As promised earlier in the week, here’s the Godzilla-Jesus movie poster. I had a lot of fun making the laser eyes.
Doing this makes me realize how often I want Godzilla-Jesus instead of the real Jesus. Shoot this problem down for me, Jesus! Turn on your laser beard and melt the greedy evils of Wall Street!
It’s not surprising really.
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The United States doesn’t have a king. (Say what you will about our President, we can replace him every four years.) So when I try to think of Jesus as a king, he gets twisted into something else. A super hero. A superstar. A celebrity. A media mogul. A CEO.
I suspect these metaphors are not any less accurate than the king metaphor. He is bigger than any human institution we can force him into.
After all, he never really accepted the Kingdom metaphor without turning it upside down and comparing God’s Kingdom to mustard seeds, lost coins, and lost sons.
As Christians, it is too easy to want a Godzilla Jesus. Some Christian presses want to zap the secular presses. Stomp on them. Destroy them. I’ve heard Christian movie producers talk about fighting the battle to take over Hollywood.
Of course, there is biblical precedent for the war metaphor too. Put on the armor of God and all that.
What do you all think? Do you feel like too many Christians want a Godzilla-Jesus? Do you want a Godzilla-Jesus?
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