On
February 25th,
2004
, a new movie
directed by superstar Mel Gibson opened in thousands of theatres throughout
the
United States
. It was Ash
Wednesday, as it is called by many, when the new movie, The Passion Of The
Christ, was presented to the general public. The general consensus of
massive multi-million dollar ministries was, “This is a ‘must-see’
movie!” At this point, we must remember that we are living in the end-time,
and that these last days are days of great deception and strong delusion.
Jesus himself said in Matthew 24:5, “For many shall come in my
name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” The Mel Gibson movie
presents a two-dimensional Christ who is found in the secret chambers called
movie theatres where admission money must be paid or those chambers cannot be
entered. In Matthew 24:26 Jesus said, “Wherefore if they shall say unto
you… behold he is in the secret chambers: believe it not.” In Luke
17:22
Jesus said, “The
days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the son of man,
and ye shall not see it. And they shall say to you, see here; or, see there:
go not after them, nor follow them.” The religious leaders are telling
the millions of people that they must go and see one of the days of the Son of
Man, and since most Christians can no longer think or discern, they will
blindly follow blind leaders, and as Jesus said, “They will all fall in the
ditch!” If people would only pray fervently and stay in the true Word of God
instead of performing like trained seals in front of their religious leaders,
they could then survive the gross darkness of deception.
One
vital fact that we must never forget is that the crucifixion of our Lord and
Saviour, Jesus Christ, happened only once, and that singular event is
effectual for all eternity. Hebrews 6:6 warns of what happens if that event
were re-enacted in any way as the following words reveal: “…
Seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an
open shame.”
Another
point that must be remembered is that the movie claims to depict the “last
twelve hours” of Jesus’ life on earth. This is an outright lie because
Acts 1:3 clearly states, “To whom also he showed himself alive after his
passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking
of the things pertaining to the
Kingdom
of
God
.”
It
is quite obvious that God does not approve of this movie for we can see
clearly that His Word condemns it. During the filming of the movie, God was
sending obvious signs of His disapproval. The star, Jim Caviezel, who played
the part of Jesus, had the following things happen to him during the filming.
Caviezel suffered hypothermia as he hung on the cross nearly naked and caught
pneumonia and a lung infection. He dislocated his shoulder while carrying the
cross, and he was struck by lightening twice. This was confirmed by an
Associated Press report. In another scene, Caviezel was chained to a post to
be whipped, and in the simulation, the actor doing the whipping missed and
actually struck Jim Caviezel putting a 14-inch gash in his back. When this
happened, Caviezel said, “I may be playing Jesus, but I felt like Satan
at that moment. I turned to him, a couple of expletives came out of my
mouth.” There you have it! Jim Caviezel, the man playing Jesus said he
felt like Satan, and began to cuss at the other actor.
Another
star of the movie, The Passion of the Christ, who was hand-picked by
Mel Gibson, is Monica Belluci, who plays Mary Magdalene. Monica Belluci is
well known in
Hollywood
as a hard-core pornography star! She has starred in such movies as
“Irreversible”, which reportedly included rape scenes so explicit and
intense that at its premiere showing, 250 people walked out, and some needed
medical attention. Twenty people had to be given oxygen. This is the woman
chosen by Mel Gibson to be a star in his movie. When we consider that such
ministries as Focus on the Family are promoting the Mel Gibson movie
with its pornography star, we can see that Dr. James Dobson is out of focus
and should have done his homework! Dr. Tim LaHaye said: “Everyone should
see this movie. It could be
Hollywood
’s finest achievement to date.”
There
is also a powerful mystical side to the Mel Gibson production containing
elements of witchcraft. One review
said, “Flashbacks, special effects, and a sulfurous evil presence lurks
throughout the film.” Jim Caviezel said, “I drew heavily on my
Catholic upbringing, reread the Gospels and studied writings of Christian
mystics.” Caviezel also said, “Ivan Dragicevic and his wife
Lorraine
gave me a piece of the true cross. I kept this on me all the time. They made a
special pocket in my clothes for it. I also had relics of Padre Pio, St
Anothony of Padoua, St Maria Goretti, and Saint Denisius, the patron saint of
actors.”
Mel
Gibson stated that he based his script largely on the visions of two Catholic
mystic nuns: St. Anne Catherine Emmerich, who was an 18th century
Augustinian nun, and Mary of Agreda, who was a 17th century
Franciscan nun. Gibson said, “Emmerich supplied me with stuff I never would
have thought of.” The script was originally written in English for this
movie but was translated by a Jesuit priest, who calls himself “Father”
William J. Fulco.
It
was quite a script and was filled with blood and torture to excessive
extremes. The Bible does not use such intricate details. The Scripture tells
us what we need to know. In Luke
23:33
it says, “And when they were come to the place, which is called
Calvary
,
there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the
other on the left.”
It is also of great interest to note that when Diane Sawyer interviewed Mel
Gibson she asked him, “It’s your hand in the film holding the nail?” He
answered, “It is, yeah, my left hand.” Gibson made a point of the fact
that it was his left hand holding and positioning a nail to be driven through
the hand of Jesus. In the occult, the left hand indicates “the force”, and
the Latin for left is sinister. There
is a high order in esoteric Illuminism called Ordo Sinistra Vivendi or
“Order of the Left Hand Path.” Its purpose is to destroy
Christianity by deception.
During
a showing of the Passion movie in
Wichita
,
Kansas
, a woman was watching as Gibson’s left hand held the nail, and at the
precise moment when the nail was driven in and blood poured forth, she dropped
dead.
Kansas
is the geographical center of our country and the nail was centered by
Gibson’s sinister hand. Was this a sign?
Has
this wicked nation that persists in evil crucified the Son of God afresh and
put Him to an open shame? Is this dead woman being carried from a theater a
sign from God? As a former occultist and witch, saved by the grace of God, I
discern the evil in this Mel Gibson movie, The Passion of the Christ!
It should be avoided as a deadly abomination.
Pastor
David J. Meyer
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