THE BEST MOVIE I EVER SAW

“What kind of movies do you like?” one would ask.

 “Err… Pretty much any movie that makes sense to me,” I reply “especially action movies where the beginning of the movie introduces you to the background of a mission, and the end of the movie brings a successful end to the mission, or maybe leaves the viewers with their own final interpretation of the movie."

 Those movies – the good ones – usually get me talking for a couple minutes after seeing it.

 “Just minutes?”

 “Yeah! Just minutes. It’s just one movie; ‘minutes’ is long enough.”

 I love movies…

 Now, let me tell you about the best movie I ever watched ---

It was advertised continuously on TV several months before its release day - with no previews, no pictures, and no actor names; but just a scientific description of what will happen.

Only one copy of this movie was available, but it could be viewed from certain, different places in the world. Depending on what side of the spherical earth you were located, you either saw it totally, partially, or not at all.

I was on the earth’s equator at the time, so I saw it completely – a privilege I am forever grateful for.

Watching this movie from start to finish required prior preparations that took days, and for some, cost plenty money. 

Plenty money … not for the movie though.

You didn't need to pay to watch the movie - money that was spent was used on air tickets by highly determined viewers who couldn’t watch it from their homes.

The peak of this movie, my best movie, lasted only 3 minutes, but everyone already got seated for it 1 hour 10 minutes before it started.

Did I say “seated”? Sorry, I meant “standing”. This movie was not just capable of putting you on the edge of your seat; it was more than capable of taking you to the top of the roof.

“Roof?” Oh Yeah, I forgot to mention that theaters were too small, too confined to handle the magnitude of this movie. It was shown in the sky.

Its hidden complexity required not 3D glasses, but ultraviolet shades to protect the eyes.

It’s the only movie where every viewer is allowed to scream and not just get stunned in wonder.

With no translation required, everyone from every tribe could understand the language spoken; even the deaf could hear, clearly, what the actors said.

Directed by the King of Glory;

Shot by the entire host of Heaven;

Acted by the Sun, the Earth, the Moon, and the Stars;

Made available at the same time, to as many as could watch it – Poor & rich, young & old, righteous & heathen – this movie had no restrictions.

On March 29, 2006, the ‘Total Eclipse of the Sun’ became my best movie.

'Twas not just an action movie; it was a movie of all genres – dramatic, romantic, thrilling, scientific, epic, documentable – it was amazing in all its naturality.

Its purpose was simple and clear – to put smiles on the faces of the world at the exact same time, and to let everyone remember that “God Reigns”.

And I didn’t just talk about this movie for a couple minutes; I’ve been talking about it for years now…