"And there was war in heaven..."
A strange theme emerged a couple days ago. Thursday afternoons I have a break between classes and I usually take the time to read. In addition to reading The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel, I've been reading a book by John Eldredge, the author of Wild at Heart. The book is called EPIC: The story God is telling and the role that is yours to play. As with Wild at Heart John uses a lot of movies (epic movies like Braveheart, Gladiator, Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings) to illustrate how life isn't just about going to church and memorizing a catechism, it's about living the grand adventure God has given us to live; falling in love and fighting against evil, all those things our hearts long for. Despite Mr. Eldrege being a big dispensational armenian (like Dustin and his Biola buddies, lol), you can see why this book appeals to me.
In any case, I was reading the chapter titled "Act Two: The Entrance of Evil." The focus of this chapter was betrayal; Commodus's betrayal of his father in Gladiator, Saruman's betrayal of all Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings and Anakin's betrayal of the Jedi in Revenge of the Sith. All these are merely analogies to the ultimate betrayal; Lucifer's betrayal of God. "And there was war in heaven..." (Rev. 12:7)
After I got home from work that night I sat down to watch Smallville, which I had taped, and the entire episode was about betrayal. I didn't really think about it at the time, but later I thought it was rather coincidental.
Then I went on MySpace and a bulliten posted by Josh and Jess caught my eye titled "F**k Love." The first sentance of this bulliten read, "As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will." After some elaboration on that statement it tells you to be happy and enjoy every minute of the good times in life, and so on. But again we see the subject of betrayal pop up in a seemingly random place for me.
Finally, Friday morning, Dustin has written a new blog entry on his MySpace. It's some long analogy between mustard and life, but at one point he says, "...However, betrayal isn't born of enemies, but of friends, of that which you 'know' best." At this point I sat back in my chair and wondered if someone was trying to tell me something.
Well, I don't have an answer to that. Sorry if you were hoping I would pull it all together in the end and explain what it all meant, but I don't really know yet. I do know this, however: With regards to the MySpace bulliten with the colorful name, I simply don't hold to that. I don't beleive that it's impossible to trust anyone, to put your faith in anyone. I don't beleive that absolutely everyone will betray you at some point, that it's only a matter of time. Sure, if you never trust anyone you'll never have your heart broken, but then what sort of life are you living anyway?
In any case, I was reading the chapter titled "Act Two: The Entrance of Evil." The focus of this chapter was betrayal; Commodus's betrayal of his father in Gladiator, Saruman's betrayal of all Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings and Anakin's betrayal of the Jedi in Revenge of the Sith. All these are merely analogies to the ultimate betrayal; Lucifer's betrayal of God. "And there was war in heaven..." (Rev. 12:7)
After I got home from work that night I sat down to watch Smallville, which I had taped, and the entire episode was about betrayal. I didn't really think about it at the time, but later I thought it was rather coincidental.
Then I went on MySpace and a bulliten posted by Josh and Jess caught my eye titled "F**k Love." The first sentance of this bulliten read, "As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will." After some elaboration on that statement it tells you to be happy and enjoy every minute of the good times in life, and so on. But again we see the subject of betrayal pop up in a seemingly random place for me.
Finally, Friday morning, Dustin has written a new blog entry on his MySpace. It's some long analogy between mustard and life, but at one point he says, "...However, betrayal isn't born of enemies, but of friends, of that which you 'know' best." At this point I sat back in my chair and wondered if someone was trying to tell me something.
Well, I don't have an answer to that. Sorry if you were hoping I would pull it all together in the end and explain what it all meant, but I don't really know yet. I do know this, however: With regards to the MySpace bulliten with the colorful name, I simply don't hold to that. I don't beleive that it's impossible to trust anyone, to put your faith in anyone. I don't beleive that absolutely everyone will betray you at some point, that it's only a matter of time. Sure, if you never trust anyone you'll never have your heart broken, but then what sort of life are you living anyway?
posted by David at
1:54 PM
4 Comments:
You got that right. You just have to be careful who you put your trust in, after that, I'll kick the ass of anyone who betrays you...even if it's me, then I'll just work out a lot, invent a time machine and go back in time to throttle myself.
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Donald, at November 14, 2005 5:10 AM
That's interesting. I'll go ahead and throw the idea of betrayal around with some of my deeply dispensational Biola buddies.
Meanwhile, there's a kegger over at Azusa if you're interested. They may not be biblically sound, but they're diverse! And hey, at least they're not Fundy wackos or anything.
If you'll excuse me, I have to write my term paper:
"Of Semi-Pelagianism, Dispensationalism, and why Christ and the Spirit are Merely Incidental to Eternity with God." By Dustin Steeve
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D.R. Steeve, at November 15, 2005 12:55 AM
Since you do come home to watch Smallville, I didn't know you had such deep thoughts going on otherwise. We'll have to talk more.
Remember no one is perfect, so even those you trust in the most, may at times let you down. But that shouldn't be confused with betrayal. Just wanted you to be sure of the difference.
From one not so perfect person....who you can trust.......(whom?)
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Anonymous, at November 15, 2005 12:53 PM
Dustin, you sound bitter. Are the arrogant reformers judging you again? Haha. Oh, the soundtrack to Serenity finally came in today, so I'll be sure to burn a copy for you when you come down next weekend.
Yeah, there's a big difference between letting someone down and betraying them, but they're similar enough I just decided to throw it in (to make my list longer), and hoped no one would notice. :)
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David, at November 15, 2005 1:45 PM
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