I went to see Top Gun: Maverick this weekend, and even as an old Army helicopter guy, I had to admit it was a great movie. I didn't realize the movie was actually finished in 2020 but was kept from release until movie theaters were back to normal (or as normal as they would ever get). Thus far it appears to be heading towards blockbuster status, and I think, aside from the fact the movie was exceptionally well-done, the reason for its success is its a) lack of wokeness, and b) plays on American nostalgia to see ourselves as a force for good again in the world. While the patriot side of me would love to see this happen, my Christian side knows it never will.
And then a real pile-on. Sin of the spies. It's downright un-American.
Poor Pete Garcia. Surnamed Mitchell ("Michael") he is not. No light; no ingenuity. Always an eagle-eye out for darkness and despair -- no stone left unturned!
These negative-wave generators just don't know when to quit. See, God created electrons to have negative charges, thus guaranteeing that the dark side could be trusted to keeps the lights on.
God's enemies fight Him will all that they know, 24/7/365. And God has as His disposal, all that they *don't* know.
The Messiah is *the* Top Gun, even as the movie title in Hebrew indicates:
אהבה בשחקים: מאווריק
Love in the Sky: Maverick
Blockbuster status = every eye shall see him
sky (clouds):"שחקים"
From Klein's etymology:
שַֽׁחַק ᴵ m.n. 1 fine dust. PBH 2 a worn-out garment. [From שׁחק.]
שַֽׁחַק ᴵᴵ m.n. (usually used in the pl. שְׁחָקִים) 1 cloud of dust. 2 clouds in general (lit.: ‘that which is fine, thin’), whence, through sense enlargement, often used in the meaning of ‘sky, heavens’. [Special sense development of שַׁחַק ᴵ.] Derivative: שַׁחֲקִי.
Join the Navi, see the world. A global force for good.
You see, we're just a private enterprise operation.
You, the American Army.
No Baby, we ain't..
Kelly's Heroes -- "Showdown with a Tiger"
5. Weapons of Mass Destruction
After witnessing the first nuclear explosion on July 16, 1945, Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, infamously said, Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
The birthday of the Atomic Age, when the site of the trinity was nuked. Let there be light:
[Photo of Marshall Islands mushroom cloud.]
First underwater test at Bikini Atoll on July 25, 1945
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...We are not of the night nor of darkness...For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
First comes the heavy-handed demoralization, the oxygen is sucked out of the room, then the "comfort": we're from God and we're here to help you.
People around here sure recognize the tactic when the government establishment does it. Establishment Jesus -- the one the experts teach everyone to expect.
