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Spiritual Insights Show 8

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Is there an angel of death?

What are demonic strong holds and how can they be overcome?

Does Satan and the demons have access to heaven?

Does God love Satan?

As a Christian is it OK to celebrate Halloween?

Is it possible to sell your soul to the Devil?

Spiritual Insights Show 7

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What is the difference between the old testament and the new testament?

Is it wrong to get tattoos?

What does it mean to "Speak the Truth in Love'?

Where did the giants after the flood come from?

Spiritual Warfare

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:49:00 +0000

Welcome to our blog-site. We hope this show brings you some good insight to the topic of Spiritual Warfare. We have added this outline for your convenience and to help you follow along with the show as you listen in through the streaming audio. As always we would really love to hear your comments and questions.

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“Harold Camping Junior’
May 21st 1988

“88 reasons why the world will end in 1988”
Sept. 6th 1994
May 21st 2011

Said Lord came in Judgment secretly in the air
Oct. 21st 2011

Jehovah’s Witnesses
1914
1915
1925
1932
1941
1975

Joseph Smith 1805-1844

Before he was 85 years old

New date of Dec. 21st 2012 supported by Jack Van Impe

Real Christianity not immune to date setting

End of the world predictions have been around since the first century

Life is hard / Struggles are hard / Love to find a way out- Around dying
“Rested with his fathers”
Become familiar with the truth
Know your Bible / Trust in the Lord
TWO POINTS TO BE MADE IN TODAY'S PROGRAM

WE ARE NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL
WE ARE IN A SPIRITUAL WAR

Both these questions can be demonstrated as clear Biblical teachings
And also demonstrated in everyday life:
Commonly misunderstood by Christian and non-Christians alike

We are part Natural and part Spiritual

1st Corinthians 15:44-46
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.”[d] The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.

We live in a 3 dimensional space
If you include Einstein’s “Time” we live in a 4 dimensional space
Our natural 4 dimensional space
When something spiritual comes into that space it is called “SUPER-natural”
Most everyone knows they have had, seen, or been part of some type of supernatural experience. Everyone has.

Galatians 5:16-17
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,[c] fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders,[d] drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

ME FIRST
SEEKING AFTER PLEASURE
MONEY / POWER / POSITION
GETTING AHEAD / CUTTHROAT FOR THE JOB
PUTTING YOURSELF AHEAD OF OTHERS
COMPLAINERS / ARGUMENTATIVE
LACK OF SELF CONTROL / LACK OF DISCIPLINE
BITTER / ANGRY

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

SELF CONTROLLED / WISELY DISCIPLINED
PUTTING OTHERS WELL BEING AHEAD OF YOURSELF
JOYFUL / CONTENTEDNESS
KIND/ SLOW TO ANGER
QUICK TO FORGIVE
WE ARE AT WAR
“KEN PRESENTS HERE”

EPHESIANS 6:10-18
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[c] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

PRINCIPALITIES= The first or foremost
POWERS= Super human authority
RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS AGE= Lower spirit rulers
SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF WICKEDNESS IN HEAVENLY PLACES= Evil spirits, Demons

Eph 1:21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

Eph 3:10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly [places],

Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,

Col 2:15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

1Pe 3:22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—

HOW WE CAN BE ATTACKED OR AFFECTED

Attacks can be subtle or direct
Can be attacked in thousands of ways
Alcoholism / Drug use
Jealousy / Grief
Bitterness / Anger
Lying / Stealing

My Christian friend Darrel’s testimony

My testimony of “helping a brother caught in sin

Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

Roundtable Wrap Up

Halloween: A Historical and Biblical Perspective

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:35:00 +0000

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What is Halloween and where does it come from?

The word Halloween is a variant of “All Hallows eve” or the night before all Saints day.

So in many area’s you have a 3 day celebratory.

1) Halloween- All Hallows – Hallowmas
2) All Saints Day - Nov. 1st
3) All Souls Day - Nov. 2nd

Other names by which Halloween has been known by include

Calangaeaf
Day of the Dead
Feast of Spirits
Festival of the Dead
Martinmas
November Eve
Old Hallowmas
Samana
Samonios
Santos
Third Harvest
Third Festival of Harvest
Vigil of Saman
Vigil of Todos
Original Celtic Name of Samhaim.

It is a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries.

IT’S ORIGIN

2000 years ago

The Celts

Ireland, UK, and Parts of France

New Year was November 1st

It was the beginning of the cold dark winter months and was associated with death.

The night before the new year Ghosts of the dead returned to earth
Causing trouble and damaging crops

Also thought it made it easier for the Druids or Celtic priests to make predictions about the future.

WHERE IT’S CELEBRATED

United Kingdom
USA
Canada
Europe
Mexico / Latin America
Wherever it’s celebrated it has to do with the dead, and also various forms of divination

Pumpkin Facts
U.S. farmers grow more than 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkin each year
The heaviest pumpkin weighed 1,810 lb 8 oz
by Chris Stevens Stillwater, Minnesota, in October 2010.

TRICK OR TREATING

Guisers also collected special round loves known as “soul cakes” and other foods for the dead. It is believed that the charitable act of donating food or money to all beggars who showed up at the front door on Halloween night ensured one’s prosperity or offered protection against a wide range of misfortunes.

If the guisers were refused a “treat” they would retaliate with a prank of some sort known as a “trick,” hence the term “trick or treat.” Two traditional tricks in England were stopping up chimneys with pieces of turf or smashing glass bottles against walls to simulate the sound of windows smashing. In the nineteenth century guising was brought across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World, the United states by the immigrants, and eventually evolved to what Halloween is known today.

FUN TRICK OR TREATING FACTS

Top 4 most popular Halloween candy

1) Chocolate Candy – 68%
2) Lollipops – 9%
3) Gummy Candy – 7%
4) Bubble Gum – 7%
(Reported by National Confectioners Association)

LEAST FAVORITE
Pretzels and Potato Chips

THE TRICK OR TREAT CAPITOL OF THE U.S.

BOSTON MASS.

Seven in 10 Americans will celebrate Halloween this year - the most in history (According to survey’s)

The average person will fork over $72.31 on costumes, candy and decorations, bringing total Halloween spending to $6.9 billion.

According to NRF’s 2011 Top Costumes survey, conducted by BIGresearch, more than 2.6 million men, women and children plan to dress as zombies this Halloween.
$1 billion on children’s costumes, $1.2 billion on adult costumes, and $310 million on pet costumes.

MOST POPULAR KIDS COSTUMES
1) Princess – 7th year in a row
2) Witch
3) Spiderman
4) Pirate
5) Pumpkin
6) Fairy
7) Action / Superhero
8) Batman / Vampire
9) Disney Princess / Zombies
10) Star Wars Characters

MOST POPULAR ADULT COSTUMES
1) Witch
2) Pirate
3) Vampire
4) Zombie
5) Batman
6) Cat
7) Vixen
8) Ghost
9) Nurse
10) Something Scary

ROUND TABLE

How we thought and celebrated Halloween as kids and adults

“Take calls with stories if any”

FINAL

Some feel that since Halloween has cultic origins that is should be avoided at all costs.

Others feel that today’s commercial holiday celebration is nothing more then a time of family fun.

Colossians 2:16-17
16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

Our Team is Growing! Introducing Ken Morden

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Introducing our newest member to the Spiritual Investigators Team. We're extremely happy to have Ken Morden join us as a Lead Investigator and Radio Show Host! So tune in and listen to Ken and his unique style as he shares truths of God's word about all sorts of interesting and intriguing topics that we cover here on the show! Thanks Ken. We believe that God has an amazing future planned for you and we're very fortunate to have you on the team! We're glad to have you! From the rest of the team!

Study of the Stars

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Thanks for stopping by our blog site. We are excited to bring you a really good line up of shows coming in the next two months. Along with "The Study of the Stars" We're doing a really awesome show on Halloween: A Biblical and Historical Perspective. We also will have Spiritual Insights Show # 7. And we have a really good program coming up called "Extreme Spiritual Warfare". So stay tuned. A good way to keep up with our program is to subscribe to us through email. It's really quick and easy. Just type in your email in the box on the top right of our site and click submit. When we update our blog with new posts and shows you will get a copy sent right to your inbox. Pretty easy! Also we want to invite you to follow us on twitter and Facebook. Thanks for listening and we'd love to hear from you with your comments and questions. Below you can stream the show and follow along with the outline we've laid out. Enjoy.

Study of the Stars

Astronomy is the scientific study of astronomical objects and phenomena.

Astrology is concerned with the correlation between heavenly bodies and earthly and human affairs.

In one poll, 31% of Americans expressed belief in astrology 39% considered it scientific.

According to Gallup opinion polls, around 25% of adults in the USA and UK accept that astrology affect people’s lives.

Common Vernacular Usage

“Influenza,” from Medieval Latin influentia meaning “influence,” was so named because doctors once believed epidemics to be caused by unfavorable planetary and stellar influences.

The word “disaster" comes from the Latin dis-aster meaning "bad star."
"lunatic" (Moon)
"mercurial" (Mercury)
"martial" (Mars),
"jovial" (Jupiter/Jove),
"saturnine" (Saturn)

are all words used to describe personal qualities said to resemble the astrological characteristics of the planet.

Since the late 17th century when astronomy and astrology became separate disciplines, astrology has been increasingly criticized by scientists.
The 19th century brought renewed attention through the spiritual occult movement and the 20 centuries effect of newspaper horoscopes and New Age philosophies.

Historically astrology was a learned tradition, sustained in courts, cultural centers and universities, and was closely related to the studies of astronomy, alchemy, meteorology, and medicine.

The differentiation between astronomy and astrology varied from place to place; but they were indistinguishable in ancient Babylonia.

BIBLICAL REFERENCES

Ancient Babylon

King Nebuchadnezzar (634 – 562 BC) had a dream none of his “wise men” could interpet, this upset the King so much that he ordered all of them to be put to death.
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
2nd Daniel

1 Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him. 2 Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know the dream.” 4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.” 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap. 6 However, if you tell the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation.” 7 They answered again and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will give its interpretation.” 8 The king answered and said, “I know for certain that you would gain time, because you see that my decision is firm: 9 If you do not make known the dream to me, there is only one decree for you! For you have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till the time has changed. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can give me its interpretation.” 10 The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean. 11 It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” 12 For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
So Daniel finds out and goes to the King: 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?” 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. 28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days.

“Soothsayer: Someone who practices divination and claims to know the future.”

The word used for the wise men is Magi. It is from this word that we get our word magician. Their main skill according to Heroditus of the 5th century was the interpretation of dreams.

