Part 1 of Essay
was produced by the Elna M. Smith Foundation and performed in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in September of 1998. The beautiful scenery of the Ozark Mountains was the setting for this outdoor production. The play opens with an introduction of Jesus by scripture. "In the beginning was the word, and the word was made flesh to ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... The soldiers and an angry group of people go to Jesus in the garden. They tell Jesus that they are looking for the man who claims to be the Son of God, the Messiah. At this point Jesus steps toward them and says, "I am he". The guards arrested Jesus and took him before the Sanhedrin Counsel. The crisis of the play is when Jesus is crucified upon the cross. He dies an agonizing death and it is not until his death that many of the people believe that he was the Son of God. The reversal took place and the play ....