Okay, so Daredevil’s back. He’s taken quite a beating, and is a shadow of his former self. He wrestling with God, okay, not really. He just thinks that God doesn’t care. He’s “not mad at God”, but “knows where he stands” with him. As a person who has had cocoon butterfly experiences (coming back from debilitating illness at least four times to be a shadow of my former self) I get it. Or maybe I don’t. God is God. He doesn’t owe us anything, and He makes the rules. I know people think he is uncaring, but that’s not true, especially because of Jesus. The exact image of the Father, who died on the cross for our sins, rose for our justification, and sits in the heavenlies working on our behalf.
Daredevil calls Job “God’s perfect servant,” and that’s not scriptural. Job sinned, perhaps less than most, but even at the end of the book, God calls Job to repent for some of Job’s words he spoke foolishly against God. I think this is a bit sloppy on the part of the writer. They could’ve easily used Jesus as an example of a suffering servant who is perfect, who suffered excruciating pain and humiliation as a result of God’s will.
So I liked this beginning more than the first two seasons (which I didn’t watch all the way). Those are my thoughts. You are certainly welcome to yours. I don’t know if I’ll watch the rest of them, but I might. Thanks for reading.
I really like Iron Fist the best I think. Jessica Jones was interesting, Luke Cage pretty good (I did watch most of those), but Daredevil I don’t find as compelling. This isn’t anyone’s fault. I like the concept and the comics. Maybe I just didn’t give it enough of a chance.
Spoilers: The nettie pot saves the day.