The Green Hornet

When I was a boy the radio was the extent of my entertainment. I would lie on the floor in front of the radio and listen to programs like Gang Busters, the Lux Radio Theater, Superman, the Long Ranger, the Shadow, Sam Spade, Captain Marvel, and the Green Hornet. These broadcasts were exciting and realistic because one’s imagination was kicked into high gear and placed you right in the center of the action.

The Green Hornet is a masked fictional crime fighter. Originally created by Fran Striker for an American old-time radio program in the 1930s and 40's, the character has appeared in other media as well, including film serials in the 1940s, a network television program in the 1960s, and multiple comic book series from the 1940s to the 1990s. The Green Hornet is Britt Reid, a newspaper publisher by day who by night goes out in his masked "Green Hornet" identity to fight crime as a vigilante, accompanied by his similarly masked Asian manservant Kato and driving a car, equipped with advanced technology, called "Black Beauty". The Green Hornet is often portrayed as a fair-to-above average hand-to-hand combatant and is often armed with a gun that sprays knock-out gas (an electric stun weapon called the "hornet's sting" was added to his arsenal in the TV series).

Originally, the show was to be called The Hornet, but the name was changed to The Green Hornet so that it could be more easily trademarked. The color was chosen because green hornets were reputed to be the angriest.

Several years ago the Holy Spirit directed me to several Bible verses that indicate that every believer has a God-sent hornet to drive out enemies of the cross and enemies of followers of God’s will and plan. In the NT the Sword of Spirit is our weapon of choice against darkness. The OT introduced the divine weapon known as “The Hornet”.

Deut 7:20-21 20 Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among them (enemies) until those who are left, who hide themselves from you, are destroyed. 21 You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you. NKJV

Josh 24:11-13 11 Then you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you —...12 I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you... but not with your sword or with your bow. 13 I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat of the vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.' NKJV

Luke 11:13 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" NKJV

Luke 24:49 49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high." NKJV

John 14:26 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. NKJV

Acts 1:5 5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." NKJV