It was certainly an incredible film which had me on the edge of my seat until the end, it was very long, however I would love to go and see it again, as I am sure there is much about it that I didnt take in.
If you have read any of my other blogs you will know that I get a lot out of films, this blog is all about the way that God speaks to me through films. As I taught a bunch of students recently I believe that God can speak through anything as he is spirit so he can use anything if he can use a donkey like in the bible. If this is something you would like to cultivate in your relationship with God it's all about developing a relationship with the Holy Spirit.
As often happens it wasnt until a few days later that I was in Prague and I was setting up for an event when I have some revelation about the film. Funnily enough it was whilst I was watching the trailer which made me want to go and see the film again. I will talk about that a little later in this blog.
I always get excited when I see avenger or super hero movies as it reminds me of 2 Corinthians 5:20, where Paul reminds us that we are ambassadors.
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
Jesus said to the disciples before he ascended that do not do anything until you are clothed with power from on high
On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised......
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth
As Christians we have the Holy spirit living inside us. The Holy spirit can often be translated as Dunamis or dynamite. That is who and what we have living within us. That is why I always say that as Christians we can think of ourselves just like Avengers or superheros. When I see the scenes where all the avengers are going out to save the world. I see us as Christians going out transforming the world, changing the atmosphere and taking responsibility of the places where they are.
Just as the avengers have to come together to actually make an impact the same is true of us we cannot change the world by being mavricks we really do need each other to make a difference.
It's interesting the way that after the end of the last film Infinity war which actually ended quite badly for everyone involved on a cliff hanger with us all desperate for the next movie to come out.
We see the reintroduction of each character as the are found and called back into the cause of saving the world. Sometimes we can be like this going into hiding, to some extent the church has gone into hiding in the face of a culture which is shouting so loud. However if we do not speak out if we do not take our place as an avenger or superhero then someone else will and as the church we cannot allow some of the darkness and evilness to bully us into hiding. Just like in the time of esther we have been called for such a time as this, as it say is in the book of Esther.
If we look into the word we can see that we have such an arsenal of weapons available to us just like the super powers of our heroes in the Avengers.
It was a few days later when I was watching the trailer of the film when the scene where America was annihilated. God showed me that this is what the enemy does to this world spiritually and we once again are the avengers going to the gates of hell to get people back from hell like the avengers get people back from the quantum zone. This is an incredible privilege, we are superheros in the Spirit. So if you are a child of God and you have a relationship with him, you have spiritual super heroes.
One of my favourite verses is Ephesians 3:20
One of my favourite verses is Ephesians 3:20
"Now to him is able to do immeasurably more than you can think as or imagine. "
We have an incredible identity, we have an amazing inheritance. We are the sons and daughters of the one that made the universe that trumps Thanos or the equivalent. We have incredible heavenly DNA.
Part of that identity is we have the authority to cast out demons, heal the sick, set the captives free,and raise the dead. Generally these super heroes could not do this.
And these signs will accompany those who believe in my name, they will cast out demons they will speak in new tongues, they will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them, they will lay their hand on the sick, and they will recover."
We have authority as sons and daughters of God to do all these things and much more, we have authority to make disciples, and effectively make little Christs. So in other words God's children we are not God but we are meant to be like him and that is huge its a tall order but its also fun and exciting.
The Christian life is meant to be like these super hero movies, our lives are meant to be action packed. Full of enjoyment and fun. Your life is not meant to be boring, even in the boring and mundane you can find the exciting.
Our lives are meant to mirror a roller coaster,a super hero movie,a wonderful adventure :)
We also not of this realm we are of the heavenly realm we are seated in heavenly places
