They even told themselves that the fake trees were better than real trees. This was their attempt on making up for not having a real tree.

Many of the people in ThneedVille had fake trees.

It is true that He did it for His Bride, The Church, but the whole world benefited from His Sacrifice. In a similar way, Jesus came willing to do anything to make sure we could have a Spiritual Life again. It is true that he did it for a girl, but the whole land of ThneedVille benefited from the seed he brought back.

The Once-ler knew that one day a person would come who cared enough about trees that he would do anything to make sure they could come back.

ThereвЂ™d be no trees, none of us would know God.

If we equate the Trees in The Lorax to our Spiritual Life, that is, our relationship with God, we will see a good picture of what the world would be like if Jesus never came to save us.

Can you think of at least one way you have sinned? ( Romans 5:12-21)

But he cannot be blamed as the only person responsible for the sin in the world, because each of us is a sinner on our own.

In our world, sin came into the universe through one man, Adam.

But is it true that it is all his fault? How did the other people, who bought the thneeds, also cause the destruction of the trees?

In the land of ThneedVille there are no trees, and it is all because of one man, the Once-ler.

Just as in the film, only a real tree brings life in our relationship with God, only Jesus brings us Spiritual life and Life Everlasting. Be it religion, idols, or other things we try to make up for our lack of relationship with God. I find this to be a clear image of how we as humans, lacking a right relationship with God, seek to fill that void with вЂњfakeвЂќ versions. But the entire world benefits from His Sacrifice.ДЄnother thing IвЂ™d like to look at is what the people in ThneedVille did in response to not having any trees. In a way, He did it for a girl, too, His Bride, The Church. When we look at Christ, He came willing to do whatever it takes to restore our relationship with the Father. When we look back at TedвЂ™s motivation, we might say that he really did it all for a girl, Audrey. Through him the trees are restored and without him that wouldnвЂ™t have happened. If the Once-ler is the Adam figure in the film, Ted is the Christ figure. Just as sin entered the world through one man, Adam it is through one Man, Jesus, that we are saved. Once grown, the tree multiples across the land. Ted is that person, and the Once-ler gives him a seed, the last seed, to bring back to ThneedVille. The Once-ler knew that one day a person would come who cared enough about trees that he would do anything to make sure they could come back. We were happy to continue in sin, if it means we can have things that we want. Everyone has sinned and none are righteous. Though Adam started it, it wouldnвЂ™t be fair to blame him for the destruction of all spiritual relationships.

A long time ago, Adam brought sin into the world, severing his relationship with God, and also preventing us from having one. Everyone in ThneedVille seemed more than happy to have him destroy the forest, if it meant they could have more thneeds. Though he started it, it wouldnвЂ™t be fair to blame him for the destruction of the last tree. You see, a long time ago, the Once-ler made a business out of cutting down trees to make thneeds for people. The Once-ler is a man who is considered to be the cause of all the trouble, the reason there are no trees in Thneedville. And Satan, like OвЂ™Hare, will do anything to prevent the return of that relationship. Sin has taken away our relationship with God. If we equate the trees in the story to our relationship with God, we can see what our world is like as a result of sin. We can take this imagery and relate it to our Spiritual lives. OвЂ™Hare sees trees as a threat to his power and will do anything to stop their return. He encounters a lot of trouble, particularly caused by a very powerful CEO/Mayor named OвЂ™Hare. Ted goes on a mission to find a tree for her. We meet Ted, who is in love with a girl named Audrey, and Audrey really wants to see a tree. The story starts out in ThneedVille, where there are no trees, and nobody has seen a tree in a long time. It has to do with the effects of sin and the only cure, Jesus! But this exploration has nothing to do with environmental stewardship. While those concerns are certainly not to be taken lightly, as Christians, we do have a God-given responsibility to take care of this world. In recent years there has been a lot of backlash against the environmental movement by Christians for many reasons such as its affiliation with progressivism, humanism and even animism. This is a delightfully ham-fisted approach to encouraging children to be good stewards of the environment.

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