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