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ah

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um

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so

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foreign

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dear lord you let the pure and innocent

through your doorway

and you also offer sinners a helping

hand when they need one

o lord of the righteous and evildoers

the righteous never stop needing your

grace and your love

and the evildoers they can always hope

to benefit from your mercy

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so please give me a heart that is

capable of loving

of loving all people whether they are

good or bad in our eyes

except those who have enmity towards you

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for i cannot love them for denying you

dear god

i am in need i ask you for your

affection and your mercy

please help me understand and be good to

the poor

and the needy

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ah

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so

mary what were you doing near that

window

let me guess did you go there to visit

your devotees again

the people who have pinned their last

hopes on the temple saintly girl

you've endeared yourself to these

helpless people by feigning innocence

and by being a boastful hypocrite

but you can't deceive people like me no

matter how hard you might try

i won't be tricked by the girl who wants

to bring us down

do you think all the rabbis of this

temple and the elders of the israelites

will be blinded by your sorcery and your

lies

do you think they will be deceived by

your seemingly innocent demeanor and

your smiles

no it is obvious that you still don't

know us

your tiny little brain is still

incapable of understanding us jewish

scholars

what enmity do you have towards us what

crutches does imran's daughters harbor

against us

none i don't hold any grudges in my

heart

you're lying lies pretense

look at me girl

oh your eyes mary the look in your eyes

mary

why do you stare at me like that

what do you want i've been in this

temple since

childhood i have chosen to deny myself

for the pleasures of

life i'd have focused on nothing but our

most holy of religions

my hair has gone white and my breathing

has become shallow from worshiping so

intensely and reading the torah so much

so now why does this girl have to be

known as sacred and holy

what about me have i not tolerated

enough hardship

have i not worshipped you enough

oh mary why do you cause me so much

misery

why do you think that you're closer to

god than i am

no i don't believe that you are truly of

him and that is

and that is

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hi

oh dear god please help me defeat this

girl whose lies and sorcery are

destroying our religion

and who has caused me misery

oh god above in heaven please reward my

worship with the honor

and victory of the jewish people over

all their enemies

and help us succeed in destroying them

once and for all

oh dear lord please give me the great

honor of disgracing mary

and curing her poison

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dear god please forgive your humble

