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LeCercleRouge · 03-04-2004, 12:57 AM

Gibson’s movie, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, presents Christianity in its entirety by capturing the enormity of the sacrifice. As you watch the film you feel as if you are a questioner of the Christ and a participant of the trial and execution, and the viewer is left to wonder: “If I were alive at the time, would I have been Judas? Caiaphas? Simon? Or the mother? Pilate, perhaps?”

The Passion is not based on the Gospels, it is the Gospels.

The Passion contains just as much characterization of the Christ as the New Testament testifies.
The Passion contain as much blood-shed, pain and agony as the Gospels relate. But the film doesn’t go far enough. The book of Isaiah (specifically Isaiah 53) is 77 times as painful, agonizing, and bloody as the Passion movie depicts, [Isaiah was written 800 years before Christ and prophesized his suffering and passion]

Those who have never read the New Testament complain that Gibson’s film is without context and omits the teachings of the Christ. This could not be further form the Truth! Christ’s teachings on peace were to soften the hearts of his followers for the coming Kingdom that would descend from Heaven. He spoke frankly to his disciples and entirely in parables to his followers about his coming sacrifice. But his Message was indistinguishable from the Medium. That is to say that Christ Crucified is the Teaching. Christ Crucified is the Message. Christ Crucified is the Good News. Christ Crucified is the Stumbling Block. Christ Crucified is the Way. Christ Crucified is the Purpose.

The reason why Gibson literally flays the flesh off of the Christ is to reveal the Truth of the Son of Man. That Jesus, the Lamb of God, was not human, but Divine, he was so Devine that he could survive with his Blood spilled and with his Flesh flayed from his bones. He shed his Blood and Flesh so that sin and Flesh would die; and through his sacrifice Man would once again have control over his facilities and talents.

For those who wonder why Christians cry themselves senseless as they watch Gibson's movie it is because we believe that our salvation will come only by dying in Christ and being redeemed through His Father’s Forgiveness and Grace.

Gibson’s film attempts to show that the Christ had but one purpose, that he came clothed in Flesh so that he could shed his Flesh and vanquish the Sin residing in the Flesh. Christ came and suffered so that Man might relate to the Medium of the Message (or the Message of the Medium.

03-04-2004, 12:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
LeCercleRouge Actor Join Date: Dec 2003	Gibson’s movie, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, presents Christianity in its entirety by capturing the enormity of the sacrifice. As you watch the film you feel as if you are a questioner of the Christ and a participant of the trial and execution, and the viewer is left to wonder: “If I were alive at the time, would I have been Judas? Caiaphas? Simon? Or the mother? Pilate, perhaps?” The Passion is not based on the Gospels, it is the Gospels. The Passion contains just as much characterization of the Christ as the New Testament testifies. The Passion contain as much blood-shed, pain and agony as the Gospels relate. But the film doesn’t go far enough. The book of Isaiah (specifically Isaiah 53) is 77 times as painful, agonizing, and bloody as the Passion movie depicts, [Isaiah was written 800 years before Christ and prophesized his suffering and passion] Those who have never read the New Testament complain that Gibson’s film is without context and omits the teachings of the Christ. This could not be further form the Truth! Christ’s teachings on peace were to soften the hearts of his followers for the coming Kingdom that would descend from Heaven. He spoke frankly to his disciples and entirely in parables to his followers about his coming sacrifice. But his Message was indistinguishable from the Medium. That is to say that Christ Crucified is the Teaching. Christ Crucified is the Message. Christ Crucified is the Good News. Christ Crucified is the Stumbling Block. Christ Crucified is the Way. Christ Crucified is the Purpose. The reason why Gibson literally flays the flesh off of the Christ is to reveal the Truth of the Son of Man. That Jesus, the Lamb of God, was not human, but Divine, he was so Devine that he could survive with his Blood spilled and with his Flesh flayed from his bones. He shed his Blood and Flesh so that sin and Flesh would die; and through his sacrifice Man would once again have control over his facilities and talents. For those who wonder why Christians cry themselves senseless as they watch Gibson's movie it is because we believe that our salvation will come only by dying in Christ and being redeemed through His Father’s Forgiveness and Grace. Gibson’s film attempts to show that the Christ had but one purpose, that he came clothed in Flesh so that he could shed his Flesh and vanquish the Sin residing in the Flesh. Christ came and suffered so that Man might relate to the Medium of the Message (or the Message of the Medium.