Chapter 9
1. Ed gets the location where Aslan is, to tell the witch: the Stone Table. Strong link to Judas telling the Jews where Jesus is.
2. “Deep down inside him he really knew that the White Witch was bad and cruel.” He was “suppressing the truth” (Romans 1:18).
3. Ed goes through cold, wind and snow to the witch’s castle. The way of the fool is hard, and that hardship is the reward for evil, as well as fuel for further wickedness. Ed’s hatred grows as he misplaces the blame for his own faults.
Chapter 10
1. Mrs. Beaver prepares for the journey to the Stone Table, not losing her head like everyone else. Each one has a gift to contribute to the Body (1 Cor 12).
2. Turns out the witch IS a counterfeit Santa Claus. Sorry – Father Christmas. Here he is: “you see people of his sort only in Narnia, you see pictures and hear them talked about even in our world – the world on this side of the wardrobe door. But when you really see them in Narnia it is rather different. Some of the pictures of Father Christmas in our world make him look only jolly and funny. But…. He was so big, and so glad, and so real, that they all became quite still. They felt very glad, but also solemn.
3. As Father Christmas dispenses gifts, I think of the Spirit, who equips us with spiritual gifts. And I think of the armor of God; tools of warfare against forces of evil.
4. To Susan: “I do not mean you to fight in the battle…” To Lucy: “battles are ugly when women fight.” We’ll save the women-in-combat issue for another day…
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