Chapter 3.10
Necromancy
Communicating with the dead
Soul – Spirit – Demons – Witches - Spiritist
Mediums – Familiar Spirits – Shape Shifters
Reincarnation – Transmigration
First
Word
Necromancy is a form of magic involving communication with the deceased either by summoning their spirit as an apparition or raising them bodily for the purpose of divination, imparting the means to foretell future events or
discover hidden knowledge, or to use the deceased as a weapon. The term may
sometimes be used in a more general sense to refer to black magic or witchcraft. Wikipedia
There is something in man that desires to
operate in the
supernatural. The first lie
was told to Eve by Satan that she could be as the gods, this still continues today.[1] The first question right out of the box is “Can we communicate
with the dead today?”
Warning: Scripture warns us to NOT seek people who act as a medium or spiritist in
order to get advice from the dead.[2] They speak of the spiritist as having a
familiar spirit or to say it another way; a spirit that is familiar with what
they are seeking information about.
Conclusion; since we are warned that we should NOT communicate with the
dead, then obviously it can be done.[3]
So
then the answer to the question is YES … Sort of… BUT
… Stay tuned…
Nephesh - Soul - Life
Nephesh is a Hebrew word which occurs in the Hebrew Bible. The word refers
to the tangible aspects of life. Human beings and higher animals are both described as
having a nephesh. The Hebrew term literally means "living being", although it is commonly rendered as SOUL in English translations.
The word nephesh occurs 754 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. The first four times nephesh is used in the Bible, it is used exclusively to describe
animals:
1. Genesis 1:20 sea life
2. Genesis 1:21 sea life
3. Genesis 1:24 land creatures
4. Genesis 1:30 land creatures and birds
5.
Genesis 2:07
Nephesh is
used this fifth time, as a description of man.
At Creation God bends over at the river
bank and scoops up some clay and makes a MAN. It was only when God breathed the breath of
life (Ruah) [4]
into man that he became a living SOUL. So the BODY with the BREATH of God (Ruah)
constitutes a Soul;
(Nephesh)
It is important here to clarify,
identify and define what a SOUL is; a Soul is a
living creature with the breath of God; you
are a Soul;
a conscious entity that is NEVER separate from
the body
The
Soul can die and be destroyed in Hell.
Genesis 2:7 – The breath of God made man’s
body a living SOUL
7 And THE
LORD GOD formed man of
the dust of the ground, and BREATHED into his nostrils THE BREATH OF LIFE; (Ruah) and
MAN
BECAME A LIVING SOUL. (Nephesh)
(KJV)
Nephesh – Soul – Death
When we die our body returns
to the earth; dirt, dust; our
Spirit, the breath of life returns to God.
(Ruah;
breath, wind, spirit) So
once we die our breath or spirit returns to God the One who gave it. Not the
person, not the body; it’s the life force that is in us that goes back to God.
The person in the Grave is “awaiting” either eternal Life or eternal
damnation. [5]
2 Corinthians 5:8 –The Spirit leaves the
body – returns to God.
8 We are confident, I say,
and willing rather to be
ABSENT FROM THE
BODY, AND
TO BE PRESENT
WITH THE LORD. (KJV)
The Dead – The Grave
If you are considering
consulting the dead, YOU MUST GET
THIS!
When the life giving breath (Ruah) departs from the man and returns to
God, the man goes back to the dirt from which he was formed. He can no longer think; all his plans have
now perished, there is NO working, planning, knowledge or wisdom. He cannot praise God; he is silent, not a word can be heard.[6] He is not aware of anything, he know nothing; he
has no emotions of love, hate or envy; it has all perished.
Question: so what then
is actually going on when someone communicates with the dead?
Psalm 146:4 – Man goes to the grave – His
plans perish
4 WHEN
HIS BREATH (ruah) DEPARTS,
HE
RETURNS TO THE EARTH; on that very
day
HIS
PLANS PERISH.
(ESV)
Ecclesiastes 9:10 - NO working, planning, knowledge or wisdom
10 Whatever your hand finds to do,
do it with all your might, for in the realm of THE
DEAD,
where you are going,
there is NEITHER
WORKING nor PLANNING
nor KNOWLEDGE nor WISDOM. (NIV2011)
What is
death?
The Great Lie “Death is the
immediate transition to SOMETHING BETTER”, so people legitimize murder, commit infanticide, abortions, euthanasia and SUICIDE.
