Thanks for that post. It reinforces for me the danger, once again, of disobeying the commandment against graven images, as did the articles on the Satanic influences behind the movie in the form of the Catholic "visionaries" to whom Gibson is so "indebted".

But I have another question. As I read this man's response to the movie I was reminded of Zech 12:10 which reads as follows:

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And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

I was further reminded of the scene in Bunyan's "Progress" where Christian views the cross, spiritually, and the burden falls from his back at last. Bunyan, in explaining this scene, or in a hint to it's understanding, provides the above verse in the margin.

My question is this. It seems to me that if Bunyan is correct in implying that true believers will "look upon me (Christ)whom they have pierced, and mourn" in a spiritual sense and by the power of the holy spirit, (I only checked Gill's commentary on this verse and he agrees) could this film be an attempt by the deceiver to conterfiet that true experience with the false?

Since that is what he does time and again, that is, to substitute the false for the true, and thus, in this case, to not only introduce false doctrine into the scripture concerning the crucifixtion, and to lure the deceived into Roman Catholicism, but also to convince the unwary that they have "looked upon me whom they have pierced", when, in fact, they have not, but rather looked upon a masterfully fabricated deception?

In other words, is one of the purposes of the film to create a false sence of fulfillment of the prophecy of Zech 12:10 for those who believe themselves to be Christians but are not?

In Him,

Gerry