The first half of the story is a twisted version of the Book of Genesis. Indeed, the character names should really highlight the metaphor. Javier Bardem's Him is God, Jennifer Lawrence's mother a representation of creation itself, Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer's unnamed Man and Woman Adam and Eve, and their two children Caine and Abel. That makes His office the Garden of Eden, the house's crystal heart the forbidden Apple, destroying it Original Sin, them being demanded to leave Adam and Eve's removal from Eden, Older Son killing Younger Son Abel's death (right down to the blow to the end) and the ensuing population of the house with increasing disregard for the world's care the rise of their descendants. mother's expulsion of them is further the Great Flood and the brief period of normality thenew world.
From here there are two divergent readings. One has the focus on the Holy Bible remain, with the poem some form of scripture - the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, take your pick - and the ensuing events those told in the later parts of the Old Testament; Exodus and the creation of Israel moving towards the Christian view. That would make the couple's baby Jesus, although his death is less a straight representation of the love and hatred of Christ's execution and more a living out of his dying words "F orgive them for they know not what they do" . Of course, rather than absolving of sins, mother fights back and burns the entire thing down. This makes it either an "alternate ending" to the Bible, or with the time loop a sort of proto-creation: God trying over and over to get it right.
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