Aslan represents Jesus Christ

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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a movie about Aslan, who saves Edmund lives and also saves Narnia. In the movie, there are a lot of Christian parallels. One the biggest parallels in the movie is that Aslan represents Jesus Christ. In the movie, there are many examples of ways that Aslan represents Jesus. Some of the main examples are his death and resurrection, stripped of his clothes, being crucified, women were the first to discover the bodies, and breathed life on people to come back to live.
Aslan, also known as The Great Lion, is the creator and the one true king of the world of Narnia, and is a example of all that is good. The white witch was coming to take Edmund's life, but Aslan steps in and says I will be put to death to save Edmund's life. This represents Jesus because his life was taken from him to save everyone's life. The only differences in Aslan died to save Edmund and Jesus died to save everyone. The night before Aslan was killed he went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. The night before Jesus Christ was crucified, he also went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray.Matthew 26:36 said, Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” One the night that Aslan was crucified he was shaved of all his fur just like Jesus was stripped of his clothes before he was crucified. Everyone was screaming and yelling at his face when Aslan was crucified. They were making jokes and laughing at him. When Jesus was crucified the crowd was doing the same things. They were yelling and scream at his face and laughing and making jokes about him in front of his face. Aslan was stabbed by the White Witch. Jesus was crucified on the cross. In both J...

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...man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.". Lewis agrees the significance of the creation of man in Genesis with the creation of the animals in Narnia.
In conclusion, my theme was Aslan represents Jesus Christ. There are many parallels in the movie about Christian. Some of the themes are his death and resurrection, stripped of his clothes, being crucified, women were the first to discover the bodies, and breathed life on people to come back to live. This theme relates to everyone because Jesus died for us to be alive today. He save us from sin and redeem the world for us to be here today. Peter 1:3 said "Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."

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