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Movies/Scenes
Representing Abraham
 | John Q (2002)
 | This movie depicts the plight
of a father (Denzel Washington) willing to lay
down his life for his son and therefore should be cross-referenced under
Abraham and Issac and Cross and Resurrection in the sense of the
suffering of God through the evil of Jesus death.
As a social commentary, it pricks our conscience about a society with
medical services for those who can afford them and death for those
who cannot. As
redemptive drama, it also shows the metanoia or reversal of thinking
in several characters who broker the power of the HMO medical system
but in the end ultimately side with the
powerlessness of John Q. and his son.
(Dr. Barry A. Woodbridge, Orangethorpe
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Fullerton,
CA) |
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| Eye of God (1997)
| binding of Isaac/sacrifice of
children - see especially death scenes near end of movie |
| Sheriff Rogers' speech: "Faith.
God tells a man to sacrifice his own son. The man has faith, and he
will do it. He doesn't ask why. Maybe Abraham, as he binds his son,
knows why they are there. I don't anymore." Ainsley at the end
of the movie: "Children. That's all we are, Lord, if you're out
there at all. Your children, boys and girls. Forgive us."
(We're all Isaac - we're all Abraham) |
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| Behind the Lines (1997)
| Look at the last scene of the movie "Behind the
Lines" where the Doctor reads a poem written by a former patient
about the story of Abraham and Issac. It is on the Artisan home movie
label, made in 1997, called "Behind the lines", staring some
unknowns Jonathan Pryce and James Wilby. It is the story of a Doctor and
his patients in a WW1 mental hospital. (submitted by Pat LeClaire) |
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| Field of Dreams (1989)
| Ray Kinsella and his wife give up everything in Iowa/UR
to find the promise land. At the end of the movie their daughter
envisions the field as a promised land for people, and as the credits
roll their are headlights as numerous as the stars coming to the promise
land of an Iowa baseball field. (Niel Climer) |
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