Over the month of September I’ve discussed a lot of different aspects of Thor, I didn’t realize myself until I dove into the depth of his character and realized how interesting he is, what he stands for, the mistakes me makes, and most importantly the spirituality of his character. He stands for some of the same things that Jesus stands for, like loyalty. In time as Thor grows up, he also learns to respect his father Odin and value his royalty and high place and learns to revere him. Something us Christians should take a lesson in, reverence. Thor resembles what it is like to struggle with obeying your Heavenly Father, the consequences of disobeying him, but coming to respect and obey the father, because he knows best.
Thor has a personality that reminds me at times of King David in the Bible, someone who is so passionate for his Father’s heart. Kind David stumbles and sins, just read the story of him and Bathsheba (2nd Samuel 11), but the Lord still loved him and never stopped. Thor disobeyed his father as well in the first film and his father was very upset with him and had to punish him, just as the Lord had to do with King David. That is the consequence of disobeying, it doesn’t mean that the Father never wants to see you again, or that he doesn’t love you, but it means that you cannot expect any repercussions when you go deliberately against the King. It was stupid of Thor and it was stupid of King David, but we are God and cannot make our own rules.
In contrast, though, King David and Thor have similarities that are great qualities, they both are fearless beyond words. When David was just a boy in the Bible, he was the only courageous kid to stand up against the giant Goliath, a popular story even non-believers have heard in 1st Samuel 17. King David led armies and wars and wiped out tens of thousands of Israel’s enemies. Thor does not possess much fear either as you can see throughout the franchise, his first step into destruction against his father was to go into a war all by himself! He risks his life for his family and friends and wants to be proven worthy in his father’s eyes, much like David.
Again, superheroes are not exactly role models because they are like God and America puts them on a pedestal, but superheroes such as Thor are like biblical characters who stumble and fall but NEVER stop loving God. They aren’t perfect and neither are the twelve disciples, so a question we can ask ourselves is this: Why are non-perfect people written in the Bible if we are not meant to learn from people who sin? They are in the Word of God because they teach us that God can choose anyone, he can use anyone and he DOES love anyone. Superheroes are today’s modern disciples in a sense that they are halfway role models. The only true person to follow and be a representation of is Jesus, but superheroes resemble different people God uses, and superheroes show us little representations of the true King, Jesus Christ.
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