Agape EasterPresentation 'Bend the Knee' A Success
'Jesus' (StephenEbanks) receives a whipping from the Roman soldiers prior to crucifixion
The performance of one of this year's captivatingEaster dramatic musical, 'Bow the Knee', put on by members ofthe Agape Family Worship Centre last Sunday, was a treat for allthose fortunate to be present.
The audience in attendance found the musicalto be exciting, moving, inspiring, emotional and powerful. Itwas a dramatic musical presentation produced and directed by PastorAl and
Kathy Ebanks and performed by members ofAgape Family Worship Centre.
This musical 'Bow the Knee' presented atrue message and meaning of Easter regarding the death and resurrectionof Jesus Christ as seen through the eyes of Anthony, a Roman Centurionwho had many encounters with Jesus. Anthony accompanied by hisservant Eli, witnessed firsthand many of the miracles performedby Jesus which included healing the blind, lame and deaf and theraising from the dead of a young child and the healing of hisown beloved servant Benjamin.
The play depicts Jesus going through theland healing the sick and oppressed and preaching the Gospel tohis followers until his betrayal by Judas Iscariot and his arrestin the Garden of Gethsemane. He is then brought before Pilate'scourt and questioned and the same persons whom he had healed andministered to cried out for Him to be crucified.
The Agape Choirexcelled with a powerful supporting role
Torn between his allegiance to Caesar andhis conviction that Jesus is the Christ, Anthony is given thetask of crucifying Jesus. He obeys, although reluctantly and hasJesus crucified. Upon seeing Jesus hanging from the cross andrealizing that God has sent his only Son to die on the cross forhis sins, Anthony finally breaks down and "Bows the Knee"before Jesus and confessing Him as King of Kings and the Lordof Lords.
The play ends with an earthquake and thestone that sealed the tomb being rolled away and the soldiersrunning in fear and unbelief at the glorious resurrection of Jesusfrom the dead. His followers when visiting the tomb and seeingthat it was empty ran into the village and spread the Good Newswith their fellow disciples that Jesus was alive.
This production was a wonderful and heartwarmingrendition of the Easter story and had vibrant special effectsand scenery. The cast and support crew for the presentation wereapproximately 60 persons and represented the largest performanceever done by Agape.
Pastor Al Ebanks, who confirmed that theremight be "more encore performances may be possible basedon audience response", performed welcome and Opening Prayer.