THE RULER, THE SERPENT, AND THE MESSIAH (5)
Scripture: 1 Samuel 9:1, 1 Samuel 11:15
The Ruler, the Serpent, and the Messiah (5)
Series: In Search of a King: The Book of Samuel
Patrick Edwards
1 Samuel 9:1, 1 Samuel 11:15
Introduction
Think of some of the all-time greatest twists in movie history. Spoilers ahead, but you might say Fight Club where we find out at the end that the film’s protagonist is actually the narrator of the movie. Or The Prestige when we find out Christian Bale’s character was actually a twin. How about the original Planet of the Apes where we discover the futuristic planet of talking apes is actually a post-nuclear earth all along. To me, though, it has to be The Sixth Sense where, again spoiler alert, we find out that Bruce Willis has actually been dead the whole movie. The Sixth Sense really brought filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan to fame, notably for big twists and turns in his films. So much so that by his third or fourth film you were going to his movies just to see what the big twist would be, and, unfortunately, I don’t think anything quite lived up to what Shyamalan pulled off in The Sixth Sense. Nevertheless, there are still a number of his films that were fun and enjoyable. I like Signs, even though it’s got its critics. You see, the big twist there is essentially everything happens for a reason. Against the backdrop of an alien invasion, we watch this one family who has been struck by tragedy, going through all these random, seemingly unconnected events. There are all sorts of little things throughout the movie that just leave you wondering what’s going on or why. But then at the very end we see how all these things were connected, that indeed nothing is random and everything happens for a reason. It’s a message not unique to just the film, but rooted in the teachings of the Bible. The Bible teaches that as Creator and King over all, God is sovereign over all things. The doctrine of providence shows us that God is not uninvolved or aloof in regards to His world, but superintends to bring about His pe ...
Series: In Search of a King: The Book of Samuel
Patrick Edwards
1 Samuel 9:1, 1 Samuel 11:15
Introduction
Think of some of the all-time greatest twists in movie history. Spoilers ahead, but you might say Fight Club where we find out at the end that the film’s protagonist is actually the narrator of the movie. Or The Prestige when we find out Christian Bale’s character was actually a twin. How about the original Planet of the Apes where we discover the futuristic planet of talking apes is actually a post-nuclear earth all along. To me, though, it has to be The Sixth Sense where, again spoiler alert, we find out that Bruce Willis has actually been dead the whole movie. The Sixth Sense really brought filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan to fame, notably for big twists and turns in his films. So much so that by his third or fourth film you were going to his movies just to see what the big twist would be, and, unfortunately, I don’t think anything quite lived up to what Shyamalan pulled off in The Sixth Sense. Nevertheless, there are still a number of his films that were fun and enjoyable. I like Signs, even though it’s got its critics. You see, the big twist there is essentially everything happens for a reason. Against the backdrop of an alien invasion, we watch this one family who has been struck by tragedy, going through all these random, seemingly unconnected events. There are all sorts of little things throughout the movie that just leave you wondering what’s going on or why. But then at the very end we see how all these things were connected, that indeed nothing is random and everything happens for a reason. It’s a message not unique to just the film, but rooted in the teachings of the Bible. The Bible teaches that as Creator and King over all, God is sovereign over all things. The doctrine of providence shows us that God is not uninvolved or aloof in regards to His world, but superintends to bring about His pe ...
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