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Christ Figures and Aslan

By: Thomas Clayton Booher This post first appeared here . In response to my article  On Fantasy Christ Figures , I was asked what I thought about Aslan, the great Lion in C S Lewis’s  The Chronicles of Narnia  series. It is a good question. In answer, let me begin by a statement from the original article, “Everything that Christ did was revelatory of the Father. His body language, facial expressions, speech, choice of words, etc. was all revelatory.” I believe that postulation to be true. Even as Christ walked amongst us before his resurrection and subsequent session at the right hand of the Father, Christ was  The Revelation of God  – the final revelation, as Hebrews 1:1,2 implies. His followers, in particular, the Twelve, not only witnessed what he  did , but they bore witness to  him . I may observe what one does from a distance, even on a daily, sometimes hourly basis. It could be a co-worker, a celebrity, my pastor, a teacher...