preview

Karate Kid: God's Creation Of Man

Decent Essays

We have read about the creation of man (Ge. 1-2), education and punishment from God unto Man (Ge. 3-4), and lastly God’s Covenant with man through Abraham (Ge. 12-22). In the movie; Karate Kid, Daniel moves to Southern California with his mother, but finds himself as the target of a group of bullies that happen to take karate classes at Cobra Kai; giving them an advantage in fighting. Daniel later seeks the help from his apartment’s repairman, Mr. Miyagi; who happens to be a master of karate. God’s relationship with man is not static but evolving, just as the relationship between Daniel and Mr. Miyagi because of the principal of listening, and following covenants made between different parties.
We have read about God’s creation of man; Adam …show more content…

Miyagi. In Genesis 1-2, God creates the first Male; Adam, and the first Female; Eve. God tells them that they must not eat from the tree of knowledge and life; if they do so, they will receive a punishment from God, himself. In the Movie the Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi decided to become the mentor and teacher for Daniel; helping him learn patience, the skill of listening, as well as the art of Karate. During Daniel’s first lesson, Mr. Miyagi assigns Daniel to his chores. Daniel interprets this as being a slave for Mr. Miyagi not a student of his teachings. When Daniel retaliates, Mr. Miyagi discontinues his help and stops offering his teachings. Mr. Miyagi explains to Daniel that the reason behind the chores was to help Daniel learn the skill of defence blocks through muscle memory. God does the same as Mr. Miyagi when he explains to Adam and Eve that the reason for his “rule” of not eating from the tree of knowledge and life. God tells Adam and Eve that, God is always superior, and man is second below God. Both Daniel and Man learn the skill of listening to either Mr. Miyagi or God’s rules and directions, because they have a deeper meaning; they are not pointless, and are placed to help us follow the right direction in life. “To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it, Cursed is …show more content…

Miyagi; the deeper meaning, or more broad understand of both covenants are quite similar. God’s Covenant between himself and Man was written about in Genesis 12-22. God approaches Abraham and says that Man must listen to the rules of God and must follow his commands; if man chooses to do so, there will be great rewards; if man chooses not to, then there will be consequences and punishments. The Covenant between Daniel and Mr. Miyagi is similar in this way because Mr. Miyagi says that Daniel need to listen to his commands and follow his teaches; despite not understanding the full meaning behind them, because in the end, he would receive a great reward from doing so. Both Covenants in this case are similar because the deeper meaning behind them, is that you must listen; and from listening you are rewarded. These covenants are different because God says that he will punish any man that disobeys him; but Mr. Miyagi does not wish to punish Daniel directly for not listening to him, but help him understand the true meaning behind his teachings. The idea of punishment in the movie Karate Kid, is that if Daniel chooses not to listen to the teachings, then he will have no skill of karate and unfortunately lose the fight with Johnny. “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your

Get Access