The Chosen wraps filming: 'I know God's power'
The creator of the biblical series filmed the final scene with the same boat from season one and shared his thoughts minutes later.
Dallas Jenkins, creator of The Chosen, filmed the last scene of the series on Thursday and spoke minutes later with CBN News. He said he knows God's power and that he now sees it closer.
That same day he invited a CBN News team to the set in Texas to witness the final take. In the scene, the disciples appeared on a boat. And it wasn't just any boat: it's the same one used in the first season.
The boat that closes the circle
For Jenkins, that detail matters. He said that God has met them many times on those waters and that he only feels gratitude. He also said he feels good because he no longer has days or seasons pending: they did the work they set out to do and God provided what was needed.
«The story of Jesus is true with or without cameras, with or without seasons.»
The series' audience surpassed 100 million people, CBN News reported. Jenkins states that the number didn't change the mission. They continue "trying to do the work for God," humble, surrendered, and working (Sígueme translation).
Success didn't change the mission; it only made it more visible. For those who work—study, start a business, care for someone, serve in their church—the temptation is the same: confusing reach with calling.
That boat saved from the first season tells me something about faithfulness. The end leans on the beginning, not the other way around. There are jobs that are sustained by repeating the same thing well, without seeking the new hit.
What seven seasons taught him
Jenkins said he has been a believer for as long as he can remember and that he knows God's power. But while making the series, he understood something he hadn't been so clear about before: how intimate and personal God is. He shared it minutes after the last take, without embellishment.
It sounds like the testimony of someone who spent years telling a story and ended up telling something else: that God was close during the process. That can't be achieved with a budget.
When a series ends
The Chosen wraps filming and many of us feel it. Many watched it at home, in small group, on their phone on the way to work. It's normal for it to hurt a little.
But no series sustains anyone's faith. The story of Jesus is true with or without cameras, with or without seasons, with or without a platform to broadcast it.
The end of a filming doesn't close the gospel. It leaves it where it always was: in your hands and in your life.
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men" (Colossians 3:23, ESV). That verse applies to the film set, but also to your study desk and your Saturday shift.
Before you go: what scene from The Chosen marked you? Tell us without spoilers, because there are still those just starting. And if the series brought you closer to reading the Gospels, don't stay on the screen: open Luke or John this week.
