Nike just aired a new commercial which at the end they post the statement " The Second Coming" Please give me some thoughts on that. I'm very curious.
2007-01-21 12:56:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
false-christs and prophets. The world is trying to prepare christians and the rest of the world into accepting the "anti-christ"
Matthew 24:24
"For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect
2007-01-21 12:59:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Back in the 70's when the Jesus People movement was popular and the catch word was "Jesus Saves", I remember a Japanese car company running a billboard ad with the simple phrase "Datsun Saves".
The the term "Born Again" took on renewed popularity during the campaign of Jimmy Carter or thereabouts. Contemporary pop singer Billy Preston came out with a song where he is singing to his lover, and the words are "don't you know that with you, I'm born again."
There is an old Latin phrase, which I couldn't recite in Latin, but it translates to this: The Devil, the ape of God.
What it means is the Devil really has no originality, nor do his servants. All they can really do is imitate what God does.
I have seen over the years that any time God gets a word in - and eschatology, end time events, is very popular now, among evangelical Christians, but also among Muslims, especially Shiites, who are anticipating the return of their own version of Jesus Christ and the appearance of the Mahdi, the 12th Imam; I have found that Satan always appears on the scene with his look alike version to obscure the issue.
Jesus said in the parable about the sower who went to sow his seed, that some fell along the wayside, and immediately the birds came and took it away.
This is interpreted as the word of God, the message of the Gospel, falling along the pathway, where men go back and forth and conduct business; the place of commerce, if you will.
When the word is heard, immediately Satan introduces some imitation, some counterfeit, some substitute, which is worthless, but obscures the force and power of the message of the Gospel, sown in men's hearts. The intent of the admen may be one thing, but the intent of Satan is to obfuscate, blur and make unclear the true meaning of the term "Second Coming", lest some heart be awakened, and they give heed to the message of the Gospel, and are saved.
2007-01-21 21:19:53 · answer #2 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it's like the book The Da Vinci Code. People are trying to make money off of the story of Jesus and other people get all upset because they don't realize that it's actually a good thing when worldly people find their minds turned to thoughts about Jesus even if it isn't in the context of an evangelical sermon since for the most part they don't give Him a first or second thought.
Psalms 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. (3) For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. (4) The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
2007-01-21 21:17:48 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I wouldn't pretend that Nike's advertising executives did this by accident. Clearly, it has it's 'shock value'. It's an advertising technique nothing more.
Er, yea I mean, people are dumb enough to think that a friggin' shoe is a messiah or a prophet. Heh, maybe that would have worked back in biblical times. Who knows? Maybe Jesus wasn't a man after all, but a trendy sandal! But the sandal was cheaply made, so the leaders had to crusify the sandal. The faithful sandal wearers had to do something about it though and thus appeared Christianity. Uh huh.
2007-01-21 21:07:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is of course a take-off on the term, "The second coming of Christ"....but I've heard the term used a lot lately with people saying stuff like (for instance) Tiger Woods is the second coming of Jack Nicklas and stuff like that.
2007-01-21 21:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by nancy jo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ad company thought that using WNBA people to simulate a church service with pastor, choir, etc. was a good environment to push LeBron James as the second Michael Jordon.
It doesn't bother me, and I don't think it misleads anyone.
grace2u
2007-01-21 21:23:44 · answer #6 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't seen it yet. Maybe they are trying to market their shoes to the christians in the US who have cash...$$$
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2007-01-21 21:09:02 · answer #7 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like with Borat....brilliant.
Have a nice day.
2007-01-21 21:02:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's well planned advertising to get your attention, and see, it worked.
2007-01-21 21:01:52 · answer #9 · answered by Heaven's Messenger 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not coptright. Anyone can use the expression
2007-01-21 20:59:25 · answer #10 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