Coomic Book Characters and Christian Allegories

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Man on Fire

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Many comic books writers were Jews. There are interesting allegories, for one reason or the other, for spiritual things woven into them.



Superman

Superman is Kal of the House of EL. God's Angels are Micha-El, Gabri-El, Uri-EL, Ragu-El, and so on. That makes Superman Earth's Guardian Angel?

Superman's origin story is like the Story of Moses. A baby is sent down the Nile, figuratively, to be raised by foster parents.

Given you watch the movie "Man of Steel" and catch on to this, you may be able to find a lot more.

Batman

From [Picture of a Prophet](Picture of a Prophet by L. Ravenhill) by Leonard Ravenhill we learn:

>The prophet is God's detective seeking for a lost treasure. The degree of his effectiveness is determined by his measure of unpopularity. Compromise is not known to him.

In general, someone has an idea...why? Maybe an artist or writer became drunk and woke up with an epiphany. Maybe he had some food for thought at a coffee shop. When we find recurring themes it is a Sign of The Times. (Matthew 16:3) It was a Spirit giving an idea.

A Prophet may be Batman. The Joker would be Satan.



In Bush "The Only Way Out" the lead singer is shown hearing a voice. Lucifer was known as an Angel of Light. The lead singer says he is the only way while denying Christ and God. He blows up a hospital.



Joker blows up hospital


["Joker and the Thief"]




Satan is a Joker. The day of the Lord comes as a Thief in the night. (1 Thessalonians 5:2)

There are a lot of riddles in the spiritual which is why you need a detective. The Stone rejected by the builders becomes the chief cornerstone. (Psalms 118:22)(Luke 20:9-19)(Acts 4:11)(1 Peter 2)

There are a lot more allegories. It depends how many you want given to you verse self-discovery.



It is not that God is a Riddler as in a villain, but that these allegories or metaphors are sort of like God's Clothes. Like the Emperor's New Clothes? Given we peel back all the layers someone could uncover the Father's Nakedness? (Genesis 9)

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In the Marvel Series, "The Defenders" on Netflix we have The Hand as the main bad guy. The Hand is a shadowy organization with a nefarious agenda. The Hand uses the word "Vessel" many times in reference to Electra's body like she is a possessed person.

In Batman you have The League of Assassins which is a similar organization to The Hand. Both secret societies have ways to make their life longer. The head of the League of Assassins is known as the Demon's Head. Coming out of The Lazarus Pit someone ends up possessed?

In the Bible, your Body is a Temple. Jesus lives inside you. Someone accepts The Spirit of God. He lets his ego down, and God in. He i s reborn in Christ. God is God of the living and not of the dead. (Luke 20:38)When someone refers to their body a vessel, that is like being a temple. Jesus Christ cast out Spirits. What Spirit is someone of?

Freemasons are a shadowy Secret Society. Walt Disney was a 33 Degree Freemason. What happened to a lot of the former female Disney stars like Lohan and Miley and so on? They seemed to be in a bad crowd? Bad fruit?

Christina Aguilera sang "Genie in a Bottle." Genie is an Arabic Djinn or Demon. A genie gives you wishes like a Money's Paw wish or a deal with the devil? Christian Aguilera sang a fun pop song for the time, or stating that her body is a vessel, and she is a possessed person?
 

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You're way too imaginative, and you give way too much credit to frivolous artists who just aren't clever enough, nor concerned enough, to put that much thought and effort into their art. It's just pretense and sensationalism, and immaturity, nothing more.
Unfortunately, the devil is much more shrewd than that, he disguises characters within the facade of heroism, pleasure or charisma. Typically not in such an overtly evil manner, as you have postulated.
Wicked people, in general, are not that united or clever.
 

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"That's not an 'S'..."


"...In my world, it means Hope."

Superman 2013.

 

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Mark 5:9
"And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many"


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