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They note that jesus followers believed the prophecies of ancient scripture that a political messiah, a glorious earthly king, would come to free them from rome. jesus had a new prophecy. one that was very different from what they had expected. >> he begins to teach them that the messiah must suffer and die. and that he would go up to jerusalem. he would be tortured, beaten, crucified, he would die and he would rise again. this was not an expectation that they had for the messiah. >> so the gosp...

Carnal theory about jesus and mary magdalene on what was written in the ancient text known as the gnostic gospels. >> i was told, as we all were, that these were heretic. they couldnt be the real gospel. they had to be -- they had gospels, heretical gospels, fake gospels. >> its one of those books, the gospel of philip, which is at the heart of the controversy. >> the gospel of philip has the following words. the companion of the savior was mary magdalene and the lord loved her more than the oth...

>> he begins to teach them that the messiah must suffer and die. and that he would go up to jerusalem, he would be tortured, he would be beaten, he would be crucified, he would die and he would rise again. this was not an expectation that they had for the messiah. >> so the gospels say when the disciples showed up at jesus tomb three days after his death and found it empty, they were astonished. jesus said he would rise from the dead. had his prophecy been fulfilled?

Considered not only to be a political nightmare, it was also thought to be theologically blasphemous. >> and if jesus is preaching the kingdom of god, he is clearly preaching something antithetical to the normative kingdom, which is the kingdom of rome. >> and if that wasnt enough, the gospels tell us, jesus then took his disciples and his message to jerusalem, the heart of judaism and a roman political power. the fuse was primed, the people wanted a savior. >> and as they sit here on this mount...

Anticipated that he would be killed soon there after. >> according to the gospels, thats exactly what happened. betrayed among olive trees in the garden of gethsemane by his own disciple, judas iscariot. what did he betray? >> it is possible that jesus taught the disciples privately, when the kingdom comes, you will be the rulers and i of course will be the king of this coming kingdom. if thats what he was teaching them, then everything else falls in place. what judas betrays to the authorities ...

And baptizing people in the jordan river to cleanse them of their sins. this was a radical jewish spin. john was turning an ancient ritual into a new sacrament. >> john the baptist. he recognized jesus at the baptism and he said this is the man ive been waiting for. this is the person im preparing the way for. and he expected jesus to be the messiah of israel. >> and thats the message jesus took to the jewish people. that the gospels tell us he returned home, found his first disciples among gali...

And so, i would say that she was a working girl. >> while the virgin marys home town of nazareth has become a shrine to her memory, mary magdalenes home is a neglected ruin. >> theres not much of magdala left. in fact, theres hardly anything left. there are the ruins of a sixth century byzantine monastery built there six centuries after mary magdalenes time. and theyre very beautiful ruins. theyre closed to the public. >> the magdalenes reputation is all the more surprising, given what the gospe...

And the bridegroom has arrived on the scene. >> the miracles kept coming -- the loaves and fishes, raising lazarus from the dead, walking on water, and repelling satan. but magicians and healers and exorcists were everywhere in the middle east in those days. >> we have various accounts of miracle workers, both pagan as well as jewish in the first century. the book of acts presents other exorcists who were not part of jesus contingent, but they do seem to be successful exorcists. >> we can put je...

Lessen to the word of our savior, jesus christ, i give you a a new command. love one another as i have loved you, so are you to love one another. if there is this love among you, then all will know that you are disciples newcomeewcomerwc.. are my disciples newcomeewcome . the peace of the lord always business with you. >> andals with you.

On the gang. within two weeks of the shooting, the chicago pd arrests 120 maniac latin disciples, many of them on misdemeanor charges and outstanding warrants. >> not only did you send a message to the disciples, you sent a message to all gangs city wide. >> investigators go to meet with one of their informants in the meantime. >> everybodys scared right now. superintendent of chicago police said hes coming after all the maniac latin. everybody heard him so everybodys scare d. >> lefty claims th...