War of the Words...Rosebud

While the film version of Wells's novel is highly regarded by science-fiction and cinema buffs and was successful upon its release, the impact it had on mass consciousness cannot be compared to the effect of the radio broadcast of War of the Worlds on the day before October 31st in 1938.

At that time, CBS's "Mercury Theatre" presented Orson Welles and a talented cast simulating a live news broadcast of an invasion of Earth by mechanized Martian war machines.

Because the account of unstoppable alien beings landing in the New Jersey farmlands was depicted so realistically—and because many listeners tuned in after the Mercury Theatre production was already in progress—the greater part of the nation was in panic over the invaders from Mars.

CITIZEN KANE's tale begins when wealthy media magnate Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) dies, and he utters the enigmatic word "Rosebud".

At the end of the film, the camera pans over workers burning some of Kane's many possessions.

One throws an old sled, with the word "Rosebud" painted on it, into the fire, the same sled that Kane was riding as a child the day his mother sent him away.
So what would happen if you missed the first 5 minutes?

Good movie...BUT IT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE.

So why is the beginning so important?

Have you ever heard that Jesus Christ Loves You and He Died for Your Sins?

So had I...

I had heard about the death burial and resurrection of Jesus.

BUT I had no idea that I had missed the 1st 5 minutes and walked into the story after God had already clarified several things.

#1. His Law...The Ten Commandments had shown ME guilty before God and deserving of His Righteous punishment.

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#2. It is not His Will that I am punished for my transgessions.

#3. Jesus Christ paid the penalty for the Law I had trespassed.

#4. Through Repentance of my sins and Faith in Jesus Christ I can partake in His Forgiveness and be Born Again.