As a
self-proclaimed
movie geek, I
prepared to
watch a movie
the other night,
just to relax
and try to
forget some of
the recent
stresses I have
been dealing
with.
I like a
wide range of
movies, but this
night, I decided
to watch a
sci-fi movie. I
didn’t really
know what it was
about —
just who
starred in it
and that it was
sci-fi. I never
realized that I
would be tying
it into
scripture and
end-times
events. Sure,
I’m always
looking for a
connection and
ideas, but this
one was very
strong (in my
opinion) and
very unexpected.
It was the
recently made
movie starring
Nicolas Cage,
“Knowing”.
I was
interested in
the movie simply
because I was in
the mood for
sci-fi and, I
sometimes enjoy
Nicolas Cage. I
say “sometimes,’
because, for me
at least,
Nicolas Cage
tends to be a
hit-or-miss
actor.
Either he
does a great
job, good
script, acting,
etc., or it’s
painful to
watch. It’s just
an interesting
phenomenon for
me.
But back to the
movie and the
point I want to
make.
Essentially, the
movie is about a
young girl,
possibly ten
years old, who
along with her
fellow students,
is preparing
some drawings
and other items
for a time
capsule. You
see, the time is
1959, and it
isn’t to be
opened until
2009. Well, the
last thing the
teacher asks
each of them to
do is draw what
they believe the
future will look
like in 50
years. All the
children are
excited and
start right
away. But this
particular
little girl,
who’s been
hearing voices
in her head for
a while now
apparently,
begins to write
on her paper.
Very rapidly.
We don’t see
immediately what
she’s written
but, when the
teacher says
she’s out of
time, we see
nothing but
numbers. Line
after line of
numbers, front
and back.
Now we’re in the
present, and the
time capsule is
being unearthed,
and Nicolas
Cage’s on-screen
son is in the
same grade, and
school, as the
little girl was
and actually
gets her
“drawing” when
they are passed
out to the
children.
Nicolas Cage’s
character is a
college
professor of
science, physics
or something
that’s
way beyond my
understanding.
When he finally
begins to see a
pattern to the
numbers, he
begins to slowly
believe that
maybe things in
the universe
aren’t just
random.
I guess I should
back up a
little. You see,
his character
basically
doesn’t believe
in God in the
beginning of the
film, and he
tends to drink
heavily. He’s a
single parent.
He lost his wife
to a tragic
accident a year
earlier and is
still grieving
and bitter. And
his dad is a
retired pastor
and Christian,
as are his mom
and sister, who
still pray for
him. They
weren’t
portrayed as
crazy or weird,
which is a nice
change for
Hollywood
standards!
Anyway, he
begins to see
that any real
major
catastrophe from
the time the
little girl of
1959 wrote these
numbers until
the present, is
listed. Even the
hotel fire that
claimed his
wife, and many
others, a year
earlier. There
are only a few
numbers left,
and he finally
sees the dates
they all
represent,
except the very
last one of
course, come to
pass.
He manages to
find the
daughter of the
little girl from
the fifties, and
she happens to
have a daughter
herself who is
his son’s age.
Her mother died
when she was
young, and
basically went
insane because
of the voices
and the numbers.
They find out
that both of
their children
are now hearing
voices and
having very
strange
experiences with
strangers.
Tall
blond men
dressed in
black.
Nicolas Cage
realizes that
the last numbers
represent the
end of the world
by fire, and
that the
strangers are
actually aliens
that were
warning people.
It seems that
young children
(it’s unknown if
it’s all the
children around
the world) are
hearing these
“alien” voices
and are to be
saved, and
beamed aboard
alien ships
around the
world.
But only the
children, not
the adults.
Shortly after
being rescued,
Nicolas Cage’s
character, his
family (he
reunites with
them) and the
rest of the
world, are
totally
destroyed by
fire from a
solar flare.
I just found it
curious that
this was a very
strange version
of the Rapture,
that most
Christians
believe in. The
aliens, once
they showed
their true form
at the very end,
even seemed to
have very faint
glowing wings —
at least an
indication that
angels have been
aliens all
through history,
Biblical and
otherwise.
Several
professors and
so-called
experts, offered
their opinions,
ideas and
theories about
Christianity and
the end of the
world in the
extra features
on the dvd. One
professor in
particular
caught my
attention:
Sabina
Magliocco,
Professor of
Anthropology at
Cal. State
Northridge. She
said, “ I think
the alien
mythology offers
humans a great
deal of hope.
They offer the
hope of human
survival against
a backdrop of a
planet that
appears to be
doomed, whether
because of
nuclear
annihilation, or
environmental
degradation, or
the indifference
of governments
to our problems.
Whatever it is
that’s bad here
on earth, the
aliens are going
to come, they’re
going to pluck
us off the
planet and
somehow, in some
different place,
in some faraway
universe, human
beings are going
to survive, and
they are going
to live on.”
Now this
particular
professor may
not believe in
aliens but, many
average
citizens, as
well as those in
the scientific
community, take
very seriously
the idea of
aliens, and
possible alien
contact in the
future.
More now than
ever.
And Professor
Magliocco’s
quote shows that
more and more
people are
looking to
aliens, not God,
for hope. For
salvation from
the evils coming
on this planet.
To take us to a far away place
(Heaven) where
we’ll live
happily ever
after.
And while I, and
many others,
enjoy a little
sci-fi now and
then, and see it
as what it is —
entertainment —
I truly believe
that more and
more people each
day see these
“ideas” as real
possibilities.
Because of the
magic of special
effects today,
and great
writing, and
acting, it’s
becoming more
believable, and
more accepted. I
believe it is
preparing the
lost souls of
this world for a
supernatural
happening (The
Rapture of the
church) and
whatever
delusion and
supernatural
happenings that
Satan will then
bring on the
world.
I just set out
to relax and
watch an
entertaining
movie. And by
the end,
realized the
groundwork is
being laid, and
the world is
being prepared
for a very
supernatural
happening. Only
it won’t be
aliens rescuing
people from a
doomed planet,
it will be the
God of the
Bible. And it
won’t just be
children.
It will just be
the children of
God.