Reviews - Jack the Giant Slayer, Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters, The Bible Miniseries and After the Tribulation
First to Jack the Giant Slayer, which is the only one of these four movies that I actually liked. Jack the Giant Slayer had a good storyline, good acting and other than the token gross scenes with the Giants and the evil sidekick of the antagonist it was pretty clean. I recommend Jack the Giant Slayer for older kids.
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters was not that good. I thought this movie was incredibly brutal. The bad witches were horribly ugly and of course they were pitted against a good witch. As a Christian witchcraft is forbidden and there is no such thing as a good witch/bad witch it is all witchcraft. I do not recommend this movie at all.
The Bible Miniseries is a horrible twisting of the Word of God and I barely could watch the first episode and have not watched any since. There are plenty of good apologetics being offered on this miniseries. If you want more information I recommend Chris Pinto on Noise of Thunder or Chris Rosebrough on Fighting for the Faith. I can say one thing, Jesus Christ did not come to change the world. Jesus Christ came as the Lamb of God to take away the SINS of the World for whosoever will accept His scacrifice on the Cross and offering of the free gift of salvation. Repent and be baptized.
Finally, After the Tribulation, is a movie available on You Tube by Alex Jones. Okay, how many things has Alex Jones gotten wrong so far. Well Bush II didn't stay in office after his second term and implement marshal law - that's when I quit listening to Alex Jones.
Now we have this movie totally dissing the pre-trib rapture. The two Pastors going on and on about no pre-trib rapture asked for one verse -- so, if we as Christians are going through The Great Tribulation (not to be confused with the tribulation that all believers go through on some level due to their belief in Jesus Christ) then why did Jesus tell the believers in the church of Thyatira that if they did not repent they would be cast into great tribulation.
If we are all cast into Great Tribulation I hardly think this is much of a punishment for their sins committed with Jezebel.
I noticed these things (I'm still watching this video) first Steve Anderson (I think) did not make mention of the fact that Samuel, Chronicles and Kings were originally one book each, later they were split into two books each. Is he ignorant of this fact or just didn't mention it? If he's ignorant of that fact then what else is he ignorant of?
Next, there was no differentiation of "tribulation" what all True Born Again Beleivers in Christ experience in their lives and the event "The Great Tribulation." Technically, once you receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior your citizenship is in the Kingdom of God and you experience tribulation on some level throughout your Christian life. He mocks people who use charts to demonstrate the Pre-Trib Rapture and yet he has his own charts to demonstrate his point of view. He interviews someone in prison who supports his point of view but does not clarify why this person is in prison. Why? I don't think an inmate is a viable candidate to support one's thesis. Unless of course your thesis is on criminals and their activities.
Context Context Context -- First Jesus Christ came to offer the Kingdom of God to the Jews. So, yes His words in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were to the Jews. It wasn't until they rejected His offer of the Kingdom that Gentiles were then offered Salvation and a part of the Kingdom. It's called the great commission and is the last two verses of Matthew 28:19-20. The Gentile church was born in Acts.
In Matthew 24 the disciples asked Jesus THREE QUESTIONS. 1. Tell us, when shall these things be? 2. and what shall be the sign of thy comming, 3. and of the end of the world? Go back and read the entire chapter and see if you can answer the three questions by the context of what Jesus said. Good biblical hermeneutics is to read at least the chapter before and the chapter after. Study to show yourself approved. Don't take anyone's word for anything without studying it through yourself.
The Bible has three levels of meaning - the first is the plain sense of the text, then the spiritual meaning and then a third deeper meaning. But first and foremost is the plain sense. There was also no punctation in the original text. The Bible must be viewed within its Historical Context. The Bible is about Jesus Christ and we cannot insert ourselves into the text.
These guys are splitting hairs over the definition of the Day of God's Wrath and the Great Tribulation. According to them Matthew 24:29 and Revelation 6:12 are refering to the same event. However, Matthew says the sun will be darkened and the moon shall not give her light but Revelation says the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood. The event in Revelation is preceded by a great earthquake. But not so in Matthew.
