Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Pocahontas, Prophets, and 1 Peter


1 Peter says “Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.” Pocahontas upholds these values very well. The moral of the story, we learn by the end of the movie, is to not rashly judge another based on stereotypes and assumptions. The tribe and the Europeans want to go to war with each other based on killing and wounding from each side; however, no one cared enough to get the full story or to talk things out. They were not living in harmony, being sympathetic, compassionate, or loving as brothers. In the end, they all realize their mistakes and embrace the values laid out in 1 Peter. It also calls for people to love each other deeply from the heart, not based on these stereotypes. John Smith and Pocahontas don’t pre judge, but get to know each other and begin to love the other. Through many trials and sacrifices they get the others to look at each other this way, too. Pocahontas and John Smith on this way are prophets of truth that try to bring the real message to their people, and the leaders of the Native Americans and Europeans are bringing false messages. This is similar to the Prophets in the Bible, Jeremiah and Ezekial, who bring God’s real message to the people, as opposed to the false ones being fed to the public. In both cases, when the false message is followed, then conflict arises; however, when the real message is followed people are enlightened. 

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