IS CONTACTING THE DEAD WRONG?
Who Do We Really Contact During A Séance?
These are questions I have asked others and myself many times after a terrifying paranormal experience with a Ouija board. I have also wondered about the consequences of contacting spirits?
After researching this subject for the past twelve years there are two main theories:
1. The belief that conducting a séance or Ouija board session creates a high risk of attracting non-human spirits, such as demons (un-clean spirits).
2. The other is the conviction people believe to be the spirits of loved ones have communicated.
So which is right? Is there anything in the Bible, which could help us cast some light on this controversial subject? Whether you are religious, agnostic, a believer in the paranormal, it is worth looking at and analysing.
If we look at the following passage below, from Corinthians in the New Testament, it states that the devil is transformed into the angel of light:
"And no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." (2 Corinthians 11:14)
Does this mean that the devil deceives us and can appear to us as an angel of light? Does this also suggest that if we try and contact the dead, then the devil or demons pretend to be our loved ones or a good spirit?
Elsewhere, the Bible clearly states in the various passages below that when we are dead, that is it until we are resurrected again.
"As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him anymore." (Job 7:9)
"For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything. Neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love and their hatred and their envy is now perished. Neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 9:5-6)
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, whither thou goest." (Ecclesiastes 9:10-11)
"And when they say to you, seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter, should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?" (Isaiah 8:19)
This is what another person had to say about the above passages (a link to this is given below):
”Now, let's just think about what we read and analyse it a bit. It says that when you die, everything goes with you. Your emotions, your feelings, absolutely everything. And when you are dead, it says you never take part in anything that happens under the sun again. Just a few verses later, it says this: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, whither thou goest."
Now, did you catch that? It says there is no work or device after you go to the grave. So how could you possibly come back and take part in the séance at the beckoning of a spirit medium?
Now, I know what some of you are thinking. You've seen some pretty remarkable evidence that this is more than a farce. That there really is somebody or something making contact with us. And you know something? You are absolutely right.
A lot of what goes on in the séance rooms of this world is nothing but a con game. But sometimes it's real. At times people make contact with something that isn't human, and things happen you can't explain away with smoke and mirrors. And sometimes those voices still claim, very convincingly, to be the voices of people we knew and loved before we lost them. So what's going on? Is the Bible actually wrong, or is there more to this than first meets the eye?
What's really interesting is the fact that the Bible warns us strongly to stay away from anybody or anything that claims to communicate with the dead. For example, listen to this passage found in the Old Testament book of Isaiah (Isaiah 8:19):
"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?"
Another translation puts it like this: "So why are you trying to find out the future by consulting mediums and psychics? Do not listen to their whisperings and mutterings. Can the living find out the future from the dead? Why not ask your God?" In other words, you are not going to learn anything by speaking to the dead. And a much better source for information is to turn to the living God instead.
The Bible says there's more than one side to the spiritual world. Not only are there good, un-fallen angels who work among us, but there are also fallen angels with an agenda to pull our attention away from God. And no matter how low they have to sink, they will do whatever it takes to steer us down the wrong path.
Is it possible that the voices that speak to you, even though they sound exactly like your dead husband or wife, and even though they seem to know things that nobody else could possibly know, is it possible that you're hearing the voice of a fallen angel? Not only is it possible, but the Bible warns us that it's absolute reality."
http://www.itiswritten.com/tvprogram/epi...07/09/1079
"8. Be self controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings". (1 Peter 5:8,9)
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By J Reynolds, copyright 2010 @ World Mysteries & True Ghost Tales