This post from Joshuia Claybourn on Blogs4God is positive on the “Revelations” opening episode, saying that it casts Christianity in a positive light.

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Christians often complain about a lack of representation in mainstream media, but they often fail to admit that modern Christian shows often lack quality screenplays, acting, and production.

Certainly true in almost every case. Not that it has to be that way. Just usually is.

Such is not the case with “Revelations.” which offers a refreshingly well-made series putting Christianity in a positive light. It’s truly a production that both Christians and secularists will enjoy.

For me, to forward the “Left Behind” , “Premillineal” hypotheses is not exactly what I would have in mind for “positive”. It only serves to confirm what in the minds of secularists and many Christian alike, a rather esoteric, highly selective, and almost always completely wrong use and reading of the apocalyptic literature, and also the use of many scriptures that were entirely historical in their focus, and completely in reaction to events in Israel , and “refitted” to be prooftexts for the “Checklists” of elements that the pre-millineal dispensationalists have amassed for their catalog of “official end-times events”.

It’s imperative that Christians support mainstream inclusion of Christian media, and tuning in to see “Revelations” on Wednesday is one way to do that. You won’t regret it.

Uh, not so fast Josh. I’m not about to trust a “mainstream media” (one whose “political agenda” which nearly all of the adherents of the Left Behind theological scenarios have learned to reject due to it’s “liberal bias”, and now thery’re suddenly trustworthy in their handling of “The End Times”?) I find little consistency in that.

I expect nothing of the actual message of Revelation in the “Production”, one whose trailers are chock full of the usual “Omen” and “carnage” and evil Satanists running the bad guys who are “set loose” on us. (I missed most of the initial airing Wednesday; I believe it is on again tonight, and I’ll try to tune in and see for myself, although I expect I’ll be feeling I could have spent my time more wisely afterward. We’ll see…..yep, just checked…part 1 is showing again at 10pm Eastern tonight, at least here in Nashville).