2012
Yeap. I watched the movie just today (28th Nov 2009). Overall, the movie was good as many people have testified. I was one of those chair-gripping, action packed movies. But I think the characters were not very well developed. It could be understandable since they are trying to give more screen time to the end-of-the-world theme. Just my two cents though. I seldom watch movies so I can’t criticize much. Haha.
The movie portrayed the so-called ‘end of the world’ but Man was still alive by the end of the movie. True, all the known world was destroyed and the Earth’s geography changed dramatically but Man was still alive to face another 600,000 odd years before the next period where the planets align, cause another mega-solar flare and repeat the whole process again.
I want to say a few things. Firstly, no one on Earth knows when the end of the world will come. This is echoed throughout the pages in the Bible. No Mayan or Mormon will be able to tell when the world will come to an end. Only God the Father knows when the world will come to an end and the time of the final judgement. But you may say, “That is not fair. How do you know the Mayans were not wrong and the world will come to an end at 2012?” All I can say is that we will wait and see. Countless ‘prophecies’ and ‘predictions’ were made on when the world will end and all the dates have come and gone with life going on as usual. So, we will just wait and see what will happen. Honestly, even if I knew the world was going to end in December of 2012, I would just go on living life as normal. Why? I can’t do anything to stop it, can I? So why worry? Just continue living as God would have us live.
Secondly, I would say that the events of the movie could occur at the exact date but the end is yet to come. Why? Because Jesus warned about it before in Matthew 24: 3-8:
3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
4 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,[a]' and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains.
And in Luke 21: 10-11:
10Then he said to them: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
“Famines and earthquakes” , “great earthquakes”, “fearful events” and “great signs from heaven.” But the Bible says that these are “beginning of birth pains”. All these are just the beginning! Even if the Mayan’s were right, they were only right in the sense the predicted “great earthquakes”. But they would be wrong in the prediction of the end of the world, for the end was yet to come.
Lastly, it was interesting to watch in the movie where buildings burned, high structures collapse to the ground like a stack of cards, great monuments destroyed and communications (radio, tv) rendered useless. No, I am not becoming sadistic. But think about it for a moment. All that humans live for and built for thousands of years are all wiped out in a couple of days. Wiped out by what? Wars? Nope. By nature. We as humans have become proud. We think we have made it all by our intelligence, strength and power. “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?” said King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:30. We forget the One who actually does hold the power to give life and to take it away. Because of this pride, we have turned from the decrees of God and gone our own way. We do as we like, committing heinous sins against God and one another.
But God was patient with his dealings with Man. He even send His own Son, Jesus to die for the sins of the whole world, to redeem Man from their prideful rebellion against Him. Even though Jesus resurrected and ascended into heaven, he is coming again; not as Savior but as Judge. Even after God has revealed so much, Man intensifies His rebellion against Him. It is good to notice that Christianity would probably be the most heavily criticized and attacked of all the world religions. Many cults arise out of Christianity, perverting the message of the Gospel and presenting mythical interpretations of who God is. After all God has done and Man still rebel, only wrathful judgement of God is reserved for those who do not believe.
I better stop here. Getting too wordy already. Haha. If I have anymore thoughts, I will post it in a different post. Haha.
Soli Deo Gloria
Ian
The movie portrayed the so-called ‘end of the world’ but Man was still alive by the end of the movie. True, all the known world was destroyed and the Earth’s geography changed dramatically but Man was still alive to face another 600,000 odd years before the next period where the planets align, cause another mega-solar flare and repeat the whole process again.
I want to say a few things. Firstly, no one on Earth knows when the end of the world will come. This is echoed throughout the pages in the Bible. No Mayan or Mormon will be able to tell when the world will come to an end. Only God the Father knows when the world will come to an end and the time of the final judgement. But you may say, “That is not fair. How do you know the Mayans were not wrong and the world will come to an end at 2012?” All I can say is that we will wait and see. Countless ‘prophecies’ and ‘predictions’ were made on when the world will end and all the dates have come and gone with life going on as usual. So, we will just wait and see what will happen. Honestly, even if I knew the world was going to end in December of 2012, I would just go on living life as normal. Why? I can’t do anything to stop it, can I? So why worry? Just continue living as God would have us live.
Secondly, I would say that the events of the movie could occur at the exact date but the end is yet to come. Why? Because Jesus warned about it before in Matthew 24: 3-8:
3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
4 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,[a]' and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains.
And in Luke 21: 10-11:
10Then he said to them: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
“Famines and earthquakes” , “great earthquakes”, “fearful events” and “great signs from heaven.” But the Bible says that these are “beginning of birth pains”. All these are just the beginning! Even if the Mayan’s were right, they were only right in the sense the predicted “great earthquakes”. But they would be wrong in the prediction of the end of the world, for the end was yet to come.
Lastly, it was interesting to watch in the movie where buildings burned, high structures collapse to the ground like a stack of cards, great monuments destroyed and communications (radio, tv) rendered useless. No, I am not becoming sadistic. But think about it for a moment. All that humans live for and built for thousands of years are all wiped out in a couple of days. Wiped out by what? Wars? Nope. By nature. We as humans have become proud. We think we have made it all by our intelligence, strength and power. “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?” said King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:30. We forget the One who actually does hold the power to give life and to take it away. Because of this pride, we have turned from the decrees of God and gone our own way. We do as we like, committing heinous sins against God and one another.
But God was patient with his dealings with Man. He even send His own Son, Jesus to die for the sins of the whole world, to redeem Man from their prideful rebellion against Him. Even though Jesus resurrected and ascended into heaven, he is coming again; not as Savior but as Judge. Even after God has revealed so much, Man intensifies His rebellion against Him. It is good to notice that Christianity would probably be the most heavily criticized and attacked of all the world religions. Many cults arise out of Christianity, perverting the message of the Gospel and presenting mythical interpretations of who God is. After all God has done and Man still rebel, only wrathful judgement of God is reserved for those who do not believe.
I better stop here. Getting too wordy already. Haha. If I have anymore thoughts, I will post it in a different post. Haha.
Soli Deo Gloria
Ian
posted by child_of_God at 9:15 PM
8 Comments:
The world will end the day I speak fluent Mandarin.
haha! i can say the same about myself. :P
For once a movie had a balance of Black and White.
lolz! yeah. that's kinda true too. :P
But a big Black died and a minor White died.
but the big black guy was more honorable than the minor white guy, rite? :P
Amen!
Hello, Ian :P
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