A quick introduction to our next few posts, as we approach Passover, the holiday in which God took His chosen out of Egypt.
The ‘chosen’ people are chosen not for their own sake (certainly not for their own honour or pleasure) but for the sake of the unchosen. (C.S. Lewis, Miracles)
How do the "chosen" fulfill what is demanded of them for the sake of the unchosen? Lewis notes that the chosen suffer for the un-chosen, but presumably would not argue the point that the chosen are to guide and teach the un-chosen the reality of the true God.
Should there be a social separation between the chosen and the un-chosen? Can members of the chosen lose their way due to assimilation or apostasy?
In the Chronicles of Narnia the Talking Beasts are chosen from amongst all the Beasts of Narnia and have an obligation to the un-chosen, as Aslan commands:
The Dumb Beasts whom I have not chosen are yours also. Treat them gently and cherish them but do not go back to their ways lest you cease to be Talking Beasts.
While such a chosen-ness must be different from that of humanity's chosen (only the Talking Beasts are sentient), perhaps both are commanded to remain chosen and not mimic the ways of the un-chosen.
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