17 January 2007

The Lion the Witch, and the Wardrode.

I read an article put out by Rutgers about the "Nuclear Clock", it was titled "Nuclear, climate perils push Doomsday Clock ahead ". In case you did not know, there is a symbolic clock that The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created in 1947. The clock is used to track how close they think the plant is to being at Doomsday. Once again, here in America, where we insulate ourselves with the daily grind and celebrities duking it out on TV, we have missed the fact that the clock has moved forward.

I began reading (re-reading since I have read it once before) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis. I wanted something that was not to terribly challenging to sink my brain into. Ironically, it because clear to my the Christan or Christ centered symbolism that is contained in the book. When Aslan, the Lion, lays down his life for Edward, Son of Man" in order to save Edward. Aslan is killed, yet the next morning he has been restored to his original splendor and grandgur. In the same way, Christ is killed on a cross to save us from Death. Paul, in several passages references Sin and Death as being one in the same.

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