Those are the words from one theologian about the importance of some of the details (one in particular that I will not divulge here) that have been gleaned from a better understanding of the wedding analogy.
“This is the most profound discovery in human history.” In regard to the Gospels, it is important to understand that two-thirds of the Gospel took place in Galilee, so we need to “see the Messiah through the eyes of a Galilean.” While this type of faulty interpretation is sometimes rather innocuous, it can often times be extremely harmful, so it’s important to recognize and correct it. O’Brien that shows how common this is in our Christian culture and what a danger it can be.
Interestingly, I have also just started reading a book called Misreading the Bible Through Western Eyes by E. One of the issues that we as Christians constantly have to contend with is our tendency to read and interpret the Bible according to our own time and culture. The bridegroom is Christ and we, the Church, are His bride! However, since we are in the 21st century, far removed from ancient times and certainly just as disconnected from Galilean culture, we don’t tend to understand the analogy in the way that Jesus intended it. The significance of the Galilean wedding is that this was the picture Jesus used with His disciples to describe His return. It instead focuses on just one particular analogy Jesus used for the Rapture, the Galilean wedding, to simply get Christians to accept the idea of the Rapture.īefore the Wrath takes you on a journey as the narrator and theologians describe a Galilean wedding in the time of Jesus, with actors playing out the story in between. This film does not go too deeply into some of the supporting Scriptures for this particular viewpoint and in fact, does not even really try to push this perspective. When you begin to take a look at all the Scriptures and how they fit together, it seems to make a lot of sense. The understanding is that God has not “appointed us to wrath,” but that we do sometimes suffer here as a consequence of sin, both ours and others’. The general explanation is that we will go through suffering and persecution (as most Christians have throughout church history), but that we will be delivered and taken to heaven right before God pours out his wrath in the final seal talked about in Revelation, which includes the bowl judgements. It made perfect sense to us after reading the book, The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church by Marvin Rosenthal, which gives a solid biblical case. Before the Wrath Backgroundīefore the Wrath intrigued me when I first heard of it because our personal perspective on the Rapture is that Jesus will return “before the wrath.” It is a viewpoint that has gained (or re-gained) popularity in recent years. Before the Wrath is a new documentary that will give them a good opportunity to explore the “Pre-Wrath” perspective of end times teaching. Teens, especially, need to figure out what they believe and why, not simply be told. If you only expose them to one perspective on any topic, then naturally, if you have influence in their opinions, they will tend to adopt that same perspective. If you don’t have that event, you don’t have the real Jesus.” That is why a film like Before the Wrath is so important, since the Jesus himself clearly taught about this topic.Īnd I believe the regardless of our perspectives on end times theology, we need to expose our children to multiple viewpoints so they can come to a solid logical conclusion based on their own interpretation and understanding. There are certain topics within Christianity that seem to divide more than others, and certainly eschatology is one of them! There is no majority viewpoint on the Rapture and in fact, as I learned from this film, 25% of professing Christians do not even believe in a literal Rapture at all! But, as one theologian said, “Jesus introduced the doctrine of the Rapture. It’s especially fun when we can watch something that puts a new twist on something we’ve taken for granted, or that delves deeper into an important topic.ĭon’t miss your opportunity to WIN a $250 GIFT CARD from at the bottom of this post! Sponsored by Minno and Before the Wrath.
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That doesn’t mean it’s always an explicitly “Bible movie,” but one of my favorite activities with my children is to watch a thought-provoking movie or documentary and talk about it afterward. Throughout our homeschooling experience, Biblical truth has been has been the foundation and we have tried to focus on the Bible in everything we do, even entertainment.
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