The Princess Bride -- Conclusion

Buttercup faces fear and doubt in the Fire Swamp, but doesn’t feel utter hopelessness until after she is forced to marry Prince Humperdinck. She returns to the bridal suite and prepares to take her own life. Westley stops her just in time. He saves her yet again from certain death.

Jesus will never let us self-destruct either. The antidote to despair is hope. God’s Word tells us:

“Guard my life and rescue me;

let me not be put to shame,

for I take refuge in you.

May integrity and uprightness protect me,

because my hope is in you.”

Psalm 25:20-21

In the final moments of the film, Westley removes Buttercup from the castle where Humperdinck would have strangled her that very night. Together they face Humperdinck. Westley lies on her bed using only his voice to instruct Buttercup. (He was still 'partly dead.')

She obeys his every word and soon has Humperdinck tied up.

This is very much the way Jesus helps us overcome our enemies on earth. He does not physically do it for us, but He will instruct us on what to do, step by step. It is our job to listen for His voice and to obey. This requires a relationship of trust and obedience. And it requires courage. But He never asks us to do something He doesn’t know we can do, with His help.

Yes, Jesus removes us from the certainty of the wages of sin which is eternal death, and instead gives us the gift of eternal life in Him.

Our Jesus defeats death at every turn. He is, in every way, equipped to do battle on our behalf. He is our Prince. He is Life. He is our Bridegroom. And when we arrive in heaven, there will be a feast and celebration that outshines even My Big Fat Greek Wedding.