Daniel is promoted: 47 The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.” 48 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

See also Daniel coming to King Belshazzar in Daniel chapter 5 “The handwriting on the wall”

It is interesting to note that Daniel was expert in interpreting dreams, in addition he also petitioned Nebuchadnezzar to have his three friends (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego) set over the affairs of state as well. There is a rabbinical tradition that this group of wise men continued on down through the generations until the time of Christ, that it had been a matter of semi-private prophesy to this group what would happen in a future generation and what signs to look for in the stars. There is also a tradition among the Kurds in northern Iraq that they are the descendants of the magi that came from the east to see the newborn king.
“Matthew 2”

Wise Men from the East

1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

These Wise men from the East are interesting
They are apparently privy to information no one else has
Show up out of nowhere
Have a keen connection to Christ
Have known about his appearance for generations
Show up right on time
We mostly think of today’s horoscopes as goofy or fun
Dangerously serious
A clear form of Divination

Condemned by God in numerous places

Deut, 18:10-12 “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.”

Also can be effective

When taken seriously, there can be real effects

ACTS 16:16
Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” 18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.

EARLY CHRISTIAN FATHERS REPORT ABOUT SIMON MAGUS OF THE 1ST CENTURY

Justin Martyr “103-165”
Hippolytus “170-235”
Irenaeus “125?-202”
Eusebius “263-339”

Epiphanius “320-403”

All mention Simon as coming just after Christ, and performing great signs and wonders by demon power. He was worshiped as God by the Samaritians and others.

ACTS 8:9-24

Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.” 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! 21 You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.” 24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

MANY FORMS OF DIVINATION

TEROT CARDS
TEA LEAVES
ANIMAL ENTRAILS
ECT, ECT

ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS ASTROLOGY

Modern day vernacular

“IT’S NOT IN THE CARDS”
“LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY”
“I GUESS IT JUST WAS’NT IN THE STARS”

Astrology is a corruption of the good and true meaning given to our stars of the night by God

“KEN MORDEN DISCUSSING THE MAZEROTH”

Spiritual Insights Show # 6

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What is Atheism and Agnosticism?

With all the different religions out there, how can anyone know which one is correct?

What does the Bible say about Cremation?

What is the Biblical view of Euthanasia?

Is there such thing as an ex-christian.

Why did the people mentioned in the book of Genesis live so long?

“The Significance of Archeology”

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THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS

The Autograph of the Bible

Prophets and Apostles

Facts about the scrolls explaining the great significance of the find.

THE NABONIDUS CYLINDER

READ DANIEL5 5:16 1-6

“Now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems. If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be clothed in purple ad have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

History records Nabonidus as the king of Babylon at the time of the fall to the Meads and Persians.

THE CYLINDER IS FOUND IN 1881 TRANSLATED 1950

The Nabonidus Cylinder f4rom Sippar is a long text of king Nabonidus of Babylonia (556-539 B.C.) The cylinder is particularly noteworthy because it mentions a son named Belshezzar, who is mentioned in the Book of Daniel, found in 1881 and translated in 1950.

THE CYLINDER STATES:

As for me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon, save me from sinning against your great godhead and grant me as a present a life long of days, and as for Belshazzar, the eldest son, my offspring, instill reverence for your great godhead in his heart and may he not commit any cultic mistake, may he be sated with a life of plenitude.

THE NABONITUS CHRONICLE

The Nabonidus Chronicle is a stone inscription. ( The way the ancients recorded history) “The king was in Tema; the king’s son, courtiers and army were in Babylonia.

(Quote taken from heritage of evidence, Wakeman Truse, 2004, Page 84) Belshazzar being co-regent with Nabonidus.

THE HOUSE OF DAVID INSCRIPTION

More than a quarter of a century of excavations at Tel Dan in the north of Israel at the foot of Mount Hermon produced little in the way of written material. The excavations have been directed through the years since 1966 by Dr. Avraham Biran, distinguised Israeli archaeologist. Then on July 21, 1993, while work crews were preparing the site for visitors, a broken fragment of basalt stone was uncovered in secondary use in a wall. Surveyor Gila Cook glanced at the stone in the rays of the afternoon sun and saw what looked like alphabetic letters. On closer examination it turned out that, indeed, they had found an inscribed stone.. The discovery was of a fragment of a large monumental inscription, measuring about 32 cm. high and 22 cm. at its greatest width. Apparently the stone had been purposely broken in antiquity. It turned out that the stele fragment mentions King David's dynasty, "the House of David." As the preparatory work for tourism proceeded, two additional fragments of the stele were recovered in two separate, disparate locations in June of 1994. The partially reconstructed text reads as follows:

1. [ ... ...] and cut [ ... ]
2. [ ... ] my father went up [against him when] he fought at [ ... ]
3. And my father lay down, he went to his [ancestors]. And the king of I [s-]
4. rael entered previously in my father's land. [And] Hadad made me king.
5. And Hadad went in front of me, [and] I departed from [the] seven [ ...-]
6. s of my kingdom, and I slew [seve]nty kin[gs], who harnessed thou[sands of cha-]
7. Riots and thousands of horsemen (or: horses). [I killed Jeho]ram son of [Ahab]
8. king of Israel, and [I] killed [Ahaz]iahu son of [Jehoram kin-]
9. g of the House of David. And I set [their towns into ruins and turned]
10. their land into [desolation ... ]
11. other [ ... and Jehu ru-]
12. led over Is[rael ... and I laid ]
13. siege upon [ ... ] [6]

The pavement and the wall where the fragments were found was laid at the end of the 9th or beginning of the 8th century BC, according to pottery fragments recovered in probes beneath the flagstone pavement. Since the fragment and the entire pavement was covered by the debris of the Assyrian destruction of Tiglath Pileser III, in 732 BC, it could not have been laid latter than that year.

The surmise is that Jehoash (798-782), grandson of Jehu, or Jehoash's son, Jeroboam II (793, co-regent 782-753), and more likely Jehoash, was the monarch who had this reminder of Aramaean domination smashed (2 Kgs 13:25). It is further assumed that Hazael (844/42-798?) was then king of Aram- Damascus, because Hazael fought against Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah ( 2 Kgs 8:7-15, 28; 2 Chr 22:5). Hazael was followed by his son and successor, Ben-hadad III, early in the 8th century BC
The discovery provides an archaeological connection to the biblical references to the ruling dynasty established by King David approximately two centuries before the events that are mentioned in the inscription. It is the first mention of King David and the earliest mention of a biblical figure outside of the Bible. The discovery is of particular importance in the face of those scholars who were either skeptical or denied the historical existence of King David

PILATE DEDICATION STONE

In June 1961 an inscription on a limestone block, found at a Roman amphitheater in Caesarea Maritima, rocked the scholarly world. The block, which was once used as a dedication stone of a nearby temple and now reused for seating at the local amphitheater, had an extraordinary inscription. It read: “Tiberieum, (Pon)tuis Pilatus, (Praef)ectus Iuda(eae)”

Those scholars who questioned Pilate’s existence (and the Gospel accounts generally) were silenced with this amazing discovery.

THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS

The National Geographic Society has been part of an international effort, in collaboration with the Maecenas Foundation for Ancient Art and the Waitt Institute for Historical Discovery, to authenticate, conserve, and translate a 66-page codex, which contains a text called James (also known as First Apocalypse of James), the Letter of Peter to Philip, a fragment of a text that scholars are provisionally calling Book of Allogenes, and the only known surviving copy of the Gospel of Judas.

SYNOPSIS

The Gospel of Judas was first used by a second-century Gnostic sect that existed apart from the mainstream Christian community. It was created significantly later than the four canonical Gospels and it is believed were fabricated to support divergent Gnostic worldviews.

It therefore has little or nothing of historical importance to say about the actual Judas Iscariot who lived in the first century. More important, it provides no genuine, new information about the life or teachings of Jesus Christ.

It instead represents a secondary, fictionalized version of original historical events that is consistent with the views of Sethian and related Cainite sects. These second-century Gnostic sects used biblical characters, often minor or negative ones, and then deliberately redefined them in keeping with their worldviews and with the premise that salvation was dependent on secret, higher knowledge (or gnosis) that only they possessed.

In this regard, the Gospel of Judas is similar to the Gospel of Mary, the Gospel of Thomas, and other Gnostic texts that were rediscovered in the mid-1940s or earlier. The recent media promotion of the Gospel of Judas largely ignores these similar Gnostic texts in an attempt to elevate the new find, and in the process distorts both the contents of the book and its true importance. The newly published papyrus undoubtedly comes from the third or fourth century AD and contains previously unknown text, but scholars have known of the existence and general worldview of the book since the late second century. Furthermore, it certainly was not originally written by the historical Judas Iscariot, as even its promoters note that it is only about Judas not by Judas. Finally, sensational claims that the book proves that Jesus really asked or encouraged Judas to betray Him reflect neither the currently available text of the book, nor the clear historical evidence to the contrary.

The Rapture of the Church, From An Objective Perspective

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:30:00 +0000

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On today's show we are going to take an objective look at the rapture of the church. We'll take a look at this from many different perspectives. We'll answer questions about the doctrine of the rapture. Is it Biblical? Is it even real? If so, what is it, and when? Some of these questions are quite controversial. So we will be looking at this from all sides trying to bring good Biblical answers to what "The Rapture" actually is. We have historical information that you probably have never heard, or will hear anywhere else. You don't want to miss this program if you are truly interested at all in learning more about this amazing and interesting topic. What we have to share with you will surprise you. So with that said, we welcome anyone's input on the subject. Please feel free to call into the show, or email us your comments and questions.

Discussing False World Religions & Cults

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On today's program we take a good long look at two different religions and compare them to Christianity. We examine Jehovah Witness. Also we look at Mormonism. We hope you find this informative and helpful insorting out these religions and eperating them from the Christ of the Bible. 1. Why are there so many religions? Do they all lead to God? 2. Who are Jehovah Witness’ and how do they differ from Christians? 3. Who are the Mormons and what do they believe? 4. Is Jesus the only way to Heaven?

What does the Bible say about Idolatry?

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Idolatry is the worship of images. We are bombarded with these things every day in our culture. What should the Christian's perspective be on these things? And how should we respond or act when we are faced with issues that go directly against God's word? Today on the show we will be discussing these questions. We will go in depth on this subject and share with you what the Bible says about it. We have a special guest pastor Eric Seeley. He has a passion for this subject. Tune in as the Spiritual Investigators team tackles this subject.

UFO Series: A Final Exposition of the Phenomena

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:36:00 +0000

(Here is an outline to follow along with us while listening into the show) Also you can listen to all of the past pod-cast in the series. As always we invite your comments on all of our posts. Thanks for tuning in and listening. And if you like what we are doing here at The Secret Studios please share our links with your friends and family.

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HANK HANEGRAAFF RECORDING

CHRISTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE = EQUIP.ORG
Harold Camping = “Family Radio Ministry”
Predicts end of the world on May 21st this year

DISCUSS RAPTURE INSURANCE

Some people claim extraordinary experiences or things called Super-natural.
The Bible tells us that some will see Spirits and to test them 1st John 4:1
Today rapping up our UFO series to see if we can get an idea of “IF” these things are true and “WHAT” they are.

