On My Mind: Jesus Christ Needs Help From A Super Hero?

DC Comics' "Second Coming" series, which was
scheduled to make it's debut in March, and features the Lord Jesus Christ

as a failure returning to earth to take lessons on how to become the 

 "true messiah" from a Superman-like character called, "Sun-Man"
has since been cancelled by the company after they received
a petition with 229,000 signatures declaring the
comic as both "outrageous and blasphemous".

As the true Messiah, Jesus Christ accomplished His mission

on earth by dying on the cross for the sins of mankind.

However, the implied message behind "Second Coming" as one can
glean from the description of the comic's story line, seems to suggest

 that if Jesus failed in His mission as the Messiah, then God obviously

failed in sending His beloved Son to the cross.
 This is in direct conflict with the Word of God, which attests:

"Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him

to grief and made Him sick. When You and He make His life an

offering for sin and He has risen from the dead, in time to come."

Isaiah 53:10

Creator of the comic, Mark Russell, believes the controversy 
 and criticism of his work is not only unjustified, but he claims,

"I think the religious fundamentalists and critics who are

trying to stop Second Coming aren't interested in protecting

Christ so much as their ability to control his narrative.
 Mega-churches, Fox News pundits, and YouTube

 outrage merchants see Christianity as their

product and view anyone else talking about Christ

as a form of copyright infringement. That's really the

only explanation for how they can be so upset over

a comic book they haven't even read. They probably

correctly suspect that its not Christ who's being

parodied, but themselves and how they've twisted

his teachings of mercy for the powerless into a

self-serving tool for the powerful."

 This blogger personally sees "Second Coming" as  just one more example 

 of the deceptive spirit of Antichrist at work in the world today.

 The spirit of Antichrist can only operate within the realm of

those who previously have knowledge, however limited,

 of the life of Jesus Christ and His mission here on earth.

In an interview with the website SyFyWire.com,  Russell claims

his strong opinions about religion were formed, "while

growing up around Christianity."  If this is true, then,

why does he hold such contempt towards believers
expressing their indignation at his blasphemous
portrayal of their beloved Lord and Savior?

Why didn't Russell choose instead to focus his ire on the impact
  of apostate Christianity in our society today, and the slow, but steady
decline of the true, cross-centered, Holy Spirit-led faith, by basing

   his failed messianic-like character on one (or perhaps several) of the 

 growing league of Scripture-twisting television and internet hucksters, 
   who stand guilty of deliberately  perverting the Word of God
 for personal gain and profit?

 Or, since all have sinned and fall short of the honor and glory which only

God bestows and receives, Russell could have been really daring in his creativity 

 and cast himself in the role of a failed man in need of redeeming qualities,

  instead of trying to capitalize on the sinless Son of God.  


His approach in "Second Coming" sounds really no different from those within
apostate Christianity, who have made a substantial living deceiving thousands
 of their greedy and gullible followers, not only with distortions of the Holy
Scriptures, but with gross misrepresentation of the very nature of God Himself.

Jesus Taking The Cross

Juliana Sava

(2010)

THE LIFE OF YESHUA HA'MASHIACH

(JESUS CHRIST)
SCRIPTURES FROM BOTH 
THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT

 OF THE PROMISED MESSIAH

WRITTEN, PRODUCED, AND DIRECTED

BY ELOHIM, THE ONE, TRUE GOD

AND CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE

To Be Born In Bethlehem...

"But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little

to be among the clans of Judah; yet out of you shall

One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel,

Whose goings forth have been from of old, from

ancient days, eternity."

Micah 5:1

"And he (Herod) demanded of them where Messiah should be born,

and they (the three wise men) said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea."

Matthew 2:4-5

Ben Elohim...
(Son of God)

"I will declare the decree of the Lord:

He said to Me, You are My Son;

this day I declare I have begotten You."

Psalm 2:7

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only

Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish

but have eternal life."

John 3:16

Of The Tribe Of Judah...

"The scepter or leadership shall not depart from Judah,

nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh,

the Messiah, the Peaceful One, comes to Whom it belongs,

and to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

Genesis 49:10

"The Lord has sworn and will not revoke or change it;

You are a priest forever, after the manner and order of Melchizedek."

Psalm 110:4

"For it was obvious that our Lord sprang from the

tribe of Judah, and Moses mentioned nothing about

priests in connection with that tribe.

And this is more plainly evident when another

Priest Who bears the likeness of Melchizedek."

