If you saw the movie,"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" and it raised questions in your mind, about demon activity at three a.m. ( since three a.m. was the time highlighted repeatedly as the time the demon activity took place),as to why this was so, one can only conclude that you grew weary of the court room scenes and drifted off, or chatted with your friends,or chose the time when the priest was on the stand to go get popcorn. And, if you are not accustomed to reading the bible, naturally you would need it explained to you, since three o'clock p.m. is very significant in the Crucifixion story. Naturally, Satan would choose it's very opposite (or so it would seem) to mock God. Three p.m. was the time of the evening sacrifice in the temple,and at the very moment the lamb was slain, the high priest was to say,"It is finished". On Crucifixion day, Jesus was taken as a lamb, gentle and unresisting before two judges who found no fault in him( the lamb sacrifice had to be unblemished) and raised up on the cross at 9 a.m., the time of the morning sacrifice. At three p.m. again, in the temple, as I said, the evening sacrifice was made,and the prophetic words were spoken, but on Crucifixion day, they were echoed...probably simultaneously, by Christ, who then gave up the ghost,and died,who was, after all, the lamb of God,and fulfilled that prophesy completely. Anyone who reads the Bible story would have been able to reason the three a.m.- three p.m. connection for themselves, yet the makers of the film knew that not everyone would be able to do so. Therefore, when the priest was on the stand, he explained it. And I quote:
"Three a.m. is the Demonic witching hour. It is a way for demons to mock the Holy Trinity. It's an inversion of three p.m.; the numerical hour which is traditionally accepted as the time of Christ's death."
However. Since I can find no Biblical reference or substantiation for such a "witching hour" in any of my commentaries, or in my study bible, I consider this Three A.M. connection with demonic activity to be merely a melodramatic point, a tool used by the writer to give the priest something to say, establishing himself as a learned man,knowledgeable of the scriptures,and creating a captivating moment in the film,when the jury begins to see him, not as some wild-eyed religious crack-pot, but as a serious man of God.
This movie was billed as being based on an actual true story. While this may be the case, I believe much of the background of the original true story was either not known, or left out to protect the reputation of the girl the story is based upon. I say this simply because one doesn't leave for collage one day, and turn up possessed by demons the next. Something had to have happened in order for this girl to come in contact with the forces of evil. To my understanding, one must open the door for this to happen. Knowingly or unknowingly, somehow she allowed the evil to come into her life,and this aspect of the story, it being a cautionary tale, should have been brought to light. Without it, the whole thing just falls flat.I waited through the entire movie, waiting for this part of the explanation, and I thought it had arrived at the point when Emily Rose's letter was read, of her experience when she was called outside in the middle of the night,and "had a vision of the Mother of God"> Supposedly, she saw herself as she sprawled on the ground, and then was given a choice as to whether to go Home now, or continue with her suffering, so that people would know the devil was real,and that God was not dead. A flashback, or something, where she was involved with a seance, or some sort of spiritual game. Some sort of action she took, to get her into this mess. But there was nothing.
So, the way it stands, collage students all over are now convinced that when three a.m. rolls around, they could be in peril for their lives from demons. Or, that my site, for goodness sakes, is demonic. No. Not true. Not true.
The filmmakers were very irresponsible to leave this movie the way they did,for even though they say it is based upon a true story, it is less about a young woman's exorcism, and more about the courtroom drama arising from a failed attempt to cast demons from a collage student who had to have made some very bad choices. And the priest who tried to help her was put on trial for his efforts. I would not recommend this film to anyone, unless they enjoyed being shocked and startled,and finally, frustrated.
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