Chronicles: The Last Battle

We did it--we finished the Chronicles of Narnia Series! It's taken us a little over a year to read them all aloud. We had some delays in finishing the final book, so we did a lot of catch up this weekend. The last book is not my favorite in the series, mostly because it addresses issues that arise in the last days, like a false Christ, death, and a lot of confusion. However, there are still a lot of lessons that I like from the book.

For instance, there are two "gods" in the Chronicles of Narnia: Tash and Aslan. Tash represents the devil, and Aslan represents Christ. In this last book, one man who believed in a God named Tash but who did good deeds, was accepted by Aslan and allowed to come into Aslan's kingdom. However, an ape who did terrible things while claiming to be a representative of Aslan was taken by Tash.

I also liked how in the "next life" in these books, you could go further up and further in and find a higher glory within each world, but which was bigger than you originally thought. It was great that all the characters from every book met in the end, and were all in the "highest part" of Aslan's kingdom.

As far as the "judgement" goes, I thought it was interesting how some animals went to Aslan's left and others to his right, depending on whether they accepted him or not. The last few chapters of the book are full of symbolism, which is what makes it a great ending to the series.

Rhetorically,

Rebekah