Diamond
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Case of witch of Endor.
This is a belief that permeates almost all religions, both Christian and non-Christian.....but it finds no support at all in the Bible. The ancient Jews had no belief in an afterlife at all. The only disembodied spirits that the Bible mentions are angels. Faithful angels always materialized in human form to bring their messages to God's servants, but demons had that ability taken away from them after the flood of Noah's day when they abused it. So who are these spirits that pretend to be our dead loved ones?
When you consider that this is basically saying that spiritism is OK because these are just the spirits of dead people, then it must be all right...but is that true?
God's law to Israel was....
“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12 for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you." (Deuteronomy 18:9-12 ESV)
If all spiritistic practices were forbidden by God, then calling them "abominations" indicates that these things were not just 'bad' but had to be avoided at all costs, because it meant putting oneself under the control of the demons.
Why would God forbid us to inquire of our dead loved ones whom we could freely communicate with in life, but not after death? It was because this is not who we are talking to. Demons masquerade as the dead to promote the first lie that the devil told in Eden...."you surely will not die". Yet God told Adam that they would simply return to the dust. There is no mention of an afterlife or an immortal soul in Genesis or any other Bible book. Satan has lied to mankind from the beginning, making suggestions and offering all manner of deception to gain his converts.....if we fall for them by going against what God says, then we place ourselves in harm's way. We will end up paying for it with our lives, according to the Bible.
Well just to let you know I don't agree with the bible on basically anything, It's a story book to me written by one or more people who have a good imagination my comment didn't come from "the Bible"it came from a portion of my own beliefs,some agree and some don't. Communicating with the dead to me is not a "trick" of the devil. I enjoyed talking with my dad who had been dead for 20 years and we discussed things only my family knows,it was amazing and comforting Mediums are connected to the spiritual realm in an awesome way and has offered many help and comforting results.You Christians give the devil to much credit.I practice divination every day when I read my tarot cards for myself and others, and I read pendulums as well as other means of communicating with the spiritual realm and I'm happy in life and very blessed!!and have been every since I left the Christian religion and it's dogma 20 plus years ago. I'm not under the control of demons because demons don't give blessings that lasts and each time I practice divination I receive awesome blessings as well as knowledge from the spiritual realm that helps and guides me or others spiritually as well as in my and others life.the Creator made me as I am,he knows all about me and who I am,he's the only one who can give me these gifts,abilities and powers and he knows I use them for the good of his people,maybe these are abominations to you and the other bible followers ,ok; good if that's what works for you. As for me I'm all good and will continue doing and believing as I do & enjoying this lifetime without constant fear of "sinning" and going to hell.