Ultimately,
this is a story of the war between good and
evil, in the big picture sense, fought in the shadows. While
kind of a reminder that though there are battles fought in the heavenly
realms, the true battleground is often "within the heart of
a single individual". And it is individuals who tip the balance.
Elektra is a lost soul, we’re
told that rather than shown this, with a tragic past that she hasn’t
learned to get past or make a part of her. [Comic book geeks know
that it is that pain that the Hand used to get a foot hold in her
life, turning her to their side for a time. The Hand is the corrupting
influence, the sinful nature that she
battles against. In the movie, it is unclear what exactly she is
struggling against.] Evil, represented
by the Hand, can lurk anywhere, even within an ordinary looking
corporate office building. Elektra’s is a path of violence
and pain while searching for "the way".
Though she doesn’t want to see Abby on such a path, she knows
that everyone has a path that they are called to walk. The
journey is the test, as "some things cannot be taught
but have to be lived to be understood". Elektra has been a
resurrected into a new life learning
that "your second life is not always like your first ... sometimes
its even better." And though she may stumble on occasion, she
gets back up. It is that battle that makes her heroic.
--Maurice Broaddus
Elektra
has been a resurrected into a new life
learning that "your second life is not always like your first
... sometimes its even better."
SPIRITUAL
REBIRTH --Resurrection to new life
• how it occurs. --John 1:12-13; §1 John 3:9 [2nd note]
• a gift from God. --John 3:8
• eternal life begins at. --John 3:36
• comes only through Christ. --Acts 9:3-5
• what it means to be a “new” person. --Romans
7:4
• doesn’t take away sinful desires at once. --Galatians
5:24
• brings forces of evil against us. --Ephes. 6:12
• privileges that come from. --Hebrews 10:22-25
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