Marine veteran draws upon military training in making of biblical film His Only Son

EXCLUSIVE — Marine veteran and filmmaker David Helling is drawing upon his military training to bring cultural quality to his new biblical feature film His Only Son.

His Only Son depicts the biblical account of Abraham and his son Isaac and has made history as the first nationwide theatrical release to be crowdfunded.

NEW BIBLICAL FILM HIS ONLY SON BLOWS FILMMAKER DAVID HELLING’S MIND WITH RESPONSE

Helling was deployed to Iraq in 2009 after serving in the Marine Corps from 2005 to 2010.

Helling explained that the Marine Corps and that” I was a Asian maybe scholar and did signals cleverness” to the Washington Examiner. then dispatched him to Iraq to aid Kurdish scientists.

Helling claimed that he spent time with native language speakers during his schooling and gained knowledge of their customs, meals, and history.

He attributes his tour to developing a keen understanding of culture, which has been reflected in his filmmaking.

Helling remarked,” It was priming the pump, so to speak.” ” I’ve always loved background and have always been fascinated by it.”

Helling observed that his deployment in Iraq took place in the Al Anbar Province, close to the edge of early Babylon, which sparked an interest in learning more about bible stories.

Helling listed off scriptural figures that have been previously positioned where he was located, including Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, as well as Nebuchadnezzar. ” For example, that was all happening right in front of where I was, and that undoubtedly piques my desire even more.”

Since then, he continued,” I’ve been to Israel, Greece, Turkey, and many of the bible services and shot various things for filming.”

According to Helling, these encounters have sparked a desire to create genuine bible movies that” tell the truth and reflect God’s promises” and are” a correct and inspired account of history.”

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His Only Son hits theaters on March 31.

Helling said about the biblical approach of sacrificing Isaac,” With this movie, I attempt to answer the reviewers as well as the confused by exploring the meaning and purpose of God’s monitoring of Abraham, when He asked him to do the unthinkable 4, 000 year ago.” ” I want to shed light on the strategy the Lord had in place from the start, His assurance of salvation, and the audacious role Abraham’s belief played.”