This movie is difficult to review. The director and main actor does (almost) not show any transgressions, by not adding extrabiblical elements to the story. He does tell a background from 'his' childhood which is added to the Bible and therefore problematic. But the remainder of the dialog is true to the Bible and possibly not far from His real character. One could argue that Jesus did not speak with a more intense and dramatic voice, but those of us who know the Bible, know better.
But I have a serious problem with the whole concept, to show Jesus at a dinner table. He certainly could do this, in a similar form He appeared in the Old Testament long before his incarnation as the Messenger of Great Counsel, better known as the Angel of the Lord. We do not know how many or few times He actually appeared, but we know that he appeared without doubt to many people and did even go before / behind Israel during the Exodus, meaning that he was seen at the same time in some form by hundreds of thousands of people.
But still, this does not give us the allowance to create such an image of a Jesus, who just happens to sit in a restaurant. Jesus works today in visions, e.g. Muslims often have those dreams and visions before they come to Christ. This is how Jesus appears.
Many people would argue otherwise, but there is a real catch. This movie gives us the example of goodness (M. Teresa) versus evil (H**ler). Now Jesus in the movie answers 'alright', which is rather affirmative to her assertion of MT being good. He continues to say that 'she did many good things', which might be even correct in a limited sense.
But Jesus would never affirm the goodness of Mother Teresa, and appearing today, He would tell us how we got fooled by the Catholic Church and by the media in believing she was a saint. He would warn us that we have to develop a better discernment and not trust what the world calls morally good.
Jesus knows that Teresa lied in 1994, when she argued that the abuse allegations against Jesuit priest Donald McGuire were untrue and when she successfully enabled years of further abuse. He knows that she lied, when she defended him again, right before he was convicted to 25 years of prison after 40 years of horrific crimes. He knows that she committed idolatry when she called Mary our patroness and our Mother, and when she claimed that it is her who is always leading us to Jesus.
While the movie correctly states that there is only one way to Jesus, Teresa would have never believed this, being a Universalist. She rather said things such as "All is God - B's, H's, C's, etc., all have access to the same God." This woman went as far as to directly worship Buddha.
Now we have the catch. People watch this movie, their picture of Jesus is transformed away from the holy, and they wrongly assume that He would call good what in reality is evil.
This is NOT Jesus.
But I have a serious problem with the whole concept, to show Jesus at a dinner table. He certainly could do this, in a similar form He appeared in the Old Testament long before his incarnation as the Messenger of Great Counsel, better known as the Angel of the Lord. We do not know how many or few times He actually appeared, but we know that he appeared without doubt to many people and did even go before / behind Israel during the Exodus, meaning that he was seen at the same time in some form by hundreds of thousands of people.
But still, this does not give us the allowance to create such an image of a Jesus, who just happens to sit in a restaurant. Jesus works today in visions, e.g. Muslims often have those dreams and visions before they come to Christ. This is how Jesus appears.
Many people would argue otherwise, but there is a real catch. This movie gives us the example of goodness (M. Teresa) versus evil (H**ler). Now Jesus in the movie answers 'alright', which is rather affirmative to her assertion of MT being good. He continues to say that 'she did many good things', which might be even correct in a limited sense.
But Jesus would never affirm the goodness of Mother Teresa, and appearing today, He would tell us how we got fooled by the Catholic Church and by the media in believing she was a saint. He would warn us that we have to develop a better discernment and not trust what the world calls morally good.
Jesus knows that Teresa lied in 1994, when she argued that the abuse allegations against Jesuit priest Donald McGuire were untrue and when she successfully enabled years of further abuse. He knows that she lied, when she defended him again, right before he was convicted to 25 years of prison after 40 years of horrific crimes. He knows that she committed idolatry when she called Mary our patroness and our Mother, and when she claimed that it is her who is always leading us to Jesus.
While the movie correctly states that there is only one way to Jesus, Teresa would have never believed this, being a Universalist. She rather said things such as "All is God - B's, H's, C's, etc., all have access to the same God." This woman went as far as to directly worship Buddha.
Now we have the catch. People watch this movie, their picture of Jesus is transformed away from the holy, and they wrongly assume that He would call good what in reality is evil.
This is NOT Jesus.
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