The Allegory of Aslan’s Sacrifice

By Rhiannonw

Sun, 01 May 2016
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[Continuing the idea of a hymn for Sundays]

As Aslan died instead
of Edmund, who’d betrayed,
so only Jesus could redeem
each one who’d disobeyed.
    Only the King himself,
    the perfect one alone,
    who had no wrong thing ever done,
    could take my place, atone.

The temple showed how God
is separate from sin,
and all that is not pure and good:
we could not come to him.
    The curtain barred the way,
    to the most holy place,
    but when Christ died, it broke in two –
    he reconciled by grace.

His body broken meant
the barrier’s broken down,
so through his bearing punishment
we can approach God’s throne.
    What awesome thing is this?
    to now be welcomed in
    to friendship with the Holy One,
    the Sovereign God, our King!   

tune: DSM eg tune of ‘Crown him with many crowns’

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Submitted by Philip Sidney on

A nice reminder of the the Narnia subtext.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Helen. I take it you are familiar with the books. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by london_calling79 on

We learned a lot about C.S. Lewis at Primary school as he had a lot of links with Northern Ireland and I believe wrote some of the Narnia books there. He wasn't afraid of the more grown-up parts of fairy tales and of religion. Lovely hymn.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

That's interesting, and thanks for your comment LC.
C S Lewis wove in his allegory very naturally and simply didn't he, and touched on the simple foundational truths understood and grasped by all ages, and could tell of bad things because he knew and could direct to the real help that there is in real life. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

An extremely cleverly written poem, Rhiannon. I have many happy memories of reading some of the Narnia chronicles to my grandchildren, and also listening to them as we drove down to Cornwall for a summer holiday many moons ago now.

Again, unfortunately, I am not familiar with the tune, but it certainly did not spoil my enjoyment of this, one bit.

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you Tina, I'm glad you thought well of it.

I actually thought I had used that tune before, but on checking I had sung it in for another of these Sunday Songs. If of any interest it is on https://soundcloud.com/rhiannon-weber/stars-of-the-universe . These words fitted the same tune, and I've been trying to think what tunes you or Jean and others on here might be familiar with! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

How nice to see your picture. I am familiar with the tune, and sang it through. I haven't read the Narnia books, but have read other things by CS Lewis. (I have a feeling that my husband told me that he had the same rooms in Oxford as CS Lewis had had when he was there.)

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. Nice to know it sang OK too. I remember you musing that you hadn't read the Narnia books, but you might yet some day. Rhiannon