Movie: Harry's Wand in the Forbidden Forest and Big-V's Death

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 191146

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nikkalmati" <puduhepa98 at ...> wrote:

Nikkalmati
> 
> I know that is what Harry says, but it still doesn't do much for me.  The whole book has been leading up to Harry willingly sacrificing his life for the wizarding world (leading to a comparison with the sacrifice of Christ which saved the souls of everyone before and after) and this is the result?  This tempering of LV's power?  Not the destruction of evil or the protection of all good witches and wizards from all the bad guys - just a moderation of LV's effectiveness?  He can't do anything really, really bad.  If his spells are affected, how can he AV himself?  

Geoff:
No. The **initial** result is a diminution of his ability to send spells. The first 
confrontation in the forest doesn't lead to a rebound which will kill him; the 
power of the spell is sufficient to destroy the Horcrux in Harry and the combined 
protection of Lily's love and the wand reduce its effect on Harry himself. 
Voldemort is feeling the effect afterwards. The final spell presumably might have 
had a similar effect on Harry but the rebound obviously had enough power,
possibly from what Voldemort put into it plus the wand protecting its master 
to finish the job.

As an aside, the sacrifice and resurrection of Christ did not save the souls of 
everyone before and after; it had no effect on what happened before. 
Afterwards, salvation is there for those who actively seek it.