Book Of Revelation Vs Wall-E Essay

The Book of Revelation and the movie WALL-E serve as distinct forms of apocalyptic literature to expose the reality of the human condition beneath the surface. Even though there are blatant disconnects between the two, they both share common ground as criticisms of society and to warn humanity of its coming judgement. The Book of Revelation and WALL-E offer a frightening yet rectifiable future for humanity by remaining loyal to its “core values”. One of their most evident similarities is how they both harshly critique dominant society in their respective periods of time. Additionally, they both address the urgency for humanity to correct these societal issues before judgement arises. Consequently, the Book of Revelation and WALL-E can be interpreted as learning lessons for humanity by the

This definite contrast is exemplified when the seventh bowl of God’s wrath is poured by the seventh angel to indicate the ending of God’s judgement as John then proclaims, “And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a violent earthquake, such as had not occurred since people were upon the earth, so violent was that earthquake” (16.18). As a result, this reveals God’s rage with an entire collective of people for refusing to repent of committing wicked acts such as the “worshipping [of] demons and idols” (9.20). Whereas in WALL-E, the humans never encounter death and destruction unleashed by the wrath of God for refusing to address societal issues. Instead, they are all given the opportunity to flee from Earth with the help of the monopolistic company “Buy ‘n’ Large”, which builds a gigantic spaceship named the “Axiom” for the humans to populate space. Even more, all of humanity is given a second chance for survival even after receiving harsh judgement. Another disconnect between the two is how in the Book of Revelation it is proclaimed that only the 144,000 of Israel were given salvation from God’s wrath as a reward for remaining faithful to the