Jesus officially declares war on the dragon. Launching an attack, he wins the first battle easily. The people start to think he is the greatest exorcist ever! Then disappointment sets in when they realize he is actually more interested in preaching than in doing miracles for them.

Jesus recruits his first followers and performs three miracles, proving that he has power to control animals, power to cleanse the body of sickness, and power to cleanse the spirit. Some people begin to wonder if he might be more than just a great exorcist.

Jesus starts to break local religious rules. The Pharisees confront him. In response, Jesus makes a joke, asks a riddle they can’t answer, and then gets them to admit that they are totally uptight jerks. No one laughs.

Jesus starts to tear down the religious walls that have kept the people separated from each other and from God. He tells everyone to stop trying to build paradise for themselves and let him do it.

Jesus meets a soldier and a widow, and is wrenched with compassion. Meanwhile, John the Baptist sends a message from prison: why are you so hard-hearted? If you really are the Messiah, hurry up and save us!

Jesus is invited to a dinner party, lets a prostitute touch him, and teases his host with a riddle about love, true love.

The crowds continue to be obsessed with Jesus’ miracles instead of his preaching. Irritated, Jesus tells his disciples that from now on he will preach in code, using parables, and soon those who don’t ask for explanation will lose their chance to hear God’s Word — and their chance to benefit from his miracles.

Jesus goes on a cruise with his disciples. As the war with the dragon heats up, his miracles get bigger, better, more amazing — but Jesus keeps his promise: he begins to hide his miracles from the crowds.

Jesus sends out twelve men as captains to raise an army for him. He organizes and feeds the army. The disciples realize Jesus is God’s chosen king, they are definitely on the winning side, they are ready to march off to Judgement Day! — but Jesus says, “Hold on, not so fast, guys, I’ve got some bad news…”

God the Father meets Jesus on a mountain and confirms that he has earned the right to be crowned king. The disciples start to assert themselves as ministers of God’s coming kingdom — only to get the smack down from Jesus: apparently there is a hidden cost to victory, and it is too soon to celebrate.