There is a compelling and unforgettable scene in the movie, Northwest Passage, where the Rangers come to the shore of a raging river. They must get across to the other side. As you watch this scene in the movie unfold, first their fearless leader, Robert Rogers, played by Spencer Tracy, gets into the raging river and he wraps his arms around a tree root on the river’s edge.

The next Ranger gets out into the raging river and he locks arms with the first man. The third man gets out into the wild rushing current and locks arms with the second man.

Slowly, the human chain gets built out across the river. The brave men enter the raging river, locking arms, person by person, until they get all the way across the river. The last man wraps his arms around a tree root at the shoreline on the far side of the river.

Now that the human bridge is in place going all the way across the river, the rest of the men ford their way across the river using the “human bridge” as a support to get across the river.

The Parable of Crossing the River using a Human bridge

What do the wild waters of the raging river represent? The strong current can represent the flow and the pull of the world and the world system. More specifically, it is the domain of HaSatan. Any one of us can be pulled downstream in the current of this world system.

What does the “near” shore represent? What does the “far” shore represent?

What are some other takeaways and principles that can be gleaned from this parable? Listen in and find out!

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