In The Magician's Nephew C.S. Lewis retells the story of creation. As the Christ-figure sings into a dark world life begins to grow on the hills and plains. One observer said, "It was beyond comparison, the most beautiful noise he had ever heard." God's beautiful, powerful voice truly created all things. So God has an intricate relationship with his world. He loves his mountains, hills, ravines, valleys, and all the life they support. They are his handiwork, the fruit of his labors.
In Ezekiel 6 God tells his prophet Ezekiel to set his face against the mountains and the hills, ravines, and valleys of Israel and prophesy against them: "Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you" (3). God again sings to his creation. But now he sings a funeral song. God wants us to believe that sin brings desolation on creation and destruction to humanity. So he both describes and explains to his prophet, and to his audience, the judgment he would pour out on Judah. |
