Episode for Thursday October 31st 2024 - Halloween: Witchcraft and the Occult

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Chuck Missler

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The celebration of the pagan festival of Halloween is now a multi-billion dollar merchandiser's market. Fifty percent of Americans will decorate for Halloween (compared to over 80% for Christmas). It is now the third most popular party activity, after the Superbowl and New Year's Eve. This is always a difficult time for Christians, especially those with children. It is also a dangerous time for some, since many of the seemingly "harmless" involvements associated with Halloween can also be "entries" for the occult, and can prove very tragic for the unwary. There is only one true God (Isa 44:6, 8: 46:9). Thus, only one true religion. Scripture declares "all gods of the nations are idols" (Ps 96:5). All false religion and idolatry is by definition involved in demon worship - whether or not the participants recognize it (Acts 26:18). Hence Paul's concern. The spiritual power and reality behind idols involves demons (I Cor 10:20, Ps 106:37). The Bible tells us to shun occultic practices. This series will help you understand the Pagan background to the modern Halloween traditions practiced today. Originally Recorded 1996 First Video Release: 2022 © Koinonia House Inc. 2022

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0:00.0	66-60. Your future lies in 6640. Sixty-six-six-books by 40 authors, and yet we now discover it's an integrated message system from outside our time domain.
0:17.7	Welcome to 6640, the ministry outreach of Koinania House and Koinania Institute.
0:24.7	Today's Bible teacher is Chuck Missler, connecting the Bible to your life and the world around you.
0:31.4	In today's study, Chuck completes his teaching on Halloween.
0:35.1	Session 2, Witchcraft and the Occult.
0:46.8	Now, the biblical text does say it was Samuel in verses 12, 15, and 16.
0:53.1	And as the clear intent, in my view, that the reader understand
0:56.5	that Samuel actually appeared to Saul. This isn't the only case of someone who's died appearing,
1:02.6	and the other case occurs, strange enough, at the Transfiguration. That's one of the reasons
1:07.7	that I believe Moses and Elijah are the two witnesses of Revelation 11. But that's a whole other thing we can look at later.
1:13.6	Samuel proceeded to remind Saul that the kingdom had been taken from him because his disobedience in the Amalekite war.
1:20.6	He then predicted Israel's defeat and the deaths to Saul and his sons at the hands of the Philistines.
1:26.6	It's interesting that Samuel never answered Saul's initial question,
1:31.6	what should I do?
1:33.1	There was nothing it could be done.
1:34.7	Because of his disobedience, his fate was sealed.
1:39.6	And Saul is, of course, understandably terrified with this message of doom that he,
1:43.9	that Sammy communicated to him. And so after having this nourishment... is of course understandably terrified with this message of doom that he that sam had
1:44.3	communicated to and so after having this nourishment he and his servants departed from
1:50.0	Israel at Mount Gilboa now at Mount Gilboa the battle that follows is a disaster
1:56.8	from the beginning Saul's army was quickly routed and slaughtered, including Saul's sons,
2:03.2	Jonathan, Abinidad, and Mount Kelshoa. The king himself was wounded by an arrow. In agony, Saul
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