THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE
CBN NEWS CHANNEL.
I AM CHARLENE ISRAEL.
AND I AM EFREM GRAHAM.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THE WORLD
ENDED TODAY?
IT IS ALL BASED ON AN ANCIENT
MAYAN PROPHECY.
TODAY IS THE DAY THE MAYAN
CALENDAR ENDS ACCORDING TO A
5,000-YEAR-OLD PROPHESY.
SIX MILLION AMERICANS BELIEVE IT
TO BE TRUE.
SOME PEOPLE RESPOND WITH
UNCERTAINTY TO FEAR.
NOW YOU ADD THE MAYAN CALENDAR
THING, MAYBE MISINTERPRETED BY
MANY.
THIS FUELS THE FIRE FOR PEOPLE
ANXIOUS.
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE
REACTING TO THE PREDICTION
DIFFERENTLY.
IN MEXICO, THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS
ARE FLOCKING TO THE MAYAN RUINS.
IN FRANCE, THEY ARE IN BUKAROK.
A GIANT UFO IS SAID TO BE
WAITING AT A NEARBY MOUNTAIN
READY TO TAKE THOSE TO SAFETY.
SOME IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN
PREPARING FOR THE APOCALYPSE.
I HAVE 100 POUNDS OF RICE, 50
POUNDS OF SUGAR AND FLOUR.
THREE WELLS ON MY PROPERTY.
NASA RELEASED A VIDEO TO
REASSURE PEOPLE.
IT WILL BE A DAY JUST LIKE
ANY OTHER.
A MAJORITY AREN'T TAKING IT
SERIOUSLY.
WORLD COME TO AN END?
NO.
BIBLE DON'T SAY WHAT TIME OR
DATE, WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT,
I HAVE NO IDEA.
CBN CHAPLAIN SAYS CHRISTIANS
CAN TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE.
SCRIPTURE SAYS I AM WITH YOU
TO THE END OF THE AGE.
WE HAVE THE PROMISE OF THE
PRESENCE OF JESUS.
WE ARE SHOWING ANOTHER LIFE
STYLE.
WHEN ASKED HOW PEOPLE WOULD
SPEND THEIR LAST MOMENT,
MAJORITY SAID THEY WOULD SPEND
IT WITH FAMILY.
A DEADLY MONSTER STORM
DELIVERING A WHITE CHRISTMAS TO
MILLIONS.
MAJOR HIGHWAYS SHUT DOWN AND
KILLED AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE AND
TRIGGERED A THOUSAND CAR
ACCIDENTS FROM NEBRASKA TO
WISCONSIN.
IN IOWA, A 25-CAR PILEUP ON I-35
AND KNOCKED OUT POWER TO 400,000
HOMES AND AN TORNADO.
ONE WEEK AGO TODAY A GUNMAN
OPENED FIRE AT SANDY HOOK
ELEMENTARY.
PLACES OF WORSHIP AND BUILDINGS
RANG THEIR BELLS 26 TIMES.
PRESIDENT OBAMA PRIVATELY
OBSERVED THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.
MEANWHILE A FIFTH DAY OF
FUNERALS TODAY.
HOUSE LEADERS GAVE UP ON
CONTROVERSIAL ALTERNATIVE TO
FISCAL CLIFF DEAL.
HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER CAME
UP WITH PLAN B TO PROTECT 99
PERCENT OF AMERICANS.
HE COULDN'T RALLY ENOUGH.
HE FACED OPPOSITION ON EVERY
SIDE.
WITH THE ODDS LOW FOR A DEAL
TO AVOID THE FISCAL CLIFF, HOUSE
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER FELT HE HAD
TO MOVE AHEAD WITH PLAN B TO
STOP TAXES ON EVERYONE.
DEMOCRATS LIKE CHUCK SCHUMER
SAYS NO WAY.
IT IS A WRONG APPROACH.
DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE SENATE.
JOHN BOEHNER: MAYBE THEY
SHOULD TELL US WHAT THEY CAN DO.
THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
LARGEST TAX HIKE IN HISTORY.
TAX INCREASES DON'T SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
EVERY SINGLE TAX INCREASE HAS
LED TO MORE SPENDING.
LIBERALS ARE WORRIED ABOUT
SPENDING CUTS AND PLAN B.
THOSE UNJUST CUTS WOULD LEAVE
MILLIONS STRUGGLING TO PAY
BILLS.
NEW
NUNS ON THE BUS.
THEY REALLY ARE THE LIFELINE
FOR PEOPLE WHO IN THIS ECONOMIC
TIME HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
UNEMPLOYMENT ALL SORTS OF
THINGS.
A FISCAL CLIFF DEAL CAN STILL
BE HAD ONLY IF TAX HIKES ARE
OUT.
PAUL RYAN, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
CANADA SUPREME COURT RULED A
MUSLIM WOMAN CAN WEAR A VEIL.
A WOMAN ASKED TO WEAR IT.
HER MUSLIM BELIEFS COMPEL HER TO
WEAR IT.
WOMAN'S ATTORNEY SAYS MANY WOMEN
WON'T COME FORWARD IF THEY CAN'T
WEAR IT IN COURT.
IN GREAT BRITAIN, SPREAD OF
MEGAMOSQUES HAS LONG BEEN
CONTROVERSIAL.
ERICK STAKELBECK SAT DOWN WITH
ONE MAN WHO WANTS TO REVERSE IT.
THEY CALL HIM THE MOSQUE BUSTER
REPORTER: MILLIONS MILLION
DOLLAR MOSQUE PROJECTS HAVE
LOCAL RESIDENTS UP IN ARMS
DESPITE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LINKS
AND FOREIGN FUNDING FROM REGIMES
LIKE SAUDI ARABIA, THESE
PROJECTS CONTINUE FULL SPEED
AHEAD.
IN 2001, 1200 MOSQUE IN AMERICA.
TODAY THE NUMBER HAS DOUBLED TO
OVER 2000.
AN INCREASE OF 74% IN THE LAST
11 YEARS ALONE.
IN GREAT BRITAIN, HOWEVER THINGS
MAYBE TAKING A DIFFERENT TURN.
IT WILL NEVER BE CALLED A
MOSQUE.
A NEIGHBOR WILL CONTACT US
SAYING THERE HAS BEEN A
SUPPLICATION, WE ARE WORRIED.
THAT IS WHERE THIS LAWYER
SPRINGS INTO ACTION.
FOR BOBI IT MEANS WORKING WITH
BRITISH CITIZENS WHO OPPOSE
MOSQUE BUILDINGS.
WE HELP THEM TO USE
ESTABLISHED METHODS OF
CONSULTATION.
WE OBJECT BECAUSE OF PARKING AND
NOISE AND DISTURBANCE.
THE AFFECTS OF CONCENTRATION OF
PEOPLE.
IT WORKS SO WELL BOBI HAS
EARNED THE NICKNAME "MOSQUE
BUSTER."
THERE ARE 1500 MOSQUES UK.
IS THIS PART OF A LARGER
STRATEGY ON THE PART OF
ISLAMISTS IN THE UK.
THE MOSQUE IS FAR MORE THAN A
HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
EVERY MOSQUE IS INSTRUCTED TO BE
BASED UPON THE ORIGINAL MOSQUE
IN MEDINA IN THE 7TH CENTURY SET
UP HIS POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS
POLITICAL DOCTRINE.
CRITICS LABEL HIM A RACIST.
HE OPPOSES ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY AND
SURE SHARIA LAW.
I FEEL SORRY FOR MUSLIMS
BEING UNDER THIS BARBARIC BELIEF
SYSTEM.
IT IS THE BELIEF SYSTEM I OBJECT
TO.
HE SAYS ORGANIZES IN FIVE
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE
EXPRESSED TO WORKING WITH HIM.
