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    Dreaming of a dead relative is not from God according to the Bible. A familiar spirit is actually a demon pretending to be a deceased person in order to deceive. The Bible indicates that people cannot come back from the dead, as there is a separation between the living and the dead. While some think 1 Samuel shows an exception with Saul speaking to Samuel, it may have been allowed as a special circumstance to rebuke Saul rather than normal communication with the dead. Christians are warned against seeking mediums or spiritists as it makes one unclean and goes against relying on God alone.

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    Dreaming of a dead relative is not from God according to the Bible. A familiar spirit is actually a demon pretending to be a deceased person in order to deceive. The Bible indicates that people cannot come back from the dead, as there is a separation between the living and the dead. While some think 1 Samuel shows an exception with Saul speaking to Samuel, it may have been allowed as a special circumstance to rebuke Saul rather than normal communication with the dead. Christians are warned against seeking mediums or spiritists as it makes one unclean and goes against relying on God alone.

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    Dreaming of a dead relative is not from God according to the Bible. A familiar spirit is actually a demon pretending to be a deceased person in order to deceive. The Bible indicates that people cannot come back from the dead, as there is a separation between the living and the dead. While some think 1 Samuel shows an exception with Saul speaking to Samuel, it may have been allowed as a special circumstance to rebuke Saul rather than normal communication with the dead. Christians are warned against seeking mediums or spiritists as it makes one unclean and goes against relying on God alone.

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    DREMING OF THE DEAD RELATIVE IS NOT OF GOD

    What is a familiar spirit?


    by Matt Slick
    A familiar spirit is a demon that is summoned by a medium with the intention that the spirit
    summoned will obey his or her commands. Often, familiar spirits are believed to be the spirits of
    people who have died (Duet. 18:11). However, biblically this is not the case. Such appearances
    are in actuality demonic forces imitating people in order to deceive.
    We know that people cannot come back from the dead from what Jesus said in Luke 16:19-
    31 when he gave us the story of Lazarus and the rich man. Jesus said in verse 26 "and besides all
    this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from
    here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us." So, we can see that
    people cannot come back from the dead. However, we cannot leave this topic without addressing
    1 Samuel 28 that deals with Saul and the medium who, apparently, actually contacted the
    departed Spirit of Samuel. Commentators are split on whether or not this was actually Samuel,
    but the text seems to imply it was. So why the exception? We are not sure, but it might have been
    allowed for the purpose of rebuking Saul for his sin, something that does not happen with
    familiar spirits when they manifest. Perhaps it is a teaching tool to show us the difference
    between those who are really of God (Samuel) and those who are not (familiar spirits).
    The two words "familiar spirit" in the King James Bible are translated into the English from the
    single Hebrew word obe ‫אֹ וב‬.

    King James Bible New American Standard Bible

    Lev. 19:31, "Regard not them that Lev. 19:31, "Do not turn to mediums
    have familiar spirits, neither seek or spiritists; do not seek them out to
    after wizards, to be defiled by them: I be defiled by them. I am
    am the LORD your God." the LORD your God."
    1 Chron. 10:13, "So Saul died for his 1 Chron. 10:13, "So Saul died for his
    transgression which he committed trespass which he committed against
    against the LORD, even against the the LORD, because of the word of
    word of the LORD, which he kept not, the LORD which he did not keep; and
    and also for asking counsel of one also because he asked counsel of a
    that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of medium, making inquiry of it."
    it." 2 Chron. 33:6, " He made his sons
    2 Chron. 33:6, "And he caused his pass through the fire in the valley of
    children to pass through the fire in Ben-hinnom; and he practiced
    the valley of the son of Hinnom: also witchcraft, used divination, practiced
    he observed times, and used sorcery and dealt with mediums and
    enchantments, and used witchcraft, spiritists. He did much evil in the
    and dealt with a familiar spirit, and sight of the LORD, provoking Him to
    with wizards: he wrought much evil in anger."

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    the sight of the LORD, to provoke him
    to anger."

    Luke 16:19-31 ESV /

    “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted
    sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus,
    covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table.
    Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was
    carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and
    in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and
    Lazarus at his side.

    Leviticus 19:31 ESV

    “Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make
    yourselves unclean by them: I am the LORD your God.

    Romans 12:2

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
    that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable
    and perfect.

    1 John 4:1

    Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from
    God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

    Ecclesiastes 9:5

    For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no
    more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

    Deuteronomy 18:11 ESV

    Or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead,

    Hebrews 9:27 ESV

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    And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

    Luke 16:26 ESV

    And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that
    those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from
    there to us.’

    Psalm 115:17

    The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence

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