The Chronicles of Narnia and the Bible

As I said in one of my earlier posts, The Chronicles of Narnia is a book with tremendous religious allusions. I am going to point out some of them. A few of these are quite obvious, however there are some that are slightly tricky. I would just like to discuss two of the characters- Aslan and Edmund. The most obvious character of the two with an allusion to the Bible is Aslan, the lion. Aslan represents Jesus, which can easily be seen when Aslan is put to death and dies for the mistakes, or sins, of Edmund. He, like Jesus, then conquered death and rose from the dead, triumphing over evil and living on forever. He is the one who leads Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy and guides them along their journey. Now, lets talk about Edmund. To me, Edmund seems to represent mankind. He is decieved, makes some mistakes which should cost him his life, and yet does not have to pay for them because Aslan (Jesus) took his place instead. It never ceases to amaze me how much God loves us. I mean He sent His son to suffer an aweful death just so that we wouldn't have to. Aslan gives Edmund the greatest gift, which is life, and takes his place to die in the hands of the White Witch (Satan). We can never repay the debt we owe Jesus, but all he wants from us it to love Him, and love others, and I think that is pretty cool.