Several spiritualists affirm that the text of I Samuel 28
is a genuine mediunistic session , where King Saul consults the dead prophet Samuel through the spiritual medium of
Endor.
What does the Christianism say?
Saul's situation:
In the verse 6, Saul looks for the orientation of God, because the Philistines were about to invade Israel. However, God didn't answer Saul because he had deviated
from His way and consequently lost His grace ( I Samuel 15:19 and 23 ).
What should be Saul's attitude:
In this case, the
Bible guides us how to act. Repent ( Acts 8:22 ), ask for forgivness ( I John 1:9 ) and to wait
patiently the blessing of God
( Psalms 40:1 ) .
What was Saul 's attitude:
Saul not receiving the answer of
God, looked for an alternative for his affliction. His attitude was looking for a spiritual medium to
get advice with the dead prophet Samuel.
We will show that the own Bible affirms this mediunistic event was a fake.
It was a subjective conclusion of Saul, and not a statement of the Bible that was really Samuel
Saul wasn't seeing " Samuel " when he
got to this conclusion, because he asked to the spiritual medium to describe the
spirit that was arising of the earth
God absolutely
prohibits the consultation of the dead (Deuteronomy 18:9-15, Isaiah 8:19-20,
Leviticus 20:6).
That ordinance from the time of the Old
Testament is still worth until today, because God doesn't change His
opinion (James 1:17, Malachi 3:6, Psalms 102:27, Numbers 23:19).
