madness as you know is like gravity all
it takes is a little push the Joker he
represents the boiling voice of the
accuser and just how far those
accusations can push us over let's dive
deep into the dark night let's put a
smile on that face
welcome to Durbania I'm Durban and this
is my theological analysis for
Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight this
is probably one of my favorite movies
ever I love The Dark Knight Batman is so
awesome he's got some of the best movies
he's got some of the best stories
Christopher Nolan Christian Bale did
that guy justice well maybe Christian
Bale's voice throughout the Dark Knight
was not quite my favorite but you know
putting that aside who cares man
Heath Ledger really stole this thing
what did you think of the Dark Knight
let's talk about that in the comments
you didn't think I'd risk losing the
battle for Gotham's soul in a fistfight
with you
you need an ace in the hole mine's
Harvey The Dark Knight presents a
fascinating picture to me it's very
symbolic because what you have is the
soul of Gotham City and the film is
about the battle for that soul you have
the Joker
the accuser hi and you have Batman The
Advocate Batman is fighting for the good
of the soul of Gotham City while Joker
is the accuser looking to accuse the
soul of Gotham City to break it to
destroy it as he himself says he is an
agent of chaos and he wants to show that
this this rule of law this established
order it's nothing but a great big joke
schemers trying to control their little
worlds I try to show the schemers how
pathetic their attempts to control
things really are and I think Batman hit
the nail on the head when he said to the
Joker what were you trying to
deep down everyone's exactly as you I
think that's what the Joker wanted to do
so if Batman represents the advocate and
if the Joker represents the accuser I
think Harvey Dent is the picture of the
soul of Gotham City now take a look at
the job of the accuser here's what the
accuser does when Harvey has lost his
girl Rachel when Harvey's face has all
been burnt up and he becomes two-face
this is where temptation really happens
now look deep down in our souls we all
have that battle that struggle for dark
and light that's why in Harvey's past an
internal affairs
he's got the nickname Harvey two-face
because he's got that white knight side
of him but he's also got a very dark
streak in him we see the dark streak
come out in that scene where the Joker
makes the attempt on the mayor of
Gotham's life where he makes the attempt
on Gordon's life and when that happens
what what does Harvey didn't do he
captures the dude that has the tag that
says Rachel dolls on it because it's the
name of the Joker's next target and
because that's the love of his life he's
freaking out so he captures the guy
takes him to this alley puts a gun to
his head flipping his coin head you live
tails you die that is the freaking dark
side the two-face side and Batman The
Advocate shows up in that scene and says
you can't do things this way this is not
who you are
you represent the soul of Gotham you
have to remain in the light and that's
the Advocate leading him back into the
light reminding him of who he's meant to
be so that he could fully step into his
destiny but when Harvey is sitting in
that hospital bed the job of the accuser
then is to tempt him to make the light
look so bad and to make the darkness
look so good you were a schemer you had
plans
and look where that got you he is
tempting Harvey to step down from that
place of authority that Harvey is at
he's tempting Harvey to step down from
the light and step in the darkness
because after all he was in the light he
was trying to do things the right way
and the Joker still blew up Rachel what
did all the schemers and their plans do
to save your girl maybe you belong where
I am because if you step down to where I
am you can take care of that pain when
you step down to where I am you could do
what seems right to you and take care of
this the way you want to away that's bad
oh and you know the thing about path
it's bear and it works
he gets tempted from the light into the
dark and Harvey Dent falls so the
accuser makes the dark look good and the
light looks bad and then the moment
Harvey steps into the dark condemns him
for it their spirits will break when
they see the evil that he's done till
their spirit breaks completely until
they get a good look at the real Harvey
Dent
oh isn't that evil so good and doesn't
it look so delicious step down into it
you stepped into it you evil thing I
mean that's what the accuser does timpz
and then condemns for the yielding to
the temptation
I took Gotham's White Knight and I
brought him down and so when I look at
that and I look at this picture it
concludes with Batman taking on the
guilt of Harvey Dent and when Batman
takes on the guilt of Harvey Dent it
stops the spirits of Gotham from
breaking when he takes on the guilt
because he can do it because he can take
it when he takes on Harvey's guilt
Harvey remains the white knight to
Gotham City nothing less Knight
to me that's a very messianic picture
because in the battle for our souls we
have an advocate and we have an accuser
and that accuser wants to tempt us from
the light into the dark making the dark
look so enticing when we sin when we
fall when we yield and go into the
darkness
the accuser bin comes and just rips into
us and condemns us for falling period
but we have an advocate and first John
chapter 2 it says this but if anyone
does sin we have an advocate with the
father Jesus Christ the righteous one
and he himself is the atoning sacrifice
for our sins and not only for our sins
but for the whole world it's amazing to
think about that Jesus took on that role
of taking our guilt but you see Batman
all he did was take Harvey's guilt Jesus
became our guilt he became the curse and
Galatians chapter 3 it says he became
the curse so that we can be set free
from the curse so he literally became
our guilt and in his death our guilt was
paid for it it was dealt with it's done
in his resurrection we get a brand-new
life in other words we stand in front of
God
innocent period some when we let him in
our lives we truly do become something
brand-new that stands in front of God
completely guiltless when you watch the
dark night what do you think of this
movie what picture do you see in it
let's talk about that in the comments
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