The Christ Quake: The Rocks Cry Out

As Jesus entered Jerusalem in what is to be called the “triumphal entry”, the people were shouting his praises in the streets. Jesus told those who were trying to quiet the ruckus that if the people failed to shout his praises, the rocks themselves would cry out. 

In their brand-new film, The Christ Quake, Vidano Films shows just how the rocks today are crying out even as people have largely fallen silent. Providentially, built into the landscape, a mere 18 miles from Jerusalem is the deepest hole on the face of the earth. Nestled 1000 feet below sea level at the bottom of this hole is the Dead Sea. Holes that are lower than sea level have this tendency to fill up with water. And indeed, the Dead Sea valley has seen the water run-off from the surrounding land filling it for the past eons. The silt and debris that accompany this influx of water get laid down in light and dark layers each year on the bottom of the lake. This acts as a giant historical recording device that allows the progression of years to be counted like one would count the rings in a tree. 

But the interesting thing is, that seismic events, earthquakes, disturb the sediments in highly recognizable ways. When earthquakes occur, the waters of the sea are roiled back and forth and create a very unusual layer of sediment between the other normal layers. If one could date these seismic layers, could one find a layer that might correspond to the seismic event that occurred in Jerusalem at the moment of Christ’s death on the cross, as recorded in Matthew 27:51? That is what Frederick Larson travels to the Dead Sea to find out. The fact that he made a movie of his findings may give one a clue as whether he answered that question!

These two videos by Vidano Films, The Bethlehem Star and now the Christ Quake, give a whole new meaning to the phrase “in the fullness of time, Christ came.” When God set the stars in motion at the beginning of time, and when he set the courses of the Tectonic Plates, he foresaw the cosmic and geological events that he would use to mark the birth and the death of his beloved son. I think he also foresaw the sophistication of science and technology that would be required to pry these dramatic evidences from the places that they were hidden in clear view - from the heavens and from the Dead Sea cliffs. What a strong validation for the historicity of the Biblical narrative! For more information, go to http://christquake.com/