Lord of the Rings Analogy

Passion... Whilst in the mountain, gandalf knows what lurks in the shadows, and this we can makke a connection to the passion of christ. Gandalf walks into the mountain and in some sense "prays" for thisto not be the way. Like JC did in the garden.

Gandalf/JC death... In the first movie, Gandalf fights this large dark creature from "hell." The connection we can make from this is that Gandalf knows he is going to die and he willingly gives his life to save the others-- his family.

Resurrection...In the second movie of the Lord of the Rings, "Two Towers", Gandalf appears to Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimi as this white, mystical being. Here we can make a connection to the resurrection and or transfiguration. When Gandalf appears to them he shines brighter than any light-- just like JC's transfiguration. We also make the connection to his resurrection because here, Gandalf has been "reborn" or "came back" from the dead-- he 'died' as Gandalf the Grey and came back as Gandalf the White. Aragorn, at the scene would be catagorized as "Doubting Thomas." Aragorn says, "it cannot be" and is in disbelief. 

The third movie we see Aragorn summoning up the dead to fight with him, to come back to the world and he will "hold their outh fulfilled." The connection we make here with JC in purgatory. Aragorn represents JC and the dead witchking represents satan... however in this case the witchking fights for JC--this is the "hollywood effect of a movie."-- however the mountain aragorn goes into is said to be a mountain of no return. Whoever goes in, dies a horrible death. But in this case, Aragorn--being the JC character-- walks into this mountain and returns with all the souls. He saves them all.