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Do We Really Die? Question: What are the two things we can count on in life? Answer: Death and taxes. Ezekiel 18:4 …the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Which is reiterated in vs 20 ….The soul that sinneth, it shall die.1 Cor. 15:22 …For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.Heb 9:27 And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;Question: Is it just our bodies that die? Do our minds and spirits live on in another place, where we are conscious of what is happening here? Answer: Let’s go to Job 14:21Speaking of Job, God said he was "blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil." Job is talking about the dead here and says… They never know if their children grow up in honor or sink to insignificance. Further to that, but on the same topic, in Ecclesiastes 9:5,6 Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived says…The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered. Whatever they did in their lifetime—loving, hating, envying—is all long gone. They no longer play a part in anything here on earth .In addition to that verse 10 says…Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom. Basically, when you’re dead, you’re dead. You know nothing. You are aware of nothing. There are actually dozens and dozens of scriptures that say pretty much the same thing. Let’s look at a few more… 2. Psalms 6:5 These next three verses speak of the dead and their awareness of God. For the dead do not remember You. Who can praise You from the grave? Psalms 115:17 The dead cannot sing praises to the LORD, for they have gone into the silence of the grave. You would think if you died and went straight to heaven, you would praise the LORD. But they don’t; they are silent. Why? Let’s see. Psalm 146:4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them. And so they lay there dead.Question: So do the dead come back and ‘visit with’ or ‘haunt’ the living? No. Are the dead watching us from somewhere up above and aware of everything we do? No. Are they smiling on us, or frowning at us. No. And yet there are all sorts of ‘psychics’ doing all sorts of TV shows, we have a hit show called ‘Ghosts ’ that is on during prime time now. People are enthralled with the possibility of being able to ‘prove’ that the spirits of people from the past are walking among us. But what does the bible say? It says they ‘sleep’. And we’ll come back to that phrase, but basically it means they lay unaware – they are dead.They aren’t haunting anyone. They aren’t visiting lost relatives or loved ones. They ‘sleep’. Now some people say "Does that mean they’ll never come back to life?" No, it means they will not come back to life in ‘this lifetime’, under ‘this’ sun, during ‘this’ age. That is what Solomon was saying when we read… They no longer play a part in anything here on earth . Meaning now. They will live once again on this earth. But that will be quite a different era.3. Ahh… but spiritualists will tell us that they can only come back to certain spots, to see certain people. Where do we here about them always coming back to? That’s right, their home. Turn to Job 7.Job 7:10 says… They are gone forever from their home — never to be seen again.Now I don’t know about you, but I’m inclined to believe my bible; not one of these ‘conjurers’; not one of these ‘ghost hunters’. What does the New Testament say? In Revelation 1, Christ describes himself as… vs 18 I am the living One. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave. Who has the keys to unlock the graves? Jesus does!! He is the one who holds the power to raise those from the grave.BUT, when does he do it? When they die, or, at the resurrection? There is a LOT of confusion on this. Even those who believe we go to heaven or hell when we die are at a loss to explain why the bible talks of the resurrection at the return of Christ. I’ve tried to talk to my Mom about this because she’ll go into a little speech now and then about how she thinks Dad is looking down on us and watching us. When I mention the resurrection she says she’s aware of those verses but still wants to believe Dad is ‘up there’ happy and with God. It’s reassuring. Comforting. Yet I know deep inside she struggles to understand. World View: Sometimes,… well who am I kidding, OFTIMES our view of things is slanted by our world view. The view we’ve had established in our lives by society, by church, by friends, by family, by school and everything else that has had an influence on our lives. It is very hard to charge our ‘world view’ because we feel comfortable with it. We look for arguments to defend it. Otherwise we are forced to change who we are. And although we all hope to be able to easily adapt to truths we are shown, the truth is it is quite hard. 4. Likewise when we want to show others a truth it too can be quite difficult. Sometimes it’s easier to explain something to someone if we break it down into very simple pieces. Pieces that they can agree with and perhaps after putting all the pieces together they can then draw their own more accurate conclusion. So, let’s see if we can do that today. Genesis 2.How did God make man in the beginning? Gen.2:7 says… And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.Now go over to Ecclesiates 3:18Now I know there are two books in the bible where I’m sure we are all hesitant to prove anything from…. that being Job and Ecclesiates, due to the fact that many verses are thoughts that are later refuted and proven wrong. But in this case we read quite an apt description of ashes to ashes and dust to dust. I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals. 19 For people and animals share the same fate—both breathe and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!
