Witch of Endor - The Skeptical Preacher's Interpretation
"How do you do, I'm Reverend Smith. I'd like to share with
you some of the
beliefs of my church as well as other Fundamentalists
and Evangelical denominations.
Our problem is with the story of
the Witch of Endor from First Samuel, Old Testament. In the Biblical
account, the witch at Endor calls King Saul from the grave. Our
church has a theological problem with those who claim to talk
to the dead. According to our beliefs the dead stay dead - dead
as a door-nail, dead in the dirt - until the Second Coming of
Jesus, when the dead shall rise up from the graves at Gabriel's
trumpet call on Judgment Day. Until that dreadful day the dead
shall stay dead, and NO ONE can speak with them! The Witch of
Endor and all the other spirit-raisers to come are NOT talking
to the dead, they are being tricked by demons, OR EVEN SATAN
HIMSELF!"
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