Ultimate Sacrifice

... either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives.

The story of Harry Potter is one series of books that I have enjoyed.  I know the idea of Harry Potter's magical world is very controversial to believers, but bear with me a moment.  Harry is a young wizard filled with many wonderful traits: kindness, goodness, loyalty, bravery, and above all, an intolerance for the dark arts.  It would be quite difficult to summarize seven books in a single blog, but I do want to highlight the sacrifice Harry made.  

There is a dark wizard, one who terrorized the magical community with his murders and thirst for power.  He was obsessed with immortality and committed many heinous acts to split his soul.  He was less than human, and would not die.  Indeed, when Harry was tasked to kill the dark wizard, Voldemort,  he discovered the prophesy reflected in the image above, "...neither can live while the other survives." Harry was anguished when he discovered that to kill Voldemort, he must die.  The reasons are outlined in the book series.

Harry does resolve himself, and did sacrifice himself for the "greater good." Here is the really neat part; he didn't stay dead! His sacrifice defeated death and the dark wizard, Voldemort.  

Who does Harry remind you of?  If you said Jesus, give yourself a gold star!

  Read the book of John in the bible, and see what kind of a man he was, and then read about his sacrifice and defeat of death.  He remains alive today.  Discover the man who is God for yourself.

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 KJV