Yet, like kidnapped children, we are rescued by our big brother, Jesus, who gladly takes on all opposition to return his beloved family to its rightful place. People have accused him of everything from anti-Semitism to making the movie for money. There has been much criticism of Mel Gibson for making The Passion of The Christ. It is certainly a chilling scene, and one that should remind us just how deeply we may fall into sin how strongly, even innocently, we may love the idols we worship in the place of God. Symbolically, it is judgment it shatters all the world systems as evidenced by the scenes of Pilate, the High Priest, and Satan himself being cast down. It is weird, it is shocking, it's almost too much." he says. "Instead of a normal mother and child you have an androgynous figure holding a 40-year-old 'baby' with hair on his back. Mel Gibson, who produced and directed the movie, notes how the baby devil retains some of its human characteristics even as it is deformed by this association with sin: And there in the background is Christ, on the path to the cross, to break those "maternal" bonds to Satan and replace them with bonds to our true father in heaven. Some have said this baby devil could symbolize humanity itself, steeped in sin, being fed daily by its "mother," the Prince of Darkness.
Many have wondered what this symbolizes, since it does not directly reference anything in the Bible. Those who have seen the Passion of the Christ may recall a surreal scene in which Satan appears to be carrying a deformed baby while Jesus is being whipped. Baby Devil QUESTION: What does the baby devil in the Passion of the Christ signify?
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