THERE ARE 5 CATEGORIES OF UFO ENCOUNTER

1. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIRST KIND Spotting a UFO of any sort

2. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE SECOND KIND.
Similar to encounter 1, but with an effect to environment such as scorched earth or some electrical anomaly - i.e. car engine stopping or lights going out etc

3. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND.
Occupants “Aliens” can be seen either in a craft or on the ground

4. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FOURTH KIND
You are contacted or abducted willingly or un-willingly where often the beings have a message for you or perform some kind of examination or medical procedure.

5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIFTH KIND
You are abused mentally or physically which can carry on for some number of months or years

UFO SIGHTINGS ARE ANECDOTAL

THEY SEEM TO BE PARTLY NATURAL AND PARTLY SPIRITUAL

THIS IS THE CASE WITH THE ANCIENT EVIDENCE AND THE MODERN

SOME VERY FASCINATING ANCIENT PAINTINGS: Pictures from UFO's Part 1.

From UFO Shoe Famou UFO sighting.

SOME FAMOUS MODERN UFO SIGHTINGS
Battle of L.A. on February 25th 1942

THE CAPITOL UFO CASE
July 19–20 and July 26–27.

MEXICAN MILITARY UFO

April 2004 the Mexican National Defense

JAL FLIGHT #1628
November 17th 1986 a Japanese cargo plane flight 1628

JOHN CALLAHAN
Former Division Chief of Accidents and Investigations for the FAA

UFO HUNTERS / VIDEOGRAPHERS

INTERVIEW WITH JEFF WILLIS

CONTACTEES

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 4TH KIND

MANY PEOPLE WITH STORIES MOSTLY BAD ABOUT CONTACT

MESSAGES ARE USUALLY VERY SIMILAR

“THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GOD”

“WE HAVE COME TO INTERVENE FOR YOUR SAFTEY”

“WE PLANTED YOU HERE MILLENIA AGO”

ONCE IT IS DISCOVERED BY THE PERSON THAT THIS PHENOMENA IS NOT WHAT IT IS PRESENTED AS, THE ENCOUNTERS CHANGE DRASTICALLY

GIVING YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST CHANGES EVERYTHING AND CAN STOP THE ENCOUNTERS ENTIRELY

ABDUCTEES
THE NUMBERS FOR THESE TWO ENCOUNTERS ARE IN THE MILLIONS CLAIMED, PROBABLY MUCH HIGHER

SIMILAR TO THE CONTACTEE EXCEPT TAKEN AGAINST THEIR WILL “USUALLY”

ANY NUMBER OF HORRIBLE THINGS ARE REPORTED

“THE TAKING OF SEED FROM THE MEN AND EGGS FROM THE WOMEN”

IMPLANTATION OF CERTAIN UNKNOWN DEVICES
MESSAGES ARE GIVEN
TESTS ARE GIVEN
TRAINING FOR CERTAIN THINGS ETC.

ONCE AGAIN WHEN THE TRUTH BECOMES KNOWN AND JESUS CHRIST IS BROUGHT INTO THE PICTURE THESE ENCOUNTERS CHANGE DRASTICALLY AND CAN STOP TOTALLY

IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT ALL THIS PHENOMENA COMES FROM THE VERY SAME SOURCE

“QUOTE FROM THIS PRESENT DARKNESS”

ABOUT EVIL SPIRIT ENTITIES
“To the atheistic scientists, they might appear as extraterrestrials, often with their own spaceships; to evolutionists they might claim to be highly evolved beings; to the lonely, they might appear as long-lost relatives speaking from the other side of the grave; Jungian psychologists consider them “archetypal images” dredged from the collective consciousness of the human race. Whatever description of definition fits, whatever shape, whatever form it takes to win a person’s confidence and appeal to hi vanity, that’s the form they take. And they tell the deluded seeker of truth whatever he or she wants to hear until they finally have that person in their complete control.

Its all a con game; Eastern meditation, witchcraft, divination, Science of Mind, psychic healing, holistic education and the list goes on and on…

THIS IS NOTHING MORE THEN SPIRITUAL ABUSE
NOT A WELL KNOWN THING / NOT BY THE WORLD
AND ESPECIALLY NOT BY THE CHURCH WHO LIVES IN A SORT OF “WERE ALL FINE BUBBLE”

Investigating the Alien Abduction Phenomena!

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:28:00 +0000

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A quick movie review for the movie “PAUL”

REITERATE ON LAST WEEKS PROGRAM

AND PAST SHOWS IN THIS SERIES

CONTACTEES
FAMOUS UFO CASES
VIDEOGRAPHERS
THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF THE PHENOMENA
ABDUCTIONS

A CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE 4TH AND 5TH KIND

1. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIRST KIND Spotting a UFO of any sort

2. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE SECOND KIND.
Similar to encounter 1, but with an effect to environment such as scorched earth or some electrical anomaly - i.e. car engine stopping or lights going out etc

3. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND.
Occupants “Aliens” can be seen either in a craft or on the ground

4. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FOURTH KIND
You are contacted or abducted willingly or un-willingly where often the beings have a message for you or perform some kind of examination or medical procedure.

5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIFTH KIND
You are abused mentally or physically which can carry on for some number of months or years.

WHAT IS AN ABDUCTION?

HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?

WHEN DOES IT HAPPEN?

WHO DOES IT HAPPEN TO?

Abduction Account

Betty and Barney Hill were an American married couple who claimed to have been abducted by extraterrestrials on September 19–20, 1961.

Theirs was the first widely-publicized claim of alien abduction, adapted into the best-selling 1966 book The Interrupted Journey and the 1975 television movie The UFO Incident.

According to a variety of reports given by the Hills, the alleged UFO sighting happened on the evening of September 19, 1961 around 10:30 p.m. The Hills were driving back to Portsmouth from a vacation in Niagara Falls and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There were only a few other cars on the road as they made their way home to New Hampshire's seacoast. Just south of Lancaster, New Hampshire, Betty claimed to have observed a bright point of light in the sky that moved from below the moon and the planet Jupiter, upward to the west of the moon while Barney drove. Betty reasoned that she was observing a falling star, a plane or a satellite.[2] Since it moved erratically and grew bigger and brighter, Betty urged Barney to stop the car for a closer look and Barney stopped at a scenic picnic area just south of Twin Mountain.

Missing time

Though the drive should have taken about four hours, they did not arrive at home until seven hours after their departure.

Travis Walton Story
Travis Walton (born February 10, 1953[1]) is an American logger who claims to have been abducted by a UFO on Wednesday November 5, 1975, while working with a logging crew in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest[2] in Arizona. Walton could not be found, but reappeared after five days of intensive searches.

In 1993, Walton's book was adapted into a film, Fire in the Sky

The case began on Wednesday, November 5, 1975.

A little after 6 p.m. on the evening of November 5, Rogers and his crew finished their work for the day and piled into Rogers' truck for the drive back to Snowflake.
The crew reported that shortly after beginning the drive home they saw a bright light from behind an upcoming hill. They drove closer and said they saw a large silvery disc hovering above a clearing and shining brightly. It was around 8 feet (2.4 m) high and 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter.

Rogers slowed the truck to a stop after which, they claim, Walton leaped from the truck and ran toward the disc. The other men said they shouted at Walton to come back but that he continued toward the disc. Terrified the men started to drive away when they say Walton was hit by a blue beam of light from the UFO and knocked some 30 feet, they thought he was dead. A few moments later the UFO was gone and they went back to looked for Walton for over 30 minutes to no avail.

About 7:30 p.m., Peterson called police from Heber, Arizona, near Snowflake. Deputy Sheriff Chuck Ellison answered the telephone; Peterson initially reported only that one of a logging crew was missing. Ellison then met the crew at a shopping center. They related the tale to him — all the men distraught, two of them in tears .
On Monday, November 10, all of Rogers' remaining crew took polygraph examinations administered by Cy Gilson, an Arizona Department of Public Safety employee. His questions asked if any of the men caused harm to Travis (or knew who had caused Travis harm), if they knew where Travis's body was buried, and if they told the truth about seeing a UFO. The men all denied harming Travis (or knowing who had harmed him), denied knowing where his body was, and insisted they had indeed seen a UFO.

Gilson concluded that all the men were truthful, and the exam results were conclusive. Clark quotes from Gilson's official report: "These polygraph examinations prove that these five men did see some object they believed to be a UFO,
Walton shows up in a small town 33 miles away 5 days later. Still a mystery to this day.

KATHY

For years Cathy Land had the sense that something wasn't quite right. There were periods of unaccounted missing time, mornings when she felt heavy and lethargic despite a full night's sleep, an unsettling sense of somehow having been visited.
Then she woke up with an alien's face inches from hers.

"He had dropped me. I could feel his breath on my face. It startled him that I woke up. He had this confused- 'That's not supposed to happen'- look on his face. The second one still had hold of my legs. I rolled over into a fetal position and went right back to sleep."

In the morning she told her son what had happened. Usually the family dismissed her recollections as a joke. This time he told her: "Those were not aliens; those were demons."

"It finally made sense," she recalls.
Her son's comment propelled her to the Internet, where she found some Christians who didn't dismiss her experiences as nonsense. Her faith was enriched and deepened by as she discovered that God's power could free her from her years of torment.

"I stopped being so scared, and I got mad," she says. "I finally understood. These things were trying to get the world's attention away from God, and how better to do that than make people think they are being invaded from outer space? These are not benevolent little E.T.'s come to clean up the environment, fix the hole in the ozone layer. They are not from a distant galaxy.

Land began to read all she could to learn more about what she had trouble learning for so long. She had been fascinated by UFOs since early childhood, one time reporting a seashore sighting to the police.

"Many times I would have a strange feeling just before going to bed," she says, by adding that precise memories were hazy when she awoke. "I would feel like something had happened during the night- but nothing I could put my finger on."
But she continued to devour books and TV shows on alien phenomena. She told family members about her experiences and talked about UFOs with friends, though most laughed her off.

"Sometimes it made me feel like I was losing my mind. Maybe I did dream this all up. But there were too many things over and over and over again," she says.
As she read all the Christian material she could find on the subject after her spiritual awakening, she began to see how she had been so deceived for so long.

"Everything started to make sense," she says, "I realized that everything I had read had probably been happening to me all along, and it scared me. Then it made me mad. How dare they mess with me and my children?!"

Land's anger over the years her life was "held" spurred her to tell her story to other's caught in the UFO mesh.

"This is war. It's the most ingenious hoax there is. It's a plan to get the world's attention away from the gospel of Christ, and it's working."

She says many exploring the UFO world are, as she was, "searching for love."

"That's what they are looking for, really, in their beliefs about aliens. But there's only one place they will find unconditional love, and they're looking in the wrong place."

An active part of her local Baptist church in Jacksonville, Florida, Land says that she now has a peace she never knew before. "I didn't know it for years," she says.

"It was a miserable existence from day to day. Nobody should be victimized like that. If I can save only one person from being harmed, then I have to do this for God. It's my offering to Him.

