| Millions of people around the world
have caught “Harry Potter Fever.” Children around the world
love Harry. Retailers are crazy about him. Parents and Teachers are overjoyed
that children are reading books which can run over 700 pages long. Even many
so called christian leaders are praising the books as a tale of good verses
evil. It is clear that most people think highly of the Harry Potter series,
but the real question should be what does God think about it? The US version
of book one (and the movie) is called “Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone”
and is set, as all the books are, at the “Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and
Wizardry” To find our answer we need to look at what the Bible says
about witchcraft, wizards and sorcery:
Deuteronomy 18:10-12
There shall not be found
among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the
fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter,
or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard,
or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the
LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them
out from before thee.
Many will say that Harry is a good wizard who
uses his powers for good, but God says here that “all that do these
things are an abomination unto the LORD ” Notice that word “all.”
There is no such thing as a good witch, or a good wizard. An abomination
is something which God is disgusted at.
God also says :
“Woe unto them that call
evil good, and good evil;” Isaiah 5:20
If God hates something you had better not call
it innocent or harmless.
Revelation 9:20-21
And the rest of the men which
were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their
hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver,
and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their
fornication, nor of their thefts.
Here sorcery is listed on equal footing with devil
worship, idolatry, fornication and murder. The term sorcery is connected
to drug use. Harry and his friends are taught to make and take potions which
contain such ingredients as wormwood and belladonna. both are real life ingredients
used to make real life drugs. Wormwood is used to make a hallucinogen and
belladonna is a poison. Do you want your children playing with such things?
Only a Movie?
Now some may be saying “This is fiction!”
“It’s only a book and a movie” It is true that Harry is a fictional character,
but witchcraft is a real religion which has been practiced for thousands
of years. While most modern day witches will claim that they do not worship
Satan, they do call on “spirits” and worship the “forces of nature.” Most
will admit however, that the so called good or “White” magic and the evil
“Black” magic both come from the same source. Harry Potter is true to this
belief in that both his wand and the evil Voldemort’s draw their powers from
a magic tail feather from the same phoenix. There are only two sources of
spiritual power. Either God or Satan and his demons. Since God calls
witchcraft an abomination, where does that leave Harry?
Who is Satan?
Many people have a very wrong idea of Satan. We
imagine him as a guy with horns and a goatee walking around in red underwear
and carrying a pitchfork. But the Bible describes him very differently. In
Ezekiel 28 he is described as a beautiful angel and in II Corinthians 11
he is called an angel of light. His chief aim is to deceive, so he often
appears as the good guy. As long as glory is taken away from God, he wins.
Even the Church of Satan emphasizes self worship more than Satan worship.
Who gets the glory in the Harry Potter books? Obviously, not God.
Satanic Symbolism
“Mr. Nicolas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera
lover. Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday
last year , enjoys a quiet life in Devon ..." [p. 220, Harry Potter and
The Sorcerer's Stone” If he was 665 last year it doesn't take a genius to
see that he is 666 this year !! I trust no one is so simple as to think this
is a mere coincidence! 666 is the number of the beast.
Revelation 13:16-18
And he causeth all, both
small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their
right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell,
save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his
name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of
the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore
and six.
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