'My Last Day on Earth' - almost ready

Okay, okay. So I am not an avid blogger. I do update the blog, sometimes yearly - whether it needs it or not. Ha ha. I let our other website go back to the digital ether and will rely on posting here for any important supplements to our newsletter.

The Japanese studio finished most of the work in the early Fall and we were getting some important feedback from people in various parts of the world. Dealing with Jesus' death & resurrection and telling the story from the thief's perspective, we wanted feedback to know that the film was as clear as possible. I hadn't really thought about it very deeply before this, but there are some meaty issues in the Christian worldview that this story touches on if you think about it.

We know that Jesus died a physical death, and demonstrated that he was raised to life in a physical body - although a glorified one. He could eat, and be touched, and he retained the scars on his hands and his feet. He promised the thief that "today you will be with me in paradise". Have you ever wondered how that was fulfilled, and yet Jesus was raised to life on Easter morning? These are the things visual storytellers have to grapple with when they try to tell a story visually.

Anyway, we are making some adjustments to make the the key points clearer and to minimize the confusion over the viewer grappling with these issues in the context of this story. Then this refined version will be field tested in key areas of the world with people that have been eagerly awaiting the completion of this pilot film in what could be a series of short films that use JESUS film dialog recordings. Please continue to pray for this project & stay tuned...