The Familiar spirit - NOT Samuel's spirit talks to Saul

 


Why this is important.  Today in this late hour as we the Saints find ourselves surrounded in a sea of apostasy, we need to know how to talk to those who believe they can reach out and communicate with their dead loved ones through a medium or even by themselves.

I urge the reader and viewer of the video to study this for yourself and comment if you'd wish.  

If you believe it was really Samuel's spirit - and not Samuel's "familiar spirit" that Saul spoke to, you're not alone.  Many, the majority of people and bible teachers and even scholars believe this is true. 

I pray you'll find, the majority of today's commentators using perverted bible translations and avoiding key scriptures that link FAMILIAR SPIRITS that is only in the King James bible leads so many astray.

So let's begin:

The King James Bible is the only translation that is correctly identifying the correct interpretation of how it was a familiar spirit of Samuel *not Samuel's spirit * summoned up from shoel by the witch and speaking to Saul.


What it is NOT a FAMILIAR SPIRIT. Why we should not rely on online dictionaries for definitions.

the spirit of a dead person invoked by a
 medium to advise or prophesy.

Familiar spirit Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

What the hardcopy OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY SAYS:

Devil spirit supposed to attend at a call (summons). Familiar spirit a devil spirit, demon associated to man with and under the control of man (in context here to call). Habitually acquainted with in close and constant association. Everyday knowledge, habitual actions. taking liberties (liberty = deed, license, authorization, birthright to conduct what otherwise would be illegal.).  1669: it weans thee of thy familiars; 1859: our familiar is ...  1569: Kings "Man's estate XI: Thou whom I have chose. one of my 12 familiars. 
Devil spirit.

Familiar:  Oxford English Dictionary page 958:
Of pertaining to one's family or household.  Habits (n: condition demeanor, conduct, custom continuous acts of an individual. v: to dwell, reside)  1400: "nothing worse than a familiar enemy. 1548: Hall: familiar enemies abiding at home."  Intimately associated with.  Unduly intimate. (Intimate: inmost, most intrinsic. feelings, affection. 1900: women's underwear (context of "most personal". (unduly = wrong, without due (right, just) moderation (restraint, control, guidance, governmental guidance. unauthorized.)


From my earliest study on the subject going back years,  I was convinced God would never allow Samuel to be summoned by a witch and certainly be controlled by a witch to speak but now doing a deeper study and reviewing details I had forgotten, I'm now more convinced than ever that Saul was in fact speaking to the familiar spirit of Samuel. 

The preposition "OF" has over twelve meanings depending on the context of their application.  

I state The familiar spirit "OF" Samuel.


  • relating to or showing somebody/something


    • a story of passion

    • a photo of my dog


The contextual meaning of SPIRIT "OF" SAMUEL also implies the additional meaning of the Preposition "OF" as In the MANNER OF.

reference on prepositions Oxford English definition and usage of the preposition OF



Terms

FAMILIAR SPIRITS are a group of fallen angels aka demons - that 1/3 of the original multitudes of angels - spirits who were cast out of heaven with Lucifer. Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 refer.

Most likely these familiar ​spirits are in the ranking of those who are spiritual wickedness in high places beneath their hierarchical chain of command of principalities powers rulers of the darkness of this world.


We are in continual spiritual warfare against the forces of darkness and evil.


Familiar:  Oxford English Dictionary page 958:
Of pertaining to one's family or household.  Habits (n: condition demeanor, conduct, custom continuous acts of an individual. v: to dwell, reside)  1400: "nothing worse than a familiar enemy. 1548: Hall: familiar enemies abiding at home."  Intimately associated with.  Unduly intimate. (Intimate: inmost, most intrinsic. feelings, affection. 1900: women's underwear (context of "most personal". (unduly = wrong, without due (right, just) moderation (restraint, control, guidance, governmental guidance. unauthorized.)