Hebrews 7:14

Born Of A Virgin...

"Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign:

Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin

shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel,

God with us."

Isaiah 7:14

"Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to

a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel-which,

when translated, means, "God with us."

Matthew 1:23

A Navi (prophet)  Like Moshe...(Moses)

"The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet

from among your own people, like myself, Him you shall heed."

Deuteronomy 18:15

"If you believed Moses, you would believe Me;

for he wrote of Me."

John 5:46

Melech Yisrael...

(King of Israel)

"Rejoice greatly, Fair Zion; Raise a shout, Fair Jerusalem!

Lo, your King is coming to you. He is victorious, triumphant,

Yet humble, riding on an ass, a donkey foaled by a she-ass."

Zechariah 9:9

"So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him,

crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is He Who comes in the name of

the Lord, even the King of Israel!"

John 12:13

Obedient Unto Death...

"And going a little farther, He fell on the ground

and kept praying that if it were possible the fatal

hour might pass from Him.

And He was saying, "Abba, everything is possible

for You. Take away this cup from Me; yet not what

I will, but what You will."

Mark 14:35-36

Rejected...

"He was despised, shunned by men, A man of suffering,

familiar with disease. As One who hid His face from us,

He was despised, we held Him of no account."

Isaiah 53:3

"He came to His own and His own people did not receive Him."

John 1:11

Beaten...

"For like a pack of dogs they have encompassed me;

a company of evildoers has encircled me, they have

pierced my hands and my feet."

Psalm 22:16

"And they were striking His head with a reed and spitting

on Him and kneeling down in (mock) homage to Him."

Mark 15:19

Silent...

"He was maltreated, yet he was submissive, He did not

open His mouth; Like a sheep being led to slaughter, Like a ewe,

dumb before those who shear her, He did not open His mouth.

Isaiah 53:7

"But when He was accused by the chief priests

and elders, He gave no answer."

Matthew 27:12

He Is Our Sacrifice...

"But He was wounded because of our sins,

Crushed because of our iniquities. He bore the chastisement

that made us whole. And by His bruises we were healed.

We all went astray like sheep, Each going his own way;

And the Lord visited upon Him the guilt of all of us."

Isaiah 53:5-6

"All are justified and made upright and in right

standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace,

His unmerited favor and mercy through the redemption

which is provided in Christ Jesus, 

Whom God put forward before the eyes of all as a

mercy seat and propitiation by His blood, the cleansing

and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation

to be received through faith.  This was to show God's

righteousness, because in His divine forbearance

He has passed over and ignored former sins

without punishment. 

It was to demonstrate and prove at the present time,

in the now season, that He Himself is righteous and that

He justifies and accepts as righteous him who has

true faith in Jesus."

Romans 3:24-26

"He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree,

that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.

By His wounds you have been healed.

For you were straying like sheep, but now have

returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls."

1 Peter 2:24-25

It Is Finished...

"Into Your hands I commit my spirit;

You have redeemed me, O Lord,

the God of truth and faithfulness."

Psalm 31:5

"And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said,

"Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit!
And with these words, He expired."

Luke 23:46

Raised From The Dead...

"For You will not abandon me to Sheol, or let

Your faithful one see the pit."

Psalm 16:10

"Why do you seek the living among the dead?

He is not here, but has risen from the dead."

Luke 24:5-6

His Return For His Bride

"And the ransomed of the Lord shall return

and come to Zion with singing, and everlasting joy

shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy

and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away."

Isaiah 35:10

"For you shall go out from the spiritual exile

caused by sin and evil into the homeland  with joy,

and be led forth by the Lord Himself, and His word

with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break

forth before you into singing, and all the trees

of the field shall clap their hands.

Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,

and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;

and it shall be to the Lord for a name of renown,

for an everlasting sign of jubilant exaltation

and memorial to His praise which shall not be cut off."

Isaiah 55:13

"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with

a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel,

and with the blast of the trumpet of God.

And those who have departed this life 

in Christ will rise first.

Then we, the living ones who remain on the earth

shall simultaneously be caught up along with the

resurrected dead in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air;

and so always through the eternity of the eternities

we shall be with the Lord!

Therefore comfort and encourage one another

with these words."

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

"God will wipe away every tear from their eyes;

and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish,

sorrow and mourning, nor grief nor pain any more,

for the old conditions and the former order of things

have passed away."

Revelation 21:4

Lamb of God
Marty Goetz