From The Christian Post, 7-29-24:

‘Be not Deceived. God is Not Mocked’: Christians react to drag Last Supper at Paris Olympics

Golden calf, Antichrist, sexual promiscuity alarm viewers

Christians expressed offense at the debauchery celebrated during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris that showed a ménage à trois and a depiction of The Last Supper with drag queens as Jesus’ disciples, among other symbols that rankled viewers.

One performance at the ceremonies that caused significant offense Friday afternoon was a depiction of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” that portrays Jesus’ last meal with his disciples before his betrayal, arrest and crucifixion. The song “King” played loudly as a lesbian wearing a crown was depicted as Jesus surrounded by men in drag, one of whom was a bearded man with long, blonde hair who later danced suggestively down a catwalk, much like a stripper would do. The catwalk was in front of the Last Supper table, where a young girl stood near the men in drag.

The offensive parody of the Last Supper (Mark 14:17-26), featuring drag queens and other actors who stood in poses inverted from the da Vinci painting, was set on a bridge over the Seine River that overlooks the Eiffel Tower.

In response to the display that some social commentators described as blasphemous and satanic, Harrison Butker, a kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, shared the Bible verse Galatians 6:7-8 in a post on X: “Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap“

Days earlier, Johnson reacted to the Olympics organizers’ decision to feature three drag queens — Nicky Doll, Miss Martini and Minima Gesté — as torchbearers. “They give the Olympic flame to a man and a man dressed as a woman. Instead of choosing a real woman, they chose a man with a bunch of clown makeup and a wig. A mockery of womanhood and insulting to women everywhere,” Johnson said Wednesday in a post on X.

Other depictions that biblically astute viewers were offended by included the head of a golden calf and a horseman of the Apocalypse.

The Old Testament book of Exodus tells the historical account of when God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and commanded them (Exodus 20:2–5) not to worship any other gods or create any idols to worship.  When Moses met with God on Mount Sinai and was given the Ten Commandments he came back down from the mountain to find that the Israelites had melted their gold to create an idol of a golden calf to worship as the god who had delivered them from Egypt.

Another symbol in the opening ceremonies that many Christians recognized was one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse: the Antichrist. The Antichrist is a deceiver who will rise to power and mimic Jesus Christ as a peacemaker but will set out to kill and destroy all who oppose him.

Revelation 13:7-8 states: “Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.”

An avid reader of The Christian Post said in a comment Saturday that this year’s opening ceremony “is a sign of the spirit of the age” and a stark reminder of Romans 1:24-25, which says: “Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!”

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See Also:

‘Woke duplicity’: Christian leader says Paris Olympics apology is ‘condescending’: https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-leader-says-paris-olympics-apology-is-condescending.html?clickType=link-topbar-news

Greg Laurie Speaks out: https://x.com/greglaurie/status/1817666092443316479

LGBT guise and Olympic-sized lies, By Ryan Bomberger, Exclusive Columnist Saturday, August 03, 2024: https://www.christianpost.com/voices/lgbt-guise-and-olympic-sized-lies.html?utm_source=Weekend&utm_campaign=Weekend&utm_medium=newsletter