Narnia: The Lion's Roar Series

The roar of love ends up on the cross when Jesus said, “It is finished!!!” All of sin is paid for! There is no more need for a sacrifice. That roar from the cross is still echoing through the ages, and through out the entire universe. Do you hear it? Have you grown cold to it’s power.

I love the vision that John had in Revelation with a scroll and seven seals. He was upset because no one was worthy to open the scroll held by Almighty God. John was given comfort in: Rev. 5:5 (NIV) Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.

The Lion of Judah is worthy…He is able to give you and me life! His roar of love can warm the coldest hearts…and revive the most apathetic spirit. His roar says that He is passionate for you! Are you passionate and sold out for the Lion of Judah, the Lord Jesus Christ. His is a loving roar…it’s also…

3. A WINNING ROAR. The heart of the gospel is that Jesus died for our sins, and was resurrected defeating death once and for all. Death could not keep Christ in the grave. 1 Cor. 15:3-4 (NIV) say, For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures..

Narnia tells the same story about Aslan. Death can’t keep Aslan down, because we learn that there is a deeper magic, a deeper law that the White Witch knew nothing about. This is how Aslan describes it to the children: “…there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of Time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned…she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would starting working backwards (Chap. 15)

So the Stone Table cracks, just like the Temple Veil is torn from top to botton in the Temple in the Gospels. Aslan is resurrected and soon after He gives this explanation to the children: “I feel I am going to roar. You had better put your fingers in your ears…And Aslan stood up and when he opened his mouth to roar his face became so terrible that they did not dare to look at it. And they saw all the trees in front of him bend before the blast of his roaring as grass bends in a meadow before the wind.” (Chapter 15)

Paul writes this about Jesus’ death and resurrection: 1 Cor. 15:54-57 (NIV)

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Not only does Jesus defeat sin and death with the cross and the resurrection, His roar defeats Satan, His adversary…If you want to read in detail how Jesus battles and defeats His enemies, take some time to read Revelation 19 and 20. Aslan defeats the White Witch in the same way…