Remember that movie about everyday people who are called to do a marvelous work and a wonder, being invited by a vision to a mountain where they will see signs in the heavens as they commune with heavenly beings? The dead are brought back to the Earth, families are reunited, and some are even called to ascend into heaven with the visitors. It all sounds like it’s ripped straight out of the Holy Bible, but I’m actually talking about Close Encounters of the Third Kind. No, it’s not a movie explicitly about the scriptures, but it does appear to be an allegory for Biblical things.
Instead of angels, the heavenly beings are aliens. Instead of divine visions, there are glimpses of unidentified flying objects. Instead of prophets, there’s an electrician and a homemaker. Instead of transfiguration and translation, there is alien abduction.
“This means something. This is important.” That’s the movie’s most famous line. Let’s take this classic movie at its word and see if we can find a deeper meaning in it than the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. I think we can find a lot of heavenly wisdom pertaining to the last days in which we are living. Please join me as I quote a number of Old and New Testament verses and relate them to the events of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. By the way, I hope I don’t come across as demeaning the scriptures or trivializing them in any way. I’m just interested in making connections between them and a piece of popular entertainment that also speaks to me. Continue reading
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