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Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 7:57
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Subject: [TruthTalk] The passion of
Christ
From: "Terry Clifton" <
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> >
Went to the movies today for the first time
> > in about
twenty-five years.
> >
making me wonder how the full
moon figured in the story.
> It is historically accurate
that there was a full moon on that night.
Judy:
It has nothing to do with history; this comes from astronomy
and RC
Liturgy. There are two different calenders and some disagreement so
apparently they use astronomy/astrology to determine what day to
celebrate Pascha (see below quote from a French RC theologian)
quote:
"The Christian Church, apparently from Apostolic times, began to fix the
date of Pascha (Sunday) precisely in relation to light. For example, the
feast of the Nativity of Christ (IV c.) was fixed as December 25, the day
of the Winter solstice when sunlight begins to increase. (It was also a
pagan feast for the same reason.) As for the
sacred day of Pascha, here
the moon also plays a part. The Sunday of the
year that falls immediately
after a full moon when it occurs not earlier than the
vernal equinox is set
aside as the feast of Pascha.
> Terry wrote:
> > As He finishes praying,
a large snake crawls up
> > to him and He stomps on it's
head. At that point,
> > I was ready to walk out, but I
am glad I stayed.
Judy:
The more I research the less I see a connection between this film
and
reality no matter what the masses say.
Yesterday I thumbed through a photo/book of the film at
Walmart;
At Gethsemane scripture says "he fell on his face" so I would never
picture him looking as though he were baying at a full moon. Also
his
stepping on a snake sounds 'hokey' to me. The concept is a
spiritual
one that this is inadequate to communicate.
I was also surprised to see Jesus and his apostles sitting
on chairs
around a table like we use at what is supposed to be the Last Supper
-
even I know (without research) that they used to eat in a reclining
position on pillows.
The clothing is also disturbing because women back then
used to
adorn themselves by wearing ornaments on their clothing and their
garments were varied in color (remember Lydia in the book of
Acts?).
In the Gibson movie the women are all in black chador like
robes
looking like a bunch of nuns and they have Jesus wearing this
brown
raggedy thing on his way to Golgotha. Where is the one piece tunic
under the outer garment that he wore or even the purple robe they
put on him with the crown of thorns at the Courthouse?
Kevin thank you for your input - IMO there is a whole lot going on
here
that we are ignorant of because we have no frame of reference
and we
need to be Berean or we will wind up like Israel not knowing our right
hand from the left and perishing for lack of knowledge. It's our
God
given responsiblity to check these things by the Word of God.
Grace and Peace,
Judy