Devil spirit supposed to attend at a call (summons). Familiar spirit a devil spirit, demon associated to man with and under the control of man (in context here to call). Habitually acquainted with in close and constant association. Everyday knowledge, habitual actions. taking liberties (liberty = deed, license, authorization, birthright to conduct what otherwise would be illegal.).  1669: it weans thee of thy familiars; 1859: our familiar is ...  1569: Kings "Man's estate XI: Thou whom I have chose. one of my 12 familiars. 
Devil spirit.

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​Only the mature Saint realizes through tremendous experience that there is a daily warfare battle between the forces of Good vs EVIL.    

The devil wants people to think the invisible world including the boogeyman - the devil are myths. 

 However, this is what scripture says:


2 Corinthians 4:18

“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

King James Version (KJV)


Read these scriptures on familiar spirits.


Leviticus 19:31 - Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:6 - And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 20:27 - A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.


Deuteronomy 18:9-14 - When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. (Read More...)

Deuteronomy 18:10 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, (Read More...)

Deuteronomy 18:11 - Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Deuteronomy 18:14 - For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

1 Samuel 28:3-25 - Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. (Read More...)

2 Kings 9:22 - And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

2 Kings 21:6 - And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

2 Kings 23:24 - Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 10:13 - So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;

1 Chronicles 10:13-14 - So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; (Read More...)

2 Chronicles 33:6 - And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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?

Isaiah 19:3 - And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

Jeremiah 1:1-19 - The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: (Read More...)

Daniel 2:27 - Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

Nahum 3:4 - Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

Acts 8:9 - But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

Acts 16:16-18 - And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: (Read More...)

Acts 16:16 - And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

Acts 19:19 - Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Romans 1:1-32 - Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Read More...)

Galatians 5:20 - Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Revelation 18:23 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

Revelation 21:8 - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Revelation 22:15 - For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Ultimately the ruler of this world is Satan, the Devil who is the god of this world;  the prince of this world. 

John 14:30

“Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”

King James Version (KJV)


John 16:11

“Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.”

King James Version (KJV)


4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

4 But God,...  (I urge you to read and study this chapter in Ephesians.)

Our Study:



Note:  The above image is accurate for the Old Testament Saints for SHEOL.  They will join with the Church, The Tribulation Saints, and the Jewish Remnant at the MARRIAGE SUPPER of the LAMB in Revelation 19:7-9 KJB.

Unsaved will be judged at the end of the millennial Kingdom at the GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT and be cast into the eternal lake of fire.

In the New Testament saved people's spirit is caught up to heaven and the lost go into hell. At the Rapture of the Church the Saints will be judged for their works at the BEMA SEAT Judgment 2 Corinthians 5:10.  The lost will be judged at the GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT and be cast into the eternal lake of fire. 

Here is the End Time - Timeline:







1 Samuel Chapter 28:1-21 KJB: 

1And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.

22And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

33Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

44And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.

55And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

66 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

77 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

88 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

99 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

1010 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

1111 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

1212 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

1313And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

1414And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

1515And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

1616Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

1717And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:

1818Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

1919Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

2020Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

2121And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.

I:  We see clearly in verse 7 that this witch has the ability to contact the spiritual world and has "at her command" a familiar spirit working with her like an assistant. Note: Although this is in the singular, this spirit can contact the attached spirits of a certain individual into the billions and billions of people. 

II:  We see here in verse 8 that Saul knows exactly how this works.  The conjuring or summoning - calling up FROM the underworld within She·ol (the abode of the dead - HELL)
See study on the Rich Man and Lazarus. NOT a parable but a true account Jesus teaches. Interesting that Jesus spoke more about hell than he did heaven.  The universalists can't believe this.

NOT Samuel's spirit but the FAMILIAR SPIRIT that knows Samuel intimately.  See notes in The Richman and Lazarus on how the spirit of the individual is not allowed to leave and roam the earth. 

Note these are the actual living souls (disembodied spirits that are *See Disembodied Spirits scriptures in notes below:

Mediums (Witches, Wicans, Fortune tellers, etc.) can order up a familiar spirit of an individual named.) These Spiritualists know that they worship the spiritual world and actually have 24/7 access to their familiar spirit of the need to contact. 