"It's not the mission field I would choose for myself, she adds. "I would rather be feeding hungry people in India because people wouldn't laugh at me. [But] who else is going to go and tell them, 'You all are being deceived?'"

JIMMY Abduction account.

Well, the first time I remember being abducted, I was around 13, I had
what I thought at the time was a cyst in my left index toe. I so I
laid down and closed my eyes, a little after that, A bright light
entered the room, it was incredibly intense and hot, I lost
consciousness and woke up in a white room, I'm laying naked on what
feels and looks like a metal table and my head is elevated enough to
where I can see my feet, but I cannot see the floor directly below me
and I am either heavily drugged or paralyzed through the whole time.
Three beings enter the room from a sliding panel on the wall 45
degrees to my right (the room was circular) one comes up to my feet,
one to my side and one at my head, they were a very dark grey with a
slight blueish hue color, not as light grey as on movies an definantly
not like the Asgard on "Stargate SG 1". The one at my feet takes
either a knife on a wand or something (I could'nt see very well
because I did'nt have my glasses on), lifts my left foot and cuts it
open, I could'nt feel any pain, it was numb, I could feel a pressure
of something running down my index toe, he takes it out and it looks
like a small silver ball with some sorta strand like things attached
(nerve endings?), some sorta conversation or something takes place
(this is what I have the most trouble remembering), then everything
starts to get really blurry and dark and as I'm laying there it's like
I'm sinking down into something till I black out completely and all
this time the aliens are looking down at me and one is waving at me
(yeah, I know, it sounds really dumb and silly), I wake up in my bed
naked and the "cyst" is gone.

After the above incident I became rally paranoid and scared, I thought
they would come back and do who knows what, it really shook my faith I
didn't tell anyone about this experience for several years, well they
came back again, but I don't remember any of the things that happened
in those experiences, I started having terrible dreams about them, but
soon I figured out that they were demonic beings and I was able to
tell them once (in a dream) to leave in the name of Jesus, I woke up
and after that I've not had any encounters anymore, I've had dreams
instead about shooting and killing aliens, but none where I'm the
victim.

BTW, I'm pretty sure what I experienced was not a dream or sleep
paralysis, that thing in my toe that was gone was proof enough for me
and my family that something happened.

CONCLUSIONS
The special phenomena of Alien Abduction seems to be an absolutely real phenomena.

It has aspects to it that are both natural and spiritual.

As with most strange phenomena it can be addressed and defeated through Jesus Christ.

Investigating Close Encounters of the 3rd and 4th Kind.

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CONTACTEES ARE CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE 4TH KIND

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1. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIRST KIND
Spotting a UFO of any sort

2. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE SECOND KIND.
Similar to encounter 1, but with an effect to environment such as scorched earth or some electrical anomaly - i.e. car engine stopping or lights going out etc

3. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND.
Occupants “Aliens” can be seen either in a craft or on the ground

4. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FOURTH KIND
You are contacted or abducted willingly or un-willingly where often the beings have a message for you or perform some kind of examination or medical procedure.

5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIFTH KIND
You are abused mentally or physically which can carry on for some number of months or years

SOME CASE STUDIES OF CONTACTEES – PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW CHRISTIANS

GLENN

Sometimes I would think aliens existed. Other times I thought they did not. Overall though, I must say, I did believe they existed. There were too many credible witnesses to ufos, some decent footage etc. This past summer I finally decided once and for all to find out if they are real or not.

I decided to make it my mission to find out the truth, whether I liked it or not. Once and for all. Going so far as, if it proved to be real and the bible was not...so be it. At this time I was starting to think some of the stories in the bible were children's
stories anyway.

I figured a good starting point was to find real footage. I thought that if these aliens really existed, then somebody must have caught them on tape. I searched for weeks. Most of it was fake footage. Then I found some interesting footage. It looked real. I watched it for weeks. I was pretty convinced that the footage was authentic.
I had won a camcorder the previous December. I decided to see if I could capture the same footage that I thought was to be authentic on the internet. By the way, on this other persons footage the aliens looked like the grey aliens, with the black 'almond' eyes that is portrayed in pop culture these days. His footage was amazing. UFOs, hundreds of alien faces. It was really bizarre.

So I go out with my camcorder and start trying to replicate this guys footage. The first night was impressive, but I can certainly see why some would say it's not.

I filmed alien faces in the clouds the first night. Very distinct. Hundreds appeared..along with some other faces. One face had what I would call an evil grin.
Well you can film anything in clouds!I continued filming from that night (in my backyard by the way). I filmed the 'grey' aliens during the day! Right in my backyard. Dozens' of them. They also had the ability to transform (or morph) in the
leaves of trees into this 'giant alien head'. As I started filming more and more, the footage got better! They even got closer! I started posting my clips for all to see. I had some people tell me it was the most amazing footage that they've seen! I figured out the technique on how to film them, and my footage kept getting better and better.

One night I was filming, I got some crystal clear footage of 'grey' alien faces around lights. There were three grey alien heads in the air around lights. Another large (I mean three times the size) grey alien head on the ground, with another one right in front of it! The footage was so clear you could see the reflectiveness of their black eyes. One interesting detail, I could rarely ever see the entire body.
Mostly just the classic grey alien head.Bizarre things began happening. I was getting a 'sick' feeling in my head and ringing in my ears. I could sense when they were close, and I had the urge to film them. It was beyond a 'sick' feeling really. They were trying to get into my head. Doors started slamming at night(it was worse at night in darkness). Drawers started moving! One night I thought I heard something run through my room quickly. The filing continued. One of the final clips I took was really strange. What was seen in these clips really defied logic and what we know as reality. Near the end, when you realize what you're seeing is real, I started to come close to a nervous breakdown. It changed my life. I mean I ran to the Bible. I now know without a single doubt that the Bible is totally 100% true! the attacks stopped when I began calling out to Jesus!

CALEB

In 1999 I was at a Friends house sleeping when I was struck with a demonic encounter. I could not Move nor speak and felt I was being violated or attacked by something evil. I knew what this was..Ive had a few attacks before. My mom has a history as well being attacked by demons. Naturally I began to call on Jesus...I think I even called for Jehovah..then I cracked my eyes open and saw it standing at the foot of my bed. I was Frightened and confused at the same time. What i was expecting to see was either a Bat winged , Horned demon looking thing or perhaps a black silhouette or shadow as my mom had described them. That's not what I saw at all. It was an Alien. It looked almost identical to the ones described on TIME/LIFE and TLC or the history channel. This one how ever was not small and Grey. It was tall and white and its huge eyes were red not black.

Eventually Jesus or my angels came to the rescue and I was freed from the attack.

The Testimony of Mrs. T

Growing up, I was always interested in the Occult. I was into Witchcraft and the occult almost my entire life. I became disillusioned with that about after 15 years and tried a variety of other religions. But none of them ever fulfilled me. One night, in confusion, I prayed before I went to bed and cried out to God. I asked Him to show me where I could find Him. That night I had the most beautiful dream of Jesus. When I awoke, I knew I had to follow Him. I became a 'Jesus Freak' for about a year before I began to doubt the scriptures from visiting sites made by atheists. I backslid.

I then stumbled upon various groups of people that were claiming to channel 'aliens' online. I became very fascinated with it. I called myself a 'lightworker' and dabbled in the occult once more. I was very obsessed with UFO's and ET's during this time. I knew these mediums were channeling 'something' as they were all receiving basically the same messages. I stumbled upon an online petition that claimed to be a channeled message from 'aliens'. It stated they were benevolent, among other lies.
It stated they would disclose themselves to the public, but they needed a mass approval from the people of Earth, so as not to impose upon our free will.
After I did what the letter instructed, I saw a UFO about a week later behind my house. Truthfully, I saw so many around that period of time that I lost count.
After seeing the UFO's, I had nightmares of them and began to see shadow people in my house. Spirits tormented me, causing me to have suicidal thoughts and extreme anxiety. I just thought that my house was haunted, not relating the two together.
My four year old son would scream out in his room at night,
"NO! NO! NO! NO!" as if there was something in there with him. It happened several times.

One night he was screaming and I saw a dark shadow wrestling with him when I went into his room. It was too dark for me to make out exactly what it was. It appeared to me as if the shadow tossed him off of his bed onto the floor. When I turned on the light, the shadow vanished. One night, my son told me that there was something in his room that had 'Big black eyes'.

The UFO's I saw were mainly orbs that seemed to change shape as if they were made of energy or plasma. They would appear and disappear at random. Some were a solid color such as red or orange, and other times they were multi colored lights with no pattern to them. As I said, I saw so many that I lost count. Sometimes, they would follow me in my car. I thought I was crazy until my Mother and Husband saw them with me. My husband is a pilot and he stated they were 'Unidentified'. Sometimes they would show up if I just thought of them. In addition to spirits tormenting my family, as I stated earlier, I became suicidal. I meditated alot during this time and that is when the sightings seemed to increase. Once during meditation, I had a vision of the typical 'greys' in my house with a bright light streaming through my kitchen windows. In this vision, I saw about 8 of them standing around my kitchen table. I still do not know if it actually happened.

I began to feel a very strong pull back towards Jesus. I rededicated my life to Christ and since then I have been alerting everyone I can about the grand deception occurring with Satan's lying 'signs and wonders'. I saw only one UFO after this, before I asked God to protect me, and when I rebuked it in the name of 'Jesus Christ of Nazareth' it vanished. Since then, the spirits have left my home and I am no longer depressed or anxious, but filled with an incredible sense of peace.
I won't even touch a fortune cookie now. LOL

CONCLUSIONS

The demonic and alien phenomena go hand in hand. The originating source is the same.
Both can be generational
Both are Spiritual
Both are Antichrist
Even the smaller traits are the same
Both can appear as Ghosts / Dark Shadows / Alien / Ect.

It can be interesting and fun for people to look into these things but
It is dangerous and deadly to open the doors to evil spirits.

The way out is though Christ

Introducing Shattering the Darkness!

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:56:00 +0000

Introducing Shattering The Darkness! It is a brand new program that we are adding to the list of broadcasts we produce here at The Secret Studios!

What is Shattering The Darkness?

It is a Christian ministry; part internet radio talk show, part blog site. We interview people who want to share their testimony with people on how they came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. We also cover many different topics that apply to the christian life. These topics can range from spiritual warfare, angels and demons, to daily christian devotionals and encouragements and family issues. Our main focus with this specific blog and radio show is intended to be mostly testimonies but anything to help and encourage people is open for us to discuss.

Who are we?

We are the same guys who bring you the Spiritual Investigators Internet Radio Talk Show. Now you'll be able to hear us on the new show with new and different topics. We are radio hosts Brian Welter, Michael Roe, and Michael Chinn. You could say Shattering The Darkness is a sister show to Spiritual Investigators. All of these broadcasts come to you from what we call The Secret Studio.

