I originally planned to answer DQ#3. Belshazzar repeatedly offered the one who would interpret the "Hand Writing on the Wall".... However, this Sunday's third in the series of five episodes of “The Bible” touched on the Babylonian captivity. The whole episode of “the handwriting on the wall” was left out of the series. This was a missed opportunity to point out that Belshazzar was co-regent with his father and ruling Babylon at that time. Biblical critics use the claim that Belshazzar's father was king as a means to discredit the Book of Daniel. The offer by Belshazzar to promote the Chaldean who could interpret the handwriting on the wall to the position of the third ruler of the kingdom seems to be overlooked by these experts.
The first episode in the series had some impressive special effects.The flood and the parting of the Red Sea were phenomenal.
Episode Two included realistic violence in keeping with biblical fact. What was not brought out was that when God ordered the destruction of an entire city he was not being capricious; rather he was ordering the elimination of bloodlines that had been totally corrupted. The Nephilim would have been in a bridge too far for the mainstream so God came out looking more like a bully that a righteous God.
The fall of the northern kingdom seems to have been totally ignored in week three. Daniel and his friends were portrayed as 30-40 year-olds, not as teenagers. Daniel was shown as terrified when he was thrown into the Lions’ den, not the brave Daniel of the Bible. The gates of Babylon were thrown open to allow Cyrus king of Persia entrance, rather than Darius’ slipping into the kingdom in advance.
The first three of five episodes of the miniseries "The Bible" ignored most messianic prophecies so an opportunity to lend more credibility to the divinity of Jesus was missed. The prophecy of Isaiah concerning the virgin birth was about the only messianic prophecy I caught. While beautifully done, the manger scene was reminiscent of the Christmas pageants of my childhood.
This series seems to be reaching the mainstream public. Little wonder the lame stream media felt the need to criticize it as being too white. It seems that the good guys are really rather white and the bad guys are of a darker complexion. Actually, Samson was played by a black actor, go figure. There was a comment made that the character playing Satan looked like Obama.
“'The Bible': Satan Actor Looks Like Obama In History Channel Miniseries”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/the-bible-satan-obama_n_2900509.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment
“The Bible” is produced by Reality-TV producer Mark Burnett and his wife, Roma Downey who starred in the TV series "Touched by an Angel". Trying to shoe-hone the Bible into 10 hours would be difficult at best. If the series encourages people to pick up the Bible and actually read it what a blessing.
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