“As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Savior’s advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. Revelation 1:13-15” (The Great Controversy, p. 624).
“The Crowning Act” is a short film, produced and directed by Art Humphrey, dramatizing a discussion between a husband and wife about the manner of Christ’s coming. As the husband watches
As suddenly as it started the TV is turned off. The wife has come in from the other room, picked up the controller and switched off the TV. The husband turns around and says, “Hey, I was watching that!”
This is the beginning of an in-depth Bible study. The subject is Matthew 24 and the return of Christ. The wife insists that the Bible and only the Bible must be our support behind everything that we see, hear, and do. The husband says that the Protestant reformation has long been over, and that his church leaders have proved it to be so. The husband offers non-biblical arguments that what he has seen on television is truly Christ. The wife patiently turns from text to text and explains in detail the manner of Christ’s coming. After much debate and seemingly hours of study, a ray of light breaks through the husband’s insistent presentation. His manner, his attitude, his character soften and he recognizes that the Bible is God’s Word and must be used as the only standard of faith and practice.
This short film will inform, teach, and warn the world of the last great deception before the Second Coming of Jesus. As Seventh-day Adventists we have the most coherent, compelling message to deliver to the world. The means to deliver this story to the whole planet are available to us. We must use the Internet to warn far and wide of the approaching storm.
