Second Passion of the Christ-Three Days in Hell-Resurrection

By Matthew Glen Jones

Matthew Jones' 'MoonPie in Knox County' is a captivating journey through the life of a man deeply entrenched in spiritual warfare. His transparency in recounting both triumphs and tribulations as a street preacher, counselor, and businessman is truly inspiring. Born and raised in Knox County, Indiana, Jones faced violence from a young age but fo

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Media Reviews
• Release date: Mar 14, 2024
• ISBN: 9781961395503

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Copyright © 2024 by Matthew Glen Jones, previous copyrights 2006,2015,2023

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Screenplay is found originally printed with the author’s autobiography, entitled MoonPie in Knox County

Ownership Transferred to: The Jerusalem Rabbinical Trust, Matthew and Cheryl Jones, Trustees

Some characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to the real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

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Contents

Narration

Act I

Scene 1 Beginning Of Day I

Jesus And Satan

Scene II

Esay, Solomon, Rehoboam, And High Priest

Scene III

Pharaihs, Methophemes

Act II

Scene I Beginning Of The Second Day

King Og, Giant Anak, Goliath, Talmai Beginning Of The Second Day-Saturday

Act III

Scene I Beginning Of The Third Day

Herod The Great, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, Alexander The Great, Jezabel, Queen Athaliah, Cain, King Saul

Scene II

Continuation Of The Third Day

Achilles And King Priam Of Troy, Nimrod, Ptolemy, Prince Of Tyrus

Act IV

Scene I Beginning Of The Fourth Day: Resurrection!

Major Prophets

Scene II Pilate’s Throne Room

Scene III In Front Of The Temple / Adam, Eve, Able, Seth

Scene IV Streets Of Jerusalem / King David, Jesse

Scene V Atthe Temple / John The Baptist’s Followers

Scene VI At The Great Bronze Bowl / John The Baptist

Scene VII Citizens Of Jerusalem / Caiaphas, Prince Jonathan

Scene VIII Enters The Temple

Scene IX Inner Court / Queen Esther

Scene X Outside The Temple

Ascension: Jesus, Gabriel, King David, Goliath, Solomon, King Saul, Prince Jonathan, Jezabel, Cleopatra, King Priam, Achilles, Giants, King Of Israel

THREE DAYS IN HELL

A Treatment by Chris Sandel

From the opening act, to the final curtain the bell tolls time and time again, in this controversial, original Screenplay by Matthew Glen Jones. No metaphors and no punches pulled in his story of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Our writer’s subject knowledge and obvious gift for creating interesting dialogue are sharply evident as this body of work was so enjoyable that I devoured it in one sitting. Throughout this screenplay I was bombarded with imagery and language that piqued my curiosity in a subject not typically interesting to me. Visions of Jesus on the cross and his foe Satan mercilessly antagonizing him were wild in my imagination. Satan, Hell’s henchmen by his side, guarding, and protecting him, Jesus perseverance evident throughout, as he is truly an inspirational player in this script. It’s difficult not to sympathize with Ishmael in his revealing testimony, as he, scorns his father for not loving him, and denounces Jesus only to be forgiven by our Son of God.

Historically, not enough is made of Solomon’s transformation from King to cast out who believes in Jesus in Hell and becomes his follower: an interesting exchange with Jesus ensues and Solomon summarizes well their discussion. Solomon’s physical appearance changing as he becomes the first in Hell to change his beliefs. This is followed almost immediately by Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, renouncing his sin and subsequently gaining forgiveness as well. I found myself beginning to identify with each of these characters in one way or another, and could not help but be moved as historic figures respond to Jesus.

Throughout our next act the Pharaoh of Egypt sends a servant to confront Jesus and orders Jesus to follow him to his highness. My pulse quickened as I imagined a mass of Millions of Pharaohs’ Followers shouting and of Jesus’ testimony to Pharaoh and his servant Methophemese listening, as he orders the Pharoah to repent of his sins. Jesus then speaks of His devotion to his Father, who would have sent him to save Methophemese, if he were The only soul in Hades. Powerful stuff!

The writing direction of the camera in and out of scenes is notable, although exterior and interior are never established. This minor detail can be discussed in the face of excellent camera direction as a whole, evident at the close of Act I, Scene III.

With Act IV comes the Resurrection of the Prophets and Saints and a verse from Matthew 27: 50-54 Truly this was the Son of God with this, once again, our writer sets the scene beautifully and appears to have created some very original dialogue of what might have been said by town folk in Jerusalem as Resurrected Prophets and Saints begin to appear just out of their graves, clothed in grave wrappings and little else. This scene has fantastic possibilities’ for movie adaptation and effects. Some humor ensures as one citizen conversing with Isaiah, who claims to have just risen from the dead, is skeptical and wonders if he has brought home a crazy man; one can only imagine how one might react these days. Two rather short scenes are followed by a wonderful Act IV Scene I with Isaiah on the steps of the temple giving testimony. Our writers’ perspective reference to Mary being Christ’s virgin mother seems forced, this script might read better here with more variety. I do however enjoy some of the other terms of reference a great deal. A term like Jesus who is called the word become flesh was new to me and important. I think to make note of all Act II marks the beginnings of the second day and a passage from the bible. Genesis 6: 1-10, these scripture passages, though not our writer’s original work do nicely to set the scenes and this one about Noah is no exception.

Act II, Scene I, is brilliantly designed and consists of expressive dialogue between Jesus and the king of the giants, King OG. Historically not enough is made of the origin of these fabled creatures. I would not have known that King OG was a notable character in biblical history if not for this script. Our writer directs us nicely as he instructs the camera to pan an enormous arena, where hundreds of thousands of giants are located. Many are chained at the arms and legs. Satan also appears in this scene as a giant for yet another battle of wills with our hero. One can easily conclude that this scene has limitless cinematic possibilities.

Some character building becomes necessary in upcoming scenes and our writer spares us any undue pain by continuous barrage of imaginary and timely dialogue. His work seems refined and has a sense of rhythm that is remarkable, and seemingly very inspired body of work two thirds of the way through and building speed.

The third day in our timeline begins Act III. Satan and Jesus still locked in a heated battle of wills. It becomes increasingly clear that Jesus has nothing but disdain for his fallen comrade. Words like disgust and wretched are tossed about and I’m beginning to sense that our writer is passionate about this content. To imagine a scene where Jesus calls all the Kings of Israel to come off of their crosses is awesome, even to those who may not believe as passionately as our writer clearly does. I think all people can become exhilarated as they imagine Jesus throwing open the gates of hell and Satan screaming with all the fallen angels and demons. I was visibly excited as I read Act III and in an instant millions leave hell!

As Jesus triumphs in the end I could not help but recognize this as more than just a good trumps evil tale from our history. I have since reading this, discovered that this story is almost exactly as it is told in the Bible. Sure, our writer embellishes certain points and sometimes leaves little for the reader to imagine on his own, but in the end it’s always been a story about all of us. It’s about what we all need from each other. It’s about having something to believe in and being willing to make sacrifices for that belief. This screenplay was originally described to me as the sequel to the Passion of the Christ but for me it didn’t read that way: Matthew Glen Jones seems to have created anything but a sequel to this movie and I’m pleased to say that he appears to have a style all his own.

Aside from the