Adorned in silver threaded garments, Herod shines bright on the deck of his Caesarea Maritime palace. Adulation rises up from the crowd "This is the voice of a god, not of a man!" However, because Herod fails to give praise to the One True and Living God, he is immediately judged and suffers a short and fully tormented death - a visual premonition of what lies ahead for the wicked and the unbelieving.