The Young Messiah

This Easter there will be a film released titled "The Young Messiah." The film will document the untold years of Jesus' life from birth to twelve. The years when Christ was a child are only highlighted when He was born (Luke 2), He was circumcised (Luke 2:21), when He went at Passover, was lost by Mary and Joseph, and taught the religious Talidim in the Temple (Luke 2:41-52), and then we do not have any information until Jesus Christ is at the Wedding in Cana, Baptism, and the Wilderness. Many consider speculating about years of the Lord's life is sacrilegious. There is concern that if a fictional element is inserted in True Account of Christ that people will be inclined to consider the whole True gospel as mythos. This is why many Jews refuse to depict anything not in the Torah or that is historical, and why many are strict about it being as accurate as possible.

The Young Messiah is intriguing, and the trailers seem to be doing their best to show Jesus as child as close to Scripture as possible. For instance, when the Young Jesus asks Mary what to do, she responds, "you must ask your heavenly Father to teach you what you must do." This is accurate because the Jesus says, "Jesus gave them this answer: "Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does," (John 5:19), "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me," (John 5:30), and "Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?" (John 14:9). I am hopeful they can stay as close to True accounts of the Gospels and Epistles. A good benefit of making a movie about Jesus as Child is that it can be a draw for children to know Jesus Christ. If they see the Savior, if they behold God incarnate as a child, then they can better connect and realize that Jesus was very pro-children even as an adult, "If anyone causes one of these little ones--those who believe in me--to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea," (Matthew 18:6) and "And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 18:3). Jesus affirms the blessings of childhood, innocence, quick to believe, not jaded, not skeptical, fully trusting, and not "holding to a form of godliness that has lost its power." (2 Timothy 3:5).

Hollywood has been a proponent for good adaptation of the Gospel, "Ben Hur," "Passion of Christ," "King of Kings," "Jesus of Nazareth," "Son of God," and more; but there have been horrible adaptation of Biblical accounts like "Noah" and "Exodus: Gods and Kings." Only time will tell if the Young Messiah is going to be a film that is positive and leads to belief in Prince of Peace, or if it will be another atheist or mythical take on a part of Christ's life we know little about and thus cause confusion. I will say that I am going to hope for the best, and prepare for the worst. My review will be ready when I see it.