We were watching a Netflix movie called "Security" starring Antonio Banderas.
There's one scene where an eleven-year old girl is running for her life from a psychopath.
She makes it to a mall in the middle of the night and frantically begs the security guards to let her in. They unlock the doors, let her in, and a little while later a normal looking gentlemen comes to the locked mall doors saying he is looking for his daughter.
He looks and sounds believable.
But what kind of security guards would just believe the guy?
Antonio Banderas, the over-qualified security guard just so happened to be having his first night at his new job. He knows the man is not the father.
The man offers the guards a bribe to hand over the girl to them.
He offers them a lot of money ....
The truth becomes obvious this man is NOT the girl's father. Acknowledging that truth may cost the security guards their life.
The psychopath has a large supply of helpers and weapons so it will take a miracle for the security guards to stay alive when the mall becomes the battlefield.
I remember another famous movie scene where Jack Nicholson is on trial in a courtroom. When he is asked for the truth he says "You can't handle the truth!"
So the plot thickens.....how will the security guards handle the truth? Will they give the girl to the evil man? Will they take the bribe?
Think "Die Hard".
You know the answer.
Then there's that guy, Neo, in "The Matrix". Neo is given the revelation of truth and then has the choice to accept it or live in a false reality - the famous red pill or blue pill scene.
Every day in our prayers we thank God for giving us His Torah of truth. He took us out of the false reality of being slaves in Egypt and gave us the opportunity to reach our full potential as human beings.
Every day we thank God for our ancestors who had the guts to leave Egypt and receive the truth on Mount Sinai. There has been trouble ever since. It's a miracle we are still alive.
Like in the movies, the easier path is to just believe the lie - take the bribe, turn a blind eye, take the blue pill.
Our first obligation to our heavenly father is to recognize and know Him. False religions tell us to just believe. Belief means you accept what you are told without understanding it, without questioning it.
It's tempting to just believe. Life is a lot simpler when no questions are asked.
Next time you ask a question about God and are told to just believe, think about the security guards and the eleven -year old girl. Think about your moral responsibility to the vulnerable children of future generations and use your intelligence to recognize and know who your heavenly father really is.
We are thankful to our ancestors because they were a few good men who could handle the truth. They were not thinking only of themselves but of all future generations. They are the heroes in our life story, our personal movie. They preserved the seven laws given to Noah for all the nations of the world. They knew a day would come when people would start asking for the truth. The nations are beginning to notice the supernatural existence of Israel and turn to Jewish educators for answers.
The time is ripe for every person who walks the earth to recognize and know the truth given at Mount Sinai, recover it if it has been lost, protect it, and pass it to the next generation. Learn from the people God has miraculously kept alive for this very purpose. Understand why there are still Jews on this earth today, against all odds. The miracle is for you!
