Allusions to the Bible in The Book of Eli
Eli is heading west throughout the entire movie. During his journey he makes his way through a lawless land. This land is very similar to the land the book of Revelation depicts. Revelation talks about the earth being without a sea and this fact is portrayed within the film (see Revelation 21:1).
The people were living in a lawless time. As a result, everyone acted on impulse and did whatever they felt was right at the time.There weren't any Bibles. All of them had been burned. Eli was the only man alive with the way the truth and the light. He had the responsibility to deliver the word to the masses. Without the word of God the survivors of the war were heading towards extinction. As a result, famine set in and the survivors started to feast on each other. The earth was how we had never seen it before.
The Book of Eli is very similar to the book of Revelations.
It alludes and illustrates that the apocalypse has begun. According to the Bible several things will
happen during the apocalypse, and a plague is one of them. Revelation makes
references to 7 last plagues before God’s wrath would be completed (Revelation
15). The majority of the people Eli encounters on his journey are sick. Shaky
hands were the indicator of the plague.
The people with shaky hands in the movie were outcasts and were killed
without any remorse. Furthermore, these plagued people could have signified the
beginning of the rapture.
One allusion is Eli being considered to be similar to John of Patmos. I say
this mainly because no one in the movie has any idea of what is to come and Eli
has the answers for the church. Church in this context means the people living
in this area during the movie. Eli has the letter to set everyone free. Without Eli there is a slim chance that people will be able rectify. If there not able to rectify they will be left behind when the rapture takes place.
The Book of Eli is one of my favorite movies of all time.
There are a lot of hidden messages within the movie. Some of the messages are
biblical and some are political. There are even some messages that are based on
power. I am sure anyone who watches this movie will want to watch it twice just
to see all the things they didn’t pick up on.
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