How Edward Cullen is like Jesus Christ

Writing about the Twilight series, while thinking about how Edward Cullen is the perfect man, I realized that the only truly perfect man who ever lived is Jesus Christ. And I began to realize how the two are alike, from a woman’s point of view.

1. THE LAST ROMANTIC. Jesus Christ is the supreme romantic: the love of his life is the Bride, all the Christians who have ever lived, the church. The whole story is about how Jesus fulfilled His Father’s plan, to give birth to the Bride and win her over. He suffered rejection, torture and death to conquer it. His only focus of romantic love and intention is on His girlfriend. All of us who belong to him have been persecuted by him personally and won to him. His love and devotion is unique and intense. Edward Cullen also embodies these traits, albeit on a human level. His search for and devotion to Bella is unique and intense. He can’t stay away from her. He takes care of her and can’t take his eyes off her. He chases her, protects her, puts all his focus and thoughts on her. He’s willing to die for her, or live the loneliest life he can imagine, a life without her, if it’s the best for her (Twilight 2). There is no doubt that neither Jesus nor Eduardo will ever stop loving their love, the true reason for their existence.

2. A FATHER, A LOVER, A BROTHER, A FRIEND. Both Jesus Christ and Edward Cullen embody these roles. Like a father, Edward lifts Bella up on her toes to help her dance. He protects her, takes care of her, lifts her up a step when her foot is in a cast. Jesus Christ is one with the Father, God, who is a father to all of us. He also meets our needs, protects us, and is absolutely trustworthy and trustworthy. Both Jesús and Eduardo also play the role of lovers. Edward waits until the right time to be Bella’s lover, through marriage. Jesus is the Bridegroom of his beloved Bride, the church everywhere. The biblical book of Revelation describes how at the end of time, there will be a great wedding feast when this holy lover will join His Bride in the Other Kingdom. Both men put an end to their girlfriend’s loneliness, taking her complete. Both are also sometimes a brother or a friend. Someone who you can absolutely trust and who you can trust. They both listen with great attention to whatever she wants to talk about, for as long as she wants: a perfect best friend.

3. A LOVELY ATTRACTION. Both Jesus Christ and Edward are designed to draw you, to draw you to him, forever. They both have a magnetism that makes them irresistible. When he’s in the room, everyone notices and is attracted, whether they realize it or not. Everyone knows who this man is, everyone is affected by his pull. He really sees you and knows you. You can’t stay away.

4. HE IS IN YOUR HEAD. This is an obvious one, with one flaw: Edward can’t read Bella’s thoughts. But you can read everyone else, just like Jesus Christ. They are both in your head. They know what you are thinking and they understand you. Still, they both want you to share everything with them, all your thoughts, hopes, and dreams. Edward, of course, needs Bella to do this because he can’t read her thoughts. Jesus loves to sit with great attention while listening to every detail of our lives and thoughts.

5. IT IS UNPREDICTABLE. This is the reason why both Jesús and Eduardo keep their wife alert. You may know the man, but you don’t know what he’s going to do next. They both come from such a different culture, and their demeanor is entirely based on a pure and selfless love and devotion for their lady. Edward is addicted to Bella. The Bride of Christ belongs to Christ, He is in her, she is in Him, there is not a tiny atom of separation, they are one. Jesus follows the voice and direction of His Father, and guides His bride in the same way, expecting her to trust Him completely. Edward lives only for Bella and hopes that she understands his total love for her in all his actions.

6. IT IS FROM ANOTHER WORLD. For Bella, discovering Edward was discovering a whole new world, a world she could barely conceive of. He wants to know everything. Jesus brings us His world, the spiritual world, the Other Kingdom. This is His world and He can bring something of it to His Bride on this earth, which she drinks with as much anxiety as Bella. Of course, Edward’s world is dark, dangerous, and has a lot of evil. The world of Jesus is pure light and love, containing no evil (although it also tells us about the place in the spiritual world where evil dwells). In this section we can also mention that both Jesus and Eduardo live forever (unless Edward is murdered) and are intimately familiar with history, having lived through it (Edward only since 1918).

7. KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN. Both Jesus and Edward know how to play, laugh, have fun. Jesus liked to play with children and was full of joy. Edward takes time for fun (baseball games), leisure (books and music), and beauty (enjoying nature, making music). They both carry the weight of the world, but they both know how to relax and have fun once in a while.

8. TREASURE SILENCE. Both Jesús and Eduardo know how to be still, treasure solitude and silence. They know how to speak and move deliberately. No one is rushing or hyperactive. They embody strength, wisdom and stillness.

9. DANGEROUS. Both Jesus and Edward are extremely dangerous. Edward can easily kill if he needs to. While Jesus was on earth, He had the ability to summon legions of angels to fight for Him, if He so desired. Although they keep a careful check on this ability, the mere fact that they are so dangerous (but under control) strongly attracts a woman’s sensitivity.

10. HOW THEY ARE DIFFERENT. There is a big difference between the two, and that is that Edward has the ability to be evil, while Jesus can only be good, because He is goodness itself. Edward admits that he has killed before, and presumably drank his victim’s blood as well. He is very careful to keep this in check and strives to always be good and do well. Jesus, on the other hand, is goodness itself, yet he willingly took on all the evil that ever existed or will exist in himself in order to destroy it forever. So I guess you could say that at that time even Jesus was evil, because he took it all to himself, which is why God had to abandon him on the cross. So actually, this is another similarity: it is possible that the man is evil. With Jesus it was a one-time thing, with Edward it’s a constant struggle.

There you have it, an interesting comparison of two perfect men: one real and one fictional. We can only dream of Edward in our imaginations, but Jesus is real and can belong to each of us. He is the true perfect man.