Just watched The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Fantastic film. I first read CS Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia back when I was in the army, and it left an indelible imprint on my heart. It inspired my blog and was a great source of joy to me.
You know, people are going to evaluate the film from all sorts of angles. They're gonna talk about the animation and how good/bad it was. They're gonna talk about the story and how good/interesting/thought-provoking/weird/fake etc. etc. it was. Some are just going to talk about how nice and fun it was to watch. But as Christians, we know the central theme behind the story, we know the message it carries, the real story that it is trying to tell. CS Lewis' classic was founded and parodied on one story alone- the truth of the Gospel of Christ. Lest we get carried away by all the peripherals, let us remember this. The treason of Edmund runs in us all, and just as Aslan died for Edmund, it is for us that Christ died. But He rose again, victorious!
It may be a fantasy story, set in a magical world of talking animals and witches and strange creatures. But for me, there are few truer depictions of what is really going on in our world than Narnia. Behind the mundane, everyday world that we see when we wake up every morning, there is another world, the spiritual world where the forces of good and evil are constantly battling. A world where those we know as cleaners, postmen, teachers, students, housewives, lawyers, doctors, politicians and many others rally together under our Lord's banner as His soldiers to fight against the Enemy. Christ has already won the victory; we know how the story is going to end, with Satan and his minions destroyed for all eternity and Christ ruling a new heaven and earth. In the meantime, we live in what CS Lewis describes as "Enemy-occupied territory" and our Lord Jesus Christ calls us to take up arms as his soldiers, stand firm and fight. Our Lord is not just the kind loving Shepherd who holds us by the hand and leads us beside green pastures and still waters; our Lord is also the great and mighty Warrior who calls us to follow Him into battle. The One who has all authority in heaven and on earth. Have you found your place in His army yet?
You know, people are going to evaluate the film from all sorts of angles. They're gonna talk about the animation and how good/bad it was. They're gonna talk about the story and how good/interesting/thought-provoking/weird/fake etc. etc. it was. Some are just going to talk about how nice and fun it was to watch. But as Christians, we know the central theme behind the story, we know the message it carries, the real story that it is trying to tell. CS Lewis' classic was founded and parodied on one story alone- the truth of the Gospel of Christ. Lest we get carried away by all the peripherals, let us remember this. The treason of Edmund runs in us all, and just as Aslan died for Edmund, it is for us that Christ died. But He rose again, victorious!
It may be a fantasy story, set in a magical world of talking animals and witches and strange creatures. But for me, there are few truer depictions of what is really going on in our world than Narnia. Behind the mundane, everyday world that we see when we wake up every morning, there is another world, the spiritual world where the forces of good and evil are constantly battling. A world where those we know as cleaners, postmen, teachers, students, housewives, lawyers, doctors, politicians and many others rally together under our Lord's banner as His soldiers to fight against the Enemy. Christ has already won the victory; we know how the story is going to end, with Satan and his minions destroyed for all eternity and Christ ruling a new heaven and earth. In the meantime, we live in what CS Lewis describes as "Enemy-occupied territory" and our Lord Jesus Christ calls us to take up arms as his soldiers, stand firm and fight. Our Lord is not just the kind loving Shepherd who holds us by the hand and leads us beside green pastures and still waters; our Lord is also the great and mighty Warrior who calls us to follow Him into battle. The One who has all authority in heaven and on earth. Have you found your place in His army yet?
4 Comments:
yo winston~
nice sum up abt wat Narnia is all about ^^
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juanicths, at 2:37 AM
hello.
i never knew you read narnia, and its amazing how you actually write these essays on truth and God. keep the faith! :)
-someone whom you don't know, but who knows you, from a far.
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Anonymous, at 4:39 PM
hi,
CS lewis is the master of all allegories. i enjoyed the Narnia series immensely. Christians would definitely appreciate and draw the parallels much better. My Pastor told me that the Pevensie children each represents a disciple in the story, just thought you might be interested to read further and find out.
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Anonymous, at 8:52 AM
Hey Wins,
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Narnia as well. However, being the skeptic that I am, I was thinking on how the Christians and the Catholic Church would view the part where Aslan says something like... when you do bad deeds in my name, you're actually doing it in his (the bad guy) name and when you do good deeds in his name, you're actually doing it in my name...
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