servant for any hurt she has caused

and let no one be pained by her and

bestow your grace

upon mankind forgive me please

i have tried to do no wrong dear god i

know that you could punish sinners

instantaneously for their wrongs against

you and your followers

but instead you give time to repent

their sins

so please grant me time to seek

forgiveness

if i have truly wronged anyone

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oh

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is

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my

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mary

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mary

this is a message from your lord above

mary god has chosen you

and made you pure he has made you

innocent and faithful and from among

all women kind he has chosen you to

carry

out a great mission which will bring him

glory

mary obey your

lord's commands and remain ever faithful

prostrate before him and stand to prayer

along with all his worshipers go

and pray now

buddy

uh

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uh

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ariel

ariel look

um

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so

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they hit you oh my

lord i can't believe they would do that

didn't i always tell you not to ever go

to kutz

women are forbidden from even looking at

it mary

and you go and pass through the door and

just enter the main building

why mary why don't you know the laws of

the temple by now

i did not want this myself grandfather

but i was commanded to do it commanded

commanded by whom a voice

the voice said god has chosen you mary

it called me by name

it said your name it

said oh mary

it said o mary

what else did it say

it said god has chosen you out of the

whole of womankind

he has chosen you for a great mission

which will bring him glory

a great mission which will bring him

glory

the voice said to obey my lord and to

prostrate before him and to pray to him

to pray alongside the worshippers to

pray at the temple

it doesn't matter that's all you have to

say

you were once our great religious leader

and now you say what she did doesn't

matter

that's right if what she did doesn't

matter then you might as well tell mary

to come and lead our prayer sessions as

well

for goodness sake yes we have now

reached a point where a girl has the

audacity to enter

goods how dare she defy the temple rules

what has the world come to rabbis

we've reached a point where pretence is

preferred over piety

whoa upon you woe to you for you are the

master of pretense

did piety dictate you bring a girl here

did piety dictate you breach the law of

the free

do piety dictate a woman should come and

pray alongside the men

here at the temple why don't you just

say that chosen are competent enough to

handle the temple of solomon themselves

yes any nation and race that disobeys

god's will and his commands

sheds innocent blood unjustly spreads

and breeds corruption

violates the rights of the oppressed

distorts the book of god himself

and adds new things to religion loses

the legitimacy to run the house of god

and his holy place that is his temple of

worship

so let's take a look at ourselves have

we not done this

oh well why don't we just put the

religion of aaron and moses aside

entirely

and just be done with the whole thing

zechariah there'll be no longer any need

for prayer and sacrificial ceremony

oh he's right as of tomorrow we'll

worship istar the goddess of sidonians

chemist the god of the moabites and

moloch the god of the phoenicians

or we'll take the image of the emperor

to the holy temple and worship that

instead

how else can we disrespect our faith we

must decide what to do with zechariah

and mary right now

this disrespect will lead us toward

blasphemy and atheism

we must decide on the final verdict in

the council meeting

and make sure no one plays with religion

like this ever again

this is your religion not the religion

of moses

your excellencies let me ask you a

question

can any doctrine lead to the truth

without religion

do divine revelations also manifest in

the form of religious laws

or is the truth manifested in the divine

master himself

how dare you it's religious laws that

have kept judaism alive all these years

yes

yes you must listen carefully rabbis of

the temple

yes do you ever look inside yourselves

to see how you violate the laws of moses

and his god's commandments which were

passed down to guide our religion

and you have the audacity to call

yourselves the guardians of his religion

what good do you do for the people apart

from performing sacrifices and keeping

the fire burning in the hearths

doesn't holy jehovah say i admire mercy

and affection not sacrifice

and i value wisdom and devotion not

greed or hate

but why is there no sign of mercy and

affection in your hearts

where is the wisdom in your words god

says

i hate and abhor your festivals and

ceremonies

and i will not smell the essence of your

sacred assemblies

he says that i will not accept the

offerings and gifts which you present to

me

and i am not willing to witness your

many sacrifices on the altar in my name

on the contrary i desire equality to

stream like water

and justice to run like a river that

never dries up

and always flows

during the 40 years that you spent in

the desert wondering did you ever bring

these sacrifices or other gifts or

perform religious rituals

never we should act as role models for

the jewish people

but instead we preoccupied ourselves

with sacrificial ceremonies and other

religious rituals which have many

advantages

but advantages for only us

so what does god truly want from us

worshipers have you not read the part in

the holy book where he says

the fasting and worship that i admire is

to cut the chains of justice and to

untie the ropes of oppression

give the people freedom and bring them

faith and mercy have love in your hearts

free the oppressed and give the outcast

a place in your homes

clothe the unclothed and share your

wealth share your bread with the hungry

and help your relatives

you have all read these words in the

book of prophet isaiah

so why don't you observe them

zechariah has recited some useful verses

from the torah for us today

and from our hearts we thank him for

that lovely speech

now i too have some questions about

mary's presence in the temple

especially in courts which i hope he

will reply to honestly and without

hesitation

do you agree zechariah that whenever the

israelites are mentioned in the holy

book

they are referred to as the sons of

israel and never as the daughters of

israel is it true

if you are referring to their race and

tribes which are known by their fathers

then yes but

do you accept that the value of a virgin

girl for us is the amount that her

father receives when he basically sells

his daughter to her husband

and her husband has the right and

complete ownership and authority over

her for life

perhaps that's true for you yes but for

god you should know as well as anyone

that a man is allowed to have as many

wives as his wealth allows

and he can purchase a maid or bed fellow

from the bazaar

yes but to what and you know better than

anyone else that women are forbidden

from entering the courtyard of the

rabbis

also that whoever enters the court will

face the death penalty

you know that not only are women

forbidden from attending the sacrificial

ceremonies and rituals they are

forbidden to enter goods and to go into

the holy ghost

that is the rule and always has been the

rule has it not

now my question is this are you wholly

aware of the limitations that the jewish

faith is imposed on women or do you deny

them

i'm aware the very customs that you

decide to uphold and cling to

are what creates these limitations for

women

but the true religion of moses has great

respect for women

in fact for everyone you know better

yourself

a man's personality is shaped by his

upbringing

so you're aware of these limitations

zechariah

did you ask mary to attend the prayer

ceremony and enter the holy temple

no i didn't give her permission to do

that

so tell me then who allowed her to enter

courts

she heard a voice that ordered her to

pray alongside the worshipers in the

temple

oh so she heard a voice

whose voice was it

tell me whose voice was it

it was a revelation or divine

inspiration

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revelations

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do you mean that god has commanded this

