In the movie Avatar one of the emotionally charged scenes is where the Na’vi are getting slaughtered by the more sophisticated weaponry of the soldiers of Colonel Quaritch. Earlier Jake, knowing that he was going to be outgunned, had prayed that Eywa would help him to win the battle. Jake did not have a full understanding of what Eywa would be able to do but he did recognize his helplessness and he was going to ask help of anyone, and anything, that would deliver his people, the Na’vi, from sure slaughter. In the final moments of the battle, when disaster appeared to be sure, there was a significant movement on the horizon, that could be picked up by the Colonel’s instruments on his ship. The Colonel could tell that something was moving but he could not tell what it was. Then, all of a sudden, the large land animals, and the Ikran, sent by Eywa, attacked the soldiers. The overran the soldiers on the ground and destroyed all of the robots. The Ikran attacked the helicopters, and Jake used the Leonopteryx to halt the air battle. Even Neytiri was able to mount a Thanator and carry the fight to Colonel Quaritch. The Sacred Tree was saved and the battle turned for Jake and the Na’vi.
The concept of a god, getting involved in the affairs of men, and doing something substantial is an awesome thought. It is wonderful to think that some supernatural entity would want to assess and then get involved with resources that we do not have to offer and hopefully to do the right thing for us at the right time.
Again, it is intriguing that Mr. Cameron would be able to utilize the concept of divine intervention through animals to save the people. I believe that Mr. Cameron is aware of the many Bible stories that tell the story of God getting involved with the affairs of men and helping man in various ways regarding animals, and chose to incorporate this story into the movie Avatar. I would like to share just a few stories of animal involvement through the interventions of God.
1. In Genesis 6-9 God calls the animals out of the forest to enter into Noah’s Ark – two by two for the unclean animals and seven by seven for the clean.
2.In Genesis 6-9 God also uses nature to cleanse the Earth and He effected nature in such a way as to overflow all of life, that was not on the Ark, and to destroy all people and animals through the flood.
3. Exodus 7-14 tells the story of the various plagues that God sent on the then greatest nation in the world, the Egyptian nation. He sent frogs, lice, flies, locusts, and used many of the natural elements including the Red Sea to conduct warfare on Egypt.
4.In Numbers 11 God sends flocks of birds to feed the Israelites in addition to what He fed them each day through the Manna and supplying water from a Rock.
5. In Joshua 10:10-14 God uses hail to kill the enemies of Israel and stops the sun and moon, to allow the warfare to continue without obstruction.
6. In I Kings 17:3-7 God uses Ravens to feed His prophet Elijah.
7. II Kings 2:23-25 God uses two bears to kill 42 teens who were mocking the prophet Elisha.
8. In Daniel 3 God displays how He is able to control fire when his servants are cast into a fire without being burned.
9. In Daniel 6 God controls the lions in the den from harming Daniel.
10. In Matthew 8:23-27 Jesus controls a storm and brings it to a close.
11. In Matthew 14:15-21 Jesus feeds 5000 men, plus women and children.
12. In John 11 Jesus resurrects a man who has been dead for 4 days.
13. In I Thessalonians 4:13-18 Jesus resurrects all of the righteous of all ages.
14. In Revelation 16 Jesus uses plagues again to destroy the earth.
These 14 stories tell just the surface of the many ways that the God of the Bible, the God of the universe is able to control nature and use it in any way that He needs to in order to accomplish His Holy Will.
As Jake was thrilled by his deliverance from the Colonel, so we are to be thrilled by all of the resources that Jesus has to accomplish our deliverance from Satan. When we read the Bible we have the opportunity to have our hearts go out to Jesus and trust that He is interested in us and He can care for us in a 1000 ways of which we know nothing. It is our privilege to get to know God and to learn how to trust Him and interact with Him while we help others. This is our gift from heaven.
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