Not pictured or portrayed: the trumpet blast preceding this gathering.
Moments pages are Spoilers Off. You Have Been Warned.
- "In The Beginning": The very opening scene itself, depicting the Creation story in a condensed form, nonetheless shows us in spectacular fashion what the series will be offering as far as the CGI rendering is concerned. It helps that the swelling of the majestic-sounding Background Music enhances the creative power that we see portrayed on the screen.Then God said, "Let there be light."
- Michael expelling Lucifer from Heaven, starting with a blast of light from his chest-plate and wings and a hail of rocks from a nearby wall that stun Lucifer just as he's about to swing his sword.
Michael: You have sinned against the Lord, and for that you shall be banished! - "Let My People Go": The parting of the Red Sea is generally depicted as an awesome moment in most media where it's portrayed. In this episode, it's no different...but here, we get to see that it's one for both God and Moses—God, for being the One who directs it, and Moses for being the instrument by which it happens. It helps that God's deep, commanding voice moments beforehand sets up the moment perfectly
.God: Moses, why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. - "The Ten Commandments": Exodus 32 outlines just how angry Moses got when he came down from Mount Sinai and saw the Israelites worshiping the golden calf; in this episode, we get to see him in full Unstoppable Rage mode, culminating in him physically pushing the golden calf, which is the size of an actual calf, off its high pedestal. To put that act in perspective: a single gold bar weighs 12.4 kilograms (roughly 27 pounds), and the idol has obviously been molded from way more gold than that. Moses, at the time of the Sinai experience, is in his 80s. He single-handedly, without any form of aid, pushes over a heavy life-sized gold idol that, given his age and its approximate weight, he normally shouldn't be able to even budge—that's how mad at the Israelites he is.Moses: IDOLATERS!
- "Roar": Daniel opening his bedroom window? A rather ho-hum act that just about anybody can do. Daniel opening his bedroom window because he's not going to hide the fact that he's praying to God, even though getting caught will mean he'll go into the lions' den (and for which cause Chris had previously shut the window to try and prevent such a fate), with glorious-looking sunlight coming into the room as a result of said window-opening and with majestic-sounding music all throughout? That right there is facing possible death with calm trust in God combined with Mundane Made Awesome.
- "Miracles of Jesus": In this episode, Satan watches and laughs as the disciples struggle to keep the boats from capsizing during the storm on the Sea of Galilee. Well, when the disciples wake Jesus up to save them, what does He do?Jesus: (standing at the head of the boat) I rebuke you!(a burst of holy energy erupts outward and sends Satan flying back)Jesus: Peace. Be still. (the sea gets calm a moment later)
- "Revelation": Jesus leading an army of angels from Heaven (as shown in the page image) to destroy Satan's forces. Also counts as a Big Damn Heroes moment as it happens right when Satan and his army have the kids cornered.Jesus: BEGONE, SATAN!
- Prior to that, Gizmo has a smaller but still epic moment of his own. Satan has just caused several huge trees to grow in order to trap Chris with him, blocking Joy and Gizmo from reaching them in the process. Joy cries out for Gizmo to do something. What does Gizmo do? He backs out a pair of buzz-saw blades from his wrists and immediately starts drilling into the trees, creating a hole big enough for Chris to leap through.
- "Elijah and the Prophets of Baal": During the showdown on Mount Carmel, after the titular prophets of Baal fruitlessly seek to have their idol bring fire from heaven to consume their sacrifice, Elijah rebuilds the altar of God, then has the kids pour water all over his sacrifice, and then calmly and reverently implores God to show the people that He is the one and only true God. And God obliges in epic fashion.
- "Solomon's Temple": The dedication of the titular temple to God is a very reverent affair...and it's crowned by the glory of God Himself entering the structure.
- "Jesus in the Wilderness": Jesus, physically weak from his 40 days of fasting and mentally worn out after having just endured the three temptations Satan has put Him through, implores God to revive Him. God's response is nothing short of majestic.
- "Paul and Barnabas": During the episode's teaser, the Jewish leaders order Peter and the disciples to be flogged and threatened never to preach again in Jesus's name. Peter's response is pure Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! in fine form.Peter: I rejoice because I am counted worthy to suffer in Jesus's name. And others will follow in our footsteps. They will be His witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth!
- "Isaiah": In flashback, Isaiah explains that as a young man, he saw the glory of God's heavenly tabernacle just when he was given the chance to become God's prophet. The moment starts here at the 3:50 mark.
- Gizmo unveils his latest gadget for Chris and Joy to use. What is it? He can transform into a jet-powered all-terrain vehicle.
- A flashback shows that the Assyrian king, Sennacherib, has sent his army captain to deliver a message to King Hezekiah in which he insults God's ability to protect Jerusalem. Well, right near the end of the episode, God demonstrates exactly why blaspheming and insulting Him is NEVER a good idea—by sending one angel to smite 185,000 of the Assyrian army, crippling Sennacherib's forces.
God: Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel! I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble. That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. But I know you well—where you stay and when you come and go. I know the way you have raged against Me. And because of your raging against Me and your arrogance, which I have heard for Myself, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came. - "Jesus—Friend of Sinners": The kids are trapped in a dark alley by some residents who are throwing stones (they're hunting the woman who will later wash Jesus's feet with the expensive ointment, and have mistaken the kids for her). Gizmo's response? He brings out a massive rubber shield that sprouts from his chest and deflects the stones, even sending some right back at the throwers and forcing them to flee.
- "Paul Keeps the Faith": While it's largely a funny moment (and is also listed under the series' funny moments), there's no denying that Gizmo's use of a camera-strobe-light to blind Nero's guards, to facilitate the kids rescuing Christian believer Julia from interrogation and execution, is just as awesome as it is funny. Bonus points for Gizmo willingly tarrying a few extra seconds just to blind the guards again with the strobe-light (another funny bit in itself).
- "Love Your Enemies": As tragic as Stephen's death is, his "The Reason You Suck" Speech to the Jewish leaders beforehand is still utterly epic.Stephen: You stubborn and hard-headed people, you are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, who have received the law by the direction of angels and have! Not! Kept it!
