So, it shouldn’t surprise us to see the metaphor unveiled in verse 8 where we are told that the great dragon represents Satan and the stars are his angels. Our studies in part one acquainted us with the biblical connection between angels and stars. Here, in our mind’s eye, we observe a third of the stars of heaven being thrown to the earth by the dragon as it threatens the woman and her child. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. We must understand God neither invented nor inspired evil it grew apart from Him.īehold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. Scripture does not elaborate much upon their origins, but something curious happened between the glorious goodness of Genesis chapter 1 and the appearance of a cunning serpent who would forever change the course of human history in Genesis chapter 3. They slinked onto the scene sometime after the world was created. When we study Scripture’s record of Creation, Genesis 1:31 reveals God’s opinion of His handiwork: “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.” If angels are part of God’s “very good” Creation, then what are demons, and where did they come from? Who do they work for? How do they interact with humans? What does this have to do with me? What Are Demons?Ĭonsidering that the totality of Creation was “very good” and God’s nature is the very essence of goodness, we can logically conclude God did not create demons. We know that they were created early in the Creation week, likely on day two. They are real spirit beings with constraining limitations. He was a modern-day politician, the most powerful of all evil beings.In part one of this series, we learned that angels are God’s messengers who minister to God’s people. Ares was, in Wonder Woman, a bureaucrat who told the people one thing but whose goals were a very different matter. While Morgan was seeking an armistice for peace outwardly, his ulterior motives were total destruction, his belief being that humans were inherently evil and needed to be vanquished. Instead, Ares was hidden well, as Sir Patrick Morgan, a man in the British government who was a proponent of peace. However, while he was evil and plotted the deaths of millions, he was not Ares. Throughout most of the movie, she assumed that the God of War was part of the Nazi party, specifically General Erich Ludendorff (a real-life Nazi general portrayed in the film by Danny Huston). The entire hero's journey for Diana was to find Ares and stop the World War that she knew he was responsible for. The version of Ares in Wonder Woman was a great twist on the classic character, at least until he armored up for the final battle. With such a rich array of characters from the distinct classic mythologies and legends in film, here is a look at 15 of the most powerful gods in fantasy movie history. They are extremely powerful, many times almighty, and very often unconquerable. Regardless of their active roles in the films, these gods all share one important trait. At others, they take a strong role in all the action, whether it is major Gods taking part in battles and wars or demigods proving their worth on the battlefields. Often, the Gods in movies are used as guides or as characters to move the plots. Add in Gods existing in Egyptian mythology as well as Christianity and there is a pantheon of gods and deities that filmmakers can draw inspiration and stories from. Thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, names like Thor, Loki and Odin are everyday names, while their Norse myth counterparts all stand toe-to-toe with the Greek Gods. ![]() The most famous of these myths, when it comes to world cinema, is the Greek Gods, with names like Zeus, Hercules, Ares, Poseidon, and more heading the cast. The world of fantasy in movies is often enriched by classical mythology.
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