IN GREAT BRITAIN, ISLAM IS THE
COUNTRY'S FASTEST GROWING
COUNTRY.
ERICK STAKELBECK, CBN NEWS,
LONDON.
DEATH TOLL OF TYPHOON BOPHA
HAS RISEN TO 1,000.
OPERATION BLESSING IS BRINGING
MUCH NEEDED COMFORT.
LUCILLE TALUSAN REPORTS FROM
MINDANAO
REPORTER: ON BOARD A
MILITARY TRUCK, TEAMS BRING
DISASTER RELIEF AND MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE TO VILLAGES THAT ARE
DIFFICULT TO REACH.
THIS TOWN LOOKS LIKE IT HAS
BEEN HIT BY A TSUNAMI.
THE PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR ALL
THE HELP THEY CAN GET TO RECOVER
FROM THIS DISASTER.
THIS IS THE FIRST AREA, MOST
PEOPLE WERE GIVEN MEDICATION FOR
FEVER, DIARRHEA, COUGH AND COLD.
THIS WOMAN'S TWO-YEAR-OLD SON
WAS GIVEN MEDICINE FOR FEVER AND
COUGH.
HER HUSBAND STEPPED ON A NAIL
AND GIVEN ANTITETNIS SHOT.
THE COUPLE'S NINE-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER SWEPTED AWAY BY FLOOD
WATERS AND DROWN.
AT FIRST WE WERE HUDDLED
TOGETHER.
MY DAUGHTER WAS SWEPT AWAY.
HER LAST WORDS WERE PAPA, PAPA,
HELP ME.
MY HUSBAND WAS TRYING TO SAVE
ALL OF US.
THIS IS OUR SECOND LIFE.
I HAVE ACCEPTED THE DEATH OF MY
DAUGHTER BECAUSE I KNOW SHE IS
IN HEAVEN.
A NURSE DRESSED THE BURNS ON
HIS LEG.
I WAS CARRIED AWAY BY THE
STRONG WINDS AND LANDED ON THE
HOT EXHAUST PIPE.
I WAS AFRAID THE INFECTION ON MY
LEG WAS GETTING WORSE.
I DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I FEEL
MUCH, MUCH BETTER.
DOTHINGS THEY NEED ARE NOT JUST
HOUSING, NOT JUST WATER OR
MEDICAL, BUT LIVELIHOOD.
HOW CAN THEY MOVE ON?
ASIDE FROM PHYSICAL HEALING,
HE HELPS THE VICTIMS HEAL
EMOTIONALLY BY GIVING THEM
COUNSELING.
THEY SHARE THE HOPE THAT CAN
ONLY BE FOUND IN CHRIST.
LUCILLE TALUSAN, CBN NEWS,
PHILIPPINES.
COMING UP, INSIDE THE MIND OF
SATAN'S CHIEF TEMPTOR AND THE
ACTOR WHO BRINGS HIM TO LIFE ON
STAGE.
IT IS A NEW TAKE ON A
CHRISTIAN CLASSIC "SCREW TAPE
LETTERS IS ONE OF C.S. WORKS.
THE FAMOUS LITERARY WORK
BROUGHT TO LIFE.
THE AGE OLD MESSAGE LEADS
VIEWERS TO THE LIGHT BY FIRST
INTRODUCING THEM TO DARKNESS.
HERE IS LEE WEB
REPORTER: MAX MACLAINES THEE
Y
YATRICAL JOINED THE SCENE IN
2006.
HIS MISSION TO RUIN LIVES AND
WIN HUMAN SOULS FOR THE DEVIL.
THE CHALLENGE FOR MACLAINE WAS
TAKING THIS BOOK OF 31 LETTERS
AND TRANSFORM IT INTO A STAGE
PRODUCTION THAT WOULD CAPTIVATE
A LIVE AUDIENCE.
MACLAINE NEW WITH A CHARACTER
LIKE SCREW TAPE HE HAD SOMETHING
SPECIAL.