We will be adding new shows rich with good information, amazing testimonies, and intriguing discussions. So check out the Shattering The Darkness website to find out more what it's all about. We also would love to hear from you if you have a testimony that you would like to share. Just send us a message to the Shattering The Darkness Email we'd love to hear your story and possibly put it on the air or website.

In the mean time we'll be hard at work here in The Secret Studios!

Interview with Jeff Willes; Phoenix Lights videographer.

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:04:00 +0000

This post is divided up into two parts. Top section is part 1, below is part 2.

On part 1 we discussed Jeff's videos you see here below. He also shares with us how he gets the footage.

This show is intended to present more evidence and build upon our case in presenting what we think is really going on with this strange UFO phenomena.

Below are just a few examples that we are going to go over on the show with Jeff. If you would like to see more just head on over to Jeff's site. UFO's Over Phoenix

Jeff's famous footage Lights over Phoenix.

Side saucer UFO.

Six black pulsating objects.

In this video there are 4-6 white object moving together across the sky.

This object seems to look more like an airplane at first glance. Watch it pulsate and change shape.

Here we see what looks like a morphing ball shape that is moving across the sky. At the end of the video we see a hot air balloon that looks nothing like the other object. What is it?

On Part 2 of the interview we asked Jeff these main questions.

Do you feel this is a nuts and bolts operation or is there a Spiritual side to the story?

Can you tell your experience with the leg pull?

Do you believe there is a Biblical tie-in to the Phenomena?

Where do you believe all of this is leading?

At the end of the interview we talked a little about what we thought about the interview and clarified a few things about what our own perspective was about some of the things discussed. As we go further into our UFO series we will go more in depth about our theories and continue to present the evidence to you so YOU can make up your own mind about these things. But as we say time and time again. There is good solid Biblical evidence of what is happening here. We'll talk more about it in our contactee and abductee shows coming up.

Famous UFO Sightings!

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:01:00 +0000

“BREAKING NEWS”

Harold Camping = “Family Radio Ministry”

Predicts end of the world on May 21st this year

those still following any church on May 21, 2011 are not saved.

In 2 Peter 3:8, in the context of pointing us to the flood of Noah’s day as well as to the destruction of the world at the end of time, He declared: “one day with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.”

 Years ago we learned from the Bible that the flood occurred in the year 4990 B.C. More recently we learned that Judgment Day is to occur in the year 2011 A.D. 2011 A.D. is exactly 7,000 years after 4990 B.C.

Since 2011 A.D. is precisely 7,000 years after Noah preached, God has given mankind a wonderful proof that Judgment Day will occur in the year 2011.

Our first case is very interesting

Happened on February 25th 1942 just 2 months after Pearl Harbor

Known as the Battle of L.A.

“Interesting to note that the movie “Battle of L.A. just opened two days ago”

The country was on war alert

AA Batteries were all up and down the coast

An aerial object spotted inbound over the ocean 120 miles west of Los Angeles by our first generation radar SCR-268 and later confirmed by two SCR-270’s at 0144 hours

SCR-270

All AA gunners were put on “green alert #1” at 0215 hours

“Red”

“White”

“Yellow”

“Green”

The target was tracked to within 3 miles of the Los Angeles area and at 0221 hours the Regional Controller ordered a blackout of the city.

An unidentified Flying Object was spot lighted at o307 hours

Firing commenced from the B, C, and D batteries of the 65th and the B battery of the 205th. A total of 482 three inch rounds were fired.

At 0333 the object had moved down the city to where the waiting gun battalions of the 78th and 122nd were waiting. They fired an additional 581 rounds of three inch shells and 38 rounds of 37mm.

At 0355 hours the 65th got into the action again firing another 100 three inch rounds.

At 0405 the 78th also shot an additional 246 three inch rounds at the object before it passed out to sea.

Nothing else was seen and at 0645 the Gun commander put the AA batteries on full Red Alert, “Stand down” As friendly flights were scheduled to leave the area.

In the final report one general said they had fired on unknown targets and missed, another general said it was a matter of hysteria and the firing was at nothing.

All parties involved received commendations.

THE CAPITOL UFO CASE 1952

The 1952 Washington D.C. UFO incident, also known as the Washington flap or the Washington National Airport Sightings, was a series of unidentified flying object reports from July 12 to July 29, 1952, over Washington D.C. The most publicized sightings took place on consecutive weekends, July 19–20 and July 26–27.

At 11:40 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, 1952, Edward Nugent, an air-traffic controller at Washington National Airport, spotted seven objects on his radar.

The other radar controller there, Howard Cocklin, said that he also had the objects on his radarscope. Furthermore, Cocklin said that by looking out of the control tower window he could see one of the objects: Quote "a bright orange light. I can't tell what's behind it"

“HOWARD COCKLIN AUDIO HERE”

Boling Air force base and Andrews Air force base in Washington also tracked the objects on Radar.

Also, several commercial aircraft also confirmed the sightings.

Several F-94 starfire jet interceptors were sent up. They were outran and disappeared from sight.

Two days later a press conference was held at the pentagon.

The reason given for the sightings was something called a “Temperature Inversion”

These inversions can not only cause mirages to our eyes but can also cause false readings on the radar.

In 1969 the Air Force released a report on temperature inversion which stated, “There is no temperature inversion conditions present on Earth which could produce a UFO sighting of this nature or any UFO sighting.

MEXICAN MILITARY UFO

In April 2004 the Mexican National Defense released a video taken by one of their routine anti-drug trafficking patrols which show 11 unidentified craft.

This is the first time a National Military from any country in the world has released raw footage of what they say are unidentified objects.

Mexican Military Merlin C-26-A aircraft equipped with the FLIR infrared tracking system seen mounted under the plane.

“Play Mexican Clip”

“Play Sheppard Smith Clip”

“Play Jamie Maussan Clip”

Investigator Jamie Maussan

FLIR Footage

Investigators Jamie Maussan

JAL FLIGHT #1628

November 17th 1986 a Japanese cargo plane flight 1628 inbound to Anchorage from Iceland then to Tokyo. “Loaded with wine.” Eleven minutes past five P.M. local time.

Reported “Traffic” at his altitude

“Huge” 4 times bigger then his 747

Followed JAL # 1628 for 31 minutes

Japanese Pilot saw it on his radar and with his eye / Draw pictures

Military Controllers saw it

Military Radar

FAA Controllers saw it

It was tracked by local radar

Japanese pilot was suspended because of embarrassment to Japanese.

“PLAY JOHN CALLAHAN CLIP”

Former Division Chief of Accidents and Investigations for the FAA

UFO series Part 1-Introduction to the UFO Phenomena

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:03:00 +0000

WHY UFO’S SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED
1) ANCIENT MYSTERY
2) VERY POPULAR
3) EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION
4) IT’S SPIRITUAL
5) THERE IS A BIBLICAL TYE-IN

“When were the first UFO sightings?

ALL UFO EVIDENCE IS ANECDOTAL

Meaning that there is not much that you can do with it.
Example = If we see one now…

What do you do with a UFO sighting after you have it?

Some people believe UFO’s are nuts and bolts

Some believe they are metaphysical “Not of our dimension”

SOME DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE UFO PHENOMENA
1) SIGHTINGS
2) CONTACTEES
3) ABDUCTEES

There are five different types of close encounters with UFO's and Aliens

1. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIRST KIND Spotting a UFO of any sort

2. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE SECOND KIND.
Similar to encounter 1, but with an effect to environment such as scorched earth or some electrical anomaly - i.e. car engine stopping or lights going out etc

3. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND.
Occupants “Aliens” can be seen either in a craft or on the ground

4. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FOURTH KIND
You are contacted or abducted willingly or un-willingly where often the beings have a message for you or perform some kind of examination or medical procedure.

5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIFTH KIND
You are abused mentally or physically which can carry on for some number of months or years

UFO’S IN THE MOVIES

IVE COUNTED AT LEAST 164 MOVIES ABOUT UFO’S SINCE 1940

IN JUST THE 1950’S
FLIGHT TO MARS - 50
ROCKETSHIP X-M – 50
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL – 51
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD – 51
INVADERS FROM MARS – 53
IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE – 53
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS – 53
DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS – 54
THIS ISLAND EARTH – 55
EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS – 56
FORBIDDEN PLANET – 56
IT CONQUERED THE WORLD – 56
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS – 56
20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH – 57
NOT OF THIS EARTH – 57
THE BLOB – 58
I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE – 58
IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE – 58
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE – 59
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE - 59

GENERAL AND BASIC HISTORY OF THE UFO PHENOMENA

The beginning was not when the movies started

VAL COMONICA ITALY

Val Comonica is a valley in the Italian central alps about a 2 hour drive from Milan

This cave art is said to be 10,000 years old. It is interesting, some say this may depict an alien visitation, complete with space suits and space age tools. Note the look of the head on the figure to the right.

KIMBERLEY, AUSTRALIA
These Aborigine rock paintings are said to be 5000 years old, and are thought to possibly relate to “Grey” type aliens.

The Sioux Indians have a legend that when they would meet strangers, they would hold one hand up in the old “How” from the movies. This was done because it was said that they feared the 5 fingered star people.

These images of two crusaders date from a 12th century manuscript " Annales Laurissenses" and refer to a UFO sighting in the year 776, during the siege on Sigiburg castle, France. The Saxons besieged and surrounded the French people. They both were fighting when suddenly a group of discs (flaming shields) appeared hovering over the top of the church. It appeared to the Saxons that the French were protected by these objects and the Saxons fled.

These two tapestries were created in the 15th century. Both depict the life of Mary. Hat shaped objects can be clearly seen in both tapestries.The one on the left is entitled "The Magnificat". Both are located at the french basillica Notre-Dame in Beaune, Burgandy.

"The Crucifixion" was painted in 1350.
Artist unknown

These two objects with figures inside can be seen in the top left and top right of the fresco. The fresco is located above the altar at the Visoki Decani Monestary in Kosovo, Yugoslavia

This painting is by Paolo Uccello and is entitled "La Tebaide" (painted c.1460-1465). The blown up picture on the right shows a red saucer shaped UFO seen near Jesus. It hangs in the Academy of Florence.

Painted in (1486) by Carlo Crivelli called "The Annunciation" and hangs in the National Gallery, London. A disk shaped object is shining a pencil beam of light down onto the crown of Mary's head.

This painting is called "The Madonna with Saint Giovannino". It was painted in the 15th century.

Above Mary's right shoulder is a disk shaped object. A man and his dog can clearly be seen looking up at the object. Artist Unknown

This is a 17th century fresco and is located in the Svetishoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia. Notice the two saucer shaped objects either side of Christ. In the two blow ups you can see they contain faces.

This image is by Aert De Gelder and is entitled "The Baptism of Christ" It was painted in 1710 and hangs in the Fitzwilliam Musuem, Cambridge. A disk shaped object is shining beams of light down on John the Baptist and Jesus.

There seems to be a definite link between UFO’s and Christ.

