Chrislam

In the final book of the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis titled "The Last Battle", the last king of Narnia named Tirian (who is a picture of the remnant church of the end days) finds a rebellion brewing amongst some of his subjects. It seems that Aslan the Lion (representative of Christ) has not shown himself for many years and some of the Narnians, particularly a greedy ape named Shift, want to run things to their own advantage without any ties to the Lion. They make a pact with the Calormenes to the south (a very warlike people who worship a bird headed god named Tash) and begin sending them Narnian trees, talking horses, and other items in exchange for food to the liking of the ape. The ape had found a lion skin in a pool and decided to put it on a gentle donkey named Puzzle, showing him at night in dim light and claiming he is Aslan- who has returned but is very angry with the Narnians and has set up the scenario with Calormen. As punishment they will have to serve the Calormenes and do harsh labor. The poor creatures of Narnia don't know what they have done to deserve this fate, but they so want to see Aslan again that they do his bidding. One of the prime deceptions comes when the ape and a Calormen commander tell the Narnians that there really isn't any difference between Aslan and Tash- that one is neither greater than or less than the other-they are one and the same and goes by the name of "Tashlan". This sends up howls of mourning amongst the Narnians, yet they have the proof as "Aslan" comes out at night and confirms it. The rest of the story shows how Tirian and the children from previous stories come to fight the final battle against this deception and ends with the final destruction of Narnia itself.

This is one of my favorite books for many reasons. Just reading the above paragraph you can see so many correlations with what is happening in the church today. But what I want to specifically address is summarized in the picture at the top of the page. Did anyone say "nooooooooooo!" when you saw it? I did. My heart just wanted to melt with tears. Talk about a fulfillment of what Lewis wrote years ago. Yesterday I posted concerning the mixture that has come into the churches-a universalism of thought that negates the teaching of Scripture. And today this article appears. (Go to www.standeyo.com to find it.) Can there be any true common ground between "Aslan" and "Tash"? Between The Truth and darkness? Many people, including former president Bush, say that Islam and Christianity worship the same God. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Before Mohamed, the Arab people worshiped many gods, Allah being one of them. In his "vision" Mohamed was told to turn the people to his worship only. Now if he is one and the same God as Jehovah, then I would have to say that he is schizophrenic because on the one hand He says that Israel is his chosen people, and on the other hand He says they are no better than apes and are to be destroyed! Nope-doesn't work. But here we have a "christian" group of churches who say that in order to "love your neighbor" you have to have a relationship with that neighbor! Nope again. God's love is shed abroad in our hearts. Yes we are to love the sinner and do all we can to lead them to the cross, but have a RELATIONSHIP with them??? To the compromising churches it obviously means incorporating some of Islam's false beliefs in with their (very subjectivized) teachings of Scripture. Again, I blame many so-called evangelical churches with practicing the very same thing. Bring in the rock music so you can "reach" teens (which came from the very pit of hell itself); bring in New Age doctors to help your congregation lose weight; use worldly business models to make your congregation "relevant" and to attract hundreds of new attendees (and tithe payers-isn't it interesting that with all the changing of Scripture, most pastors still insist on that 10 percent!). So what's the big deal with incorporating another doctrine of demons within the church-Islam and Christ-sure why not. I wonder what John the Baptist would say, or Jesus Himself. Maybe something about "REPENT" or a "generation of vipers"! Jesus' harshest words were for the religious deceivers after all.

Yesterday I quoted from 2 Peter about God's seeming to tarry in His final judgment upon this world. It has been almost 2000 years since the resurrection. We haven't "seen" Christ in so long. So, like the Narnians, we have started to rely on our muddled thinking based upon humanism-we make God into our own image and according to our own fleshly wants. Forget about any kind of judgment for sins please. That is old fashioned and a God of "love" would surely never do anything that harsh! So we continue as unregenerate, sin filled messes-loving the sewer that we are in because we know no differently and like the smell ("We do, honestly, it's like roses!") Thank God for the remnant church who will rise up in the last days and is even now being prepared. Sharpening their swords, filling their lamps with oil, laying down everything of this life to follow the Lamb (Lion). They will fight for The Truth without compromise. Nothing will persuade them to defile the honor of their true King! Are we part of that remnant? Our world is also coming to an end, and the Millenial Kingdom is our next step- IF we have become part of that remnant. I want to be in it - how about you?