Sikh's say 'Sat Sri Akal'(Truth - Almighty - Timeless/without Death).
The Bible relays that, 'those who love death, hate God' (Proverbs 8:36)...
Isaiah8:19-20 warns that, 'those who speak to the dead on behalf of the Living (God), is because there is no light in them'....
Hebraic concepts...
The Tanakh, and Yeshua told us that the corruption a.k.a, the Antichrist's teachings would happen soon after his death, and they'd deceive the world with "I Am" statements.
In the Parable of the Wheat and Tares, the Tares are planted soon after he is resurrected.
Muhammad was informed they'd...
You are equating with the above post praying through saints to God versus astrology and sorcerers, and this theology and even logically simply is not the same. Meanwhile you ignore Paul's statement that we are to follow the traditions given by the apostles to us, and "the communion of saints"...
Scripture is clear....
Leviticus 19:31
“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
Isaiah8:19-20 King James Version (KJV)
19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have...
You are right and, the answer to your question, "Are people really Christian? is a solid YES. That's what Christianity is all about. Now, if you ask me, I have nothing to say in condemnation of Spiritism or necromancy. That's not what I oppose in Christianity.
Ben Avraham,
Are people really Christian, if they make a practice of disobeying Jesus' or God's commandments, Titus 1:16, James 1:21-27, 1John 2:3,4, Revelation 21:8, 22:15, Galatians 5:19-21.
ANY kind of spiritism has always been against God's commandments, Deuteronomy 18:9-14, Isaiah...
What a bunch of baloney.
I gave you example of Bible verses showing the same magic that the surrounding nations used.
Runes/reading stones, magic wands from tree branches, magic curses, Joseph scrying and calling himself a sorcerer, etc.
The definition of magic does not change just because...
If you can't define what magic is then we can't examine the scripture to determine if your accusation is true. We need a working definition of what magic is before we can establish whether or not certain people in the Bible were using it.
Given that you don't have a definition, I will give you...
Like in Sat Siri Akal.... Akal has within its meanings without death; so where the Tanakh has multiple references to God being life and not death, light and not darkness:
Those who love death, hate God.
Those who talk to the dead on behalf of the living, is because there is no light in them.
So...
Duh!!!
The "Big Picture" begins with Genesis 1. And Ahaz's problem with the straying from the Creator GOD as seen in Isaiah 1 and confirmed in the reports written in the Kings and Chronicles.
Also, the "woman" is important.----But not to any who believe that the Creator GOD and the Written...
Yes it names the servant as Jacob in Chapter 48. So the servant who is the light in Chapter 49 is Jacob/Israel. The prophecy was also about the decendents of Jacob being blessed so it really isn't a contradiction.
Notice in chapter 60 it doesn't say the Lord will be the light, it says "you"...
This verse does not say that Jacob is Light or God. Jacob/Israel was chosen by God to show His light to the nations, but instead they repeatedly fell into sin and rebellion (Isaiah 1:1-4) and did not walk in Gods light ... If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no...
That has nothing to do with speaking to the dead. It simply says that the dead do not sing praises to God.
I know of no basis in text or tradition to make that statement.
Again, not translated well:
תצא רוחו ישב...
How are they supposed to praise Yah in the Spirit world to begin with? Do they have vocal chords?
I agree that they cannot "think" the same way we do but I believe they have their own form of perception as well as ability to communicate, which the text plainly says about Samuel.
His body is...
Judaism doesn't believe in fallen angels. To the degree that it has accepted a belief in demons, they had a fairly narrow purview permitted them in terms of deceiving humanity, and all were bound to obey God. Nothing in the Tanach, nothing in Rabbinic Literature, has ever suggested that demons...