Preface: I don't especially like the title I chose for this post....but it gives me the opportunity to get the attention of someone who might just be surfing by....and it also gives me a reason to bring back this earlier post from October 28...along with a few comments. There is chaos....everywhere....in the midst of conservatism....and even with some prominent evangelical ministers. Have you by any chance read a bio on the president-elect in Argentina? The above video is a scene from the end of the classic film....The Bridge On The River Kwai. Colonel Nicholson utters four words that we evangelicals will be uttering when reality sets in as to the path we have taken....having ignored Jeremiah's words in 6:16...."Thus says the LORD: 'Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls." Patrick Dempsey is apparently the latest male that People Magazine awarded the above title of Sexiest Man Alive to. We also might want to consider the words that concluded Jeremiah 6:16...."But they said, 'We will not walk in it'"....for we have had ample warnings on what path to trust....and responded in the same way as did the people of Judah.
I Want You Lord....More Than What The World Has To Offer
Are you familiar with the actor Patrick Dempsey? Maybe your answer is....of course! I really wouldn't know for I only saw him in one film.
He seems to be very successful.....this from Wikipedia anyway....plenty of films....some of those films acclaimed. He apparently is very much involved in auto racing....and that is an understatement. He is a philanthropist of sorts....with a couple of honorary degrees....seems like an overall nice guy. And uh....something called....Grey's Anatomy....never saw it but have read that it was....(is?).....huge.
He was in the news earlier in the day because his hometown is Lewiston, Maine....and he was relaying his sadness around the events in the town that he loves.
When I heard the name....Patrick Dempsey....I immediately thought about the one film that I did see him in. It was a 1998 made-for-television movie....Jeremiah. (Released in August of 2000 in the United States) You can watch this right now if you like....on your computer....for free.....no sign-ups.....nothing. I know that I have watched it four or five times....bare minimum.
Now it was not going to win an Emmy....but that surely was never the intent of the producers. It's the type of TV movie that the people who made it wanted some people to watch....four or five times.
How were they supposed to depict the prophet Jeremiah over forty years....in a ninety minute film? Well they did it. Jeremiah just didn't really age too much. A couple of the scenes were obviously of artistic license....and some were out-and-out not in the Bible....but there was nothing that altered who this young boy turned into aged weeping prophet was.
As for the acting....how does Oliver Reed sound to you? He played King Zedekiah's chief general. I'm sure he was doing it for the money....he died shortly afterwards....but he is a presence on the screen. Klaus Maria Brandaur is an Austrian actor....once nominated for an Oscar....and once winner of a Golden Globe. He played Nebuchadnezzar....and sold me on it.
So this Patrick Dempsey is Jeremiah....warning the people....warning the Kings.....and warning the princes and the false prophets....that judgment from God was coming....telling them of his visions....and using props....and all this over forty years....until the people were taken off to Babylon....twice....and Jeremiah himself had to live out his life for however many years or months....until he went to paradise....to wait some more....for the coming of the Son of Man to redeem those given to Him.
Here's a great idea....possibly with eternal consequences....it's tomorrow afternoon.....and the Steelers have a 1 PM start time....and you had been looking forward to it. Well....tell God that you want something more....that you want to know more of Him....and your need of Him....and boot up and watch this film....maybe with a good Study Bible at your side if you are not already familiar with the book of Jeremiah.
Note: Just Google....Jeremiah, movie....and the 1:31:25 film will come right up.
