The Witch of Endor

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Samuel came Up

1 Samuel 28 verse 15:

“Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up?”

(Strong)

An Old Man

1 Samuel 28 verse 14

“What is he like? Saul asked. She replied, It is an old man coming up.”

(Jerusalem)

Job 3 verse 13-17

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest. With kings and with counselors of the earth, who rebuilt ruins for themselves;… There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.”

(NASB)

Ecclesiastes 9 verses 5 & 10

“For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten... Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.”

(NIV)

John 11 Vv. 11,24,25 & 44

“Jesus saith unto them Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep… Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her… he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live… And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes…”

(King James)

A Fake Seance

The king saw nothing The old man in a mantle is an

ambiguous description Saul was buried at Ramah, not

Endor (1 Samuel 25:1)

Predictions

1 Samuel 28 verse 19:“Yahweh giveth also Israel with thee

into the hands of the Philistines, tomorrow thou and thy sons”

(Youngs Literal)

Explanation

God raised Samuel for the occasion in order to rebuke a fool .

1 Chronicles 10 Verses 13 & 14: “So Saul died for his trespass against the

Lord, for his unfaithfulness in not keeping God’s word, and also for consulting a medium”

(Amplified)

She cried out

1 Samuel 28 verse 12:“When the woman saw Samuel, she

screamed and she said to Saul, Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”

(Amplified)

Gods Instruction

Leviticus 19 verse 31:“Regard not them that have familiar

spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.”

(AV)

Beelzebub

Matthew 12 verse 27:“If I by Beelzebub cast out devils by

whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges.”

(RSV)

Conclusions

Samuel was raised for this special event.

Mediums are an abomination before God, not “Witches”

Heaven & Hell going is a fallacy The Soul that Sins shall die We must work out our Salvation