Meaning in Lucy's Magic Story
Posted: Jul 27, 2010 12:36 am
I've always felt there was some meaning in the story which becomes Lucy's favorite in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Chapter 10. She reads it, loves it, becomes a part of it. Then when it's over, all she can remember of it is that it involved a cup, a sword, a tree, and a green hill.
When she asks Aslan if He will tell the story to her, he replies that he will tell it to her for years and years.
That last statement by Aslan reminded me of another statement He made at the end of the book, when Lucy asks him to tell her the way to get to His country from our world. And he replies, "I shall be telling you all the time."
I was wondering if the story maybe was the story of Christ dying on the cross, and salvation. The "cup" could be the part when Jesus prays, asking that the cup will be taken from him. The 'sword" could be the sword Peter uses to cut the ear of the man when they come to arrest Jesus. The "tree" could be the cross. I'm not sure about the green hill, though. Maybe where he was crucified? Or rose to heaven? Or heaven itself?
What does everyone think?
When she asks Aslan if He will tell the story to her, he replies that he will tell it to her for years and years.
That last statement by Aslan reminded me of another statement He made at the end of the book, when Lucy asks him to tell her the way to get to His country from our world. And he replies, "I shall be telling you all the time."
I was wondering if the story maybe was the story of Christ dying on the cross, and salvation. The "cup" could be the part when Jesus prays, asking that the cup will be taken from him. The 'sword" could be the sword Peter uses to cut the ear of the man when they come to arrest Jesus. The "tree" could be the cross. I'm not sure about the green hill, though. Maybe where he was crucified? Or rose to heaven? Or heaven itself?
What does everyone think?