"Please," said the Lamb, "I can't understand. What have we to do with the Calormenes? We belong to Aslan. They belong to Tash. They have a god called Tash. They say he has four arms and the head of a vulture. They kill Men on his altar. I don't believe there's any such person as Tash. But if there was, how could Aslan be friends with him?"

All the animals cocked their heads sideways and all their bright eyes flashed towards the Ape. They knew it was the best question anyone had asked yet.

The Ape jumped up and spat at the Lamb.

"Baby!" he hissed. "Silly little bleater! Go home to your mother and drink milk. What do you understand of such things? But the others, listen. Tash is only another name for Aslan.  All that old idea of us being right and the Calormenes wrong is silly. We know better now. The Calormenes use different words but we all mean the same thing. Tash and Aslan are only two different names for you know Who. That's why there can never be any quarrel between them. Get that into your heads, you stupid brutes. Tash is Aslan: Aslan is Tash"

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The last battle by C.S. Lewis. Copyright 1956 by C.S. Lewis Pte Ltd 1956 Published by HarperCollinsPublishers, Ltd. Hammersmith, London

I wonder if CS Lewis invisioned back in 1956 that in 56 more years Christian preachers would be asserting that Allah, the god who rewards those who kill themselves slaughtering innocents on his altar, would be said to be the same as the God of Israel. That people who question this would be called intolerant and told that they were too stupid to understand the deep things of God. Or when he wrote about Tashlan he suspected one day people would be holding worship services in the name of Chrislam.

It is fitting that this happened in the story right before the final battle of that world and the entrance through a stable door into heaven, where all things were made perfect.

Good find and connection there, Thom.

TN Dove first brought this to our attention ~~ worth a second and third watch ~~ just beautiful, powerful~~~ just about my fav video~~

CS Lewis is my all time favorite author.  Not just because of the Narnia books, but all of his super-deep writings too ~ like Mere Chrisitianity, The Screwtape Letters, and The Great Divorce.  He has a truly amazing story, having been an athiest for most of his life, but through the witness of a friend, none other than JRR Tolkein, he became a Christian.  He and Tolkein were good friends and often compared their works and proof read for each other.  They both loved allegory and you can see the Christian influence in each of their writings.

I do believe thet Lewis had to have studied Bible prophecy to know that before the end of it all, that truth would be attacked and merged with falsehood enough to lead people atray.  I find it very prophetic that this merging of all gods into one happens right before the end of it all. 

When I am in heaven, I hope to have a sit down with Tolkein and Lewis and just listen as they chat and read their new "heavenly" books as their new brains work without flaw for all eternity, to glorify the Savior......

“And in that day, declares the LORD, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’  Hosea 2:16

Yes, God says names do matter, if they produce confusion.  Even though the word "Baal" meant "Master," it was associated with a false god.

That's similar to those who would say that all major religions believe in the same Deity, so it doesn't matter if we use an Arabic name for Him.

Dear All:

This world is doomed.  It belongs to the prince of the power of the air, Satan, himself.  It is his rotten mess and his dominion.  He will be vanquished by our Lord Jesus Christ, but not before he has done terrible things on the earth.  His man is even now in the wings. 

My point is that we Christians, and especially the watchers should not at all be surprised at what is going on.  If it weren't, we would not be near the rapture.

I agree that it is very disheartening that folks will not tolerate the message that we are in the end of the end.  But they won't as I can testify.  I once taught about this to a young people's class, and you know what?  A young "Christian" lady really let me have it when I asked if she would like to see Jesus come now.  (This was a few years ago).  Her reply was absolutely not!.  She wanted time  to raise her child, and she had her life yet to live.  She said to me, and I quote as best as I can remember, "You have had your life, I want mine". 

I was shocked somewhat, but not altogether, and I replied, "but you mean that you don't want Jesus to come and take us out of this miserable world?".  Again she said, NO!! emphatically and that I should stop teaching the imminent return of Christ.  I said, imminency is a doctrine of Scripture.  She said that she didn't care, it was scareing her.  The church leaders, one of which was her father, came and asked that I speak of it no more.  I quit that church.  I did not find another until I moved from that city to another city.

If this cannot be spoken of in the fundamental churches of our land, how in the world do we expect it to be received by the population at large?  So, as always, we need to concentrate on the simple gospel message.  That is buying up the time, for, after all, the days are evil.

So, C. S. Lewis in his inimitable way was trying to paint a parabolic picture of getting on the right narrow road which leads to the sheep gate and heaven and home.

My message in this post?  I feel it is too late to save the world system.  The coming of the King is too close for that.  Deterioration will continue and not stop now, until the awful judgments of God are realized upon this world.

I also believe that we are at the VERY DOOR of the rapture event.

Even so, Come Lord Jesus

YBIC

Gerry Almond

I once had a non-Christian friend ask me if I ever felt bad knowing that as a Christian the world could not be saved.  I responded that it wasn't my job to try and save the world. 

If a building is on fire, I answered, then all you want to do is get as many people as you can out so as to save their lives.  This building (the world's institutions) is too far gone to rescue.  All I can do is yell, "Run!"