Thanks to Polycarp, I found out about a new movie about the life of Christ. What if he came as an African?
Check out the preview for Son of Man!
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Rodney, I believe – and I reckon I could be wrong – but Christ was not white nor American nor Western. Sometimes, to understand out revolutionary the Message of the Gospel really was, we have to change it up a bit. Africa is, in my opinion, the closest to 1st century Palestine at the moment. It is an agrarian society, with its own internal issues, being over run by imperial powers. I cannot wait to see it.
You may be right, in terms of historical context and culture.
But I think the movie will be more biblical because it will be based on the Gospel message, and not the dreams of some random lady or the biases of Mel Gibson.
I think it will be more ‘biblical’ because like the Gospel message, it is something that shakes people up and forces them out of their safety nets.
Amen! The Gospel is dangerous.