A case of haunting in the Old Testament?
by John Milor
Posted: 12:10 March 30, 2007
The predominant Christian opinion about ghosts is that they are demonic manifestations that intend to lead people astray into various deceptions. These deceptions vary.
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If ghosts are real, the existence of heaven and hell are challenged. Ghosts don't appear to be either in heaven, or hell.
The Bible warns us not to attempt to make contact with the deceased, (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). This may indicate that achieving communication with what we think is our dearly departed is actually communication with demonic entities.
It is known throughout scripture that demonic entities are heavily involved in the work of deception. Ghosts may be part of that deception. |
While suggesting that ghosts exist will usually set off the usual warning signals in a Christian's mind, I would like to suggest a few scriptures that may reveal a flip side to this issue. In Numbers 35:33-34, scripture states that blood shed (murder) defiles a land, when the injustice of murder takes place. The only way to cleanse defiled ground is by extracting justice from the guilty party.
Numbers 35:33-34:
33: So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34: Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
I was a researcher of the paranormal prior to becoming a Christian, so now when I read the Bible I see things that many Christians don't. It strikes me as more than a coincidence that haunting is frequently associated with brutal murders, and the passage of scripture above echoes in my mind as a possible explanation. In fact, the very first murder recorded in the Bible appears to generate the classic description of a haunting.
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