Why did they not mention Daniel Chapters 10, 11 and 12 at all? This is the first clear introduction to the Tribulation in scriptures. Somewhere in the movie they said you have to go to the first mention of a thing in the Bible and yet they broke their own rule by not even mentioning Daniel which is the FIRST MENTION of the Tribulation in scriptures. Perhaps, it is because in Daniel 10:14 it clarifies that this vision is about what will befall Daniel's people (the Jews) in the latter days. Chapter 12 tells us that Michael shall stand up for the children of Daniel's people (the Jews) and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time.
They also did not address who are the people in Revelation Chapter 5:9 . . . that hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. These can't just be the 24 elders because there are more than 24 nations, tongues and peoples and the four beasts can't be redeemed. The only logical answer is that these are the raptured saints. And since this is in Chapter 5 then it is before the 4 horsemen of the Tribulation are released.
They also say that God's Wrath is after the Tribulation and that God's Wrath is not the Tribulation. Then by that reasoning what is the Lamb's Wrath? Because technically it is the Lamb's Wrath that is poured out at the end of Chapter 6 in Revelation. So, if God's Wrath is not the Great Tribulation by their reasoning then by their reasoning the Lamb's Wrath can't be God's Wrath either.
These guys are straining at gnats while swallowing camels. I am no biblical scholar but it is obvious that they are breaking all the rules of Bible interpretation. The doctrine of the catching away is taught throughout scripture. The Bible consist of foreshadowing and typologies and if you don't understand those you won't understand anything.
God saved Noah out of the destruction of the flood, God saved Lot and his two daugthers out of the destruction of Sodom. Noah and Lot were Gentiles. God perserved the Jews in Egypt through all the plagues He sent upon the Egyptians. The Jews Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego went through the firey furnace in the Book of Daniel. In the same way the Christians, Jews and Gentiles will be removed out of the tribulation (day of God's wrath) and the remnant of the unsaved Jews (only 1/3 will survive the Tribulation) will be kept through the Tribulation.
The movie After the Tribulation does not even address biblical typologies, foreshadowings, the difference between the Bride of Christ, the place of Israel in God's dispensation and a myriad of other important issues. At best the producers and pastors in this film are biblically illiterate and at worse they are intellectually dishonest.
Find a good Bible Teacher that teaches the entire Bible and listen to them - not these two Pastors trying to push home their own VIEWPOINT. Keep in mind that going to seminary does not require reading the entire bible from Genesis to Revelation. Now how many of you knew that?
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters was not that good. I thought this movie was incredibly brutal. The bad witches were horribly ugly and of course they were pitted against a good witch. As a Christian witchcraft is forbidden and there is no such thing as a good witch/bad witch it is all witchcraft. I do not recommend this movie at all.
The Bible Miniseries is a horrible twisting of the Word of God and I barely could watch the first episode and have not watched any since. There are plenty of good apologetics being offered on this miniseries. If you want more information I recommend Chris Pinto on Noise of Thunder or Chris Rosebrough on Fighting for the Faith. I can say one thing, Jesus Christ did not come to change the world. Jesus Christ came as the Lamb of God to take away the SINS of the World for whosoever will accept His scacrifice on the Cross and offering of the free gift of salvation. Repent and be baptized.
Finally, After the Tribulation, is a movie available on You Tube by Alex Jones. Okay, how many things has Alex Jones gotten wrong so far. Well Bush II didn't stay in office after his second term and implement marshal law - that's when I quit listening to Alex Jones.
Now we have this movie totally dissing the pre-trib rapture. The two Pastors going on and on about no pre-trib rapture asked for one verse -- so, if we as Christians are going through The Great Tribulation (not to be confused with the tribulation that all believers go through on some level due to their belief in Jesus Christ) then why did Jesus tell the believers in the church of Thyatira that if they did not repent they would be cast into great tribulation.
Revelation 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
If we are all cast into Great Tribulation I hardly think this is much of a punishment for their sins committed with Jezebel.