And he continues with the thought in chapter 12, verse 7…and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it. So here is our first dilemma. Does "spirit" mean our consciousness? Well we’ve already read over and over that the dead know ‘nothing’. So what is this "spirit"? We are very fortunate in the fact that most of us here can readily understand how a computer works. If we liken our spirit to a hard drive we can see more clearly how God preserves who we are. Yet, just like a hard drive sitting on a shelf by itself is only a record, so too our spirits residing with God does not represent living souls. 5. Now how this was understood pre-computers is baffling to me. It must have been very difficult. And, when we don’t use our computers for extended periods of time, what do they do? They go to sleep. They shut down. They are no longer computing. And isn’t it funny that the bible often describes death as ‘sleep’. Let me speed flip through a few verses to show my point. In In John 11:11 we read of Christ saying… Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 12 The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover. 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.In 1 Corinthians 11:30 we read… For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.Does that mean ‘not a few have insomnia’? No. It means many have died due to illness. They are dead. Also 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.I personally like the word ‘sleep’ because the implication is not so permanent. When someone tells me my computer is ‘dead’, I tend to be not so happy a guy. It sounds so much more final, more permanent. Considering even the amount of time Able – who was the first to die, and will be dead the longest – is asleep in the grave, compared to the amount of time he "could " be alive after the resurrection and we see the short respite truly seems like a little nap. Let’s look at another small piece of the pie. IF we die and go to heaven or hell immediately, what do those we have a record of in the bible that has something to say about it. Surely those we know were worthy of going to heaven must have been ecstatic and excited beyond belief. 6. In 2 Kings 4 Elisha raises a child from the dead by laying on him.The child warms up, sneezes 7 times and…. says nothing about the experience. At least nothing is recorded. Remember the record of Paul’s boring sermon in No mention of hell of heaven. No pain, no glory. Nothing. Lazarus was dead for 4 days. Enough time to make new friends in heaven. Christ resurrects him. Let’s read the whole account in John 11 because there are a few good lessons here.John 11 : let’s start in verse 17…When Jesus arrived at Bethany, He was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days. 18 Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem, 19 and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.
Now notice her level of faith… 22 But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask."23 Jesus told her, "Your brother will rise again."
She knew the natural order of life and death. That Lazarus was in the ‘grave’ not in heaven… so now here is a simple lesson in this death… 25 Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in Me will live, even after dying. Does he say " immediately after death"? Does he say our spirit or soul never dies? No. This is what he does say…
And then he askes… "Do you believe this, Martha?"Do you believe this truth? That if we live in Christ and believe in Christ we will be given immortality? That’s exactly what he said. 27 "Yes, Lord," she told Him. "I have always believed You are the Messiah, the Son of God, the One who has come into the world from God."7. 28 Then she returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the mourners and told her, "The Teacher is here and wants to see you."29 So Mary immediately went to Him.30 Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met Him.31 When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus's grave to weep. To mourn. Why? Well because Lazarus was in heaven and who wants their loved ones to go there? If that is your belief, why would you mourn? Sure you miss your little girl when she gets married and moves away, but we celebrate her wonderful new life. We have a wedding party. It’s a party! So they followed her there.32 When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at His feet and said, "Lord, if only You had been here, my brother would not have died."33 When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within Him, and He was deeply troubled.34 "Where have you put him?" He asked them. They told Him, "Lord, come and see."35 Then Jesus wept. The people who were standing nearby said, "See how much He loved him!"
So notice carefully what is happening here. First we read of Jesus’ emotions: Anger, sadness, disappointment, grief. Feelings that showed his humanity. Feelings that he experienced and can share with us now when we pray. When our own emotions leave us speechless. He understands and intercedes on our behalf. Secondly I believe we truly see his disappointment at their level of unbelief. 38 Jesus was still angry as He arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance.39 "Roll the stone aside," Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man's sister, protested, "Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible."40 Jesus responded, "Didn't I tell you that you would see God's glory if you believe?"
