The four Pevensie children are evacuated from London, to the home of a reclusive Professor at his large house in the country.

One wet afternoon, the youngest, Lucy suggests a game of hide and seek. Lucy enters an empty room in search of a place to hide and finds an old carved wardrobe. She climbs inside and moves to the back of the wardrobe to suddenly find herself tumbling out into a whole new, snow-covered, world.

Lucy meets a friendly fawn by the name of Mr Tumnus, and learns that this world is called Narnia. She also learns that a Witch is ruling over the land and has cast a spell upon it leaving it forever in winter. Lucy returns through the wardrobe to the house to tell her brothers and sister all about Narnia although at first they do not believe her.

Edmond, Susan and Peter discover the truth for themselves when they too find themselves climbing into the wardrobe whilst hiding from the housekeeper. All four stumble into Narnia and become drawn into adventure when they meet Mr and Mrs Beaver who tell them of their part in a Prophesy and Edmond runs off to the White Witch’s palace.

Peter, Susan and Lucy seek help from Aslan, the rightful King of Narnia and the only one who can save Edmond from the Witch’s evil. In place of Edmond, Aslan offers himself to the White Witch as the sacrifice she demands.

Slain on a stone table, the Witch thinks she has conquered her enemy and can rule Narnia but overlooks the truth that Aslan gave himself freely and so death cannot hold him and he comes back to life.

At the final battle between Aslan’s army, led by Peter, and the evil army of the White Witch, Aslan returns to finally destroy the Witch and her power – victory is won!

The four children – each who have faithfully fought in Aslan’s army are rewarded with crowns and thrones. For many years they contentedly reign in Narnia until one day whilst out riding they come across a lamp which they recognise from the time they first came to Narnia. Following the light they find themselves back in the wardrobe and stumbling out into the same room in the Professor’s house where they had hidden from the housekeeper, all those years before.

They arrive back as the children they were before their adventure in Narnia began. When the Professor finds Lucy looking into the wardrobe he explains that the entry into Narnia through the wardrobe is now closed but hints that there will be another way back.

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There is a tremendous parallel between this story and the Biblical truth of the work of Christ. Aslan’s willing sacrifice of his life for the life of Edmond being the most clear picture of Jesus’ own willing sacrifice for the sin of all men. We all, like Edmond, were doomed to pay the penalty of the price of our sin. But as Edmond was saved by the sacrifice made by Aslan when he died upon a stone table - we can be saved by the sacrifice made for us by Jesus when he died upon a wooden cross. Similar parallels are obvious between Aslan’s victory in the battle and the Witch’s defeat. Jesus has won the victory over sin and death and the Devil. Those that are saved - born again of God’s Spirit - will also share in the final victory and will receive a conqueror’s crown - to rule and reign with Christ for all eternity.

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