CHARACTER SCREW TAPE IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREAT
LITERARY CREATIONS OF THE 20TH
CENTURY.
GUIDE YOUR PERSON AWAY FROM
THAT.
THE ONLY OTHER PERSON ON
STAGE WITH SCREW TAPE IS HIS
ASSISTANT TOAD PIPE.
HE TEMPTS HIS HUMAN PATIENT.
THE STORY IS A PREDATOR,
PREY.
SATAN MASQUERADES OF AN ANGEL OF
LIGHT.
THERE IS SOMETHING APPEALING
ABOUT HIS OUTWARD CHARACTER.
SOMETHING GOES WRONG ALONG
THE WAY.
HIS PATIENT GOES FROM
INDIFFERENCE TO DEVOUT.
WHAT LEWIS IS TRYING TO SAY
THOSE CHOICES YOU MAKE ARE
INFLUENCED.
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO?
LEWIS WAS FORCED TO DIG INTO
YOUR OWN PATTERNS.
THEY EXAM THEMSELVES IN THE SAME
WAY.
I WASN'T ANTICIPATING HOW
PEOPLE REACT TO THE END OF THE
STORY.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY.
IT REALLY HAS THIS, THIS TRIUMPH
OF GOOD OVER EVIL THAT REALLY
GRABS PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT IS
ONE OF THE UNEXPECTED
CONSEQUENCES.
UP NEXT, WE'LL TAKE YOU TO
THE BIRTHPLACE OF CHRIST, VISIT
THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY IS
ONE OF CHRISTIANITY'S OLDEST
HOLY SITES.
MANY BELIEVE IT IS WHERE CHRIST
WAS BORN.
CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS.
IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST
CHURCHES IN THE WORLD, THE
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY.
THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE JESUS
CHRIST WAS BORN.
PROFESSOR SHAMALI TEACHES
HISTORY AT BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY
AND AN EXPERT ON THE CHURCH OF
THE NATIVITY.
THE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 326
WHEN EMPEROR CONSTANTINE
DECLARED CHRISTIANITY AS THE
OFFICIAL RELIGION OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE.
INSIDE THE CHURCH, ORIGINAL
COLUMNS FROM THE 4TH CENTURY
STILL STAND.
THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE
SITE WHERE JESUS' WAS BORN
ALREADY TRADITIONALLY GOES BACK
TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST
CENTURY A.D. AT LEAST.
IN THE FIRST CENTURY, HEYED
HADRIAN DESTROYED TOWN OF
BETHLEHEM.
HADRIAN BUILT A TEMPLE AND BUILT
TREES WHERE CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS
CAME TO HONOR THE PLACE WHERE
JESUS' WAS BORN.
INSTEAD OF DESTROYING THE
PLACE, PRESERVE THE PLACE.
EVEN AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE
STRANGERS TO THE FAITH IT IS
NOUN THAT INSIDE THAT GROTTO HE
WHO GLORIFIES CHRIST IS BORN.
YOU HAVE TO BEND DOWN IN
ORDER TO GET INSIDE THE CHURCH.
ORIGINALLY BUILT BY THE
CRUSADERS IN ORDER TO KEEP
MOUNTAIN HORSEMAN OUT OF THE
CHURCH.
1400 YEARS AFTER QUEEN HELENA
BUILT THE CHURCH, THE CENTRAL
PLACE LAYS INSIDE THE GROTTO.
MANY BELIEVE IT IS WHERE JESUS
IS BORN.
A STAR MARKS THE EXACT LOCATION.
MANY CROWD DOWN THE NARROW
STAIRS.
PILGRIMS TOUCH THE STAR AND
RECORD THE MOMENT THEY GOT TO
SEE THE BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS.
FOR MANY A PROFOUND, EMOTIONAL
AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
WHAT DID IT MEAN TO BE AT THE
BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS?
EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE AND NO
WORDS.
I MEAN, REALLY SURPRISED.
