1 Sam 28:8-20

[Lea-anne]

8 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."

9 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?"

10 Saul swore to her by the LORD, "As surely as the LORD lives, you will not be punished for this."

11 Then the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?"

"Bring up Samuel," he said.

12 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!"

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?"

"I am in great distress," Saul said. "The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do."

16 Samuel said, "Why do you consult me, now that the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy? 17 The LORD has done what he predicted through me. The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hands and given it to one of your neighbors

[Guest lnj]

tHIS IS STUDY NOTES FROM THE nEW kING jAMES:

1 Samuel 28vv11 - 19

Before they can do anything Samuel appears, NOT a dead ghost CONJURED up but a PROPHET of God again delivering the message to the king. It is clear that the medium has not called him up but the Lord has again stepped into the life of Saul to speak to him.

The woman was terrified and CRIED OUT , literally "screamed in TERROR", shocked at Samuels appearance. Far from giving credence to any kind of spiritualist activity or contacting the dead, this passage shows that God is SUPREME.

The medium is left terrified and Saul paralyzed in fear, as both of them are rejected by the living God.

[AnotherTraveler]

lnj said it exactly right.

[Lea-anne]

Thanks. I guess what got me guessing what the fact that he came up out of the ground.

[Old Timer]

tHIS IS STUDY NOTES FROM THE nEW kING jAMES:

1 Samuel 28vv11 - 19

Before they can do anything Samuel appears, NOT a dead ghost CONJURED up but a PROPHET of God again delivering the message to the king. It is clear that the medium has not called him up but the Lord has again stepped into the life of Saul to speak to him.

The woman was terrified and CRIED OUT , literally "screamed in TERROR", shocked at Samuels appearance. Far from giving credence to any kind of spiritualist activity or contacting the dead, this passage shows that God is SUPREME.

The medium is left terrified and Saul paralyzed in fear, as both of them are rejected by the living God.

As God had said NOT to consult mediums or the spirit world would He then use an apparition from the spirit world to convey a message to Saul? Would He use a method He had expressly forbidden? I don

[Guest lnj]

tHIS IS STUDY NOTES FROM THE nEW kING jAMES:

1 Samuel 28vv11 - 19

Before they can do anything Samuel appears, NOT a dead ghost CONJURED up but a PROPHET of God again delivering the message to the king. It is clear that the medium has not called him up but the Lord has again stepped into the life of Saul to speak to him.

The woman was terrified and CRIED OUT , literally "screamed in TERROR", shocked at Samuels appearance. Far from giving credence to any kind of spiritualist activity or contacting the dead, this passage shows that God is SUPREME.

The medium is left terrified and Saul paralyzed in fear, as both of them are rejected by the living God.

As God had said NOT to consult mediums or the spirit world would He then use an apparition from the spirit world to convey a message to Saul? Would He use a method He had expressly forbidden? I don

[apothanein kerdos]

It is one of the funnier passages of the Bible. The medium is surprised that Samuel raises from the dead...she didn't expect it.

This shows that God allowed Samuel's spirit to come back and recite prophecy.

[Joshua-777]

It is one of the funnier passages of the Bible. The medium is surprised that Samuel raises from the dead...she didn't expect it.

This shows that God allowed Samuel's spirit to come back and recite prophecy.

This is a view I carry aswell, The medium was terrified, I believe it wasn't the medium that brought samual back up, I believe it was God to give confermation to the prophecy, Samual came up from the ground, because in the O.T. hades was separated into two places, hades, and abrahams bosom, so it makes sence that he would come up from the ground, In mathew, after Jesus died on the cross, many who were dead came up from the ground.

[Guest lnj]

tHIS IS STUDY NOTES FROM THE nEW kING jAMES:

1 Samuel 28vv11 - 19

Before they can do anything Samuel appears, NOT a dead ghost CONJURED up but a PROPHET of God again delivering the message to the king. It is clear that the medium has not called him up but the Lord has again stepped into the life of Saul to speak to him.

The woman was terrified and CRIED OUT , literally "screamed in TERROR", shocked at Samuels appearance. Far from giving credence to any kind of spiritualist activity or contacting the dead, this passage shows that God is SUPREME.

The medium is left terrified and Saul paralyzed in fear, as both of them are rejected by the living God.

As God had said NOT to consult mediums or the spirit world would He then use an apparition from the spirit world to convey a message to Saul? Would He use a method He had expressly forbidden? I don

[nebula]

Either it was Samuel or an angel taking Samuel's place and appearing as him.

The fact that the witch was terrified indicates that something happened which she was not expecting.