Feb

27

I Found Jesus, Literally! - James Cameron

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Titanic director James Cameron is now producer of a new documentary about the “Jesus Family Tomb.” According to the official website of the production, “An incredible archaeological discovery in Israel changes history and shocks the world. Tombs with the names The Virgin Mary, Jesus of Nazareth, Mary Magdalene and Judas, their son, are found and an investigation begins.” But, is there any truth to the claims?

First, this isn’t really “an incredible archaeological discovery,” in that this tomb was found 27 years ago during excavation for an apartment building in Jerusalem. It didn’t take Christopher Columbus 27 years to report his discovery of the New World. This isn’t an “incredible discovery,” it’s a repackaging of old news to a world that actually took The Da Vinci Code bait last year.

Second, the tomb that Cameron and crew claim is that of Mary Magdalene,  who the producers of this film call the “…second ‘Mary’ in Jesus’ life…,” isn’t labeled “Mary Magdalene” or even “Mary of Magdala” It’s labeled “Mariamene e Mara,” a Greek phrase roughly translated on their own site as “Mariamne, also called Master.” Hardly convincing. In fact, it seems a stretch to declare that this is Mary of Magdala simply based on a vague inscription.

Surfing the site, the producers tread very lightly around the central tenet of Christian faith. That is, they claim that “‘The Lost Tomb Of Jesus’ does not challenge the Resurrection. It asks viewers to consider the possibility that the Resurrection occurred from a second tomb.” But, is this a valid claim in light of the other information they provide? They claim that Jesus’ “remains” were moved from the Tomb given him by Joseph of Arimathea to “safeguard his remains.”

But the Gospel of Luke tells us that his disciples returned to the tomb wherein he was laid to anoint the body, only to find the stone rolled away. In John, we find Mary Magdalene concerned that “They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.”

The most important Gospel testimony concerning the Resurrection, the testimony that this documentary and its claims flatly repudiate, is that in the book of Matthew:

And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, Saying: Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, while he was yet alive: After three days I will rise again. Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day: lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the people: He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate saith to them: You have a guard; go, guard it as you know. And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting guards.

To this testimony, Cameron and his crew must answer. They cannot straddle the fence, claiming that they aren’t trying to claim that Jesus wasn’t divine, that he wasn’t resurrected; while still contradicting the Gospel testimony.

No, Cameron and his crew, while not entirely honest about it, are clear on the implications of their “incredible discovery.” Jesus of Nazareth was a fraud. He and his disciples bilked the world and continue to do so, 2,000 years later. Like Dan Brown before him, Cameron is not only insulting the Messiah, the Savior of the world by claiming he was a false prophet, he’s also insulting the Apostles, the Martyrs and every Christian who has taken up his cross since 33 AD.

Cameron and his crew should be ashamed of themselves. Like Dan Brown, Tom Hanks and Ron Howard before them, they have put their own egos and desire for gain ahead of the truth. James Cameron will make much more than 30 pieces of silver for this “documentary,” but one wonders if he ever read the Scripture, which asks us “For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?“

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