Here's what I am going to do with each day of this study:
This way you will know what is the focus. Today: witchcraft.
Deuteronomy 18:9-13
When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
Micah 5:10-15
"In that day," declares the LORD, "I will destroy your horses from among you and demolish your chariots. I will destroy the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds. I will destroy your witchcraft and you will no longer cast spells. I will destroy your carved images and your sacred stones from among you; you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands. I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles and demolish your cities. I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed me."
Nahum 3:1-4
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims! The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots! Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of dead, bodies without number, people stumbling over the corpses- all because of the wanton lust of a harlot, alluring, the mistress of sorceries, who enslaved nations by her prostitution and peoples by her witchcraft.
2nd Chronicles 33:1-9
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever." In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts. He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
He took the carved image he had made and put it in God's temple, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, "In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever. I will not again make the feet of the Israelites leave the land I assigned to your forefathers, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them concerning all the laws, decrees and ordinances given through Moses." But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Acts 16:16-18
Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.
If you go to wicca.com (which I am purposely not making a hyper-link), you will find that they have tarot card boxes, but I didn't see any tarot cards for sale. They also have wands, crystal balls, altar statues, athames, and I am sure you can pick up a boline from there if you call.
So what are these things? They are what a wiccan (those who practice witchcraft) use for their religious worship. Athames are a knife used to harness energy, from what I gather. A boline is a knife that is used for cutting things, unlike the Athame, which apparently is just for show.
A crystal ball is what a spiritist uses to contact the dead. Altar statues are used for worship. They might be an object of worship, although I am really not sure. I am just going from the name and coming up with my conclusion simply from that. The wand, I would guess, is used to cast spells, al la Harry Potter. Well, probably not that elaborate, but I would assume it is generally like that...
Leviticus 20:27
"'A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.'"
1st Samuel 28:4-12
The Philistines assembled and came and set up camp at Shunem, while Saul gathered all the Israelites and set up camp at Gilboa. When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled his heart. He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. Saul then said to his attendants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her."
"There is one in Endor," they said.
So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. "Consult a spirit for me," he said, "and bring up for me the one I name."
But the woman said to him, "Surely you know what Saul has done. He has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why have you set a trap for my life to bring about my death?"
Saul swore to her by the LORD, "As surely as the LORD lives, you will not be punished for this."
Then the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?"
"Bring up Samuel," he said.
When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!"
1st Chronicles 10:13-14
Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance, and did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
OK, key words:
Wicked (adj.):
Evil by nature and in practice.
Evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous.
Mischievous or playfully malicious.
Spiteful; malevolent; vicious.
Tarot (cards) (noun):
Fortuneteller (noun):
A person who claims the ability to predict the future.
One who professes to predict future events.
A person who foretells your personal future.
Medium (noun):
A person through whom the spirits of the dead are alleged to be able to contact the living.
A person thought to have the power to communicate with the spirits of the dead or with agents of another world or dimension. Also called psychic.
Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead.
Psychic (noun):
Spiritist (noun):
These are all definitions from dictionary.com. Now, to use the E-Sword to see what the Greek and Hebrew definitions are for these words.
Wicked: râshâ‛ (pronounced: raw-shaw'): morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person: condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Fortuneteller: manteuomai (pronounced: mant-yoo'-om-ahee): (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through inspiration); to divine, that is, utter spells (under pretence of foretelling): by soothsaying.
Medium: 'ôb (pronounced: obe): water skin bottle, necromancer, one who evokes the dead, ghost, spirit of a dead one, the practice of necromancy, one that has a familiar spirit.
Spiritist: 'ôb (pronounced: obe): water skin bottle, necromancer, one who evokes the dead, ghost, spirit of a dead one, the practice of necromancy, one that has a familiar spirit.
Yes, medium and spiritist are the same thing, according to the Hebrew. Enlightning stuff. Tomorrow, well, I will do selfish ambition. Johnny Out.
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