“As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Saviour’s advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. Revelation 1:13-15” (The Great Controversy, p. 624).

“The Crowning Act” is a short film, produced and directed by Art Humphrey, dramatizing a discussion between a husband and wife about the manner of Christ’s coming. As the husband watches television, suddenly the news cuts to a story of the appearance of Christ in Jerusalem. The husband looks up as the camera moves in slowly to his startled face. The images on the TV screen show in an indirect way the brightness and manner of the false “Christ.” The news is repeating, “Christ has come, Christ has come!” The expression on the husband’s face changes as he is drawn into admiration of this dazzling being.

As suddenly as it started the TV is turned off. The wife has come in from the other room, picked up the controller and switched off the TV. The husband turns around and says, “Hey, I was watching that!”

This is the beginning of an in-depth Bible study. The subject is Matthew 24 and the return of Christ. The wife insists that the Bible and only the Bible must be our support behind everything that we see, hear, and do. The husband says that the Protestant reformation has long been over, and that his church leaders have proved it to be so. The husband offers non-biblical arguments that what he has seen on television is truly CHrist. The wife patiently turns from text to text and explains in detail the manner of Christ’s coming. After much debate and seemingly hours of study, a ray of light breaks through the husband’s insistent presentation. His manner, his attitude, his character soften and he recognizes that the Bible is God’s Word and must be used as the only standard of faith and practice.

This short film will inform, teach, and warn the world of the last great deception before the Second Coming of Jesus. As Seventh-day Adventists we have the most coherent, compelling message to deliver to the world. The means to deliver this story to the whole planet are available to us. We must use the Internet to warn far and wide of the approaching storm.

In cooperation with White Horse Media and Pastor Steve Wohlberg, “The Crowning Act” will be released in the summer of 2021. Our goal is for one hundred million (100,000,000), people to see this film in the next year. Once released, the film can be accessed at thecrowningact.com, free for anyone to view. The runtime for the film is a popular television format of 28 minutes and 30 seconds (28:30).

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If you knew that the dam would break and all the people in the valley would be lost, you would want to give the loudest warning to the people in the shadow of its walls. Please share this link. Let’s warn the world of this coming deception. Everyone who worked on this film has volunteered their time and talents to make this a reality.

Directed by Art Humphrey

Director of Photography, Jaime Galvez

Executive Producer, Steve Wohlberg

Cast:

Lorena Marin

Dennis Alston

Michael Smith

Danae Songy

Travis Patterson

Edgar Yanez

Sean Harris

Steve Wohlberg