8. 42 You always hear Me, but I said it out loud… So if you pray inside your head does God hear you. YES. … but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe You sent Me."43 Then Jesus shouted, "Lazarus, come out!"44 And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, "Unwrap him and let him go!"45 Many of the people who were with Mary believed in Jesus when they saw this happen.And then if you read on there is a long discourse on the joys Lazarus had experienced while in heaven. And, how his face shown so brilliantly that you couldn’t really look at him because he had been in God’s presense for four days. You know, just like Moses. Oh wait. That seems to be missing ! Why? He was dead. If you have no awareness of what is happening when you sleep, how much less do you have when your dead? And your soul, what about it? … Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his loving kindness; 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.Soul is used interchangeably with life. In Psalms 56:13 we read…For thou hast delivered my soul from death: and the opposite in 78:50 we read… He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence.So he spared his particular soul in 56:13 and took their souls in 78:50. Or spared his life and took their lives in the pestilence. The soul dies. It goes to the grave with us. Many verses speak of the same thing.Where are the verses that say the soul is immortal? There are none. So let’s go back to Genesis 3. This is where all the trouble began and still haunts us to this day. Verse 3… Eve is speaking here …but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman,Ye shall not surely die: 9. Oh, Satan was clever. He didn’t say ‘ever’. Obviously he meant " Not today." Because today, Eve is dead. She is no longer with us. But his statement took root, didn’t it? And today Pastors all over the world teach their flocks the same lie that Satan said to Eve. "You shall not surely die. You will go to heaven or hell or purgatory. But you will not die. Part of us is immortal." And the lie goes on and on. I was talking to Rick about the harder verses to understand in regards to this topic and he was telling me he had a sermon on Lazarus and the Rich man. So, I won’t spend too much time on that particular section of scripture but I would like to cover the more ‘troublesome’ verses people like to turn to when this subject comes up. And, I think one of the most popular refutes comes with the story of the Witch of Endor. Before we go there let’s hit a few relevant scriptures to the topic. First Old Testament… Exodus 22:18 and I’m going to read this in as clear a language as possible… "You must not allow a sorceress to live." Lev. 20:27… Men and women among you who act as mediums or who consult the spirits of the dead must be put to death…Now the New Testament… Gal. 5:19 just to show you nothing has changed… When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.Rev. 21:8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.So now let’s go to 1 Samuel 28…10. I think it’s quite plain, seeking a psychic = BAD. Saul had realized that and ordered all the mediums put to death. Then when God abandons him what does he do? Seek a medium. Hmmm. Does anyone see a problem with that right off the bat? I sure hope so, because even the witch of Endor senses she is in big doodoo. 1 Samuel 28:9 "Are you trying to get me killed?" the woman demanded. "You know that Saul has outlawed all the mediums and all who consult the spirits of the dead. Why are you setting a trap for me?" So this is what has become of Saul. Here he is taking an oath to preserve her life in the name of the very being that said to kill her. Hypocrisy to the extreme. And it seems she realizes that because she doesn’t say too much right away. She shows her hesitancy because it says… 11 Finally, the woman said, "Well, whose spirit do you want me to call up?" "Call up Samuel," Saul replied.
Two things here… One; she’s shocked by who she sees. Was
she expecting something different? Maybe someone different?
If so who? Two: She is suddenly aware of who Saul is. Why?
How does she even know she is looking at Samuel? Has she
ever even met him? I seriously doubt it. But it certainly
scares her whatever it is.
Notice here that she is the only one "seeing" this vision. And what does she see…. "I see a god coming up out of the earth," she said. So this being is coming from where? The earth. Notice the small g in god. She has no idea what she’s really looking at and Saul knows it so he asks… 14 "What does he look like?" Saul asked. "He is an old man wrapped in a robe," she replied. Saul realized it was Samuel, and he fell to the ground before him. Now you’ll notice that the scriptures refer to this vision specifically as ‘Samuel’, who came up out of the ‘earth’. In a robe, possibly a funeral robe. Like he was being resurrected. He is not described as coming down from heaven.11. 15 "Why have you disturbed me by calling me back?" Samuel asked Saul. Once again, it sounds like someone being woken from a sleep and we just went through this whole section on death being described as a ‘sleep’."Because I am in deep trouble," Saul replied. "The Philistines are at war with me, and God has left me and won't reply by prophets or dreams. So I have called for you to tell me what to do." 16 But Samuel replied, "Why ask me, since the LORD has left you and has become your enemy?The LORD has done just as He said He would. He has torn the kingdom from you and given it to your rival, David. 18 The LORD has done this to you today because you refused to carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites.19 What's more, the LORD will hand you and the army of Israel over to the Philistines tomorrow, and you and your sons will be here with me. Now, isn’t that a conundrum? If Samuel came from heaven is the king that God condemned going to heaven? Or is Samuel, one of Gods prophets, in hell and Saul and his sons going to join him there? Or…. Are they all going to be dead and in the grave? What makes the most sense?The LORD will bring down the entire army of Israel in defeat."
