Good Omens 2 Opening-What Are They Marching Toward?

Good Omens 2 Opening-What are they marching toward?

Hi, there's something about the opening credit sequence that immediately caught my eye upon the first viewing. @metatronhateblog and I have discussed the whole opening credits at length (helps that we're siblings and can sit in the same room to talk about it) and we both will probably make some posts about things we haven't seen addressed yet.

I haven't seen anyone mention this particular thing yet, but forgive me if this has already been pointed out.

This mountain they are marching up? This is Zion.

I'm almost certain. It's a very interesting word that's used several times in the Old and New Testament, most notably for me in the book of Revelation, which I read a lot as a former Christian (I liked it cause it was the least boring thing to read).

It has a few different meanings from what I've gathered (a note: this is not about z*ionism.), which I will try to give brief explanations on.

Originally I believe it was meant to be an actual location in Jerusalem, a hill/mountain that held the City of David. Literally called Mount Zion I think.

In the Old Testament it also is described as being the place where God rests, where they are enthroned.

Now look at this.

Pretty sure that's a throne room? It looks like a Greek temple, so I think that's the vibe it's going for. The place where God is located.

Most interestingly, Zion is symbolic of the city of heaven, which will come to earth and God will dwell with the people upon Jesus' return and judgement (at least that's what I'm getting from the text? It can be difficult for me to decipher sometimes). Revelation 14:1 states

"Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads."

I believe this is the first time Jesus appears during(after maybe?) the great Tribulation (aka, all the torments the earth endures during this time before his return) with those who have been chosen by God. "The Lamb" refers to Jesus, for those who may not know.

I thought it was odd that this possible Zion reference was placed here in season 2 since it's not something that we've seen or heard mentioned thus far, but I think we can safely assume it has to do with season 3 and the Second Coming.

A side note, there's something else I caught while looking at this as well:

I could be wrong, but it looks like these cherubs are tipping bowls. BOWLS!

In John's visions in Revelation 16, we see seven angels with bowls pouring out plagues to the earth. Bowls of God's wrath. I could go into what they are but that's a whole other post. For some reason I always remembered the bowls the most, I have no idea why. There's so much to find in the opening, it's like a scavenger hunt and my little brain loves it! Anyway.

Fascinating that Zion is what the people and our heroes are marching toward. Are they simply moving toward the end times (again)? Are they marching straight to God's house to get some answers (Aziraphale might be)? Are they moving toward that utopian heaven on earth as they begin eternity, forever and ever amen (as Michael mentions in the forbidden heavenly footage)? Maybe all three.

It may not be all that important and just be purely symbolic, but I thought it was neat. There really is so much in the details!

Thanks for coming to my rambling! I'm going to go try finding more references now.

"Then God forgive you"

This is my favorite moment from Aziraphale.

Notably one of the few times he invokes the Almighty's name. One of the only, if not the only time he doesn't say "I" when forgiving.

Aziraphale, who's terrified of his bosses but cares so much about humans that he's willing to take a chance and believe that he should be protecting these innocent kids no matter what the paperwork says.

He says this to his only friend(sort of), who he just learned(supposedly) is super cool with child murder, who could destroy him too for all he knows with no consequences given the circumstances and again, the paperwork giving him the freedom to do so.

Forgiveness, his favorite thing, something he's really good at.

He's about to walk away from the only person who has really been nice to him at all, if ever. The only person who might be a bit like him.

He's 100% saying that he's not gonna overlook this.

"Then God forgive you because I won't."

He's so brave.

Heeeeey why didn’t you include Cutler on Beck’s potential partners? I will die on this hill!

No need to die on the hill, you are objectively right! He was definitely the first one I thought of when I realized I missed some programs but I was too lazy to go back and edit at that point. Unfortunately I have this thing where I binge a TV show every now and then and I immediately forget almost everything that happened in it until it's too late 😔

9/10 I love when a guy goes to save a guy he just met cause they trauma bonded

🎵FIGHTING EVIL BY GRIDLIGHT🎵

(just Tron under the cut)

Only change I'd make to your "potential Beck partners" list is to add Cutler because I just know those two had something special going on

Oh they definitely did. I kinda forgot about him until after I hit "post" cause there really are too many programs to ship with that special boy lol, and since you are not the first person to call me out for my sins I will pay for them and go back and edit it to include that pairing