Harry - Jesus figure who comes back from the dead, dies to protect his friends, master of the Hallows (aka the Holy Trinity).
Deathly Hallows - Holy Trinity (Unbeatable Wand=God, Resurrection Stone=Jesus, Invisibility Cloak=Holy Ghost) - Reread the chapter with Luna's father from a theological perspective. It's like Hermoine's arguing the atheist perspective, Ron the agnostic, and Harry/Luna's Dad the theist perspective. Also, I noticed this idea of being a "Master of Death" in evoking all three Hallows - i.e. a belief and acknowledgment in the Hallows, and accepting these into your life, made you a champion over death and gave "everlasting life."
7 Horcruxes - 7 Deadly Sins (each owner of the Horcrux exhibited at least one deadly sin, and Voldemort exhibited almost all of them himself)
Dumbledore - God (accused of being cruel for raising Harry just to be a sacrfice for the "greater good", expected people to follow his plan without giving all the information, instead wanting to "test" them and let them discover the answer themselves)
Grave markings - Usually had a bible quote on them ("Where you're heart is, there will your treasure be also." Matthew 6:21 and "the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." 1 Cor. 15:26)
Snape and Dumbledore - The gospel of judas was supposedly found recently (it's not a confirmed gospel, there's a lot of contravery around it, but I'm sure Rowling's heard of it at least) and I saw a similartiy there between Dumbledore officiating his own death through Snape - the gospel states that Jesus told Judas to betray him in order to carry out god's plan.
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