Note:  I do not care to and I'm not at liberty posting actual studies and procedures of Mediums.  They personally know they are not in contact with the departed person's spirit, but rather a familiar spirit.  They will always tell the observer that they are in actual contact with the actual person's spirit. ALTHOUGH THE TRUTH IS THEY RELY ON AND WORK WITH THEIR FAMILIAR. 


In Spiritism and Spiritualism the medium has the role of an intermediary between the world of the living and the world of spirit. Mediums claim that they can listen to and relay messages from spirits, or that they can allow a spirit to control their body and speak through it directly or by using automatic writing or drawing.

Spiritualists classify types of mediumship into two main categories: "mental" and "physical":[9]Mental mediums purportedly "tune in" to the spirit world by listening, sensing, or seeing spirits or symbols.
Physical mediums are believed to produce materialization of spirits, apports of objects, and other effects such as knocking, rapping, bell-ringing, etc. by using "ectoplasm" created from the cells of their bodies and those of séance attendees.

During seances, mediums are said to go into trances, varying from light to deep, that permit spirits to control their minds.[10]

Channeling can be seen as the modern form of the old mediumship, where the "channel" (or channeller) purportedly receives messages from "teaching-spirit", an "Ascended master", from God, or from an angelic entity, but essentially through the filter of his own waking consciousness (or "Higher Self").[11]

Mediumship - Wikipedia

III. Verse 13 reveals the witch tells Saul she saw gods ascending out of the earth. 

gods (plural is not Samuel but rather the fallen angels H430 Strongs = angels who have the authority to function with strong authority, holding authority over others, in the sense of being yoked to one another. *Strongs page 54.

We know God gives us scripture by the true account NOT a PARABLE but true account of the Rich Man and Lazarus they cannot depart the earth until the time. Luke 16, Hebrews 9:27,28, 

27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.




14 Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.



The King James strictly states bodies are reanimated in their eternal state with their soul in eternal glory forever.  Notice the NASB perverts this scripture and refers to spirits of the dead which false teachers use to justify Saul talking to Samuel. See how this is taken out of context completely seeing this is about the Millennial Kingdom with those in a completely different dispensation. 

Isaiah 14:9 KJB


Isaiah 14:9 New American Standard Bible 9 Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come; It stirs the [ a]spirits of the dead for you, all the [ b]leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.


IV.  In Matthew 27:52 King James Bible

 

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

These were BODIES. Not spirits of the saints. 

V. A great Prophet of God would not be summoned up and obey a witch. God would never respond to a witch by breaking his word. We have to look at Acts 16:16 KJB. Read this entire context.

 6 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.



VI.  God ceased talking to Saul and this included His prophets as we see in 1 Samuel 28:6:


It would be both illogical and blasphemous for God to then allow a witch to command His great Prophet Samuel to do the bidding of a witch and the REPROBATE SAUL. 


VII. The slam dunk to prove Saul spoke to the FAMILIAR SPIRIT and NOT the SPIRIT OF SAMUEL is found here:

1 Chronicles 10:13 KJB:


1 Chronicles 10:13

“So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;”

King James Version (KJV)

Note:


spirit.”

King James Version (KJV)



Entity *  entity (n.)

1590s, "being," from Late Latin entitatem (nominative entitas), from ens (genitive entis) "a thing,"


IT  NOT HIM

Entity Oxford English Dictionary page 877:  That which constitutes the BEING of a THING.  (Repeat:  A  THING - NOT A PERSON). 


King James only Bible that correctly uses familial spirit


How would the Familar spirit know the future of Saul?



Look at other prophecy of Saul, Israel, his sons given by Samuel after Saul was disobedient and God removed his presence from Saul permanently.


See Notes below What Samuel told Saul would happen.

The language is similar as given by the familiar spirit. 