I noticed these things (I'm still watching this video) first Steve Anderson (I think) did not make mention of the fact that Samuel, Chronicles and Kings were originally one book each, later they were split into two books each. Is he ignorant of this fact or just didn't mention it? If he's ignorant of that fact then what else is he ignorant of?
Next, there was no differentiation of "tribulation" what all True Born Again Beleivers in Christ experience in their lives and the event "The Great Tribulation." Technically, once you receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior your citizenship is in the Kingdom of God and you experience tribulation on some level throughout your Christian life. He mocks people who use charts to demonstrate the Pre-Trib Rapture and yet he has his own charts to demonstrate his point of view. He interviews someone in prison who supports his point of view but does not clarify why this person is in prison. Why? I don't think an inmate is a viable candidate to support one's thesis. Unless of course your thesis is on criminals and their activities.
Context Context Context -- First Jesus Christ came to offer the Kingdom of God to the Jews. So, yes His words in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were to the Jews. It wasn't until they rejected His offer of the Kingdom that Gentiles were then offered Salvation and a part of the Kingdom. It's called the great commission and is the last two verses of Matthew 28:19-20. The Gentile church was born in Acts.
In Matthew 24 the disciples asked Jesus THREE QUESTIONS. 1. Tell us, when shall these things be? 2. and what shall be the sign of thy comming, 3. and of the end of the world? Go back and read the entire chapter and see if you can answer the three questions by the context of what Jesus said. Good biblical hermeneutics is to read at least the chapter before and the chapter after. Study to show yourself approved. Don't take anyone's word for anything without studying it through yourself.
The Bible has three levels of meaning - the first is the plain sense of the text, then the spiritual meaning and then a third deeper meaning. But first and foremost is the plain sense. There was also no punctation in the original text. The Bible must be viewed within its Historical Context. The Bible is about Jesus Christ and we cannot insert ourselves into the text.
These guys are splitting hairs over the definition of the Day of God's Wrath and the Great Tribulation. According to them Matthew 24:29 and Revelation 6:12 are refering to the same event. However, Matthew says the sun will be darkened and the moon shall not give her light but Revelation says the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood. The event in Revelation is preceded by a great earthquake. But not so in Matthew.
Why did they not mention Daniel Chapters 10, 11 and 12 at all? This is the first clear introduction to the Tribulation in scriptures. Somewhere in the movie they said you have to go to the first mention of a thing in the Bible and yet they broke their own rule by not even mentioning Daniel which is the FIRST MENTION of the Tribulation in scriptures. Perhaps, it is because in Daniel 10:14 it clarifies that this vision is about what will befall Daniel's people (the Jews) in the latter days. Chapter 12 tells us that Michael shall stand up for the children of Daniel's people (the Jews) and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time.
They also did not address who are the people in Revelation Chapter 5:9 . . . that hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. These can't just be the 24 elders because there are more than 24 nations, tongues and peoples and the four beasts can't be redeemed. The only logical answer is that these are the raptured saints. And since this is in Chapter 5 then it is before the 4 horsemen of the Tribulation are released.
They also say that God's Wrath is after the Tribulation and that God's Wrath is not the Tribulation. Then by that reasoning what is the Lamb's Wrath? Because technically it is the Lamb's Wrath that is poured out at the end of Chapter 6 in Revelation. So, if God's Wrath is not the Great Tribulation by their reasoning then by their reasoning the Lamb's Wrath can't be God's Wrath either.
These guys are straining at gnats while swallowing camels. I am no biblical scholar but it is obvious that they are breaking all the rules of Bible interpretation. The doctrine of the catching away is taught throughout scripture. The Bible consist of foreshadowing and typologies and if you don't understand those you won't understand anything.
The movie After the Tribulation does not even address biblical typologies, foreshadowings, the difference between the Bride of Christ, the place of Israel in God's dispensation and a myriad of other important issues. At best the producers and pastors in this film are biblically illiterate and at worse they are intellectually dishonest.
Find a good Bible Teacher that teaches the entire Bible and listen to them - not these two Pastors trying to push home their own VIEWPOINT. Keep in mind that going to seminary does not require reading the entire bible from Genesis to Revelation. Now how many of you knew that?
II Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
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