We've decided that Netflix is brilliant. Recently, we found a (for the most part) family friendly TV series of Robin Hood produced by the BBC and starring Jonas Armstrong as Robin. The second season, produced in 2007, is called "We Are Robin Hood" and is based on an exchange that happens at the end of the first episode of the season. The exchange is between Robin and his trusted friend, Much and takes place in the midst of the rest of the "Merry Men."
Much: We've learned one thing today: We will not let you go into town alone again. You might have been killed!
Robin: If I had died today...or if I die tomorrow, you will carry on without me.
Much: How? We are Robin Hood's men!
Robin: No! YOU ARE Robin Hood!
Much: What?
Robin: YOU are Robin Hood. (Now pointing to the others) And YOU are. And YOU are. All of you!
Much: (dejectedly) We're not though are we?
Robin: Listen to me. LISTEN! We are not just outlaws in the forest. We are the spirit of England and THAT is Robin Hood. And that, lads, THAT is this country's only hope.
Much: We've learned one thing today: We will not let you go into town alone again. You might have been killed!
Robin: If I had died today...or if I die tomorrow, you will carry on without me.
Much: How? We are Robin Hood's men!
Robin: No! YOU ARE Robin Hood!
Much: What?
Robin: YOU are Robin Hood. (Now pointing to the others) And YOU are. And YOU are. All of you!
Much: (dejectedly) We're not though are we?
Robin: Listen to me. LISTEN! We are not just outlaws in the forest. We are the spirit of England and THAT is Robin Hood. And that, lads, THAT is this country's only hope.
Little John, understanding what Robin is saying, proposes a toast and the entire troupe exclaims,
"WE ARE ROBIN HOOD!"
It made me think about us as a Church and Jesus Christ. If we replaced names and a couple of details it would sound about right. Look:
Church: We've learned one thing today: We will not let you go into town alone again. You might have been killed!
Jesus: If I had died today...or if I die tomorrow, you will carry on without me.
Church: How? We are Jesus Christ's men!
Jesus: No! YOU are Jesus Christ!
Church: What?
Jesus: YOU are Jesus Christ. (Now pointing to the others) And YOU are. And YOU are. All of you!
Church: (dejectedly) We're not though are we?
Jesus: Listen to me. LISTEN! We are not just outcasts in the world. We are the spirit of God and THAT is Jesus Christ. And that, lads, THAT is this world's only hope.
Understanding what Jesus is saying, the entire Church exclaims,
"WE ARE JESUS CHRIST!"
"WE ARE JESUS CHRIST!"
Works for me! The differences are:
Robin Hood is a legend and Jesus is not.
Our Jesus did die, and rose into Heaven. We are left to carry on without Him; to be the spirit of God.
"WE ARE JESUS CHRIST!"
Blessings, Kim
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