There is a deep spiritual dynamic involved.

Giants Part 3-After the Flood

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:09:00 +0000

We have added a slide show with several of the pictures we discuss in the show. If you are interested in getting the full paper and outline for the show which has all the pictures just send me an email and we can send you out the file. Sorry about the inconvenience. We hope you have enjoyed the giants shows. We would love to hear your comments and of course your questions are always welcome.

Archeological Evidence for giants.

Giant foot print found in Glen Rose Texas, it measures 24 inches long and 7 inches wide. Experts estimate this person would have been around 10 feet tall and over 1,000 pounds. The cross cuts were to verify that this was an actual footprint and not a carving.

Giant femur bone found in Turkey, this person would have stood over 14 feet tall. Courtesy of the Blanco Museum Crosbyton, Texas.

Pic of Giant foot print. Ray's sandal. “My Friends foot size 11”

This casting is at the Blanco museum in Crosbyton Texas.

Question.
If there were 2-17 Billion on earth at time of flood and there were 2 different kinds of flesh at the time of the flood, would there not be ample archeological evidence such as with the dinosaurs?

The answer is yes and we have hundreds of examples.

I BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS NEPHILIM, SCIENCE CALLS NEANDERTHAL.

In 1856 the first Neanderthal skeleton found in the Neander valley near Dusseldorf, Germany.
It was examined and reconstructed by the famous French paleontologist Marcellin boule’

Boule concluded Neanderthal walked stooped forward.

Ape like
Dumb
Millions of years before modern humans

This fit perfectly with the then new and popular theory of evolution by Darwin.

Thus Neandertal became a dumb pre-human ape like evolutionary model.

Up until just a few years ago the charts could still be seen in the museums of the monkey to Neandertal to human.

Here we have the original Neandertal remains examined by Marcellin Boule’

This pre-human cave-man became a matter of simple fact. Proven by “Scientists”
Unitl 1957

Upon the re-examination it was discovered that this particular Neandertal had a bad case of arthritis and probably suffered from Rickets thus causing him to walk stooped over.

Boule’ was an intelligent and capable paleontologist, it has been said that in no way could he have made such and error.

It has been pointed out that he was a firm evolutionist and likely tried to fit the Neandertal into his preconceived notions.

THE REAL NEANDERTAL

Walked upright exactly like modern man

Were intelligent- They had tools, religion, jewelry, buried their dead

Made musical instruments

Some signs of cannibalism

Were around six feet tall, but were massively built.

It has been said that a Neandertal could pick up an NFL lineman and toss him over the goal posts.

It is now nearly universally believed they lived at the same time as modern Homo Sapien Sapien

Buried in the same area’s

Likely fought with Homo Sapien

WHAT HAPPENED, WHERE DID HE GO?

Possibilities include
Neandertal were all killed by the smaller weaker humans
Neandertal caught a disease immune to Homo Sapien and were wiped out
Neandertal was slowly merged into our population over the centuries

But there is no Neandertal DNA in todays population.

It has been now said that there is but I have not seen any credible reports to substantiate the claims.

OFFICIAL NAMES
Modern humans – Homo Sapien Sapien
Neandertal – Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

A LOOK AT THE BONES

Unique Neandertal traits
Round “bowling ball” type cranium
Large eye sockets
Large eyebrow ridges
Large nose
Thick and heavy jaw structures
Cranium brain capacity of up to 1750 cc / Modern man averages 1300 – 1500 cc

SUMMARY

Indeed two different kinds of flesh did live at the same time.
We have solid
Biblical Evidence
Historical Evidence
And Archeological Evidence
For the existence and disappearance
Of giants

Giants Part 2!- Hard Evidence!

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:33:00 +0000

ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR GIANTS
TO AIR 2/20/11

GIVE SUNDAY SCHOOL VERSION OF THE FLOOD

ADAM TO THE FLOOD 1656—2256 YEARS

ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 17 BILLION POPULATION!

GENESIS 6:1-13 “Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

“There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.”

“Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

“But Noah found grace I the eyes of the Lord. This is the genealogy of Noah, Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. And Noah begot three sons; Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”

FLAVIOUS JOSEPHUS

“For many angels of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants”

BOOK OF ENOCH

“And it came to pass, after the children of men had increased in those days, beautiful and comely daughters were born to them. And the Angels, the sons of the heavens, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another; Behold, we will choose for ourselves wives from among the children of men, and will beget for ourselves children”…and they took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go into them and mixed with them, and taught them charms and conjurations, and made them aquatinted with the cutting of roots and of the woods. And they became pregnant and brought forth great giants…. These devoured all the acquisitions of mankind till men were unable to sustain themselves. And the giants turned themselves against mankind in order to devour them.”

BOOK OF GIANTS

The ancient book of giants found among the Dead Sea scrolls tells the story of how Angels came down to earth saw everything that the earth produced, the Humans, all the animals and even the trees and grains of every sort and went to them for the purpose of “Miscegenation”. They begot giants and monsters; they caused a great corruption in all the earth.

Some speculate that Dinosaurs were part of this corruption:

This is a dinosaur footprint found in Glen Rose Texas, from a dinosaur called an Acrocathosaurus.

ACROCATHOSAURUS

13 FEET TALL
24 TO 36 FEET LONG
4,000 TO 8,000 POUNDS

Known as the sail back dinosaur it stood the same height as T-Rex. It was a bit slimmer and had smaller sharper teeth.

(pict to be added)

The really interesting part about the dinosaur print is the “other print” within the dinosaur print.

I believe this is the Colorado print. As you can see the dinosaur print on the right along side the human print on the left.

This is the Japanese print. Once again we have a dinosaur and human in the same fossil. The dinosaur is on the left and the human on the right.

MORE ABOUT THE ANGELS

“And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day” JUDE VS 6

“For if God did not spare the Angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment, and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly”…2nd PETER 4-5

GOD PROMISES NEVER TO FLOOD AGAIN

“Never again will life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come; I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” GENESIS 9:11-13

NOW ALL NEPHILIM GONE, BUT WAIT

Genesis 6:4- “The Nephilim were in the earth in those days and also afterward…”

THE SECOND NEPHILIM ORIGIN IS UNKNOWN

GIANTS FILL THE PROMISE LAND, WHY?

ONE POSSIBLE REASON

“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” MICAH 5:2

ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE 12 SPIES AND THE FEAR OF ANIKITES

AFTER WANDERING AROUND IN THE DESERT 40 YEARS GOD SPEAKS

“Hear, O Israel, you are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger then you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky. The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?” But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly as the Lord has promised you.” DEUTERONOMY 9:1-3

“When the Lord you God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebustites, seven nations larger and stronger the you—and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.” DEUTERONOMY 7:1-2

SOME OF THE BATTLE

“When Sihon and all his army come out to meet us in battle at Jahaz, the Lord our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army. At that time we took all his town and completely destroyed them—men, women and children. We left no survivors.” DEUTERONOMY 2:32-34

ISRAEL FINISHES THE JOB…MOSTLY

“At that time, Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns. No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.” JOSHUA 11:21-22

SAUL HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE PHILISTINES

“A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was 9’9”… 1ST SAMUEL 17:4-7

KING DAVID CLEANS UP

“In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbeccai the Hushathite killed Sipai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated. In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod. In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, Davids’s brother, killed him. These were the descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.” 1ST CHRONICLES 20:5-8

SUMMARY

GIANTS Part 1-There were giants on the earth in those days!

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:52:00 +0000

GIANTS Part 1.

TO AIR 2/13/11

COULD GIANTS ONCE HAVE ROAMED THE WORLD?

LEGENDS

JACK AND THE BEAN STALK – 1734
PAUL BUNYAN – 1910

MYTHOLOGY

THE TITANS- STORY OF HOW THEY FOUGHT WITH THE GODS AND WERE THROWN OUT OF HEAVEN.
MARRIED MORTAL EARTH WOMEN – RESULTING IN SUPER HUMANS SUCH AS
ZEUS- THE KING OF HEAVEN
APOLLO – GOD OF THE ARTS / WITH THE GIFT OF PROPHESY
HERCULES – GREAT VALOR / GREAT MUSCLE STRENGTH
ATLAS – HELD UP THE WORLD

The origin of the Greek mythology. Not the invention of the human mind, but it grew out of the traditions, and memories, and legends of that mighty race of beings; and was gradually evolved out of the "heroes" of Genesis 6:4.

WHAT IS THE BIBLICAL EVIDENCE?

GENESIS 6:4 - The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

Nephilim, which derives from the Hebrew naphal (to fall), or the Fallen Ones. (The Greek Septuagint renders this term gigantes, which actually means "earth-born."
Other names for the Nephilim: Anakites or Anakim, Rephaites, Emim, Horim and Zamzummim. ( see Num. 13:22, Deut. 2:10, 20 & 21, Genesis 14:5, 15:20, Joshua 12:15, 2 Samuel 5:18-22, 23:13, 1st Chron. 11:15, 14:9, Isaiah 17:5)

TWO INTERERTATIONS OF THIS VERSE

1) THE ANGEL VIEW
2) THE SETHITE VIEW

(B'nai Elohim)
It occurs four times in the Old Testament, and is rendered "Angels of God" in the ancient Septuagint translation

IN THE 5TH CENTURY THE CHURCH CAME UNDER ATTACK FOR SOME OF IT’S STRANGER BELIEFS.

Celsus and Julian the Apostate exploited it to attack Christianity

Julius Africanus (a contemporary of Origen) introduced the theory that the "sons of God" simply referred to the genealogical line of Seth. Seth was the Godly line and the daughters of men were the ungodly daughters of Cain.

Seemingly more appealing, the "Sethite theory" prevailed into the Medieval Church, and many still hold this view.

This was the belief of many of our early Church forefathers and historians
such as:

Justin, Cyprian, Eusebius, Josephus, Philo, Judeaus.

NUMBERS 13 27-29 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.

31-33 “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”

Deuteronomy 3:11- (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites. His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide. It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet

(My King sized bed is 7 feet long by 6 feet wide)

1st Samuel 17:4-7 - A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.9 (9’ 9”) 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[. (125 Pounds) 6 on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back. 7 His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. (18 Pounds)

Total armor has been estimated at approximately 272 pounds.

Shaquille O'Neal – 7’ 1” – 325 pounds, Shoe size 22

Doorway to the secret studio is 6’8’ and the ceiling is 7’2”

2 Samuel 21:20 (New International Version, ©2010)
20 In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha.

What these beings were can be gathered only from Scripture. They were great in size, as well as in wickedness. They were superhuman, abnormal beings; and their destruction was necessary for the preservation of the human race.

Final point is that there is ample Biblical evidence for giants in the Bible.

WHAT IS THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE?

THE BOOK OF ENOCH PART OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS (PRE-FLOOD)

Chapter 7

1It happened after the sons of men had multiplied in those days, that daughters were born to them, elegant and beautiful. 2And when the angels, (3) the sons of heaven, beheld them, they became enamored of them, saying to each other, Come, let us select for ourselves wives from the progeny of men, and let us beget children.

