2. DRAMA OF THE AGES FLY THROUGH HISTORY WITH THE ANCIENT BOOK 19. THE PRICE PAID

3. The final week of years, of the time allotted to the Jews began in AD 27 and ended in AD 34 with the Gospel going out to the Gentiles.

4. Exactly in the middle of the week, 3 1/2 days/years in 31 AD, Jesus died on the cross.

5. Right when the time to slay the Passover Lamb came about, Jesus cried "It is finished" and died.

6. The lamb that was about to be killed escaped and ran from the temple.

7. The curtain that hid the Most Holy Place from view was torn from top to bottom!

8. The shadow pictures had come true - no more would the ceremonial law have any use except to study and see how prophecy was fulfilled.

9. It was God's signal to the Jews that the Messiah had fulfilled the ceremonies and no more would they be of any use to practice.

10. But the Jews did not heed. As a body they refused their Messiah.

11. However many individuals accepted Him and became the foundation of the Christian Church.

12. The rejection of the Messiah brought on the events foretold by Jesus in the 24th of Matthew.

13. The temple was destroyed in AD 70 and Jerusalem was under foreign control and still is.

14. DRAMA OF THE AGES Continues: 20. JOHN SHOWN THE MYSTERY