What is the meaning of the words "the sea and the waves roaring?"
The murmuring of the rising wind is distinctly audible to the ear. The sea and the waves of the troubled masses of humanity are already beginning to heave and toss and foam. The increasing winds of strife are driving the great sea of mankind into a frenzied state of revolt against the present social order [...]
Please explain Jeremiah 2:12,13. What are the "heavens" referred to, and what do the "broken cisterns that can hold no water" represent?
Evidently the Prophet Jeremiah is using highly symbolic language to convey his thoughts. The larger portion of the prophecies of the Bible are put forth in figurative expressions and in parables and dark sayings, as they were not intended of the Lord to be understood until at the time of their fulfillment. The "heavens" would symbolize [...]
Please explain `Isa. 8:19-22`, where the Prophet speaks of “familiar spirits,” and “wizards” that work in the dark.
The "familiar spirits" are the demons that infest earth's atmosphere, and who are busily engaged in impersonating the dead, representing that they are the spirits of the departed ones, and thus confusing and deceiving many, who have not given heed to the instructions of the Scriptures to the effect that the dead are dead, and [...]
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live," Exodus 22:18. From this scripture are we to understand that the writers of the Scriptures believed in the existence of witches? What is a witch?
Throughout the world today there are thousands and millions of people who firmly believe in what is known as “Spiritism.” Among these are some of the brightest minds of the day--doctors, lawyers, judges, professors, etc., a class of people who would not be deceived by mere sleight-of-hand performances, or by hallucinations. These know that it [...]
Do Spiritualist Mediums really communicate with the spirits of the dead?
Spiritualism is a rapidly growing movement, numbering several millions of people, among which are some of the brightest minds of the day. There is no question as to many of the facts clearly established in the rites and ceremonies of Spiritism. Many of the phenomena produced, with the aid of spirit mediums, have been pronounced [...]
What is a spirit being?
According to the Scriptures, it is a being living in a spirit or heavenly realm. In comparison, man lives in the physical, earthly universe. Apparently, there are different types of spirit beings, as the Bible mentions angels, cherubim, seraphim and others.The Divine nature, the nature of God, is the highest order of the spiritual realm, [...]