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1 | What are ghosts? | Rom 12:2 | Hania10 | 224371 | ||
I see a lot of programs about finding ghosts, what are ghosts? Good or evil? Where do our spirits go when we die? | ||||||
2 | What are ghosts? | Rom 12:2 | findrichard | 224372 | ||
To the best of my knowledge, ghosts are not mentioned in the Bible, unless you read the KJV, which calls the Holy Spirit the Holy Ghost. In my mind ghosts are in the same category as aliens, bigfoot, locknest monster, etc. They exist in the minds of those who believe in them. As for me I don't spend any time pondering the things of this world. My time pondering is for the things of God. Romans 12:2 "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." As for you spirit, assuming you are saved, the Bible says it best: Revelation 2:7 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God." 1 Corinthians 15:35-53 "But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" 36How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. 42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"[e]; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. 48As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we[f] bear the likeness of the man from heaven. 50I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality." |
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3 | What are ghosts? | Rom 12:2 | ariel levin | 224383 | ||
Shalom findrichard, I'm not sure if these would fall under the catagory of "ghosts" (and certainly not the TV brand), but what of Samuel's appearance to Saul under the medium? the appearance of Moses on the Mt. of Transfiguration (I don't include Messiah, as he hadn't been crucified yet, nor Elijah as we're told he was taken alive), but Moses died and was buried by Abba himself? You can email me (in my profile) with your thoughts if you wish - I say this cause this particular discussion, though interesting, could only be speculation as there are only these few passages to work with..... :o) |
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4 | What are ghosts? | Rom 12:2 | findrichard | 224398 | ||
ariel, First a couple of verses. Matthew 22:30 "At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven." Hebrews 13:2 "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it." Matthew 17:3-4 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.4 Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." There is no mention here of Moses and Elijah's appearance but because Peter recommended he build shelters for them and because of the first two verses above I suspect they looked like they did when they walked on earth. 1 Samuel 28:13 The king said to her, "Don't be afraid. What do you see?" The woman said, "I see a spirit [a] coming up out of the ground." 14 "What does he look like?" he asked. "An old man wearing a robe is coming up," she said. Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 15 Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" This quote is from the NIV which calls Samuel a spirit, the NASB calls Samuel a divine being, and the KJV calls Samuel gods. Which is it, God only knows but he looked like an old man in a robe not a "ghost". We also know it was Samuel because verse 15 says so. Ok lets recognize God, our creator, is in control. We know from the verses above that we have his spiritual beings among us and they look just like people (or are invisible like the Holy Spirit). Do you know of any scripture in which God warns us that evil spiritual beings or demons can present themselves in a visible form? I don't and therefore my personal conviction is that demons can only enter into a living person or animal as described in the Bible. In which case they do not appear as "ghosts". |
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