ASSIGNMENT # A 113
Course: T6217 (Milestones in the World Civilizations-Egyptian civilization to the World Wars.)
ROLL # 1218

As I was coming home from the first masquerade ball that the world had ever seen I heard a sickening crunch and the whirring of gears clashing against one another, as I stepped out of my time machine I realized I was far away from home, not sure what to expect I stepped back inside and clicked the info button, the automated female voice told me that I had landed in Jerusalem during the Roman siege of the city. “Herod and Roman General Gaius Sosius wrest Judea from Antigonus II Mattathias, culminating in the siege of the city.” Was the last thing I hear before the entire machine shuts down due to lack of energy, frustrated I pull my cloak out of the machine and hide it behind some bushes while it recharges its solar powered batteries. The cloak not only manages to conceive me but it also transformers into the clothes of the people from that era to make me less conspicuous as I looked down I saw that I was wearing a simple tunic that was up till my ankles and it was plain white with such a thin rope acting as a belt at the waist. The soldiers running about around me were wearing the armor of God complete with the helmet, the pilum(which was the spear they used), the woolen tunic on which they wore the metal jacket, the embosses shield and finally the caligae(footwear). I decided to jump to 7 B.C to when Christ was born. After landing in Bethlehem I made my way to the little hut that Jesus was born in. When I reached the hut I saw I was just in time, the three wise men had already reached and had given baby Jesus gold, frankincense and myrrh. As I was roaming around I heard about how King Herod was so terrified of the new King of Jews that he sent out an order to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem who were under 2 years old, I quickly made my way back to the hut just in time to see Joseph explaining to Mary that he had a dream in which an angel had arrived and told him to run and hide in Egypt along with Jesus and Mary. The angel told him not to come back here unless Herod was dead. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son." I made my way back to the time machine and jumped ahead to when Jesus was to be baptized. I quietly followed behind him as he made his way to the river Jordan where John the Baptist was baptizing and preaching to the people who flocked to him there. After he does so and Jesus emerges from the water, the sky opens and a voice from Heaven states, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased". The Holy Spirit then descends upon Jesus as a dove. I decided to seek refuge in a house in Jordan in order to rejuvenate before continuing my quest, a kind old couple took me in, even though their hut was extremely small it was stable and had a strong roof, the old man was wearing wore a belt – a four-inch wide leather belt or cloth “girdle” and simple sandals on his feet. He also wore a white cloth over his head to protect him from the sun. The woman was also wearing a woollen tunic which was embroidered near the neck and an upper mantel that she used as a veil. For dinner we had a large meal with cheese, wine, vegetables and fruits, and eggs. There was also fish which was boiled and seasoned with salt, onions, garlic, cumin, coriander, mint, dill, and mustard. I skipped ahead to the time before which Jesus was going to transfigure. He took three of his disciples, Peter, John and James, to the top of the mountain where his face shone like the sun and his clothes turned a brilliant white and the other prophets Moses and Elijah appeared next to him, as he spoke to them, a heavenly voice from above said "This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him." I could tell from the looks on the faces of the disciples that this was a changing moment in their faith towards him. I skipped past the performance of other miracles like changing water to wine, walking on water and healing the sick to the Last Supper, the day when the Passover was sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said, "Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?"
Jesus sent two of them, Peter and John, with these instructions, "Go into the town and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him and say to the owner of the house to which he goes, 'The Master says, where is the room for me to eat the Passover with my disciples?' And he will show you a large upstairs room all ready with the furnishings that we need. That is the place where you are to make our preparations."
Late in the evening he arrived with the twelve. And while they were sitting there, right in the middle of the meal, Jesus remarked, "Believe me, one of you is going to betray me - someone who is now having his supper with me."
This shocked and distressed them and one after another they began to say to him, "Surely, I'm not the one?"
"It is one of the twelve," Jesus told them, "a man who is dipping his hand into the dish with me. It is true that the Son of Man will follow the road foretold by the scriptures, but alas for the man through whom he is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had never been born."
And while they were still eating Jesus took a loaf, blessed it and broke it and gave it to them with the words, "Take this, it is my body."
Then he took a cup, and after thanking God, he gave it to them, and they drank from it, and he said to them "This is my blood which is shed for many in the new agreement. I tell you truly I will drink no more wine until the day comes when I drink it fresh in the kingdom of God!"
When they retreated to the garden of Gethsemane for prayer, Jesus announces “Here comes my betrayer.” And Judas walks in and kisses him on the cheek, immediately the roman soldiers descend on him and arrest him. I follow them out as they take them to Pilate. Pilate tries to subdue the crowd by lashing him with the roman flagrant 120 times. But the crowd is still not satiated; Jesus then has to climb up to the tallest mountain carrying the cross on his wounded shoulders. The crowd also makes him wear the crown of thrones to humiliate him as others had called him the King of Jews and he then nailed to the cross at his wrists and his ankles, after he is proclaimed dead they wrap him in a shroud and place him in a tomb, when Mary Magdalene goes inside the tomb to pay her respects she screams because the shroud is cast aside and the body is missing. After that I was unable to keep a track of where Jesus went so I decided to make my way back home to my century awed by all that I had witnessed.