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Title: The Book of Eli
Director: Albert Hughes / Allen Hughes
Screenplay:
Starring Gary Whitta : Denzel Washington / Gary Oldman / Mila Kunis / Jennifer Beals / Michael Gambon / Ray Stevenson / Tom Waits
producer countries / regions: United States
release date: 2010-01-15
language: English
, also known as: the book of Eli / the book of Eli
this Many Christians applauded this movie, and it is well understood emotionally-"A good bull brother", he can actually memorize the entire Bible, and he can actually listen to God's words and follow the path that God instructs for thirty years. And sacrificed his own life to finally complete the mission entrusted by God.
Is it true? The Bible tells us that we must check, and the standard is the Bible itself.
Among the many questions, one that we particularly need to check is "what kind of book is the Bible".
2 Timothy [3:15-17] And know that you have understood the Bible since childhood, this Bible can make you have the wisdom to be saved by believing in Christ Jesus. The Bible is inspired by God, and it is beneficial to teach, rebuke, correct people, and teach people to learn righteousness, so that people of God can be perfected and prepared to do all kinds of good works.
Therefore, the Bible-first, it is the word given by God; second, it makes people believe in Jesus Christ; third, it makes people wise to be saved by faith; fourth, its purpose is to teach, rebuke, and make people Reform and teach people to learn righteousness; fifth, its purpose is to make believers complete and ready to do all kinds of good deeds.
"Book of Eli" first showed us a terrifying scene, where there is scorched earth, lives covered in charcoal, rape everywhere, justice and order no longer exist. This is really a bad situation. In fact, when sin enters the world, the world has become like this. People are trapped in sin, unable to extricate themselves, and hopeless. This is why Jesus Christ wanted to become flesh. He came to save people from this situation. Therefore, according to the Bible, the only solution to such a corrupt and terrible world is the gospel.
So what do you think about this issue in the film? The film seems to suggest that God exists because Eli heard God speak. But what about the Bible? The biblical view is an extremely important issue. We can summarize the views of several characters in the film.
First, the point of view of the villain Carnegi. He believes that the Bible is a very special book with peculiar powers, and he "desires the Bible extremely." The reason is not that he believes in the gospel, but that he believes that the Bible is a tool that can control the minds of the people and bring him great power. Eli also mentioned that the cause of the war that destroyed civilization may also be the Bible. After the war, people destroyed all the Bible. Carnegi also has a plan to rebuild the world, which is to rely on violence and psychological control to satisfy his ambitions and bring dictatorship to a stable order.
Second, the view of the grandfather who is the representative of human civilization and who looks like Einstein (so also the representative of science and reason) at the end of the film. He seems to think that the Bible is "the treasure of human civilization" and these cultural heritages are the "foundation of civilization reconstruction", including Shakespeare, Encyclopedia Britannica, Mozart, Wagner... The Bible is listed among them. After the rebuilt King James Version was printed, it was placed on the shelf. The books beside the Bible included "Jewish History", "Torah", "Quran", "Psalms", "Sea Saints" ( Mormon classics). Therefore, the Christian Bible is only one of many religions and does not have higher truth. All religions should coexist, and civilization should be tolerant and "rational." The way to save the world should be the harmonious coexistence of different cultures, relying on science, technology and reason.
Third, Eli's point of view. This question is critical. Eli, as the protagonist of the film, took on the job of the bible bodyguard, and looked extremely great. We saw him reading the Bible every day, believing God's instructions and implementing them unwaveringly, and praying before meals. However, he never showed any attempt to spread the gospel. Even if Solara showed great interest in the Bible, was willing to learn pre-dinner prayer with him, and even proposed "Teach me", Eli did not show any interest in evangelism. On the contrary, even with countless opportunities, he refused Solara's access to the Bible and refused to share the gospel with anyone. He held the Bible in his arms and "protected" it and "guarded" it. Paradoxically, Carnegi put forward the most powerful question about his approach: "You know the power of this book, and you know how justice and peace he can bring. In this way, shouldn't you share it with everyone? "Here, we found the meaning of the film—the idea of sharing the gospel comes from the evil one, because the evil one will use the biblical message to confuse the people (that war was triggered in this way), so the Bible must be Take it to a place suitable for it. From the later development of the film, this place is controlled by science and reason. Such a view completely deviates from the teaching of the Bible!
