Recommended movies for bible and history study

 THE GOOD EARTH - 1937

 adapted from the Pearl S Buck novel, production company MGM 1937

Though the actors portraying the lead Chinese characters are of European descent this movie displays a wealth of ancient East Asian culture that can be found in the bible. 

While you watch this movie look for similarities in the Bible. It's amazing how many traditions of the China and Japan are similar to the biblical events in Land of Canaan. 

Concubine- Genesis 35:22 The relationship between the Father and the younger son is similar to the story of Jacob and Reuben

Famine - Genesis 12:10 

Female Slave- Ruth 4:13

Bowing - Genesis 18:12  

Murders of Children - Exodus & Matthew 

Plague of Lotus - Exodus - 

Anti-Christ 2nd Samuel 21 

Ancient Lords - Joseph 

Tribal hairstyles 

Green Dolphin Street - 1947

This movie displays the effects of colonization 

This movie displays the symbols of the ancient Phaoroahs 

It also shows the kind nature of the ancient tribes.

It shows how the lack of priest and elders can cause death and destruction because without these leaders the remnant of the tribes are unprepared. 

The castle in the mountain shows us how the Catholic Church took over the ancient priestly temples.

It also shows us that the Lord who was looking down had access to observe all the people was a human.

 The shows us that the rulers and priest sometimes lived in the mountains where the temples and palaces are. 

More to come