To learn what
death is, we turn to Jesus Christ for the explanation. When he spoke of Mary and Martha’s brother “Lazarus” dying; He said he had fallen asleep. (Rest) Jesus further defined it when He said “point
blank” Lazarus is DEAD (Asleep). That’s the best way to describe what happens to
us when we are dead; we are ASLEEP.[7]
When I had a surgery performed, they gave me “prophathal”, and I was talking when I went
to sleep and I was still talking when I woke up; and I had no concept that the
operation was over and I was somewhere else. That’s how it will be when we wake
up from the sleep of death; we will be somewhere else. In my case; still talking.
How do we
awaken?
In the story of Lazarus, it was the
voice of Jesus Christ, the life giver that awakened him out of his sleep. Jesus called Lazarus by name and said, come forth and he did. That’s the only we way we will come forth out
of the grave, is when the life giver calls our name. We will be raised up by Jesus Christ Himself
on “The Last
Day”.
NOTE: Jesus did not
tell Lazarus to come UP from hell or DOWN from heaven. He said
to come forth… Lazarus
was in the grave; the tomb, and he came out. There is no record of Lazarus telling about any experience in Heaven, Hell or his
time in the tomb. Scripture is silent on
this issue and causes us to believe that there was no story to
be told.
There are nine other instances of
resurrections besides Jesus Christ and each time there is NO STORY of heaven, hell or the grave; none indicated of an “EXISTENCE”
in death. An experience in Heaven or Hell would be so life
changing, the story would have to be told.[8]
When Paul was caught up to Paradise, he was NOT allowed to tell what he saw.
Question: Why would the dead need a resurrection if they have
already received their award of heaven or hell? There can hardly be an interest in the return
of Jesus Christ if the SOUL of the believer
has immediately gone to the Lord upon death.[9] The Soul stays in the grave.
Three
Possibilities
There are three possibilities of what
happens when we die.
1.
We are obliterated, annihilated never to be heard
from again.
2.
We continue to live in some other form;
Reincarnation or Transmigration.
3.
We await a resurrection.
Transmigration
Some teach in error that THE SOUL Transmigrates again, again
and again into another human,
angel or demon. (Reincarnation) These religions teach that the SOUL is PLACED in the
body. Scripture teaches the body BECAME a living SOUL…
To form a SOUL; a body AND the spirit breath is required.
Genesis 2:7 – Man
BECAME a living SOUL
7 And the LORD
God formed man of the dust
of the ground, and BREATHED into his
nostrils THE BREATH OF LIFE; (Ruah)
and MAN BECAME A LIVING
SOUL.
(Nephesh) (KJV)
Buddha
Recently I found a book at
the flea market, “The Teachings of the
Compassionate Buddha”
Buddha observed that life was an
endless cycle of reincarnations and sufferings and concluded that the best thing
for man was “the blowing out of the candle of life”. To avoid coming back endlessly, Buddha’s
disciples should follow his teachings. Although Buddha’s sayings were inspiring, they offered NO HOPE of an afterlife with God.
Jesus not only talked
about the HOPE of a resurrection; He
demonstrated it.[10] There
are no reincarnations. We are appointed
ONCE to die and then the judgment.[11]
Here’s
where we are
We become a soul when the breath
of life or spirit is given to us by God.
When we die the spirit returns to
Him; the Life Giver and the dead go into the grave. They know nothing, they cannot plan or
reason; they have no emotions. They
cannot praise or speak, they are silent.
The
Bible calls death SLEEP; unconsciousness. The Bible offers no other way to come out of
the grave except the resurrection. When
we are awakened, it will be at the voice of the Life Giver; Jesus Christ and no
other way.[12]
This brings us up to the question. If none can be called up from the grave except
by Jesus Christ and nothing can be heard from the grave,
Then what are those that communicate with the dead experiencing? …. Stay tuned.
Familiar
Spirits
Familiar Spirits
are supernatural entities believed to assist witches and cunning
folk in their practice of magic.
By those alleging to have come
into contact with them, they SHIFT SHAPE in numerous guises, often as an animal,
but also at times as a human or humanoid figure, and are described as a "clearly
defined, three-dimensional form, vivid with color and animated with movement
and sound".
