Israel: A Journey Through Time

This first episode in the series lays a foundation for the series that follow by identifying the origins of the Jewish nation, the only nation on earth God specifically called into being, and by highlighting God’s interaction with those He calls His covenant, chosen people.

How has the religion He established - Christianity - survived and flourished across cultures and national boundaries for more than 20 centuries, this in spite of widespread skepticism of its claims and persecution of its adherents?

This program examines the origins and roots of anti-Semitism, this evil plague’s negative impact on Jewish life in every culture and in virtually every generation.

This program asks and answers this question by tracing the history of the Jewish children of Abraham from the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in A.D. 70, through 20 centuries of exile among the nations, up and until their miraculous return to their ancient and biblical homeland, Israel.

Israel: nation in crisis – is the focus of this program. Since her rebirth in 1948, Israel has struggled to survive as a Jewish homeland in a hostile neighborhood, a democracy surrounded by nations governed by dictators.

Rev. Dr. John Tweedie takes you to the sacred ground of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem. Against this memorial backdrop of a European Holocaust that claimed six million Jewish lives, profound questions are asked: How could it happen, especially in so-called Christian Europe?