The Bible in Narnia...

One of the purposes of this class was to see how the Biblical and Classical traditions have shaped our understandings as a society. Last night, my boyfriend Joshua and I watched the movie "The Chronicles of Narnia" which was adapted from a book by C.S. Lewis. For anyone who has not yet seen the movie, I highly recommend it...as it was fabulous. However, we both noticed the striking Biblical parallels present in this Disney movie. It almost felt as if we were watching a Bible story from our youth. Here are some of the things we noticed:
1.) First the movie is, in is most simple form, the battle between good and evil.
2.) The Lion, who is the King of Narnia, is ruler over everything and his only foe is the White Witch. Similarly, God rules over the world, and His only adversary is Satan.
3.) Everyone bows before the Lion (as in Isaiah 45:23, Romans 14:11, and Philippians 2:10 which all state, "`As surely as I live,' says the Lord, `every knee will bow to me and every tongue will confess allegiance to God.' ")
4.) Jesus is described as the "Lion of the tribe of Judah" in Revelation. In the movie, the ruler is a Lion.
5.) The Lion gave his life in place of Edmund when the White Witch demanded a blood sacrifice, just as Jesus gave his life for the sins of man, He died so we can live.
6.) After the Lion repremanded Edmund for following his own sinful passions, he says to Edmunds family not to speak of the past as it no longer matters. This is like God's forgiveness of our sins and once we've repented, he remembers them no more.
7.) When the White Witch took the Lion's life, she first humiliated him by cutting his hair and then said "You thought you could save the human by sacrificing yourself, but now you will die and they will also." This displays Jesus' ultimate sacrifice of His death and humiliation on the cross for our life.
8.) The Lion rose again and when he did is showed the stone on which he was killed was split in half. In the Bible, after Jesus died it says in Matthew 27:51, "Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split."
9.) When the Lion was reviving those killed by the White Witch, he breathed on them and they became alive. In Genesis 2:7 it states, "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being."
10.) In the battle between good and evil towards the end of the movie, the Lion kills the White Witch and exclaims "It is finished." In John 19:30 it states, "He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit."
11.) At the end of the movie, the four children were given crowns and thrones, and in the Bible talks about the so

ns of God ruling with Him for one thousand years, and recieving crowns of glory.
12.) The children in the movie are called "Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve," this is a very blatant correlation between the movie and the Bible.

So, basically, my purpose for comparing the movie "The Chronicles of Narnia" to the Bible is to show that our society is still influenced by the Biblical tradition, which is a direct reflection of our class.