51 How Narnia depicts The Last Judgement

Show Notes

What happens at the moment of our death? The last judgement is often a confusing and anxiety-ridden topic. Allow C.S. Lewis and his Narnia Aslan to open up a conversation about Christ the judge! Discover how this neglected doctrine can inspire within us love, life and the pursuit of truth!

Excerpt: "...but even so, what person in their right mind would want to not choose God? What Narnian creature would not want to enter the door, and instead swerve away into Aslan’s shadow? Well, this passage gives us a clue. Remember that detail that when the animals approached Aslan, some saw his face and hated it and swerved into the shadow, while other gaze on Aslan’s face and loved it, and went through the door? This is very rich in symbolism, and in it lies in an important truth. In the same way God doesn’t force anyone into heaven, he also doesn’t sentence anyone to hell. If anyone ends up in hell, they are there by their own choice. People choose hell because in this lifetime they have grown to be disgusted and repulsed by the idea of heaven."

For a summery of the Catholic position on the two judgments, here is Ascension Present's Fr Mike Schmitz - 'The Lesser Known Last Judgment'

Soundtrack used this episodes is from the OST of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (composed by Harry Gregson-Williams). I also used a cover of "Be Still for the Presence of the Lord" by Elite Artists Trio 

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