Some thoughts after watching 2012, realised that this movie had a Christian slant to it, do not know whether the director and the writer of this movie had that intention at the first place.
I realized the depraved mind of man to the maximum! Why do i say so? For the movie is constantly playing the self-center-ness of man, it is so easy to play the good man, who really loves the world, but when in times of crisis, i realised that there and then it is a challenge of your integrity, everything that you believe, it is only when you are in crisis, it will greatly manifested your deepest "you!"
When you are in deep crisis, when time is running out, the seconds goes by so quickly, your heart over-take your mind, that you are no longer thinking rationally, your desire to survive over too your love for the world, your mind says that you want to live, but your heart is constantly contradicting with all your being, which is let other lives. How do you make a godly decision when you are in crisis? Is it time to give up your seat in the big "Noak Ark" in the movie, so that other may live?
What shocks me was the dialogue between the USA president and the young scientist! The president gave up his seat so that the young scientist could live, knowing clearly that his role is surely and definitely more important and significant than the young scientist. But what was amazing was how he measure one man's talent compared to the whole board of ministers. But was it the talent that the president is going after? or something more than that? Was there something that the president saw in the young man, more than his love for science?
As the story continues to develop clearly, it was surely not the talent, but the love for the people, the love for humanity, the love for standing up for the truth! The love for all who needs to hear the truth despite of the situation, a hopeless and unavoidable situation, but the people still needs to hear and know the truth and make decisions on their own, the need for survival is the truth that they need to know! And this is what he stood up for even at the end of the movie, the call for all humanity to have the right to be saved from the waves that is coming towards them in 30 mins time.
Time is running out clearly! but the one who is passionate is the one that will fight for the truth! the one who dare to stand up against all hope just for other to live! the love for the people is what really matters! Even one can be a high flyer in the board of the minster in the White House, can be self-center in his thinking, which is nothing wrong at the first place, but is that really one should only live for? For oneself? For one's own glory?! For one's own pride and honor? What is the real value of one's man life and the whole humanity?! Is it all possible to love oneself that when you see the world is dieing in front of you, yet your heart is to save yourself?
My heart tears deeply as I reflect on this scene, how could one totally be clear that he only desires himself to be saved and not the rest when they are crying out for help! I did not realised that my tears are rolling on my eyeballs and will flow on like floodgates. It came to me as a shock~wave to my mind, the scene, what really caused the heart of man to be so heartless!
I was thinking and thinking, reflecting how would i respond in this situation, yourself or more people to be saved? Would I be like the self-fish minister on board? or the young scientist? the answer is clear!
I do not know...but all i could said, is only when I keep on thinking about other-people center ministry, it will become so part of me in the present, and when the future comes in this situation, all I hope against all hope is that my heart would have the compassion, the drive to love, the emotions to feel the world is losing their loved one, the joy of seeing people reconciling despite of their situation, in the name of love, love!
many scenes in the movie that breaks my heart! A scene of love between a father and son...in order to save one of the twin ~ a son, the father threw his son so that he could be caught by a man and the other half of the twin. and the father, out of his love, he fell to his death in the deep water. What a scene! What love! Indescribable desire for one's son to be saved above his own! Amazing! Grace in its totality! Fundamental love between a father and a son! Profound in action! But what is more essential, is that the father did not think twice to do an act like this, it was so natural for the father.
O Lord, I prayed that you grant me the heart to love...to love all of humanity like Christ...to love beyond words could ever describe...to love above all else, to die so that other may live...i know in my heart and in my mind, I cannot and will not do the above, but only in you will i.
John 3:30, ESV, "He must increase, but i must decrease."
