Re: Anti-Christ Villain
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:20 pm
This again?
The thing that's so appealing about Dispensationalism (aka "Left Behind" theology) is that it gives you a sensational story of a fantasy-style, epic battle between good and evil. And then you miss the that the true battle between good and evil happens every day. We are constantly faced with choices and the daily decision of following Christ or following our own selfish desires.
Sure, story arcs like Blackgaard and Novacom make for exciting adventures, but they are only a small part of the battle between good and evil. That battle happens every day in your own heart, and it's the everyday slice-of-life episodes that give us hope and encouragement in the daily dying to self and living for Christ.
An antichrist villain? The antichrist is anyone or anything that opposed Christ. Odyssey is already full of those villians.
The thing that's so appealing about Dispensationalism (aka "Left Behind" theology) is that it gives you a sensational story of a fantasy-style, epic battle between good and evil. And then you miss the that the true battle between good and evil happens every day. We are constantly faced with choices and the daily decision of following Christ or following our own selfish desires.
Sure, story arcs like Blackgaard and Novacom make for exciting adventures, but they are only a small part of the battle between good and evil. That battle happens every day in your own heart, and it's the everyday slice-of-life episodes that give us hope and encouragement in the daily dying to self and living for Christ.
An antichrist villain? The antichrist is anyone or anything that opposed Christ. Odyssey is already full of those villians.