The Sixties & The Prince of Egypt
I didn't force myself to study during the christmas vacation, so during the boxing days I have watched 4 movies in a day. Two movies are worthwhiles to have a thought on it.
The Sixties is a mini-TV series depicting the events happening during the 60's in America. 1960's is a period of widespread social protest, movement and liberation. The Black movement, social protest against Vietnam War, the Cold War, the assasinations of John Kennedy and Martin Lurther King, sexual liberation and widespread use of drugs, Beatles, the astronauts reaching the moon, and so on. It seems that being a student at that time is much more interesting than being a student in current times. They have a cause and an idea to fight for, and at least they are the one who witness history and shape the history. Though it was a great time for the humanist movement, it seems that it was also a time of rebellous and moral decay. Since then, people in the West seems to get further & further away from God. It's a pity. Maybe it can serve as a calling as well as a warning for nowadays christians.
The Prince of Egypt depicts the life of Moses. The movie protrays Moses as the 'reluctant leader' chosen to lead the Israeli out of Egypt. He is reluctant in the sense that he has to raise up to oppose Pharaoh, his old friends and the enemy of God. Yet in the end, God has used him to bring the Israeli out of their yoke and slavery life in Egypt. Setting apart from the argument that whether the movies has correctly protrayed the image of Moses, sometimes God will call us to do something that will create dilemna in our life, and may make us reluctant to follow the calling. The bible has full of this kinds of example. Moses is one. So as Abraham and Jeremiah. It is costly, and sometimes they didn't receive the earthly reward for their obedient. Abraham didn't reach the promised land. Moses was forbidded by God to enter Canaam. Jeremiah has witnessed the fall of his country, and was stoned to death when he was captured to Egypt. In the end, the christian rewards for obedient are in heaven, and it is only if we fix our eyes on Him and grasp hold of this heavenly hope that we can steadfastly follow His call and go through all the struggles when following Him, just as Moses, Abraham and Jeremiah.
The Sixties is a mini-TV series depicting the events happening during the 60's in America. 1960's is a period of widespread social protest, movement and liberation. The Black movement, social protest against Vietnam War, the Cold War, the assasinations of John Kennedy and Martin Lurther King, sexual liberation and widespread use of drugs, Beatles, the astronauts reaching the moon, and so on. It seems that being a student at that time is much more interesting than being a student in current times. They have a cause and an idea to fight for, and at least they are the one who witness history and shape the history. Though it was a great time for the humanist movement, it seems that it was also a time of rebellous and moral decay. Since then, people in the West seems to get further & further away from God. It's a pity. Maybe it can serve as a calling as well as a warning for nowadays christians.
The Prince of Egypt depicts the life of Moses. The movie protrays Moses as the 'reluctant leader' chosen to lead the Israeli out of Egypt. He is reluctant in the sense that he has to raise up to oppose Pharaoh, his old friends and the enemy of God. Yet in the end, God has used him to bring the Israeli out of their yoke and slavery life in Egypt. Setting apart from the argument that whether the movies has correctly protrayed the image of Moses, sometimes God will call us to do something that will create dilemna in our life, and may make us reluctant to follow the calling. The bible has full of this kinds of example. Moses is one. So as Abraham and Jeremiah. It is costly, and sometimes they didn't receive the earthly reward for their obedient. Abraham didn't reach the promised land. Moses was forbidded by God to enter Canaam. Jeremiah has witnessed the fall of his country, and was stoned to death when he was captured to Egypt. In the end, the christian rewards for obedient are in heaven, and it is only if we fix our eyes on Him and grasp hold of this heavenly hope that we can steadfastly follow His call and go through all the struggles when following Him, just as Moses, Abraham and Jeremiah.
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