Holy Thought Process, Batman!

April 14, 2009

Jesus is like Batman. :D

"Wait, whoa...what?" you tell me. "Jesus isn't like Batman! Batman is a superhero!"

By now you're thinking I've completely lost it and should be dropped off at the nearest psychiatric ward. But before you pull out the hug-me vest and the pretty room of soft clouds, let me explain myself.

No, Jesus doesn't go running around in a cape, and no, Batman doesn't perform miracles. However, they share quite a few things in common:

1. Both Jesus and Batman have loving fathers that they look to as an example, and they both want to do what their fathers had in store for them. Batman grew up wealthy and privileged and able to be in all the right circles. Jesus is the Son of God. It doesn't get more privileged than that. He had angels attending to him in heaven, and whatever he asked for was granted immediately.

2 Corinthians 8:9
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich."

2. Batman decided he was going to conceal his identity and become an unknown, poor, and sometimes publicly hated person, even though his motives and actions were to oppose injustice and portray good.
Jesus sometimes told his followers to keep quiet about who he was. He didn't want to bring attention to his identity until the right time, but rather let his life be an example of the message he portrayed.

Mark 8:29-30
"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"
Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

3. Both Batman and Jesus did things that their friends didn't understand.
Batman's friends and allies didn't understand why he had to fight for justice and truth instead of just letting the police handle it. They didn't know the reason for letting Batman take the blame and anger of the city upon himself. The disciples never understood until afterwards the reasons behind why Jesus, a blameless man, had to die a horrible death. They didn't know the reason behind Jesus taking all our sins and faults upon himself.

Ephesians 5:1-2
"Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children, and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."