to be fair, the movie is called the passion. not the passion and resurrection. I do think Christians need to do a better job understanding the suffering part of it all. The resurrection is to instill hope. Why I think it is super important to understand the suffering is that Jesus never promised we wouldn't suffering on the earth. He didn't suffer to prevent us from suffering in this time and space. A lot of his teaching is to warn us and prepare us for the coming persecution. We need to mentally prepare for the suffering so that it isnt a total shock. This will give us endurance and hope when we face the evil in front of us. The church will carry out the passion in the days to come, and by the church, I mean the members of Christ.
They added their own flair into it, one being Satan in the garden (which he wasn't) not to mention making Satan a woman thing, another was their take on Judas, which isn't biblical with him hiding under a bridge? as well as Christ "inventing" a table with chairs. In these parts they could have done so much more that was actually Biblical instead of adding their own weird theology to the movie.
oh yeah, i can agree with you there. i was just commenting on why it focused on the suffering rather than the resurrection. i might have missed your point, sorry about that. but i think the point of the movie was to emphasize the suffering to really hit your heart. But at the end of the day, it's still Hollywood. I think Hollywood shows a lot of violence, but not the accurate correlation of suffering that goes along with it. It desensitizes in a way. i know the movie moved a lot of people spiritually seeing the brutality, letting them see what He actually went through for us. and if it brings more people to Christ, then the movie did its job (or anyone's job, which is to serve and witness to Christ)
to be fair, the movie is called the passion. not the passion and resurrection. I do think Christians need to do a better job understanding the suffering part of it all. The resurrection is to instill hope. Why I think it is super important to understand the suffering is that Jesus never promised we wouldn't suffering on the earth. He didn't suffer to prevent us from suffering in this time and space. A lot of his teaching is to warn us and prepare us for the coming persecution. We need to mentally prepare for the suffering so that it isnt a total shock. This will give us endurance and hope when we face the evil in front of us. The church will carry out the passion in the days to come, and by the church, I mean the members of Christ.
They added their own flair into it, one being Satan in the garden (which he wasn't) not to mention making Satan a woman thing, another was their take on Judas, which isn't biblical with him hiding under a bridge? as well as Christ "inventing" a table with chairs. In these parts they could have done so much more that was actually Biblical instead of adding their own weird theology to the movie.
oh yeah, i can agree with you there. i was just commenting on why it focused on the suffering rather than the resurrection. i might have missed your point, sorry about that. but i think the point of the movie was to emphasize the suffering to really hit your heart. But at the end of the day, it's still Hollywood. I think Hollywood shows a lot of violence, but not the accurate correlation of suffering that goes along with it. It desensitizes in a way. i know the movie moved a lot of people spiritually seeing the brutality, letting them see what He actually went through for us. and if it brings more people to Christ, then the movie did its job (or anyone's job, which is to serve and witness to Christ)