Enoch says the number was 200

10Then they took wives, each choosing for himself; whom they began to approach, and with whom they cohabited; teaching them sorcery, incantations, and the dividing of roots and trees. 11And the women conceiving brought forth giants, (7)These devoured all which the labor of men produced; until it became impossible to feed them; 13When they turned themselves against men, in order to devour them; 14And began to injure birds, beasts, reptiles, and fishes, to eat their flesh one after another, (8) and to drink their blood.

THE BOOK OF GIANTS PART OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS (PRE-FLOOD)

A summary statement of the descent of the wicked angels, bringing both knowledge and havoc. Compare Genesis 6:1-2, 4.
1Q23 Frag. 9 + 14 + 15 2 [ . . . ] they knew the secrets of [ . . . ] 3 [ . . . si]n was great in the earth [ . . . ] 4 [ . . . ] and they killed many [ . . ] 5 [ . . . they begat] giants [ . . . ]
1Q23 Frag. 1 + 6 [ . . . two hundred] 2 donkeys, two hundred asses, two hundred . . . rams of the] 3 flock, two hundred goats, two hundred [ . . . beast of the] 4 field from every animal, from every [bird . . . ] 5 [ . . . ] for miscegenation [ . . .
4Q531 Frag. 2 [ . . . ] they defiled [ . . . ] 2 [ . . . they begot] giants and monsters [ . . . ] 3 [ . . . ] they begot, and, behold, all [the earth was corrupted . . . ] 4 [ . . . ] with its blood and by the hand of [ . . . ] 5 [giant's] which did not suffice for them and [ . . . ] 6 [ . . . ] and they were seeking to devour many [ . . . ] 7 [ . . . ] 8 [ . . . ] the monsters attacked it.
4Q532 Col. 2 Frags. 1 - 6 2 [ . . . ] flesh [ . . . ] 3al [l . . . ] monsters [ . . . ] will be [ . . . ] 4 [ . . . ] they would arise [ . . . ] lacking in true knowledge [ . . . ] because [ . . . ] 5 [ . . . ] the earth [grew corrupt . . . ] mighty [ . . . ] 6 [ . . . ] they were considering [ . . . ] 7 [ . . . ] from the angels upon [ . . . ] 8 [ . . . ] in the end it will perish and die [ . . . ] 9 [ . . . ] they caused great corruption in the [earth . . . ] [ . . . this did not] suffice to [ . . . ] "they will be [ . . . ]

JOSEPHUS FIRST CENTURY JEWISH HISTORIAN (75 A.D.)

Antiquities of the Jews VOL. 1 Book 5 Chapter 2

“A race of giants who had bodies so large and countenances so entirely different from other men that they were surprising to the sight and terrible to the hearing. The bones of these men are still shown to this very day, unlike to any credible relations of other men.”

Autobiography of William F. Cody, “Buffalo Bill” 1879 A.D.

“While we were in the sand hills, scouting the Niobrara country, the Pawnee Indians brought into camp one night, some very large bones, one of which a surgeon of the expedition pronounced to be the thigh bone of a human being. The Indians claimed that the bones they had found were those of a person belonging to a race of people who a long time ago lived in this country. That there was once a race of men on the earth who’s size was about three times that of an ordinary man, and that they were so swift and powerful that they could run along side of a buffalo, and taking the animal in one arm could tear off a leg and eat the meat as they walked. These giants denied the existence of a Great Spirit, and when they heard the thunder or saw the lighting they laughed at it and said that they were greater then either. This so displeased the Great Spirit that he caused a great rain storm to come, and the water kept rising higher and higher so that it drove those proud and conceited giants from the low grounds to the hills, and thence to the mountains, but at last even the mountain tops were submerged, and then those mammoth men were all drowned. After the flood had subsided, the Great Spirit came to the conclusion that he had made man too large and powerful, and that he would therefore correct the mistake by creating a race of men of smaller size and less strength. This is the reason, say the Indians, that modern men are small and not like the giants of old, and they claim that this story is a matter of Indian history, which has been handed down among them from time immemorial. As we had no wagons with us at the time this large and heavy bone was found, we were obliged to leave it.”

The Scientific American – August 14, 1880 Pg. 106

“ The Rev, Stephen Bowers notes, in the Kansas City Review of Science, the opening of an interesting mound in Brush Creek Township, Ohio. The mound was opened by the Historical Society of the township under the immediate supervision of Dr. J. F. Everhart, of Zanesville. It measured sixty-four by thirty-five feet at the summit, gradually sloping in every direction, and was eight feet in height. There was found in it a sort of clay coffin including the skeleton of a woman measuring eight feet in length. Within this coffin was found also the skeleton of a child about three and a half feet in length, and an image that crumbled when exposed to the atmosphere. In another grave was found the skeleton of a man and woman, the former measuring nine and the latter measuring eight feet in length. In a third grave occurred two other skeletons, male and female, measuring respectively nine feet four inches and eight feet. Seven other skeletons were found in the mound, the smallest of which measured eight feet, while others reached the enormous length of ten feet.”
This article appears in “Fossil Facts and Fantasy” Published by Joe Taylor 1999
“Dear Christian Friends, I was born and lived in the Middle East for 1938 to 1968. I was Ain-Tell and Euphrates water works Engineer and was very interested in archaeology and history and had some very interesting findings, some of which may sound unbelievable. I have brought with me a few silex arrow heads, ect. From the very battle-field where King Nebuchadnezar and Pharo-Necho’s armies fought, and what about the giants mentioned in Genesis? In south-east Turkey in the Euphrates Valley and in Homs and at Uran-Zohra, tombs of about four meters long once existed, but now roads and other construction work has destroyed the spots. At two places, when unearthed because of construction work, the leg bones were measured about 120 cms. It sounds unbelievable. I have lived with my family at Ain-Tell for more then 14 years at the very sot where King Nubuchadnezar had his head quarters after the battle of Charcamish, where I dug the graves of kings’ officers and found their skeletons like sponge, and when you touch them they become like white ash, with spears and silex and obsidian tools and ammunition laying by.”

Lovelock Nevada Red Haired Giants

When mining for guano in a cave in Lovelock, a small town about 80 miles north-east of Reno, the miners reportedly found mummies preserved in the dry bat-droppings. The mummies were large, from 6 and a half feet to more that 8 feet (2 to more than 2,5 meters), and they had red hair. They were reportedly lying in a layer of burnt material about four feet under the surface and there were also lots of broken arrows around the mummies.
Legends

The Puite Indians of the area have legends about giants and how they killed them. The race of giants, the "Si-Te-Cah" , should have been white, red-haired, very tall cannibals, and the Indians started war against them when they entered their land. A coalition of tribes managed to trap the last remaining giants in a cave and while shooting arrows at them they started a large fire at the mouth of the cave. They kept the fire going and shot everybody who tried to get out - until the giants were annihilated.

Lovelock giant skull confirmed by museum!

In 1911 several giant skeletons and ancient artifacts were supposedly fund in a cave in Lovelock in Nevada, USA. Almost everything was later lost in a fire but a skull is supposed to be found in the Humbolt Museum, Winnemucca. I send a request to the museum

- and they could confirm that they indeed do have a Lovelock-skull there!

The evidence for the existence of giants is incontrovertible. “A scientifically assured fact”
Dr. Louis Burkhalter French delegate to the Prehistoric Society
1950

What Happens When You Die Part 2-Overcomers and God's Promises.

noreply@blogger.com (Spiritual Investigators) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:30:00 +0000

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We hope you have enjoyed following along with our shows discussing the afterlife and what happens when you die. Below is the outline for show #2. You can follow along with the program and also see our biblical and historical references.

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WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY ABOUT DIYING
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
1 Corinthians 1:22

So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. LUKE 16:22

Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”JOHN 11;20-24

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 For[c] I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. 24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you. 25 And being confident of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy of faith, Philippians 1:21-25

1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 3 if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. 4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 1-8

The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord[e] from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”55 “ O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” 1 CORINTHIANS 15:42-55

MARTYRS OF ROMAN TIMES 3RD CENTURY HISTORIAN EUSEBIUS (You-See-B-us)

TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES
EPHESUS To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”’

SMYRNA He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.”’

PERGAMOS To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”’

THYRATIRA And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—27 ‘ He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’[j]—as I also have received from My Father; 28 and I will give him the morning star. 29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’

SARDIS He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

PHILADELPHIA He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.

LAODICEA To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

What Happens When You Die? Part-1 Discussing The Afterlife

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Discussing the afterlife, anwering the question; What happens when you die?

It's a question everyone thinks about at some point in their life. Some more than others. But it behooves us all to take a serious look at it. And what the Bible has to say about it.

As you listen in on the show you can follow along here with an outline we've provided as a reference for you.

As always it's very encouraged to leave your comments or questions! We WILL get back to you and answer them as best we can. Thank you.

THANOTOPHOBIA = FEAR OF DEATH
RARELY TALKED ABOUT
THOUGHT OF DYING BRINGS ABOUT OTHER FEARS
SUCH AS PAIN, THE UNKNOWN, FACING THE UNKNOWN ALONE

DEATH ORININATED WITH THE CURSE OF ADAM AND EVE, EATING THE FRUIT

GENESIS 3:19

“IN THE SWEAT OF YOUR FACE YOU SHALL EAT BREAD TILL YOU RETURN TO THE GROUND, FOR OUT OF IT YOU WERE TAKEN; FOR DUST YOU ARE, AND TO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN.”

THIS CURSE INVOLVES MORE THEN JUST DEATH

EVERYONE WILL SEE DEATH / ONE PER PERSON

EXCEPT FINAL GENERATION

ALSO DON’T KNOW WHEN OR HOW

OR WHEN OR HOW ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONE’S

EVERYONE AFFECTED BY DEATH CONTINUALLY THEIR WHOLE

LIFE
WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT AFTERLIFE

WHERE WE GET OUR INFORMATION

1) PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
2) LOGICAL REASONING
3) RELIGIOUS

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

NEAR DEATH EXPIERIENCE

COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD

COMMUNICATION OR EXPIERENCE WITH SPIRITS / GHOSTS

BELIEVED KNOWLEDGE IN PAST LIVES

DEATH BED VISITATIONS

DEMON POSSESION / PERSONAL OR KNOWN

LOGICAL REASONING

NO SATISFACTORY NATURAL EXPLANATION FOR THE COMPLEXITY OF LIFE OR THE UNIVERSE

AN OBVIOUS MORAL CODE TO MANKIND

SECOND LAW OF THERMAL DYNAMICS

RELIGIOUS

PERCIEVED TRUTH

BIBLICAL TRUTH
MUST HAVE A BASIS FOR OUR BELIEFS

DREAMS OR SPIRITUAL FEELINGS = REINCARNATIONIST / DREAM INTERPRETERS / MYSTICYSTS / SPIRITISTS / MEDIUMS
OCCULTISTS OF VERIOUS SORTS

SCIENCE = SCIENCE MUST PROVE IT OR IT DOES NOT EXCIST! THE ALL NATURAL COURSE OF REASONING.

