There are times when I get hit with revelation of the way God made us as humans. There are characteristics, traits, and tendencies that come out even in the midst of a world that is in rebellion towards God.

I love the movie Independence Day and I think it’s one of the best movies of all time. I watched it last night and was struck by something that I hadn’t noticed before, or hadn’t seen it in that light. It’s sacrifice.

At the end of the movie, in the aerial battle above the military base, the character Russell Casse gives his life to crash his plane into the center of the alien ship to blow it up and save everyone. The moment when he decides that that’s what he’s going to do is a powerful moment and one that I cry at.

But, when you take out the action, the dramatic music, and the awesome mid nineties special effects, you’re left with a man laying down his life that others might live.

Do you see Jesus in that? I do.

I think that’s because there’s something deep within us that recognizes the value of someone laying down their life for someone else. It’s something that can’t be taken away. And it’s something that those who don’t know Jesus still recognize. Hollywood even recognizes it.

I love it when God is revealed in secular settings.

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