What have you Chosen to Watch this Season?

What are you watching on television these days?

Many times, I think it might be wise to just throw the television out with the trash. There is precious little worthwhile to watch anymore. My husband and I pretty much resort to re-runs of Andy Griffith and the like. Even “Christian” themed shows are far from the truth and usually pretty cheesy.

But recently, many friends have been raving about a new series called The Chosen. Have you seen it? We have seen it advertised quite a bit and with all my friends raving about it, we decided to take a peak and see what we thought.

First Viewing

The first few episodes didn’t catch my attention well. I was tempted to stop watching halfway through. But I encouraged my husband that maybe we should jump ahead. After all, they were just setting things up and had to use a lot of creative liberty to build the characters.

We did just that and were impressed. So, we went back and watched them all. And since doing that we have been binging on The Chosen every day to try to catch up. We’ll surely be caught up because Season 4 doesn’t start until December 2023. UPtv has been advertising the premiere of season 2 streaming to begin on Palm Sunday, April 2.

What We Think

I’d have to say that they are using Biblical stories and opening eyes to many things you may not have thought about. For example, the many, many people who came to Him for healing. He never turned anyone away, so He had long days of healing at times. Since He was a man, you know that He had to be tired and worn by the end of the day. That was depicted very well. The miracles come alive and we are shown that Jesus took His time with each person. He wanted them to see that He was God and had a plan for their life. The miracles are done superbly.

I’m also seeing more of the possible character of each disciple. They were each quite different. And they mostly had the wrong idea about what Jesus was going to do. Jesus is tenderly leading them to see His plan.

Some Things I love about The Chosen

• Jesus took time with each person before healing them, with no blanket healing.
• The miracles are awesome. I love the reactions of everyone.
• How those touched by Jesus could not keep quiet. “You have got to come to see for yourself.”
• The comradery between Jesus and the disciples; joking and having fun together.

SomeThings I Don’t Love So Much

• There is quite a bit of creative liberty taken to set up one miracle or true event.
• They showed Mary of Magdala returning to her old life and having to be convinced to come back. This is all fictional. Not mentioned in the Bible and I doubt that it happened.
• All the preparations for the Sermon on the Mount. The Bible never indicated that they had a crusade with advertising and Jesus preparing a sermon. As far as I understand, the people came on their own accord. They came for healing and to hear Him speak. It was all word of mouth. There was no “stage” that He preached from. He just got up and started speaking to the crowd.
• Events out of order. If you read the book of Matthew, you find the Sermon on the Mount happened BEFORE Matthew was even called by Jesus.
• Other events are clumped together that in the text were not related to one another.

This program has given me fresh eyes for an “old story”. Come along and see for yourself, But bring your Bible with you. Search for yourself what the Bible says and what is historical fiction.

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