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WALL-E: Tending Creation After We Failed (Genesis 2:15)

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WALL-E is the last robot on Earth, still fulfilling his programming centuries after humans abandoned the planet they destroyed. He compacts trash, sorts treasures, and tends a single plant. The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Humanity failed this calling, but WALL-E—a machine—fulfills it faithfully. The film asks: what does it mean to tend creation after we have ruined it? WALL-E does not despair at the scope of destruction; he works his small patch. His love for EVE mirrors his love for Earth—attentive, persistent, hopeful. Sometimes faithfulness means continuing to tend what everyone else has abandoned.

Topics & Themes

creation careenvironmentfaithfulnesshopeconsumerismlove

Scripture References

Genesis 2:15Romans 8:19-22Revelation 21:1

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