The Witch
at Endor
There is scripture of someone
asking to return from the dead (the
grave) to speak to the living and the request was DENIED by God.[13]
Let’s look at a
Bible example of someone consulting the dead for advice. King Saul had already barbarously
massacred the High Priest and his family and could not seek their advice with
the “Urim” and “Thummim”; nor did he have Devine dreams or
visions; and on top of that the prophet Samuel
had died. The “divinely appointed”
Saul had disobeyed God.
Disobedience
is the same as rebellion and is
classified as “the sin” of WITCHCRAFT. God had turned His face from
Saul and would not hear his prayers, in fact God had become his enemy.[14] To whom much
is given; much is expected; much is REQUIRED.
Did you see it? … God had left Saul; that means
that Saul could NOT HEAR from God period.
NOTE: The Philistine’s army had gathered to war against Israel; Saul had tried
all the ways “allowed” to seek God’s direction and heard nothing; being
desperate he sought out a medium. There is no record of Saul EVER seeking out THE PROPHET SAMUEL for advice.
Getting right to the point: When the
medium brought up the prophet Samuel, it scared the TATER TOTS out of HER.
1 Samuel 28:12-14 - Scared the Tater Tots
out of her
12 When THE
WOMAN SAW Samuel,
SHE CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE and spoke to
Saul, saying, "WHY
HAVE YOU DECEIVED ME? For you are
Saul!"
13 The king said to her, "Do
not be afraid. WHAT DID YOU SEE?" And the
woman said to Saul, "I SAW A SPIRIT
ASCENDING OUT OF THE EARTH."
14 So he said to her, "What is his form?" And she
said, "An old man is coming up, and he is covered with a
mantle." And
SAUL PERCEIVED
THAT IT WAS SAMUEL, and stooped with his face bowed down.to
the ground.
Saul only receives information that he
already knew; that God had departed from him and confirmed that Israel would be
captured and he and his sons would die and further confirmed he was going to the
grave; HELL.[15]
(Where the
Demon Familiar Spirit came from.)
1 Samuel 28:15-16 – Saul tells Samuel God
departed from him.
15 Now Samuel said
to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul
answered, "I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me
and GOD HAS
DEPARTED FROM ME and
DOES NOT ANSWER
ME anymore,
NEITHER
BY PROPHETS NOR BY DREAMS. Therefore I
have called you, that you may reveal what I should do."
16 Then Samuel
said: "Why then do you ask me, seeing
THE
LORD HAS DEPARTED FROM YOU
AND HAS BECOME YOUR ENEMY?
Did you see it? This is important, Saul did not receive any information that Samuel had
not already told him before he died; there was no NEW information communicated!
So what did King
Saul see? Satan and his DEMONIC minion servants can transform themselves into Angels of light.[16] Demons are
neither male nor female; they SHAPE SHIFT themselves as they
wish; they are lying spirits. Saul
was in the presence of a FAMILIAR SPIRIT; he was in Satan’s territory; God had already left him.
The SO WHAT: God killed Saul for consulting a Familiar
Spirit. [17] Jesus Christ is the only one
that can communicate with the dead. We
are to inquire of the living God for things concerning the living; the dead
know nothing.[18]
Isaiah 8:19 – Why seek out Wizards that just
mutter and peep?
19 And when they shall say unto
you, Seek unto them that have FAMILIAR
SPIRITS,
and unto wizards that PEEP, and that MUTTER: should not a
people seek unto their God for the living to the dead? (KJV)
Possessed – Evil Spirit
or Holy Spirit
The Medium’s practice was to mutter and make peeping noises which
the communications was supposedly to be coming from the dead. The use of Mediums and their “Secret Arts”
opens a door in your life to demonic activity.
Possessed; once a demon enters into a person, the demon becomes the “DOORKEEPER” of his soul and can allow other demons
to enter.
You can have many demons and
become totally possessed.
We are what we confess: Demons cannot read our mind, they only
know what we speak, so speak the word of God into your own life
The Believers
Protection:
There are SEVEN
(complete) things that
protect us from demonic attacks.
1. Submission to God
2. The Blood of Jesus Christ
3. The Holy Spirit within us
4. God’s Word from the Bible
5. Our Authority as Believers
6. The Gifts of the Spirit
7. Our Prayer life.
The Take Away
Fallen man is born with the desire
to operate in the supernatural, to experience discovering hidden
knowledge or
the foretelling
of future events. I have taken you “the
long way around” just to let you see what’s actually going on in the
grave. God commanded us to NOT communicate with the dead, so obviously we are able to do so. THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT ARE YOU COMMUNICATING WITH?
