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Whose
Passion:
Mel Gibson's Or The Messiah's??
Brother MattithYah's
Response:
Shabbat Shalom! I haven't seen the movie, and I don't intend to,
but from what I hear, the script is written in Aramaic (I'm surprised
they actually got this close) and late 16th century Latin (a bit late for
the time period which the movie's about). It does have a
clear Catholic twist to it, namely because this
is Gibson's official religion. The Pope has also said "It
is as it was", if that tells us anything. I happen to know for a
fact, though, that women in First Century Jerusalem did not walk around
looking like 16th century nuns, as they do in the movie,
and there are also numerous "additions" to the gospels interwoven into
the film, such as when Yahshua's soul falls to the ground like a meteor, or
when the ravens pluck out the thief's eyes; both events which are
drawn from the supposed visions of two nuns. From what I
hear, an anti-semitic bias also makes the Jews look like the bad guys
and the Romans like pawns, and if it tells us anything again, Mel's father
is a clear-cut anti-semite, and to date, Mel has not publicly
renounced his father's bag of obsurd claims, including his his father's
statement that the holocaust never happened, and many
more.
This movie, and others like
it, also violate three clear Scriptural commands:
Five
Reasons Not To Go And See The Passion Of Christ is a
Protestant view, and presents solid reasons to not see the movie from a
Christian perspective. There are two things in here that I don't
agree with. #1 is their reasoning for why Aramaic and Latin is a bizzare
combination [I believe in Hebrew or Aramaic originals to the N.T].
#2 is their comparison of the extra-biblical material in the film to
the Apocrypha [I accept the Apocrypha as inspired.... just as it
traditionally was 100 years ago]. Otherwise, the "Five Reasons Not To Go
And See The Passion Of Christ" is very good.
The Passion According To Mel Gibson is the Messianic view,
explaining why the Passion movie is not an accurate depiction of Messiah's last
hours, and why the movie is just designed to make you feel physically
sick.
Mel Gibson And The Jews
and The Passion: The Movie And The AfterMath are the (non-messianic) Jewish
perspective. I disagree, of course, with their statements
against Yahshua's Messiahship and the fact that he was Yahweh in the
flesh, as well as their view of the NT, but these essays make some
really good points and provide good insight from the Jewish perspective
which helps us to realize where Christianity is off base.
When the Messianic movement, Talmudic Judaim, and
even Protestants are all saying "Don't watch it", and when the masses are all
supporting it, shouldn't it stand out as a red-flag that we
had better beware? Most folks will
just go and see the movie, have their nightmares and emotional
disturbances once it is through, and never realize that they watched Mel
Gibson's anti-messiah, live on stage. But the question which we have got
to ask is "Whose Passion?" and "Whose Christ?". Yahshua said "Many
shall come in my name and deceive many", and they have been doing it
for 1700+ years. Suppose that we have the experience of a
lifetime by just allowing the REAL MESSIAH to step forward, all on his
own, while all of the imposters LEAVE the
stage.
I do see a definite
need for witnessing to the lost, but I think that our living actions
and explanations will do a much better job than any
movie. I have an article up <on acting and drama> which explains why I believe hollywood and the acting
world in general to be a world of magic deceit, and I might also add
that movies generally aren't a very effective witness for truth, even
when the message is correct, because they operate on emotions instead of
reason, which does not produce a lasting effect.
I hope that this has answered
the question, and, as always, I welcome your thoughts.
Have a wonderful and restful
Shabbat!
Brother MattithYah Part Two: "A Passion For Truth or Lusting After A Lie"www.JoyInTheWorld.info - Yahweh,
Yahshua, Torah Of Messiah
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