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articles and books and other resources on my website www.paringmedic.com. Now let's jump

into this week's show. Hey everybody so glad you could join me on the podcast today I'm going to be talking

about one of my favorite subjects traveling in the spirit. The purpose of this

message is to outline the biblical basis for traveling in the spirit. There are many

believers who are under the impression that what some of us call traveling in the spirit is not biblical.

A lot of people have heard that it's astral projection, that it's only done by the new age,

and that believers shouldn't be doing it. But the truth is there's a surprising

amount of scripture that either describes or teaches the principles of spiritual travel.

I'm going to go through the scriptures starting in the Old Testament and then go to the New Testament

and look at examples where prophets and apostles had experiences where they were traveling in the spirit.

We're going to begin in 1st Kings, chapter 18.

The 18th chapter of 1st Kings has a fascinating interaction

between the Prophet Elyja and Obadiah.

The word of the Lord had come to Elijah saying that the drought which he prophesied was coming to an end.

So Obadiah had been serving King Ahab, who sent him to find pasture for their animals. He was on the road and he met

Elijah who sent Obadiah to tell Ahab where he was. Now, Obadiah apparently knew that Elijah

had been physically moved by God as he confronted the

prophet about his fear that if he told the king where Elijah was he would

disappear and go somewhere else. First Kings chapter 18 I'm going to read verses 11 and 12 and now you say go tell your master

Elijah is here and it shall come to pass as soon as I am gone from you that the

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