WHEN I OPEN MY BIBLE AND
READING, IT IS -- NOW I CAN
PICTURE THE PLACES.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
IT IS A LIFE'S DREAM NEVER
EXPECTED TO BE HERE.
IT IS AWESOME.
FATHER PETER VASCO LEADS
PILGRIMS.
HE SAYS IT IS ESPECIALLY
MEANINGFUL DURING THE SEASON.
SO CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS AND
PRAY AT THE SPOT OF JESUS AND
BRING THAT PRAYER BACK INTO
THEIR OWN LIVES.
ANOTHER EVENT TOOK PLACE
AFTER JESUS WAS BORN.
THE PROFESSOR GAVE US A RARE
LOOK.
THIS IS THE TOMB OF THE
INNOCENT CHILDREN, HEROD KILLED
AROUND 6,000 CHILDREN IN ORDER
TO KILL JESUS CHRIST.
WE FOLLOWED THE PROFESSOR
DOWN BELOW THE CHURCH.
THESE ARE THE BONES OF SOME
OF THE CHILDRENS THAT WE BELIEVE
WERE KILLED BY HEROD.
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENT
TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE BETHLEHEM.
CAVES, MANY BELIEVE WERE HELD BY
THE SHEPHERDS ON THAT HOLY
NIGHT. SHEPHERDS WILL USE
THESE CAVES TO STORE THEIR SHEEP
AND FOOD.
AND ALSO LIVE WITH THEM.
THOSE SHEPHERDS WERE THE
FIRST WITNESSS TO THE
FULFILLMENT OF THE PROPHESY
GIVEN 700 YEARS BEFORE, ISAIAH
PROCLAIMED, THEREFORE THE LORD
HIMSELF WILL GIVE YOU A SIGN.
VIRGIN WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A
CHILD AND CALL HIM EMMANUEL.
TODAY IT IS STILL THE SAME.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
BETHLEHEM.
AMAZING TO SEE THE TOMBS.
JUST THINK, HEROD TRIED TO
KILL HIM.
HE IS THE REASON FOR THE
SEASON.
STAY WITH US.
FOR THE CHILDREN OF PRISONERS
IN PERU, UNFORGETTABLE DAY.
STAN JETER REPORTS ON A
CHRISTMAS PARTY HELD IN THE
DEPTHS OF A DANGEROUS PRISON.
EARLY IN THE MORNING, THESE
LADIES LINED UP FOR THE MONTHLY
VISIT WITH THEIR IMPRISONED
HUSBANDS.
ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS IN
SOUTH AMERICA.
THIS WAS FOR 2400 PEOPLE.
RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 10,000.
PRISONERS KNOWN FOR VIOLENCE,
GANGS AND DRUG ADDICTION.
THIS WOMAN HAS COME TO HELP
PRISONERS AND FAMILIES.
SHE DIRECTS THE CBN MINISTRY IN
PERU AND SHE CAME BACK WITH
GIFTS OF HOT CHOCOLATE, SWEET
BREAD.
CBN HELPS OPERATION BLESSING.
FOR HOURS THE GYM FILLED UP
WITH SANTA'S HELPERS AND
CHILDREN AND HAPPINESS.
SOME CHILDREN HAD THEIR FACES
PAINTED, OTHERS DANCED WITH THE
CLOWNS.
FATHERS HUGGED AND PLAYED WITH
CHILDREN.
ANOTHER CBN PROGRAM INVITED
PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO MAKE
ROOM FOR THE CHILD IN THE
MANGER.
YOUR HEART IS THE MANGER.
IN THIS MANGER, JESUS CHRIST,
SON OF GOD WANTS TO BE BORN NOW.
OVER 360 CHILDREN RECEIVED
GIFTS.
STAN JETER, CBN NEWS.
I TELL YOU THE PICTURE OF
THAT LITTLE ONE PRAYING TO
RECEIVE CHRIST.
CBN AMAZING ME WHAT WE DO AROUND
THE WORLD.
SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE CHILDREN
COME TO CHRIST.
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