This is why God requires faith....if everything was provable then we would not need faith. If you thinks its just a story book then that is your prerogative. No one is forcing you to believe anything. You can exercise your free will, but understand that there are outcomes for all decisions.
Suit yourself. I have studied the "book" for many years and it is an amazing piece of work. The more I study it, the more amazing it becomes. It was written by some 40 men in the course of 1,600 years of history (from 1513 B.C.E. to 98 C.E.). Yet despite the variety of its penmen (from kings to fishermen) over such a long period of time, its internal harmony is incredible. It is actually one story from Genesis to Revelation. Only the Creator could produce such a book. By the sounds, I don't think you have ever read it.
The fact is that the dead are not in a conscious state, so they cannot communicate with anyone. (Ecclesiastes 9:5; 10) Angels however have been around since before mankind's beginning.....many of them followed satan into rebellion and took humans along with them. They know all about everyone, so if your dead loved ones tell you things that only they would know.....some one else knows too.
Are you aware that the devil is a mimic? He can transform himself into "an angel of light"
2 Corinthians 11:14-15...
"Satan himself keeps disguising himself as an angel of light. 15 It is therefore nothing extraordinary if his ministers also keep disguising themselves as ministers of righteousness. But their end will be according to their works."
....who knew his ruse could be so comforting? He did. He knows we don't want to die because we were created to live forever. He has tapped into that desire to go on living by convincing people that they don't really die....they go on living in an invisible form in an invisible realm.....but that is NOT what the Bible teaches.
He is a chameleon who can make himself into whatever you want him to be.....your best friend if that is what you desire. He has "ministers"....minions who do his bidding. These demons are the ones who impersonate the dead. But the warning is clear, dabble in demonic activity and the end will not be pleasant.
People who practice spiritism do not give the devil credit enough for what a masterful deceiver he is. If you participate in practices that God has warned you not to have anything to do with, and you ignore him.....what do you expect that he will do in response?
Blessings from the angel of light....how nice for you. Try leaving him.....I know people who have tried and wished that they had never started down that track....the demons will not leave quietly.
Revelation 21:8 gives a warning....
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But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
The word there for witchcraft is "
pharmakos" and means "pertaining to magical arts". The "fiery lake" is "the second death"....or a death that is everlasting....the opposite of everlasting life. The fire is symbolic of complete destruction...."gehenna" often translated as "hell" is not a place of conscious existence. God "destroys" souls in that place. (Matthew 10:28)
The prophet Samuel told King Saul..
."Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”
If we likewise reject the commands of God, he will reject us too. You can choose to believe the Bible or not.
Who told you that the Creator made you as you are? He does not make anyone into anything.....no one's life is pre-ordained unless it was foretold in the Bible. We choose the path we travel.....and we can be influenced down a wrong path by a clever opponent. You can't be misled unless you deliberately disobey God's commands. Do that and you lose his protection. The deceiver will masquerade as your best friend.....and as long as you follow his lead, you will prosper because he takes care of his own.....he gets real mad if you leave him though.
Good for you. Since there is no such place as Christendom's "hell", I assure you that you won't go there.....those who disobey God will just have their gift of life revoked as those who do not deserve to retain it. God has no interest in torturing anyone. We are offered either life or death....the only two choices there were in Eden. By our choices we tell God who we are and whether he wants us in his kingdom. Its really that simple. He wants those who can follow his direction, not those who want to please themselves.
That is how I see it.
