Expert: Mike Muya - 3/23/2009

Question
Was it really Samuel who appeared to Saul? 1 Samuel 28

Answer
hi susan
WAS IT REALLY SAMUEL WHO APPEARED TO SAUL?1SAM 28.IS YOUR QUESTION AND THEREFORE LETS LOOK AT IT.

VERSE 14 SAYS....28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

IF YOU NOTICE SUSAN THE BIBLE NEVER SAYS THAT SAUL SAW SAMUEL.HE RECEIVED HIS INFORMATION SECONDHAND FROM THE WITCH,AND ONLY CONCLUDED IT WAS SAMUEL FROM HER DESCRIPTION.


THE TRUTH IS THAT THE DEVIL DECEIVED THE DISSOLUTE OLD WOMAN,AND SHE DECEIVED SAUL.IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN THE DEVIL-GENERATED SEANCE.

THE ENORMITY OF SAUL'S SIN IS REVEALED IN THESE WORDS:"SO SAUL DIED FOR HIS TRANSGRESSION...AND ALSO FOR ASKING COUNSEL OF ONE THAT HAD A FAMILIAR SPIRIT,TO ENQUIRE OF IT;AND ENQUIRED NOT OF THE LORD:THEREFORE HE SLEW HIM..."(1CHRONICLES 10:13,14)

WIZARDS HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OR BANNED FROM THE LAND (1 SAM 28:3;LEV20:27)

GOD HAD DEPARTED FROM SAUL AND WOULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH HIM(1SAM28:15)

SAMUEL WAS SUPPOSEDLY"BROUGHT UP."OTHER EXPRESSIONS USED IN THIS PASSEGE INCLUDE:"ASCENDING OUT OF THE EARTH,""COMETH UP,"AND "BRING...UP"(VERSES 13-15).BUT IS THIS WHERE THE RIGHTEUOS DEAD ARE?DOWN IN THE EARTH? NOT ACCORDING TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE IMMORTAL SAUL.

SAMUEL IS DESCRIBED AS AN OLD MAN COVERED WITH A MANTLE.IS THIS THE WAY IMMORTAL SOULS APPEAR SUSSSAN?AND WHERE DID THE SAUL GET THE BODY? THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DISEMBODIED. WAS THERE A RESURECTION? DID GOD OBEY THE BECK AND CALL OF THE WITCH AND RAISE UP SAMUEL? IF NOT,CAN SATAN RAISE THE DEAD?

THE APPARITION OF SAMUEL TOLD SAUL,.."TOMORRROW SHALT THOU AND THY SONS BE WITH ME..."(1SAM28:19).SAUL COMMITTED SUICIDE ON THE BATTLE FIELD THE NEXT DAY.WHERE DID SAMUEL DWELL, IF THE WICKED SAUL WAS TO GO THE SAME PLACE?

HOPE THIS HELPS ALITTLE GOD BLESS.