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Tales of Narnia
Sunday, January 29, 2006

Do you know the real meaning behind the book by CS lewis, the Lion the witch and the wardrobe??

 

Let me explain……..

 

CS lewis did not design these books to be a mystical fairy take, but rather, he followed the pattern of the gospel. It is a parallel to the world that exists but that we do not see.

 

ASLAN is a picture of JESUS himself. One who was without sin, who would sacrifice himself for all. Thus redeeming all mankind. Redeemed from what, you say? From the evil grasp of the queen of Narnia, the Witch herself. Who is a model of Satan himself.

 

The witches claim on Edmonds life, who betrays Aslan and aligns himself with the queen would have been eternal except for intervention of Aslan, just as Jesus has died on the cross and bought all who believe in him back from Satan.
 

 

Sacrificial death has broken the curse forever. Edmund repents, and returns to following Aslan the king, just as we may repent and find restoration.

 

The witch believes she is disposing of Aslan and rejoices over her great victory, what she does not realize is that the moment of hi death means the defeat of her kingdom and her own demise.

  

What is the mystery, and the hidden wisdom? It was that a savior was to come to earth and pay for man's sin, thus the claim the enemy of God had over our lives. There was an insurance policy on our lives, set in the heaven long before Adam fell and sealed our fate.

 

This was kept from Satan, that Jesus' death would destroy him, so that the enemies of God would go on and follow the path to kill him.

 

You can see this in the movie when Aslan pretends not to know the deep magic, when asked by Lucy is there no way to reverse the deep magic, and he says "What? Reverse the magic of the great emperor?" {WHO IS GOD THE FATHER}. He pretends there is no way to reverse it in front of the witch, lest she catch on, but there is way, set before time. That the life of a traitor would be bought back from one who was sinless would die in the traitors place. The witch sure she has him at every turn and that everything is going her way when Aslan offers himself to buy Edmund back.  (who by the way, is a portrait of all mankind in their sinful state, without the blood of Aslan, or as we know, Jesus)
 
Edmund shows that we all have sin born in us, and need redemption and the change that can only come from Jesus. We are not better than Edmund but in fact he is an accurate portrayal of our inner nature without Christ. But he sees his folly, is redeemed and welcomed back to Aslan's kingdom. Just as Jesus has open arms for us.
 

 

The witch does not imagine that Aslan will rise again, just as Satan did not know Jesus would be resurrected in three days on our behalf.

 

All that generations henceforth would have to do would be to believe on him and the ownership of Satan is canceled forever, the debt of sin paid, and the free gift of eternal life obtained.

 

The wardrobe itself represents the entryway into the spiritual kingdom that exists, but that we do not see. Passing through the wardrobe could be likened to prayer, or taking a step of faith to God that allows us to see clearer the realities of these two kingdoms. Time behaves differently here than it does in earth, the exact reason Lucy's story was so plausible, according to the professor.

 

NARNIA is a copy of the earth in the future, where heaven and hell battle for supremacy, where good and evil are in a continual, ongoing war. "the East Battle at Veruna Ford" is depiciting the end time battle that the earth will travail through, and that brings back Christ himself, and his kingdom, just as Aslan returned and establishes his kingdom at the end at Cair Paravel.

 

In NARNIA, the witch, who calls herself the Queen, but has no right to, (as Satan likes to vaunt his own status, but has no right to) is seeking dominance over all of Narnia. In the same way, Satan seeking to rule this earth in a great and hidden battle for the souls of men, and ultimate victory over God.

 

The Four Children pose as Christian soldiers in the story. Who are called by God to fight for him and bring a permanent change in the land of Narnia. They are called as children, but mature and grow in Aslan's kingdom, by the various trials and lessons they have learned. We can get a view of this being parallel to our own walk with God, as we begin as babies, just believing and grow into soldiers for him.

 

They are given many tasks and weapons to fight with and protect themselves, just as believers are given spiritual weapons to fight the enemies kingdom and win. For there are souls at stake that the white witch wants to capture.

So we conclude, the children are "sent" as apostles from one kingdom, to another, to exact a change, and answer the call that is given them. We were sent into the world to claim territory for God's kingdom. For there are many souls at stake that the enemy wants to capture.

 

At the end Satan has no claim over Narnia, because everyone has done their job. Aslan has obeyed the great emperor (God the father), in shedding his sinless blood, the children have matured and fought valiant battle against the witch, and have followed Aslan.

 

The Beavers, who help the children survive, and feed them, and guide and direct them throughout seem to me to represent the angels of god. Who on our behalf, seek to help and serve us, when we are in service to the king especially.

 

The stone Table the place of seeming torture and defeat, of course is a copy of the cross that Jesus died upon. A place of no reputation, humiliation, rejection, torture, but resulting in total victory. What a plan to defeat Satan!!

 

There could be no other way. God could not send Jesus in a parade, or with great fanfare, he came as a baby, with no place to be born but a lowly manger, lest Satan find him early and destroy him, and then to die a humiliating, suffocating death, which made hell rejoice, only for them find out it would be their greatest defeat.

 

So lets remember this great king, who so cleverly disguised himself as a lowly servant, to buy us back eternally.

 

The Ghouls, the Centaurs, the Toad people, who are all at the witch's command, are a picture of satan's kingdom, and the many demons and emissaries that serve him. If you notice, how base and horrible the creatures are, and this is an accurate depiction of the ghouls in his kingdom who have fallen from God.

 

The witch's hatred and venomous wrath for the children is really fear, fear that they will fulfill their destiny and bring Aslan back, for when he returns her reign will end.

