Anticipating the new movie out this week, we watched Rachel's DVD of Narnia last night.
At the end, Edmund was crowned "Edmund the Just." Like, as in "justified." Cool.
And I never noticed before that it was the humans that reigned over the rest of creation. I always thought of it as the outsiders coming to Narnia, fulfilling the prophecy, and being kings and queens. But no; it was man having dominion over the animals and all the rest.
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We just got back from seeing "Prince Caspian"! Wow, it is wonderful! My 10 year old son read the entire series last month and just couldn't wait to go and see it. It has been AGES since I have read the books, and I didn't make it through them all. It makes me want to read them. We got a devotion book in the mail that goes with the book. It is really actually pretty good. He has been enjoying it. It mentioned the justified relation!
ReplyDeleteRemember how the witch was waiting for "sons of Adam" and "daughters of Eve" - humans.
ReplyDeleteMom, I knew they were humans. I just didn't make the connection to Gen 1 and to the hymn:
ReplyDeleteThou hast raised our human nature
on the clouds to God's right hand.
There we sit in heavenly places;
there with Thee in glory stand.
Jesus reigns, adored by angels.
Man with God is on the throne.
Mighty Lord, in Thine ascension,
we by faith behold our own.
(There's a Bible verse that would better illustrate the concept of man reigning, but I can't think of it right now and am too lazy to look it up. The hymn-verse, though, I know without looking.)