BTW, what do you mean, exactly, by “familiar spirits”? Why would a
demon from a dead person hang around imitating them for centuries? Certainly
they could go inhabit someone else. No one’s explanation really
seems correct to me. It seems we are missing something in our understanding of
them. Izzy
Dean writes:
I view a familiar spirit as a ghost of some one you
know-such as you great uncle or such.The Bible seem to indicate a Fam.Spirit
as a spirit that dwells in someone.
2 Chr.33:6
1 CHR.10:13
1 Samuel 28:8
Dean, I looked these up, but they only seem
to show that we should not try to contact the dead or use mediums. They
don’t seem to explain what a familiar spirit is. Izzy
**A
familiar spirit is a family spirit. One that is generational and familiar
with a certain family line.
These
are the spirits that give information at seances and tell things that only an
intimate would know.
Dean writes 12/21:
I agree with Judy-makes sense-and agrees
with the rest of the Bible-to my understanding.
Dean, That still doesn’t answer my
question. Why would they want to go around haunting a specific location,
mostly undetected, and imitate a dead person? Why wouldn’t they just go
indwell another living body/soul? Obviously they prefer living in a body; even
in an animal body. Is it possible that these really are the souls of the
lost, stuck on this earth for some reason, perhaps awaiting Judgment Day? Or is
it possible that we don’t understand Time correctly, as God can see
everything at once? Our understanding is SO limited! (As you can see, I don’t
always accept the common beliefs simply because everyone else does unless I can
verify it in the Word—I like to explore other possibilities if it doesn’t
seem absolutely sure. J ) Any enquiring scientific
minds out there??? Izzy
Matthew 8:31 The
demons began to entreat Him,
saying, "If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine."