little girl to come here

you mean god has given this little girl

a divine order

yes yes yes

oh oh my dear lord do you realize what

you're saying

what exactly are you saying zachariah

you had better provide proof of your

claims

so that we can explain exactly what has

happened to the jewish people

and their most holy of temples wait wait

do you believe this revelation took

place or is it just mary's claim

perhaps she's lying to everyone mary

always speaks the truth and i believe

her every word

has anyone in this gathering ever heard

a lie from mary

no no no one has ever heard mary lie

she is pure pure and chaste and all

here know that is just bear with me i

agree that mary is well known for being

honest and truthful

but does this mean that we must accept

her exaggerated assertion about this

revelation

listen i think so you zechariah an elder

of the abijah family

claim that god has revealed something to

a mere teenager is that what you claim

is it

she is an extraordinary human being

no man is like her and no boy who is

similar to her has ever existed

based on divine revelations i am telling

you

that god has chosen her and her

offspring

she is the only girl among the jews who

has grown up in jerusalem

that's strange until now you have always

claimed that you received divine

revelations have you not which i admit

we have been dubious about

and now you claim that mary received

divine revelations as well

we rabbis here all know that god has

never spoken to any woman

in the history of our religion not even

once no woman

our dear lord has always spoken to men

they have been his chosen prophets over

the years

and he has appeared in the form of a

burning bush or another symbol to them

hasn't he don't you think that if god

truly wanted to speak to anyone in this

temple

or give us a divine revelation that it

would be to hello the high rabbi or one

of the other great rabbis that serve him

so faithfully every day here

so why is it that our lord has only

spoken to mary

the lord knows what he's doing oh

so you are telling us that you believe

the great lord of the jews will command

us through a mere

orphan girl from now on is that it

you mean jehovah has suddenly preferred

an orphan

over all of us devoted is here at his

temple

does this seem reasonable to you that's

enough that's enough

you don't need to say anything

as you can clearly see no wise man

will accept these blasphemous words from

your poisonous mouth

from now on i consider zechariah

the elder of the abijah dynasty to be

incompetent in his position

this old man is either crazy or is a

liar

or it could be that a little girl has

bewitched him with her words

and put him under a spell now i ask you

god-fearing and pious rabbis faithful

servants of solomon's temple

do you believe this orphan girl and this

old man's claims about these divine

revelations

do you believe the lies

we cannot allow it do you

should pray and worship god alongside

men in this temple

breaking with tradition he's gone mad

this is blasphemous i tell you

do you agree that we must sentence

zechariah and mary to death

or whether blasphemous claims a

dangerous assassin

then think that christians are men of

their religion should we sentence them

to death for trying to tear this greek

religion apart

that's right they must be punished they

must

blasphemy cannot be allowed cannot be

allowed i tell you no

no way punish them that's right he

deserves to be punished for his lies

they must die for their actions i tell

you they must die

do not overreact now this is a very

heavy sentence

it must be deliberated further before

passing

we will come to a decision on this

matter in the next session of the

council meeting that has been decided

this meeting is over

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god's sake what have you done hello

god

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i had no choice grandfather

it was a divine command

but the rabbis of the temple

are in truth far from worshipping the

lord

so how come you were ordered to pray

with these people

when i entered the coots and stood to

pray behind the rabbis in our lord's

holy temple

everything that i needed to know was

unveiled before my eyes

grandfather i saw angels standing in

rows

i know they were waiting for me to enter

so they could start their ceremony

their beauty was breathtaking they all

circled around me to welcome me

all of a sudden the atmosphere was

filled with a wonderful fragrance

a stunning bright light came from the

right hand side of kudz

and that was when i heard it that's when

i heard a voice coming from the light

it called out my name along with the

name of three other women

that voice was so beautiful oh

grandfather the way it said those names

one of the names the angels uttered with

reverence was so beautiful that

hearing it made me tremble with such joy

inside my body

i almost wept suddenly my entire being

was overflowing with love for this woman

i was so fulfilled by the source of this

love that the angels standing around me

spontaneously bowed before me

they actually bowed before me

grandfather can you imagine it

before me

then they called on me just as they

called on the other three women to be

patient when faced with the hardships

that lie ahead

and then we stood to prayer towards

codes along with the angels at our side

for women you are

our lord's four chosen women of the

universe

and that woman

be proud of yourself mary she's the

greatest lady in the universe

she's the daughter of god's final

messenger

you for women are the pride and joy of

the inhabitants of heaven

because you are the source of innocence

purity and piety

yes be proud of yourself mary and

i'm not sure perhaps try up there

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foreign

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hello do you know where hillel is hello

i'm not sure

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you have ruined all of my hard work old

man

i had him at the brink of death in front

of every one of the rabbis

why did you interfere listen now

we can't fool ourselves he truly is

god's messenger

issachar be fearful of god

i for one know that you're not worried

about our religion

you've surrendered to your baser

instincts my problem is your

incompetency

my problem is you ignoring the future of

the jewish people

yesterday it was imran today at

zechariah tomorrow it will probably be

mary

oh god save your chosen people from this

poison

why are you shouting isika listen to me

the jewish people are the most superior

race on this earth

all the world's politics and wealth must

be under our people's soul control

i will destroy anyone who tried to

prevent that from happening

be here prophet or anyone else that's my

final word

i swear i will not let anyone get in my

way do you understand

dear lord was this the path and custom

of moses's religion

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grandfather yes ma'am

i know that i'm causing you trouble

grandfather

what's going to happen i don't know

zechariah

zechariah good news good news zechariah

tell me what is it joseph

elizabeth

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elizabeth come

come and see him it's john

our dear baby john

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john john thank god

i can't thank the lord enough for this

great blessing he's bestowed upon us

this is john he shall see and

acknowledge the savior of the israelites

he shall bear witness

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oh his face is so beautiful and familiar

i feel like i've known him for years

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now

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and hello to you you're so beautiful

so

all of the world's birds and creatures

sing your praise dear lord

so i beg you to let me do the same as

well

uh

lonely flower you too have been touched

by him

by his beauty

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ah

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am

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oh

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oh

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oh

you