Everybody Dies! biblically?

[Melody]

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Dave wondered:
>... And maybe the Bible experts here
> can correct me if this is wrong, but they said that the Book of
> Revelations says that the Final Battle Between Good and Evil will be
> preceeded by seven years of escalating tribulation and strife in the
> world...  So here's what I'm thinking:
>
> -- 7 Years of Tribulation = Harry's 7 years at Hogwarts
> -- Armegeddon (Christ vs. Satan) = Final battle of Harry's forces vs. 	
V and DE's
> -- Millennium (Christ's 1000 year rule) = Wizards ascend to higher 	
plane and Harry rules them for 1000 years(???)
>
> Is this idea totally insane??


No, it is not insane...in that form.  That is the basic consensus of
the interpretation of Revelations.  The problem I find is how much of
that parallel can we draw?  Besides the basic structure you've given,
little else could be paralleled to _The_Bible_.

The start of the Tribulation is a "second coming" of Christ when he
decends from heaven to receive the "believers in Christ" only.  They
are raptured up to heaven, and only the non-believers are left.  I see
no parallel of this to the HP series.  The only turning point so far
has been Harry's debodying Voldemort and there is a ten year time
there where he is at the Dursley's which doesn't correlate to any
biblical truths.

The seven year tribulation is then the seven years after the rapture
where evil takes grips of the earth, and the Anti-Christ rises to
power fairly quickly.  The anti-Christ is the devil incarnate and thus
is quite evil, and yes, Voldemort could parallel since he is the "most
evil wizard in a century", but that is only in a century.  He is not
told to be the worst of all time.

So, in the tribulation, there are several plagues and events that
happen that are prophesies to happen.  No parallel there really
either.  As far as we know with HP, there is only one other prediction
that we know about and that has *already* come true.  No evil people
are suffering from their decision.  No dead-eaters have boils.  No
water has been turned to blood.

I guess my only problems with comparing the HP pattern to Revelations
is that Revelations is about powers greater than humans (God:good
personified and Satan:evil personified) are battling for one last
time.  While the powers are working through humans for their war,
there is a greater battle going on that just the human side of it.
Angels and demons are involved for instance.  The battle between
Dumbledore and Voldemort is only between the human side of things.
There is no higher plane really.  The HP war is not a war to drive out
evil from the WW *forever*.  It is just a temporary war to destroy the
evil (Voldemort) *right now*.  Armageddon drives out evil *forever*.
In the lake of fire.  Where the devil belongs.

So yes, interesting correlation to how the seven years echo in the HP
series, but I think it is just coincidence...unless someone proves me
wrong.  Pip, you have your Bible handy?


Melody