGED IT.
YOU'VE GOT WITNESSES.
>> IT HAS ALL THE RING OF
TRUTH, AND NOT THE RING OF
THAT CONSPIRACY THEORY,
WHERE THEY MADE THIS UP.
>> A LOT OF THINGS SAY THE
APPEARANCES OF JESUS WERE
HALLUCINATIONS.
500 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME.
>> Paul: BUT HE STUDIED
HALLUCINATIONS, AND NO TWO
PEOPLE EVER HAVE THE SAME
HALLUCINATION.
>> WOULD 500 PEOPLE HAVE
THE SAME HALLUCINATION?
PAUL WOULD BE 500 MIRACLES
EQUAL TO THE RESURRECTION.
>> Paul: BUT TO ACCEPT
THE RESURRECTION, YOU HAVE
TO BELIEVE IN GOD.
>> IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
GOD EXISTS, THEN MIRACLES
BECOME POSSIBLE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
RESURRECTION EVIDENCE, IT
IS PRETTY REMARKABLE HOW
STRONG IT IS.
>> IT IS NOT A BLIND FAITH
KIND OF THING LIKE
BELIEVING IN THE EASTER
BUNNY.
CHRISTIANS DON'T BELIEVE
THAT JESUS ROSE FROM THE
DEAD BECAUSE THE BIBLE
SAID SO.
THEY BELIEVE HE ROSE FROM
THE DEAD BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT THE EARLIEST
DOCUMENTS SHOW, AND THAT'S
THE BEST EXPLANATION OF
THE DATA.
>> Paul: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS.
>> Chris: UP NEXT, SEE
THE PLACE WHERE PILOT MAY
HAVE SENTENCED JESUS TO
DEATH.
>> Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."
IT'S A BUSY WEEK IN
JERUSALEM, WHERE PEOPLE
ARE CELEBRATING BOTH
PASSOVER AND HOLY WEEK.
WE WANT TO TAKE YOU INSIDE
THTHE WALLS OF THE OLD CITY
TO HARROD'S PLACE, A PLACE
WHERE SOME BELIEVE PONTIUS
PILOT SENTENCED JESUS TO
DEATH.
>> Reporter: AT THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE OLD
CITY, THE TOWER OF DAVID
STANDS ABOVE THE WALLS.
16 YEARS AGO ARCHEOLOGISTS
FOUND A BUILDING WHILE
WORKING ON THE TOWER OF
DAVID MUSEUM.
RECORDS ON ITS WALLS GO
BACK EVEN BEFORE THE TIME
OF JESUS AND THE ROMAN
GOVERNOR WHO SENTENCED HIM
TO THE CROSS, PONTIUS
PILOT.
FOR YEARS EXPERTS
SUGGESTED THAT PILOT
HANDED DOWN HIS DEATH
SENTENCE FROM THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE CITY, WHERE
THE ROMAN SOLDIERS WERE
HOUSED.
BUT RECENT EVIDENCE
UNCOVERED HERE INDICATES
THAT THE LUXURY LOVING
PILOT WAS MORE LIKELY TO
HAVE PRONOUNCED JUDGMENT
HERE.
THIS ARCHEOLOGIST HELPED
DISCOVER THE PALACE SITE
IN 1999.
HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE
HISTORY OF THE HARROD
WALLS.
>> UNTIL NOW, THOSE
IMPRESSIVE WALLS ARE THE
ONLY REMAINS FROM HARROD'S
PALACE.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE SUPER
STRUCTURES.
MAYBE IT WAS DESTROYED IN
THE BIG REVOLT.
MAYBE IT WAS DESTROYED BY
THE ROMANS.
>> WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE JESUS WAS TRIED,
WHERE HE HAD HIS INTERVIEW
BEFORE PONTIUS PILOT.
BUT WE KNOW IT IS
SOMEWHERE IN HARROD'S
PALACE.
>> Reporter: DAVID
PALEGGI IS PASTOR OF THE
CHURCH, JUST STEPS AWAY
FROM THE PALACE SITE.