1 Samuel 15 KJB.

 
Conclusion:

Please watch the video associated with this Blog
I will give 2 actual experiences I had with people involved with a familiar spirit and the devastation it wrought on their lives.

The Greiving Mother speaking to her Fallen Warrior 

The Atheist/Communist and her beloved Grandmother

Notes:



Rich Man and Lazarus&

Luke 16:19-31
King James Version

19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead

Disembodied Spirit

There are over 60 scriptures discussing Disembodied spirits of which the Familiar spirits are among them. 

When man was created in the image (BODY PERSON) of Jesus Christ we were also created in His Likeness (comprised of 3 parts NOT PERSONS:  BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT - See 1 Thessalonians 5:23.  Our Body is obviously our physical body.  Our Soul is the faculty of our mind, will, volition, emotions, character, personality, etc.  Our spirit is our conscience, intuition, and communion (ability communicate with the Spirit of God for the saved OR the spiritual world of darkness for the lost souls). 

See studies on Godhead is Biblical The Trinity is PAGAN


Therefore, when we die our physical body returns to dust from hence, we came.  However, our SPIRIT without our body lives forever in either heaven or hell and eventually those in hell will be judged at the Great White Throne Judgment and be cast into the eternal lake of FIRE.  Our DISEMBODIED SPIRIT is also eternally connected to our SOUL identifying us for who we are our true essence. 

When the saved are Raptured our bodies will be quickened in a glorified form as was Jesus Christ at the resurrection either dead or alive.

 At the 2nd Advent when Jesus returns all the living dead will be raised and join their reanimated bodies for judgment.  Of course the Tribulation Saints, Jewish Remnant, and Old Testament Saints will also be in their reanimated bodies to join in the MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB to exist as ISRAEL the wife - the bride to live and reign eternally with Jesus Christ. 

Luke 16:22-24

Hebrews 9:27

2 Corinthians 11:14-15

2 Corinthians 5:6-8

Leviticus 19:31

Genesis 1:26

Philippians 1:23

Mark 5:1-20

Matthew 25:46

Ezekiel 18:4

1 John 4:1


Ecclesiastes 9:5 - This does NOT mean SOUL SLEEP. Which is unbiblical. What For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. *

“Soul sleep” is a belief that after a person dies, his/her soul “sleeps” until the resurrection and final judgment. The concept of “soul sleep” is not biblical. When the Bible describes a person “sleeping” in relation to death (Luke 8:52; 1 Corinthians 15:6), it does not mean literal sleep. Sleeping is just a way to describe death because a dead body appears to be asleep. The moment we die, we face the judgment of God (Hebrews 9:27). For believers, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:6-8; Philippians 1:23). For unbelievers, death means everlasting punishment in hell (Luke 16:22-23).

Until the final resurrection, though, there is a temporary heaven—paradise (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:4) and a temporary hell—Hades (Revelation 1:18; 20:13-14). As can be clearly seen in Luke 16:19-31, neither in paradise nor in Hades are people sleeping. It could be said, though, that a person’s body is “sleeping” while his soul is in paradise or Hades. At the resurrection, this body is “awakened” and transformed into the everlasting body a person will possess for eternity, whether in heaven or hell. Those who were in paradise will be sent to the new heavens and new earth (Revelation 21:1). Those who were in Hades will be thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-15). These are the final, eternal destinations of all people—based entirely on whether or not a person trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation.

Present-day defenders of soul sleep include the Seventh Day Adventist church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christadelphians, and others.


Saul's Disobedience And Samuel's Rebuke


1 Samuel 15 KJV

1 Samuel Chapter 15

1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,

11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.



Let’s look at a typical encounter with a familiar spirit in the Bible. And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.-Acts 16:16-18

This damsel according to scripture, was possessed by a spirit that predicted and told her masters about the state of other people to their gain. This is not a spirit of discernment as we know as part of the gifts of the Spirit. This was

 Incubus and Succubus 

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