Eli followed God’s instructions because God himself spoke to him. He explained to Solara like this: "I walk by faith, not by sight. It means you know something, even if you don't know something." . It does have to make sense. It's faith. It's a flower of light, in a field of darkness, giving me the strength to carry on. "This is by no means the teaching of the Bible. Faith is by no means unreasonable and therefore needs to be accepted with blind faith (or through a personal and intimate relationship with God). Faith is by no means a "flower of light in the dark". The true light of Christ has been shining. In this world, the foundation of our faith is the Bible.
It can be said that the god Eli believed in was just the voice he heard in his head, and at the same time, he did not believe in the Bible. Yes, judging from his behavior, he does not believe in the Bible. He does not preach the gospel, or even resists the gospel. He does not care about the salvation of other people's souls (in fact, he does not care whether his own souls are saved), nor does he care about the lives of his neighbors. In him, the teachings of the Bible are almost not reflected, only a little, that is, prayer before meals. His view of the Bible and the gospel is limited to thanking the meal. This is exactly what many people who call themselves Christians do nowadays. The gospel is a purely personal communication with God, a kind of close relationship, and there is no need to care about others. This situation, of course, originated from the modern "castrated gospel." The gospel no longer has a lively life, because people no longer confess to the Bible, no longer confess to the God mentioned in the Bible, what they believe is The voice in their heads, they don't use the Bible to check the voice they heard. Therefore, there is no image of Christ in Eli. If there is, he will only show us the image of the Jewish Messiah-a mighty warrior, invulnerable to the presence of God, extremely quick to kill, and able to move instantaneously ( Such as escaping from the cell), active attacks (such as hacking and killing robbers), and not caring about people (such as refusing to rescue passers-by attacked by the motorcycle party on a cliff), and this fascinating violence is precisely the modern era after the loss of the gospel What people are immersed in. In short, this is a lifeless Bible, even if it is memorized upside down, it will not have any effect on changing people's lives. At the end of the film, we saw a heartbreaking scene in which Solara carried Eli's full set of equipment and set off in a "beautiful violence" image-Solara is Eli's disciple. You can't imagine this disciple once followed a A Christian who can recite the entire Bible, what she follows is a kind of hopeless violence-this is the path of modern people, leading to destruction.
In fact, the Bible in Eli's hands can be anything, it can be Buddhist scriptures, Qurans, or Taoism scriptures, because the truth is not in it. Regarding the five points we said at the beginning, Eli didn’t even have any. He never claimed that the Bible is a word given by God. He has nothing to do with Christ. He has no wisdom to be saved. He never teaches or converts people. , He did not show any completeness, nor did he do good.
The gospel is powerful and cannot be derogated. In the film, Eli's spiritual life, which is limited to thanking the rice, just immediately caused his own danger. This film fully demonstrates the huge distortions in beliefs in the world today. It has reached a new level, mixed with pluralism, relativism, rational optimism (in the face of such a scorched earth, it is still optimistic), mystery Doctrine, Gnosticism, and violent worship, yet they have to wear the cloak of the Bible and the name of God ("Eli"), which can actually confuse many Christians. At the end of the film, Eli borrowed Paul's last words, "I have fought the good battle, I have run out of the road, and I have kept the faith."-It is really chilling! Paul's life was a life of preaching the gospel. He fought a war of defense and ran the road of preaching. The way he believed was the gospel of Jesus Christ! In Eli's life, he fought a battle of blood licking with a knife, and ran a hopeless road. All he believed was the voice in his head.
If "2012" is a doomsday without judgment, then "Book of Eli" is a Bible without a gospel. Eli didn't solve the problem, he was the problem.
This film is only right, "The earth is full of human violence." Remember, God's response is "I want to destroy them and the earth."
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