In a universe abandoned by God, an all-powerful evil lurks in the heavens and devours the spirits of the dead, while on earth the Roman Empire still rules in the year 2000 AD. Those who know of their world’s darkest secret search for a divine truth which will allow them to leave the material realm. To escape the evil which consumes humanity, they seek a knowledge of the god who once turned his back on mankind and left them to their eternal destruction, a knowledge known as the gnosis.

Twelve such men journey to Jerusalem in search of a man who is said to possess the gnosis. The Jews believe this man will be their messiah and lead them in a new holy war against Rome. But the twelve believe he holds the key to a mysterious gate which separates their world from the most powerful of gods. While some will follow him, others will despise him. While some will try to use him, others will attempt to kill him, for this man is the resurrected Hebrew prophet, Jesus of Nazareth.