Both the Torah and the Bible contain references to ghosts. Most notably, in I Samuel, where King Saul engages the Witch of Endor to summon the spirit of the dead Samuel and in Matthew 24 where Jesus must persuade his fearful disciples that he is not a ghost following the resurrection....
Ghosts are real, but they are not angels from God or our dead loved ones. They are fallen angels trying to deceive us.It’s in the Bible, Ephesians 6:11-12, KJV. "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not...
which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal ...
But the idea that the dead remain with us in spirit is an ancient one, appearing in countless stories, from the Bible to "Macbeth." It even spawned a folklore genre: ghost stories. Belief in ghosts is part of a larger web of related paranormal beliefs, including near-death experience, li...
That’s because the ghosts that haunt the house like to talk dirty to its tenants, according to WFAA. Yep. That place is haunted by some straight-up freaks. Linda Hill and her husband bought several homes in the same neighborhood to rent them out several years ago. But people would move...
It turns out that he left everything to the family instead of just the one son. What followed was a sort of treasure hunt, leading from one clue to the next, until a new will was at last discovered, hidden in an old family bible. This will said that everything should be split ...
It was as if he were already part of a pack, as if he were of the same breed. Everything seemed already embedded according to a long-standing plan and leading toward the only logical conclusion. It was a strange feeling. It was the presentiment of a legend (if there is such a thing...
In a dingy basement, I found a dozen mostly retired teachers arguing odd points from the Bible. Odd, because it was apparent few, if any, had ever read a Bible. They had half a dozen associations, with ambitious names like the Center of Israel and Jewish Studies of the Chinese Institute...
They became, according to the storytellers, the Aes Sidhe, or “People of the Hills” - the fairies whose existence has become rooted in the Irish psyche and whose mysterious otherworld has provided a final refuge in times of trouble. Every god was a Fer-Sidhe, or “man of the hill” ...
“It’s the next town down the line,” the old man said. “At least according to the map I bought back in Dry Hope.” He sighed, as if coming to some decision he didn’t much care for. “I suppose we could use an extra gun or two now. Especially ones that appear to be as ...