Was the witch of Endor really a witch or was she just a reporter for the New York Times? Or let me put it another way, was the witch of Endor really capable of raising the dead and thus demonstrating great power or was she just a charlatan living off the foolishness and gullibility of other people?
Take a look at the account in I Samuel. It begins,
1 Samuel 28:7 (KJV) Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.At this point we can assume that Saul and his servants believe there is something to being a witch. One thing follows another, Saul meets the witch and she agrees to raise Samuel. Here is where it gets really interesting. It works.
(1Sa 28:12 KJV) And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.I could be totally wrong but every time I read this I get the feeling that she is really surprised to see a genuine specter. My opinion is that she usually had time to prepare her stage and her mark so that they saw what she wanted them to see.
C.S. Lewis had a comment on how our culture deals with the demonic powers,
p. ix, “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors,...”Ever since the Garden of Eden mankind has been involved in a war between Almighty God and Satan. Everyone picks sides whether they know it or not. The battle is coming out in the open in our modern era. Satan feels like the citizens of the world are ready to join his team.
Don’t be one of those foolish enough to go in that direction.
Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2002.
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