As you can see from 1 Kings 22 and Job 1 God can work through any means he wishes. Here it seems he chooses to work through the medium. It appears he resurrects Samuel and, by Samuels’ own words, God is taking him right back to the grave. Is Samuel alive today? No. Case closed. Let’s move on.Now in 2 Kings 2 you can read the account of Elijah being taken away in a whirlwind up into ‘heaven’ which can be translated the ‘sky’ or the ‘celestial bodies’ or second heaven. So people assume he was taken to God’s throne to be with him forever more. I don’t really read that here. What I do see is God removing one prophet from the scene and replacing him with another. We read God’s statement to this effect in1 Kings 19:15 God is speaking to Elijah and says… "Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram.12. 16 Then anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as My prophet.Now the next time we actually hear a report of a sighting of Elijah is during the transfiguration of Christ. Who else is part of that vision? Right… Moses. So let’s do our homework first and see why there is confusion about Moses too. Jewish tradition has it that angels came and took Moses body when he died. There is nothing recorded about the incident in the bible except this aside in Jude vs. 9.But even Michael, one of the mightiest of the angels, did not dare accuse the devil of blasphemy, but simply said, "The Lord rebuke you!" (This took place when Michael was arguing with the devil about Moses' body.) Now what other than ‘his body’ do we know about this incident? Nothing !! And generally, when we speak of ‘the body of someone’ it refers to a corpse. Still nothing telling me here that Moses was immortal. Matthew 17 Now we see reference to both of them.Matthew 17:1 Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone.2 As the men watched, Jesus' appearance was transformed so that His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as light.3 Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus.4 Peter exclaimed, "Lord, it's wonderful for us to be here! If You want, I'll make three shelters as memorials—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."5 But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is My dearly loved Son, who brings Me great joy. Listen to Him."6 The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground.7 Then Jesus came over and touched them. "Get up," He said. "Don't be afraid."8 And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone, and they saw only Jesus.13. Again, I am always curious as to how these men knew they were seeing Moses and Elijah. I’m sure if I passed them on the street I would just think they were some kind of crazy old hippies. But, the biblical record does state that they were Moses and Elijah. Now this is interesting on a couple of fronts. First: Was this just a vision? An affirmation that Christ had been divine, and after his death would again become part of the God head. That seems to be a popular belief. If it was just a vision, maybe these men were not even there. Yet the report of them talking with Christ seems overly descriptive. Still, Moses and Elijah were two of the greatest prophets of the Old Testament. Moses represents the Law and prophesied in Deut. 18:15 that the Messiah would come. Elijah represents the Old Testament prophets. Their presence with Jesus kind of confirms his mission to fulfill the law and the words of God’s prophets that we read about in Matthew 5:17. And, just like the voice in the clouds at Mount Sinai gave authority to the law, so this voice gave authority to Jesus’ words.But there is a second view-point we should look at here. Both of these men had been close, close, friends with Jesus in a different time. Our Savior had spoke with both of them face to face, during their lifetimes. So if He, who holds the keys to death and the grave, or the Father, chose to resurrect these men, to comfort and encourage Christ, why would that surprise us? Many are mentioned in the bible as having been resurrected, each for a reason, and every one of them are dead today. Nothing here says Moses and Elijah then went to heaven. Nothing. Enoch is another man who was "translated". Gen. 5:23 says…Enoch lived 365 years, 24 walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.14. Taken like Elijah and never found again. Well I shouldn’t say taken like Elijah because a lot of people witnessed his transportation whereas Enoch just ‘ Disappeared ’ . But let’s read Hebrews 11:5 because it adds a twist…It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—"he disappeared, because God took him." For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God. So there you have it. Enoch went to Heaven and never died. Or did he? First of all, it never does say which of the three ‘heavens’ he was taken ‘up to’. Secondly, if he went to Heaven to be with God and never died then that would make Paul a liar because right before he wrote this verse we read in chapter 9:27 And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment,God took Enoch; he translated him, which just means transported. He just didn’t transport him to his Throne in Heaven. Where he died the bible does not say. It just says, like everyone else, he was destined to die. And today he waits…. Here’s another tough one. Take a look at Matthew 22:32"But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven't you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said, 