Actor Jim Caviezel, known for his role in “The Passion of the Christ,” recently shared a powerful dream in which he noted how he felt God’s love. Caviezel emphasized his goal to have viewers truly “see Jesus” during his on-screen portrayal of Jesus Christ.
“I was in a dream, and I felt God’s love, so powerful, but it wasn’t close enough,” he said during an interview with TBN. “And I said, ‘You’re not close enough to me’…and He said, ‘If I do, you may not like Me’…when we were on the cross together, He was completely playing the scene. That was my prayer. I don’t want them to see Jim Caviezel. I want them to see Jesus.”
The famous actor further stated, “If I could tell you one thing — our Lord loves you. If you ever have it within you just…tell Him that you love Him.” Caviezel has continually explained how acting in “The Passion of the Christ” has strengthened his faith in God.
“While shooting THE PASSION, not only was I struck by lightning, but I also dislocated my shoulder,” he said. “So here I am, being hoisted up to hang on the cross. I’ve got to remove the sling and they’re stretching my arms, so I say, ‘Ok God, this is where I need a hug to stay up here because this hurts like crazy!’ He definitely did lift me up because there was no way my shoulder would have held up. I was a true believer before but was a confirmed one after that grueling day.”
Caviezel further explained the shocking incident, “I was struck by lightning on the last shot of the movie. It’s well known…prior to that, it was shoulder dislocation. It happened in the weirdest areas of the movie. There’s a piece where Mary runs to Jesus and she says, ‘I’m here,’ and in this take, I went down and when you put it in slo-mo, you’ll see the stream of blood coming out of my mouth. I almost bit my tongue off.”
He added in other comments regarding the incident,“I was lit up like a Christmas tree! I was doing the Sermon on the Mount. I knew it was going to hit me about four seconds before it happened. What they saw was fire coming out the right and left side of my head. Illumination around the whole body.”
The Christian Tribune previously reported on other comments from Caviezel about how God led him to a career in acting. “He came to me in a movie theater and made me feel like I was the only child that He had, that He loved me that much,” he said. “There was this peace I never felt, and then He said, ‘I’d like you to become an actor.’” Reportedly, a sequel to “Passion of the Christ” is set to release in April of next year, where Caviezel will return to his role of playing Jesus Christ.
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