{"product_id":"anna-of-jerusalem","title":"Anna of Jerusalem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe resurrection was only the beginning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForty days after the empty tomb, Jesus ascends into heaven and leaves His followers to face Jerusalem alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnna watches the apostles preach boldly in Solomon's Portico while the Sanhedrin tightens its grip, and her father Joseph's household becomes a refuge for believers the authorities want silenced. Her husband Andrew proclaims a risen Messiah in the shadow of the temple, and at Pentecost the movement explodes: three thousand baptized in a single day, tongues of fire descending, the Holy Spirit falling on gathered crowds who came as strangers and left as family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the authorities are watching. And they will not wait forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs miracles multiply and opposition rises, Anna navigates the weight of what she carries and the growing danger. Around her, a community must learn what it means to follow a risen Christ when Rome rules, and the temple wants them gone. What Jesus taught beside the roads of Galilee must now be lived in the streets of Jerusalem.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome will be arrested. Some will flee. And some will pay the ultimate price.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe church is being born. But that birth comes in blood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBook 4 of The Arimathea Chronicles. For readers who loved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mark of the Lion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eseries by Francine Rivers,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAnna of Jerusalem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebrings the explosive early years of the church to life through the eyes of a woman who stood at the cross and must now decide what she is willing to risk for what comes after.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susanne Blumer Books","offers":[{"title":"Unsigned","offer_id":54040174297382,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signed","offer_id":54040174264614,"sku":null,"price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/1717\/4566\/files\/annaofjerusalem_b8ec6791-c1d0-4e1b-9adf-f3006194358d.jpg?v=1791253226","url":"https:\/\/susanneblumer.com\/products\/anna-of-jerusalem","provider":"Susanne Blumer Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}