When you hear from; or see an apparition of
the dead, it’s not from God; it’s a demon. You might think that you have control of him
to do your bidding; but in actuality he has control of you and you will do his
bidding.
The witch
of Endor saw something that
scared her badly, BUT Saul did not see anything. She described what she saw and Saul said it
was Samuel. He learned nothing that he
did not already know, God had left already left Saul because he did not inquire
of God. Saul was PREDESTINED to be God’s chosen man, but disobeyed God and God took his life.
YOU MUST GET THIS, there were TWELVE DISCIPLES that were PREDESTINED to serve God,
but only eleven
received SALVATION. You can reject God’s plan as
Saul and Judas did. It’s an evil and bitter thing to
forsake the fountain of living water and seek out broken
cisterns that can hold no water.
Inquire of the living God for your needs, not the dead, they know nothing. Life is choice driven; the choices you make
on this side of life have eternal consequences
IT’S A TERRIFYING THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD.
Jeremiah 2:13 - Apart from God; there is
no living water
13 For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, to hew for
themselves cisterns,
BROKEN CISTERNS THAT CAN HOLD NO WATER.
(NASB)
Isaiah
8:19-20 – Consult God on behalf of the living
19 When someone
tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a
people inquire of their God?
WHY
CONSULT THE DEAD ON BEHALF OF THE LIVING?
20 Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If
anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. (NIV2011)
Hebrews
11:6 – It is impossible to please God without Faith
6 And IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME TO HIM MUST BELIEVE
that God exists and that he rewards those who
sincerely seek him. (NLT)
James 2:26 – Faith without good works is a
DEAD
FAITH
26 Just as the body is dead without
breath,
SO ALSO FAITH
IS DEAD WITHOUT GOOD WORKS.
(NLT)
Hebrews
10:31 – Terrifying to fall into the hands of angry God
31 IT
IS A TERRIFYING THING
TO FALL INTO THE HANDS
OF THE LIVING GOD!
(HCSB)
[1] Genesis 3:5 – Satan lied and said you shall be as gods
[2] Leviticus 19:31 – Do not defile yourself with Mediums. -- Isaiah 8:19 –
People should seek God, not Mediums and Wizards
[3] Deuteronomy 18:9-12 – Sorcerer, Medium, Spiritist are an Abomination to God
[4] Job 12:7-10 - Every living thing is endowed with a Spirit (Ruah).
[5] John 5:28-29 – Raised to live or raised to be condemned
[6] Psalm 115:17 – The dead cannot praise God; they are silent -- Ecclesiastes
9:5 – The dead know nothing -- Ecclesiastes 9:6 – The dead’s emotions have
perished
[7] John 11:11 - Lazarus has fallen asleep -- John 11:13 – They thought Lazarus must be
taking a nap -- John 11:14 – Jesus told them plainly; Death is just Sleep
[8] John 11:43-44 - Lazarus come out – No Story --
Hebrews 11:35 - Received their dead to life again – No Story -- Luke
8:52-55 – Jairus’s daughter was resurrected; but No
Story -- Matthew 27:52-53 – Came out of the graves; but No Stories -- 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 - Paul was in Paradise and was SILENCED
[9] John 6:40 - I will raise him up on the last
day
[10] 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - Don’t be ignorant of this thing; the Believer has
HOPE
[11] Hebrews 9:27 – We are appointed to die ONCE and then the judgment
[12] 1 Corinthians 15:20 – Christ is the first fruits to be raised from the
dead
[13] Luke 16:26-31 – Request to return from the dead was DENIED
there is a great gulf fixed.
[14] 1 Samuel 28:17 – The reply; you did not obey the voice of the LORD
[15] 1 Samuel 28:19 – Saul got more bad news, he is going to the grave
[16] 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 - Satan’s minions are disguised as light -- 2 Thessalonians 2:9
- Satan has power, signs and lying wonders
[17] 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 –Saul died because he asked counsel of familiar
spirit
[18] 1 Timothy 4:1 –Some people will give heed to Seducing Spirits; and
Doctrines of Devils -- Isaiah 8:19 – Inquire of God for the Living; not the
Dead
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