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Aug 7, 2005 1:59:38 GMT -5
Post by Náriel i Eledhwen on Aug 7, 2005 1:59:38 GMT -5
"if there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most of us or else just silly."
"Then he isn't safe?" said Lucy
"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver; "don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you."
"He's not a tame lion."
I think this parallels well our Father. He is righteous in His anger and terrible in His wrath. He is just in all He does; therefore, we know that although God may be terrible He is also good. I think many of us want to put Christ in a box and act as if we understand all that He is. We sometimes think that He is "safe," yet just like Aslan, Jesus is not tame, he doesn't conform to any guideline that we may set. He is just and good, designing us all according to His purposes and plans.
This didn't come out quite like I envisioned it. Someone want to help me out here?
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Thalia
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Once a King or Queen in Narnia, Always a King or Queen
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Apr 13, 2006 17:01:47 GMT -5
Post by Thalia on Apr 13, 2006 17:01:47 GMT -5
No, it's brilliant!
There are so many parallels to draw, I'm not quite sure where to begin. I would first like to discuss probably the most evident: Edmund's rescue from being executed on the stone table. Obviously, not only is Aslan in a sense Jesus, but the White Witch is the Devil, perhaps even representative of the Romans. for neither understood the Deep Magic, as it involved something much more intricate and complex than the simple words. One must understand Faith and Love in order to interpret the real meaning. The Stone Table was broken by Aslan's sacrifice, just as Jesus's sacrifice shattered the barrier between us and heaven, allowing us to rise after death and go to our Heavenly Father.
I love talking about this!!!
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Apr 17, 2006 16:39:27 GMT -5
Post by Náriel i Eledhwen on Apr 17, 2006 16:39:27 GMT -5
That's interesting. So you think that the breaking of the stone table is kind of like the rending of the curtain of the temple? The altar, the cross, and the curtain all in one. I hadn't really thought about it as such before.
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