King of Glory is a Gospel presentation in video and book format. This superb resource is designed to be suitable for all ages and across different cultures. It would perhaps particularly appeal to children aged 8-13, but older children and adults would also find it engaging. King of Glory was written by Paul D. Bramsen of Rock International and illustrated by Arminda San Martín.
In the author’s words, King of Glory “weaves together 70 key stories to show the big picture of God’s purpose and plan for mankind. . . . . More than half of the book’s Old Testament scenes are from Genesis 1 to 4. These stories provide solid foundations to help a person see why they need a Savior and why it was necessary for that Savior to shed His blood for our sins.” Bramsen describes the message of King of Glory in a nutshell, as “The cross explained”. It is, by design, selective – for example, the prophecies about Jesus in the Psalms and the Old Testament prophets are covered in just one very short chapter; the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost is not mentioned. But what it does cover is told well and in a way that is faithful to Scripture.
Paul Bramsen says, “The Lord began to put into my heart a burden to produce an illustrated book that would make His story and message clear to people of all ages and cultures—giving special care to present it in a way that could penetrate Muslim minds and hearts.”
Bramsen tells us, “We produced this film because we see the urgent and widespread need for a captivating audio-visual gospel tool for all ages in many languages that chronologically presents the big picture of God’s plan of redemption, using key Old Testament stories to explain why the Messiah shed His blood on the cross for our sins. We wanted a movie that would powerfully communicate to people of all cultures and worldviews. King of Glory doesn’t use actors, which can distract the audience or even date a movie; it uses paintings. It avoids clearly showing the face of Jesus and rarely shows the faces of the prophets, since that can offend Muslims. . . . . Most importantly, this movie exists to do what Jesus did on the Emmaus Road: “And beginning at Moses [Genesis] and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” (Luke 24:27).”
King of Glory is designed to be watched in 15 episodes, each around 15 minutes long. It’s also available in a 70-episode format: each episode corresponds to one of the 70 ‘scenes’ in the book, and is around 3 to 4 minutes long. It’s also available for purchase as a two-part DVD or Blu-ray set, or as a digital download. In the DVD and Blu-ray sets, the Old Testament runs 1 hour and 47 minutes; the New Testament runs for 1 hour and 55 minutes. This two-part movie is available in multiple languages. The narrative in all versions is a word-for-word presentation of the text in the book’s 70 stories, or scenes, as they are called.
The main webpage for the King of Glory movie is HERE. From this page you can download and watch it for free in either the 15-session or 70-session versions, or purchase the DVD or Blu-ray sets, or the digital download. Alternatively, the YouTube playlist for the 70-session version is available HERE.
The 8-page conclusion in the King of Glory book, entitled The Message in the Story is available in video format HERE.
The main webpage for the King of Glory book is HERE. From this page you can, among other things, download the book free of charge in English and in various other languages. An Illustrated Study Guide, plus an Answer Key, is available HERE.
You can read more about the story behind the production of this movie HERE. Paul and Carol Bramsen have served in the Muslim world context since 1981, first in Senegal, and later with an expanded focus to reach Muslims and others through multi-language radio broadcasts, books, booklets and now the movie.
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