The Bible

Noah endures God's wrath; Abraham reaches the Promised Land but still must prove his faith; Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and delivers his final message from God: the Ten Commandments.

Joshua conquers Jericho; Delilah betrays Samson; David defeats Goliath and Samuel anoints him king. King David ushers in a golden age for Israel, but is soon seduced by power and lust for Bathsheba.

The Jews are enslaved in Babylon and Daniel is thrown into the lions' den-but when his faith endures and God spares him, the Jews are allowed to return to Jerusalem. Then, Jesus is born.

Jesus feeds the crowds in Galilee and brings a dead man, Lazarus, back to life; Jesus enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey and later is arrested and condemned to death as the disciples scatter.

Peter denies Jesus and Judas hangs himself; the crowd clamors for Jesus's death; Jesus is crucified, but when Mary Magdalene goes to his tomb, a figure walks towards her-he is back.