| Exodus 4:1-5And Moses answered and said, But, | | | | darkness and killing of innocent children.Say unto |
| behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my | | | | Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the |
| voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared | | | | streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and |
| unto thee.And the Lord said unto him, What is that in | | | | cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 |
| thine hand? And he said, A rod.And he said, Cast it on | | | | And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of |
| the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it | | | | Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land |
| became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.And | | | | of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their |
| the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and | | | | enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of |
| take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught | | | | Egypt.Ex. 8:5-6Frogs are a nice touch, and add eye of |
| it, and it became a rod in his hand:That they may | | | | newt to the mix and we are back with Harry.I suppose |
| believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of | | | | we would have to get a good mental picture of this |
| Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, | | | | "stretching forth" of hands over the rivers etc to get |
| hath appeared...Exodus 7: 7-16And Moses was | | | | the same picture of Harry Potter doing much the |
| fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three | | | | same, with his wand, in his exploits, but what is the |
| years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.And the | | | | difference? In practical fact, none or certainly not |
| Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,When | | | | much.The Wizards of Egypt, like a bad movie script, |
| Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying Shew a miracle | | | | duplicate the trick rather than undo it. Come on boys, |
| for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, | | | | wake up use the force for the good of Egypt! Of |
| and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a | | | | course, it would seem that duplicating an act that has |
| serpent.And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, | | | | already occurred is much easier, in some way, than |
| and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and | | | | undoing it. We never really hear just how the water |
| Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before | | | | turned blood, eventually turned back to pure drinkable |
| his servants, and it became a serpent.Then Pharaoh | | | | water again. I guess it just cleared up.One of the more |
| also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the | | | | questionable results of animal disease, hail, fire and |
| magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with | | | | destruction of animal feed by locusts etc, is that all the |
| their enchantments.For they cast down every man his | | | | cattle and all the beasts and horses die at least three |
| rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod | | | | times from what I can tell. They are either diseased, |
| swallowed up their rods.And he hardened Pharaoh's | | | | beaten into pulp or starved by the Wizardry of Moses |
| heart, that he hearkened not unto them: as the Lord | | | | through Aaron. The Wizards of Egypt simply can't |
| had said.And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's hear | | | | compete. They finally wake up and don't kill more |
| is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.Get thee | | | | animals at least, but can't get the dead ones back |
| unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the | | | | either...but wait...maybe they do!Behold, the hand of the |
| water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against | | | | LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the |
| he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent | | | | horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the |
| shalt thou take in thine hand.And thou shalt say unto | | | | oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very |
| him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto | | | | grievous murrain. 4 And the LORD shall sever |
| thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve | | | | between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: |
| me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou | | | | and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of |
| wouldest not hear."With the debut Harry Potter and | | | | Israel. 5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, |
| the Half Blood Prince, and the condemnation of such | | | | To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. 6 |
| by the new Pope, perhaps we can ask a simple | | | | And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all |
| question that any child would ask if they are raised on | | | | the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the |
| the many fantastic stories of the Bible. What's the | | | | children of Israel died not oneExodus 9:3-6It does |
| difference between the Wizardry of Harry Potter and | | | | appear all the horses died as well along with the cattle. |
| that of Moses, Elijah, Jesus, the Apostles and Paul? It's | | | | But....."And he made ready his chariot, and took his |
| a short answer for a kid... none.As with hearing voices | | | | people with him: 7 And he took six hundred chosen |
| in the head, if it is in the Bible, it is the voice of God. If it | | | | chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains |
| is from a religious person, it may be the voice of God | | | | over every one of them. 8 And the LORD hardened |
| or it may be the voice of a mental condition that needs | | | | the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued |
| to be addressed. If it is from a nonbeliever, it is the | | | | after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel |
| voice of Satan or definitely mental illness.But it is a | | | | went out with an high hand. 9 But the Egyptians |
| legitimate question and one that any modern child or | | | | pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of |
| teen has every right to ask adult fundamentalists and | | | | Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and |
| evangelically smitten Christians.From the account of | | | | overtook them encamping by the sea"Exodus |
| Moses turning his staff into a serpent, to Aaron | | | | 14:6-9Miracle of miracles, or perhaps wizardry of |
| matching the tricks of Egyptian Sorcerers, we have | | | | wizardry...the Egyptian horses are resurrected for |
| what appears to be for all intent and purposes a war | | | | perhaps the second time at least and maybe the third, |
| between the Wizards. Of course Moses wins and his | | | | and strike out to attack the Israelites, but die in the |
| serpent/staff eats up their serpent/staffs. Next we go | | | | Wizardry of Moses who parts the Red Sea with his |
| on to Moses turning the waters of Egypt into "blood" | | | | serpent/rod and drowns the lot of them.....again. I could |
| to be matched by the Wizards of Egypt. Obviously | | | | be wrong, but I don't think left over dogs or goats from |
| Moses left a little for them to play with as well but for | | | | the previous plagues could pull a chariot.In all the events |
| the life of me the best trick would have seemed to be | | | | of the Exodus, what is the difference between Harry |
| the Wizards turning Moses "blood" BACK into water! | | | | Potter and Moses? Nothing...What's the difference...* |
| Guess they weren't thinking!From here we, of course | | | | Exodus 14: Moses parts the Red Sea -with a serpent |
| go on to, frogs, gnats, flies, diseases, boils, hail, locusts, | | | | staff. |