32 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' So He is the God of the living, not the dead."Ah, so they ARE all alive !!! He said he is the God of the living AND the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob! So they are all alive!!! No. That is not what he said. First look at how he started…. "But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead… Future tense. THERE WILL BE… He is saying they will have life in him. His use of the present tense in verse 32 points to the resurrection and eternal life all believers enjoy IN HIM. Can those in the grave glorify God? No. But they do have eternal life awaiting them upon their resurrection, that is available to them through this one talking. Remember the amount of time they ‘sleep’ compared to the time they have to glorify GOD is miniscule. 15. Acts 2:25 If you had to pick some of the greatest men who ever lived, would not there be somewhere on your list a man who was after God’s own heart; a man who longed to be close to God. Listen to what Paul says of David… King David said this about Him: 'I see that the LORD is always with Me. I will not be shaken, for He is right beside Me. 26 No wonder My heart is glad, and My tongue shouts His praises! My body rests in hope. 27 For You will not leave My soul among the dead or allow Your Holy One to rot in the grave.28 You have shown Me the way of life, and You will fill Me with the joy of Your presence.' 29 "Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn't referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and His tomb is still here among us. 30 But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David's own descendants would sit on His throne. 31 David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah's resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave Him among the dead or allow His body to rot in the grave.And…. 32 "God raised Jesus from the dead, and we are all witnesses of this. But notice the start of verse 34 … For David himself never ascended into heaven…What a bummer. One of God’s own prophets and he never made it into heaven. St. Peter must have been very strict that day. Hey, what about this line… " To be absent from the body is to be present with the LORD." Surely that says we go to heaven !! Kazing !!! Well that verse is found in 2 Corinthians 5:8 and reads…We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Well, I guess I’m taking my ‘Kazing’ back, because there is no time frame mentioned here. And really, when we die, our very next thought will be one where we are present with the LORD. And that is really what this verse says. 16. When will we be present with the Lord?… 1 Corinthians 15:51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, When? Verse 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.So… if we are lucky enough, or unlucky enough depending how you view those that survive the tribulation, to be alive then; When? At the last trump… we may not die but simply be changed "in the twinkling of an eye". At the return of Christ. Well then, with the exception of the parable about ‘Lazarus and the rich man’, which is just that, a parable, that really speaks of the great divide between eternal life and eternal death, we have covered what the bible really says about death. But why does Satan seem so intent on getting us to believe otherwise? Why does he want us to believe the spirits of the dead are really alive and well? Let’s turn to some final scriptures. First Matt. 24:24… For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones. 25 See, I have warned you about this ahead of time. A prophesy by Christ telling us to " Watch out !!! " This is going to happen !!! And what are some of these signs and wonders going to be? Revelation 16:13… And I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. 14 They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty.The rulers of the world. Kings, Prime Ministers, Presidents. How are they going to do that? How are these rulers, these kingdoms, going to be deceived by these spirits? What was the first thing Saul wanted to do? Consult a medium. Isn’t it interesting that Nancy Reagan actually had an astrological calendar she would use to set up President Reagan’s appointments. 17. It’s not a rumor, she admits to it. Now she says she was a lot more into it than he was, especially after the assassination attempt, but she would consult his Zodiacal sign and help him make ‘decisions’ on what the stars said. Now that should un-nerve you. The most powerful man on the planet and his schedule set by his Zodiacal sign. Hillory Clinton played it down when the media found out she had approached a friend who was a medium and wanted to consult with Eleanor Rosavelt. It’s surprising how many people dabble in this field. Did you know that in ‘99 People magazine reported a poll that stated 70 million Americans believe you can communicate with the dead. 70 Million !!!!And the number is rising ! I Timothy 4:1So here they are at Satan’s disposal because he can make his demons appear to be anyone ‘coming back’ to give advise. To influence. To deceive rulers and if it were possible… the very elect. I Timothy 4:1 reads… Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.Rev. 18:23 says in closing…… Who are mediums really calling up? That’s right. Demons. Evil Spirits. Don’t get taken in by Satan. The dead sleep…. … until the last trump.
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