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The last Harry Potter book has biblical overtones
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If you’ve read the last Harry Potter book, and are familiar with the Bible, then you know that the seventh and final Harry Potter book has biblical overtones.
When the first Harry Potter book became popular several years ago, it caused a huge controversy in the U.S. The thick of the controversy seemed to be located in the South, where some elementary schools banned the HP books. Over the years, the controversy grew to become as big as Harry himself, and only got bigger with each new installment of the series.
Most of the people outraged over the Potter books were Christians. They were mainly parents of young kids concerned that the imaginary child magician was going to lead children into a dark world of evil spells and black magic. At least some of these people were prominent or well-known Christians. John Hagee, a televangelist and pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, was impassioned against Harry Potter. In Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged, Pastor Hagee conducted interviews with an occult expert. In these interviews, he exposed the “dangers” of Harry Potter. Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson also spoke out against Harry Potter.
Any Christian person that took a stand against the HP series and its movies because it was “satanic” or “evil” will probably feel at least a little foolish if they ever get a chance to read Book Seven. Because the last book of the series is probably as Christian as Christian can get. In this book, Harry Potter is portrayed as a messiah-type figure who submits himself humbly to an agonizing and humiliating death. Like Jesus, Harry ends up “cheating” or “tricking” death and overcoming it, and is “resurrected” and restored to a new life.
But the biggest surprise comes when the author, J.K. Rowling, includes a very important verse from the Bible, which is “The last enemy to be destroyed is Death.” Rowling doesn’t reveal that the Bible is the source, but anybody who is familiar with the New Testament Scriptures knows that the verse comes from the Book of Revelation.
The fact that Revelation is the last book in the Bible seems to be significant, since The Deadly Hallows is the last book in the Harry Potter series.
