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Inside Magic had a very nice article on Andre Kole and I applaud him for the work he has done and continues to do. The article did bring to mind a point that is argumentive to some minds: That Christ was a magician.
It is interesting how many people claim that Christ was a magician, and many of them, it seems, do not have the credentials to do so, including some “famous magicians.”
Of course, often times a “little knowledge,” can make for inaccurate assumptions, and without a thorough study of the scriptures concerning Christ, it would be easy to make certain assumptions about “some” of the miracles He did.
The simplest way I can state this is by comparing a “lay person’s” description of a magic effect they witness, and their “explanation” of how the trick was done. As magicians, we have all heard these “explanations” many times. If we took these “explanations” of the modus operand, and attempted to do the effect, naturally it would not work, and the effect would not be the same.
Example: “A magician can change water to wine just like Christ did.” It would be a natural assumption, after seeing a magician do the water to wine trick, until you read and study the passages concerning Christ’s first miracle.
First, Christ was reluctant to change the water to wine as “his time had not yet come“, and he only did the miracle at his mother’s request. A reading reveals that the wine was the “finest.” Saved until last, which was not a common practice. It was fresh water poured into 6 ceremonial water pots, which held 30 to 40 gallons each, which changed to the finest “aged” wine. It was not a performance. It was a request by his mother that Christ complied with reluctantly.
Nowhere in the passage does it indicate that the wedding guests were aware that Christ had performed a miracle, only that they were shocked to find that the “finest…
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