Posted on 07/27/2024 5:08:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Christians expressed offense at the debauchery celebrated during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris that showed a ménage à trois and a depiction of The Last Supper with drag queens as Jesus’ disciples, among other symbols that rankled viewers.
One performance at the ceremonies that caused significant offense Friday afternoon was a depiction of Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper" that portrays Jesus' last meal with his disciples before his betrayal, arrest and crucifixion.
The song “King” was played as a woman wearing a crown was depicted as Jesus surrounded by men in drag, one of whom was a bearded man with long, blonde hair who later danced suggestively down a catwalk, much like a stripper would do. The catwalk was in front of the Last Supper table, where a young girl stood near the men in drag.
People are calling for the Olympics to be boycotted over their opening ceremonies. What do you think? pic.twitter.com/RrfnCroh4g— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) July 26, 2024
The offensive parody of the Last Supper (Mark 14:17-26), featuring drag queens and other actors who stood in poses inverted from the da Vinci painting, was set on a bridge over the Seine River that overlooks the Eiffel Tower.
In response to the display that some social commentators described as blasphemous and satanic, Harrison Butker, a kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, shared the Bible verse Galatians 6:7-8 in a post on X: “Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh, of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit, of the spirit shall reap life everlasting.”
Abby Johnson, host of the “Politely Rude” podcast and former Planned Parenthood clinic director-turned-women’s advocate, also rebuked the depiction of Jesus and His disciples, writing on X, “It’s crazy how they openly degrade and mock our beliefs then call us intolerant.”
Days earlier, Johnson reacted to the Olympics organizers’ decision to feature three drag queens — Nicky Doll, Miss Martini and Minima Gesté — as torchbearers.
“They give the Olympic flame to a man and a man dressed as a woman. Instead of choosing a real woman, they chose a man with a bunch of clown makeup and a wig. A mockery of womanhood and insulting to women everywhere,” Johnson said Wednesday in a post on X.
JULY 14: The Olympic flame arrived in Paris after being toured throughout France ahead of the Summer Olympics.
Three different drag queens carried the flame at different points along the relay route - Nicky Doll, Miss Martini, and Minima Gesté. pic.twitter.com/3t3Zaq6fh3— REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) July 24, 2024
Other depictions that biblically astute viewers were offended by included the head of a golden calf and a horseman of the Apocalypse.
The Old Testament book of Exodus tells the historical account of when God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and commanded them (Exodus 20:2–5) not to worship any other gods or create any idols to worship.
When Moses met with God on Mount Saini and was given the Ten Commandments he came back down from the mountain to find that the Israelites had melted their gold to create an idol of a golden calf to worship as the god who had delivered them from Egypt.
Another symbol in the opening ceremonies that many Christians recognized was one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse: the Antichrist.
The 2024 Paris Olympics has gone full Woke dystopian.
The opening ceremony was filled with transgend*r mockery of the Last Supper, the Golden Calf idol, and even the Pale Horse from the Book of Revelation.
The Olympics has made it clear that Christian viewers aren't welcome.
pic.twitter.com/LgawyE6YRX— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 26, 2024
John writes in Revelation 6:1-2: “I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.”
The Antichrist is a deceiver who will rise to power and mimic Jesus Christ as a peacemaker but will set out to kill and destroy all who oppose him.
Revelation 13:7-8 states: “Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.”
Another scene that offended viewers was that of French singer and actor Philippe Katerine, whose nearly-naked body was covered in pale blue paint and glitter and only covered by a thong and a sash of fake flowers and leaves to symbolize Dionysus, the pagan god of drunkenness and Bacchanalian orgies.
The Olympics also featured a pre-recorded dance in which a threesome — two men and one woman — frolicked around the streets of Paris in a romantic chase, pretending to kiss each other and ending up in a room and shutting the door on viewers before engaging in their sexual activities in private.
An avid reader of The Christian Post said in a comment Saturday that this year's opening ceremony "is a sign of the spirit of the age" and a stark reminder of Romans 1:24-25, which says: "Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!"
That’s right.
What the French did is just downright disgusting and disrespectful.
Will we hear from participants who are Christian who will have guts enough to object? They should have declared a boycott immediately or perhaps they weren’t all aware what was taking place. That was probably the idea behind the whole decadent show!!! Keep them far enough away which kept them from seeing it!!! Despicable!
I didn’t see much of it as I couldn’t stand what little I did see so I don’t know how that supposed painting would have played a part or when in the ceremony...
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF IT? I hope there is a huge backlash! As despicable as the athletes at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico - wasn’t one of them there yesterday? John Lewis?
Watch the Olympic opening ceremonies and then understand what somebody like Kamala wants America to look like. If Trump doesn’t win, America will be as woke as France is.
Comcast televised it
I’m so glad I didn’t watch it.
Kind of reminds me of...
Daniel 5:3-31
23 Instead, you have set yourself against the Lord of heaven. You ordered the drinking cups from the Temple of the Lord to be brought to you. Then you and your royal guests, your wives, and your slave women drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that are not really gods; they cannot see or hear or understand anything. You did not honor God, who has power over your life and everything you do.
24 So God sent the hand that wrote on the wall.
25 “These are the words that were written on the wall: ‘Mene, mene, tekel, and parsin.’
26 “This is what the words mean: Mene: God has counted the days until your kingdom will end.
27 Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found not good enough.
28 Parsin: Your kingdom is being divided and will be given to the Medes and the Persians.”
Watch for the writing on the wall...
ditto
You didn’t miss anything. I didn’t see much but what I saw didn’t make any sense. I hope this puts the kibash on all Olympics. It would be a shame but the way the world is going, it will only get worse and never get back to what we think of as normal. The athletes will have to come together and refuse to participate in such despicable ehavior..they’ll have to aspire to something else but even that is IFFY in today’s younger generation. Perhaps they gobble this stuff up. IF true - how sad!
I want NOTHING TO DO with either the OLYMPICS any more nor Paris!!!!!!
In 1902, the governor of Martinique had a vile anti-Christian parade with crucified pigs. Not long after Mt Pelee blew it’s top and wiped out the city.
bttt
I never expect anything less from Parisians.
The provincial areas are different. Like things are here.
Interesting.
Never take a bet that the woke types have nowhere lower they can go.
Drag queen assemblies at elementary schools.
School nurse at a public school can give puberty blocking injections without informing parents (Michigan).
First graders questioned on whether they are really a boy or a girl and what things would they do if they could change.
American flags in DC replaced by PLO flags and burned in front of an effigy of the Jewish Israeli PM Netanyahu while others spray paint Hamas invasion threats and obscene words on monuments.
France should never be allowed to host the Olympics ever again.
There is a huge backlash and France got their feelings hurt. They are going after youtube channels for pointing out certain things in the painting such as wardrobe malfunctions with the black outfit behind the little child. Really, a pale horse, the Statue of Liberty is all beaten up and decapitated heads with blood running down the building (a la Kathy Griffin). France paid for the disaster and you know it had to be approved by everyone and their cousin but now they’re taking pictures off the internet proving they knew they’d done wrong. Here’s to their tv rankings crashing from no one watching.
Good historical analogy
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