The Right Spin

NBC is airing a six-part miniseries titled, "Revelations." The first part aired this evening and I watched it and I also plan to catch the rest if it as well. Give me anything dealing with the "End of Days" and I'll sit through it - no matter how farfetched (I'm looking at you "The Omen"). Being that this is just the first part of the miniseries I can't really say where it's going to go. I'm sure some Christian groups will be upset and other won't. I find Bill Pullman's (an actor I think is grossly underrated) character, Dr. Richard Masse, pretty solid as the Harvard skeptic. Knowing television writing as I do I'm sure, by the end of this thing, he'll become a believer eventually. But, for now, he seems the most fleshed out character. I found his "scientific" argument for the real reason behind the plagues in Exodus quite interesting and I'd have no problem whatsoever if that is what truly happened. There seems to be some sense amongst skeptics that should a miraculous event be given a scientific explanation it's somehow less miraculous. I couldn't disagree more. I find nothing wrong with the idea the God using the systems He put in place to cause spectacular things to happen. Just because there's a scientific reason behind the event doesn't make it less special.

Anyway, I digress for now. The series seems interesting so far and as long as it doesn't stray too far from scripture, like other popular media (lookin' at you again "The Omen"), I'll be there for the whole thing.

However, thinking back a bit more on it, it's already done (or suggests it's done) something I feel is completely unwarranted. Jesus (or the Antichrist) being born as a baby in our time. If the miniseries is truly set in the End of Days and based upon The Revelation of St. John, then they should know that by this time the Antichrist is already a grown adult and that when Jesus returns it will not be as a babe but, also, as a full grown adult. So, I'm unsure why the glossed over this very simple piece of theology - but I suspect they'll try to do what was done in "The Seventh Sign." Try to avert the End of Days.

Something any Christian will tell you isn't something to be in fear of but something to be hoped and prayed for. Jesus is coming to take us home!

Update:

Awww, crap. The guy who wrote this wrote "The Omen." Man... now I know this is gonna stink.