 

Satan himself is afraid of the child of god who knows their ministry and fulfilling their purpose.

 

We see the two kingdom battling, even as winter begins to subside as Aslan is returning. Her power begins to reign in the presence of holiness; her whole hateful existence is an attempt to subvert Aslan. Even her fearsome voice and her meanness are against the great king, ultimately.

 

The witch is most afraid of the Children, for there is a prophecy that if they sit in the four thrones in Cair Paravel it would be her defeat. Cair Paravel, where the children rule and reign, as king and queens, represent the millennial reign of Christ and his victory. He now owns and rules the earth, and those who have followed him reap the benefits and sit gloriously and continue to serve him.

 

 

Christ will return again as Aslan did, and rule and reign and it will not be winter anymore. His return will be speeded up as his children understand their destiny, as the four children did.

 

CS lewis understood how to set forth the gospel in a wonderfully enchanting and mystical setting that children would be captured by for generations. Its my hope, like the authors, that children adults alike will come to understand the full meaning of the book and the full meaning of the gospel in their lives.

 

There are many best selling books today but CS lewis, who penned this book in 1950, was really the first of many to write of this subject. He did so with genius and insight into the world we do not see, but most of all he did so with inspiration and guidance from his Heavenly Father.

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flightplan
Thursday, January 05, 2006

Kyle Pratt is a frantic but fiercely intelligent mother whose deepest protective instincts will be triggered by a haunting in- flight nightmare: in the middle of the trans-Atlantic trip, her young daughter turns up missing without a trace. Or does she?      Kyle arrives on the flight still reeling from the recent loss of her husband, a woman who has gone mad with grief or a formidably determined mother whose child is in grave danger that threatens the entire plane? Adding to the growing mystery is the fact that the name of Kyle's daughter doesn't even appear on the flight manifest. Furthermore, neither of the flight attendants can remember seeing the child on the plane? Adding to the growing mystery is the fact that the name of Kyle's daughter doesn't even appear on the flight manifest. Furthermore, neither of the flight attendants can remember seeing the child on the plane. While Captain Rich and Air Marshal Gene Carson don't want to doubt Kyle's insistent claim that her daughter has vanished, all evidence points to the fact that Kyle's little girl was never on board. What is the truth behind Kyle Pratt's distress? Who on board can be trusted? And just how far will Kyle have to go to get to the bottom of the harrowing mystery? As paranoia and doubt mount among the passengers, Kyle is confronted with some of the most unsettling fears a mother could ever face--losing her child, having her very reality questioned and being trapped in a situation where no one can seem to help. Pushed to the edge and fighting for her sanity, Kyle finds herself willing to go to unimaginable lengths to save her daughter.I watched the movie yesterday i will not tell what happened or whats the truth, even there are arab people on board and she accused them and all the plane did as a Terrorist . I will not say more watch it :) this movie makes u think a lot !!!!!!!!!  


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Narnia
Thursday, January 05, 2006

The Lion, the Witch and ALL the exclusives: Moviefone brings the classic tale to life with an exclusive destination dedicated to the film.

 

C.S. Lewis once wrote that the idea for the Narnia books came to him from images: "a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen in a sledge, a magnificent lion." From these mental pictures he created the Land of Narnia, a land populated with a rich diversity of beings, some very like their counterparts in our world, some derived from his knowledge and love of myth and fairy tale, and some, like Puddleglum, purely his own invention.

 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was published in 1950 with illustrations by Pauline Baynes, a young artist who perfectly captured, in line, the pictures that Jack Lewis had seen in his head.

 

 

Four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, are sent into the country to live with Professor Kirke because of the air-raids on wartime London. On their first morning, it pours with rain and they play hide-and-seek indoors. Lucy scrambles inside an old wardrobe full of coats, only to find: ... that what was rubbing against her face and hands was no longer soft fur but something hard and rough and even prickly.

 

"Why, it is just like the branches of trees!" exclaimed Lucy. And then she saw that there was a light ahead of her; not a few inches away from where the back of the wardrobe ought to have been, but a long way off. Something cold and soft was falling on her. A moment later she found that she was standing in the middle of a wood at night-time with snow under her feet and snowflakes falling through the air ...

 

Lucy is in Narnia, but the country is in the grip of the White Witch's spells and it is always winter. The Witch had come into Narnia many years before, and there is only one way in which her evil magic can be overthrown. It has been foretold that her reign will end when two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve sit on the four thrones at the castle of Cair Paravel. So the Witch has made sure that anyone who sees a human in Narnia will tell her straight away - or be turned into stone.

 

Lucy narrowly escapes being trapped, and slips back through the wardrobe, scared, excited, and not a little bewildered to find that her adventures have taken no time at all in her own world. Not surprisingly, her brothers and sisters don't believe her story, especially as the wardrobe remains obstinately a wardrobe! Narnian magic is not like a light switch: you cannot turn it off and on at will.

 

However, the children do go back into Narnia when they least expect it and find everything just as Lucy described - only perhaps more real and more frightening. The kindly Mr. and Mrs. Beaver keep them safe from the White Witch's secret police - but there is a traitor in their midst and the four children soon discover that only Aslan can protect them from the terrifying danger that threatens to destroy them all ...

 

You can found The 7 Books of Narnia in (The Good Book Shop) at 1st circle and today they will release with -Ophir-  the arabic version at 01:00 pm, so you can find the arabic and english version to read and articles about the movie, the contact no. is 962 6  4613939

 

* releasing in century-cinemas 11th January 2006

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* releasing in mecca mall 15th January 2006

 

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