>> IT EVENTUALLY BECAME
ROMAN PROPERTY AFTER
HARROD'S DEATH, AND EVERY
YEAR PONTIUS PILOT WOULD
COME FROM SESERIA TO
JERUSALEM, DURING THE TIME
OF PASSOVER, TO OVERSEE
THE SECURITY OF THE CITY
DURING THE FESTIVAL THAT
THE JEWS CALLED THE "FEAST
OF FREEDOM."
IT WAS AT THIS TIME IF
THERE WAS GOING TO BE
TROUBLE IN JERUSALEM, IT
WOULD BE OVER THE PASSOVER
HOLIDAY.
>> Reporter: PALEGGI
SAYS IN A WAY, IT
ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE
LIFE STORY OF JESUS.
>> SCHOLARS HAVE BEEN
SAYING FOR A HALF CENTURY
THAT THE LIFE OF JESUS
BEGINS AT THE TOWER OF
DAVID, OR WHAT WAS THEN
HARROD'S PALACE.
THAT'S WHEN THE MAJI COME
TO VISIT HIM.
AND PONTIUS PILOT
SENTENCES HIM TO DEATH
PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME
LOCATION.
>> Reporter: THIS
ISRAELI ARCHEOLOGIST,
RENEE, IS STRUCK BY IT,
EVEN THOUGH SHE HELPED
BEGIN THE DIGGING.
>> IT IS LIKE AN UNION.
YOU PEEL IT AND PEEL IT,
AND IT NEVER ENDS, AND
THEN YOU CRY A BIT.
>> Reporter: PALEGGI
CALLS THE TOWER OF DAVID
THE BEST MUSEUM IN THE
CITY, AND SAYS TOURISTS
WOULD DO WELL TO START
THEIR JOURNEY HERE.
>> NOW WE HAVE THE EXTRA
BONUS OF HAVING THE VERY
PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS SENT
TO EXECUTION BY PONTIUS
PILOT, AND THIS WILL HELP
CHRISTIANS BETTER
VISUALIZE THOSE MONUMENT
MONUMENTOUS EVENTS THAT
HAPPENED TO JESUS OF
NAZARETH IN THE LAST WEEKS
OF HIS LIFE.
>> Reporter: AND JUST A
COUPLE OF MILES AWAY, THE
MOUNT OF OLIVES, WHERE
SCRIPTURE SAYS HE'LL COME
AGAIN.
JOHN WAGGI, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
>> Chris: COMING UP, HOW
DID JESUS CELEBRATE THE
PASSOVER?
FIND OUT WHEN WE COME
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>> Chris: WELCOME BACK.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT
WE DO ON ONE OF OUR SOCIAL
MEDIA PLATFORMS.
THIS IS CALLED "HEBREW
WORD WEDNESDAY."
AND THIS WEEK WE'RE
CELEBRATING PASSOVER.
>> WE ARE IN THE SEASON OF
PASSOVER, BEGINNING WITH A
PASSOVER SADER.
IN LUKE 22: 7, JESUS TELLS
HIS DISCIPLES, HE SAYS, GO
AND PREPARE THE PASSOVER.
IN VERSE 15, HE SAYS,
"I'VE EARNESTLY DESIRED TO
KEEP THIS PASSOVER WITH
YOU."
HE EARNESTLY DESIRED TO
KEEP THE FESTIVAL OF
PASSER AND HAVE A SADAR
WITH THE DISCIPLES.
EVEN AT THE VERY CRUX OF
GOING INTO HIS
PERSECUTIONS, HE TELLS US
ONE DAY IN THE MESSIANIC
KINGDOM, WE WILL COME AND
SIT AT HIS TABLE AND WE
WILL DINE WITH ABRAHAM,
ISAAC, AND JACOB.
AND WE WILL LISTEN TO OUR
MASTER SHARE AND TEACH AND
INFORM US AS HIS PEOPLE
ABOUT THE WAYS OF HIS
KINGDOM.
>> Chris: WELL, THAT'S
IT FOR THIS EDITION.
REMEMBER YOU CAN FOLLOW US
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THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS
WEEK FROM THE GARDEN TOMB.
TO ALL OF OUR CHRISTIAN
FRIENDS, HAPPY PASSOVER.
AND TO ALL OUR CHRISTIAN
FRIENDS, HAPPY
RESURRECTION DAY.
I'M CHRIS
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