Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Roman empire and Camelot

Having recently watched King Arthur and The Last Legion, I was contemplating how Romans became British heroes and legends. And I was wondering if there are any connections or correlations between the Roman Empire being depicted in the Bible as the final evil empire of the Devil (see Daniel 9) and the rise of Camelot?


Follow me here - as I see it, the Romans pretty much sum up all that is evil with man's quest for power: killings at will, slaughter of civilizations and cultures, obscene wealth and poverty together at the same time, etc. Then you have Camelot: peace, equality, justice, etc. Is the move from Rome to Camelot a literary way of men expressing their belief and desire to see an evil world reformed to one of good. A paradise if you will? But a paradise of man's making. Not the paradise that God has planned. The one He died to make for us. But men have the pride to think they can create some form of paradise here on earth.

Let us not forget that Camelot faded. It died when men's hearts were true to what they have always been: Evil and wicked. Love becomes lust. Justice becomes vengeance. Equality eroded in favor of royalty. When man lays the foundation, the plan is sure to fail. But if the foundation is God, then we can rest assure that the Rock of His Word will never fail!


Maybe next time we think of dear ole Arthur and his Round Table knights we will remember that no man can bring perfection here on earth besides Jesus Christ.

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