“Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,
And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.”

This is the great prophecy of Aslan from C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Aslan, the lion, is Lewis’ Christ-figure, and the prophecy speaks of his coming. I love these words.

Though they are not from Scripture, they are quite scriptural. Look at them.

“Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight.” Won’t that be a glorious day!? Wrong will be right. When Jesus comes, wrongs will be made right. This world is full of wrongs. I have several friends with cancer and other diseases. The coming of Jesus means an eventual end to chemotherapy and uncertain medical futures. Wildfires have just ravaged parts of east Tennessee and western North Carolina, and even northeast Georgia, just north of where I live. People have lost homes and businesses and their livelihood, and some even their lives. The coming of Jesus means an eventual end to wildfires and nature out of control. Our country has seen far too many shootings, and the death of innocent people. Even as I write this article, a jury has just convicted Dylann Roof of the mass murder of nine African-American people at a Charleston church, simply because they were African-American. The coming of Jesus means the eventual end of injustice. Jesus came to right wrongs. “Behold, I am making all things new” (Rev. 21:5).

“At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more.” The same chapter in the book of Revelation says this. “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away” (v. 4). What will it be like to have no more sorrows!? Sorrow, unfortunately, is a normal part of our life. We avoid it, but it is there. We pad ourselves against it, with so many creature comforts (dinners out and toys and vacations to fun places), but it is there. The words to Joy to the World remind us of this. The third verse says this. “No more let sins and sorrow grow, not thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found.” When Jesus comes, sins and sorrows will no longer grow. Instead, his blessings will flow.

“When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death.” Elsewhere in Lewis’ book, there is a great description of the world before the coming of Aslan. It is “always winter, but never Christmas.” It is eternally dark and cold and dreary and lifeless, without any sense of joy or celebration or anticipation or advent. But when Jesus comes, that which is lifeless becomes full of life. A dark cold world begins to thaw and light begins to pour in. Dead ends become possibilities. The Apostle Paul tells us that death will be swallowed up in victory (1 Cor. 15:54).

“And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.” Spring is coming, folks. Jesus came the first time as a baby in a manger, only to live a perfect life, be rejected by the very people he came to save, and then die as an outcast between two criminals. But he rose from the dead, defeating sin and hell and the grave. And he will come again to complete the work of restoration that he began. Upon that second coming, he will shake his mane, and spring will come again. The prophet Isaiah tells of a new heavens and a new earth (Is. 65:17).

Folks, the first coming of Jesus is simply a prelude to his second coming. Your King is coming, and when he comes, wrongs will be made right, sorrows will be no more, winter will meet its death, and spring, eternal spring, will come again.