FALSE RELIGIOUS = BELIEF IN AN DYNAMIC INDIVIGUAL
JOSEPH SMITH / JIM JONES / MARSHAL APPLEWHITE

BIBLICAL = THE STRONGEST FOUNDATION FOR BELIEF / PROVEABLE THAT IT WAS WRITTEN OUTSIDE OF OUR TIME AND SPACE.

DREAMS AND SPIRITUAL FEELINGSARE ANECDOTAL, AND WE ARE EASILY FOOLED

SCIENCEIS THE ATTEMPT TO PROVE A SPIRITUAL PHENOMENA NATURALLY

FALSE RELIGIOUSIS TO BELIEVE IN AN INDIVIGUAL OR A SYSTEM BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED IN IT, OR HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS THE TRUTH, OR BECAUSE IT SOUNDS REASONABLE ENOUGH TO YOU AS TO BELIEVE IT WITHOUT A FOUNDATION OR WITH A FALSE FOUNDATION SUCH AS A SUPPOSED SACRED TEXT OR AN INDIVIGUAL WITH A DIRECT LINE TO GOD.

THIS LEAVES US WITH THE ONLY SOLID FOUNDATION

THE BIBLE

IT IS LOGICAL AND REASONABLE
IT IS SPIRITUAL
IT IS NATURAL AND SCIENTIFIC
IT HAS A DYNAMIC INDIVIGUAL WITH A DIRECT LINE TO GOD
IS PROVEABLE THAT IT WAS WRITTEN OUTSIDE TIME AND SPACE

WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT DEATH

DOES NOT GIVE US COMFORT ABOUT DEATH / GIVES US SOMETHING BETTER, A WAY TO OVERCOME DEATH.

“AND AS IT IS APPOINTED FOR MEN TO DIE ONCE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGEMENT.” HEBREWS 9:27

EVERYONE IS JUDGED ON THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE FREE GIFT OF GRACE

THIS GIVES YOU AN ETERNITY WITH OR WITHOUT GOD / ONE IS KNOWN AS HEAVEN THE OTHER HELL

WHAT WE THINK ABOUT HEAVEN AND HELL

HEAVEN
HEAVEN IS WONDERFUL / PERFECT
FULL OF ANGELS / GOD / OUR LOVED ONES
STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD
NO MORE PAIN AND SUFFERING
ANYTHING ELSE?

“AND THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD LIKE GLASS” REV. 21:18

“AND THE STREET OF THE CITY WAS OF PURE GOLD, LIKE TRANSPARENT GLASS” REV. 21:21

HELL

HOT
WHERE THE DEVIL IS
ALL EVIL
FULL OF NEVER ENDING FIRE AND PAIN

“IF YOUR HAND CAUSES YOU TO SIN, CUT IT OFF. IT IS BETTER FOR YOU TO ENTER LIFE MAIMED, RATHER THEN HAVING TWO HANDS, TO GO TO HELL, INTO THE FIRE THAT SHALL NEVER BE QUENCHED” MARK 9:43
“Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ LUKE 16:24

BIBLE HERE TO BE TAKEN FIGURATIVELY

Ghost Show Part 2-The Origins of Ghosts!

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OUTLINE FOR GHOST SHOW PART TWO 1/2/11

We wanted to share with you a detailed outline of the information we're covering on this program so you can follow along while listening in. There are also references to the Biblical and historical evidence we have. As always your comments are welcome and encouraged! We would love to hear from you. Send us your questions.Spiritual Investigators Email

RECAP FIRST SHOW

SPIRITISM
EVP’S
GHOST PHOTOGRAPHS

“WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS”

The Bible has several references to Ghosts.
Matthew 14:25-27 – “Now in the fourth watch of the night ( about 3:A.M. ) Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying “It is a ghost!” and they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid”.

LUKE 24-:36-39 “Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, “Peace to you” But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a ghost. And he said to them “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and My feet that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see I have”.

ARE GHOSTS PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED? OUR LOVED ONES?

HEBREWS 9:27 “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.”

2nd CORINTHIANS 5:6-8 “So we are always confident knowing that while we are home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.”

LUKE 16:19-31 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. So it was that the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Then he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, “Son remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things, but now he is comforted and you are tormented. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.” Then he said, I beg you therefore, father that you would send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment. Abraham said to him, they have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent. But he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.”

LOVED ONE’S NOT SENT TO US

PROVERBS 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”
A common theme thought the Bible is trusting in the Lord.
If the Lord did let Aunt Edna come back to help it would not be long before there would be the shrine to Aunt Edna.

TWO PLACES WHERE THE DEAD CAME BACK

Matthew 17, The transfiguration with Moses and Elijah
1st Samuel 28:7-19

LEVITICUS 19:31 – “Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.”
What do you suppose a familiar spirit is?

LEVITICUS 20:6 – “And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.”

DEUTERONOMY 18;10 – “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witch craft or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.”

MASQUERADING AND DECEIVING

2ND CORINTHIANS 11:14-15 – “And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”

1st TIMOTHY 4:1 – “Now the Spirit clearly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.”
These spirits want us to believe that our loved ones are visiting us.
If it can be established that Ghosts are in fact our relatives then the argument can be made that there is no such thing as God or that God is either lying to us or wrong in his word.

THE ORIGIN OF GHOSTS

“FLOOD OF NOAH”

GENESIS 6:1 “Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, all of whom they chose.”

HEBREW :“Beni Ha eloheim”

GENESIS 6:4 “There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterword, when the sons of God came into the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old men of renown.”

GREEK MYTHOLOGY : TITANS

GENESIS 6:8 “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.”

GENESIS 6:11 “The earth was also corrupt before God and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah “The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold I will destroy them with the earth.”

THE BOOK OF ENOCH

European scholars discovered the book in 1773. The oldest copy being Ethiopian.
It is included in Ethiopian Orthodox Church as cannon
Was also part of the dead sea scrolls discovered in 1947.

EXPLAIN DEAD SEA SCROLLS

The book although somewhat controversial is considered a valuable historical document.

WHAT THIS HISTORICAL DOCUMENT HAS TO SAY

ENOCH 6 “And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another; “Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and get us children.”

And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them; “I fear you will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.”
And they all answered him and said; “Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.”
…And they were two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon.

JARED WAS THE 6TH FROM ADAM
ENOCH THE 7TH
NOAH THE 10TH

GOD’S JUDGEMENT ON THE FALLEN ONES

“Wherefore have you left the high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with the women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children of earth, and begotten giants as your sons…
“But you were formerly spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling.

And now , the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling.
Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men, and from the holy watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits upon the earth, and evil spirits shall they be
…And the spirits of the giants aflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble; they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offenses.
And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.
“From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgment—thus they shall destroy until the day of the consummation, the great judgment in which the age shall be consummated, over the Watchers and the godless.

MATTHEW 8:28-29
“When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two demon possessed men, coming out of the tomb, exceedingly fierce so that no one could pass that way.

And suddenly they cried out, saying “What have we to do with you, Jesus, You Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”

CLOSING COMMENTS

Ghost Show Part 1-Investigating the Paranormal

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Ghost Show Part 1-Investigating the Paranormal 12/26/10

We wanted to present an outline for you to use so you can more easily follow along with Mike and I as you listen to the show as well as give you the references to the scripture and other sources we bring up in the show. We hope it’s helpful. Use this as sort of a table of context to help keep track of what we discuss and where it is in the show. Also please feel free to comment at the bottom of each page. You input and interaction is welcome. Thank you and enjoy.

WHAT A SPIRITUALIST OR SPIRITISM IS

THE ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SPIRITS

PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED ON

VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT / MANY WANT TO BELIEVE

THIS MAKES THE DECEPTION MUCH EASIER

EVIDENCE SHOWS GHOSTS ARE NOT PEOPLE WE ONCE KNEW

HAS ALWAYS BEEN ATTEMPTED BUT A MODERN RESURGENCE TOOK PLACE STARTING IN 1848 IN THE USA.

CALLED GHOSTS

SPIRITS

BIBLE USES THE TERM FAMILIAR SPIRITS

THIS IS TRUE BUT NOT IN THE WAY MOST PEOPLE THINK

When investigating Strange Phenomena there are 4 categories of Evidence.
1) Biblical
2) Historical
3) Archeological
4) Anecdotal

TODAY GOING TO COVER

EVP’S

SE’ANCE

GHOST PHOTO’S

EVP’S

What is an EVP?

This is an unusual phenomena that happens in which human sounding voices from a source unknown are heard over electronic devices. Such as tape recorders, radio stations, even televisions. They are most popularly caught on audio tape.

They are not heard at the time of the recording but they show up during playback.

They can range from single words, or short phrases, or even groans and screams and so on.

They sound like either gender men or women’s voices and they can be even heard in different languages.

Most are very hard to understand or even hear without some sort of filtering or amplification.

Sometimes it seems the EVP is even responding to the person or persons taking the recording.
Class A: Easily understood. Most often they are the loudest EVPs.

Class B: Usually some warping of the voice. Lower volume or more distant sounding than Class A. Class B is the most common.

Class C: Excessive warping. They are the lowest in volume (often whispering) and are the hardest to understand.

There are many ideas out there regarding what EVP’s are and where they come from.
Some say they are voices from those who have died that are trying to communicate to us from the other side. This idea arises most often because of the fact that most EVP’s are recorded in cemeteries. Others say they are from other dimensions and they are using these electronic devices to communicate to us somehow. Many other more wild ideas are out there too. We will share with you what we think they are.
EVP’s are nothing new. The idea that communicating with the dead has been around for a very long time. The idea of using electronics started clear back in the 1920’s where Thomas Edison theorized a device might be able to be invented to do just that.

Over the decades since then many researchers have gathered thousands of recordings of EVP’s. Many experiments have been done confirming the phenomena. Many were taken on radio oscillators, some on the telephone phone, phonographs, and vacuum tube radios and of course now days the popular micro cassette tape recorder.

THE SE’ANCE

ORIGINATED IN 1848 IN THE USA
HYDESVILLE NEW YORK / FOX SISTERS
KNOCKING SOUNDS
MANY OTHERS AFTER THIS
WAS SO POPULAR BECAME A MONEY MAKING SCHEME
HAD TO MAKE IT APPEAL TO THE SENSES OF AVERAGE PEOPLE THUS THE SOUNDS
KNOCKING
BANGING
FURNITURE FALLING OVER
APPERITIONS APPEARING
ECTOPLASIM
ECT.

THE GOLDEN YEARS FOR THIS ACTIVITY WAS EARLY 1920’S

INTRODUCE THE FAMED HARRY HOUDINI

LOVED HIS MOTHER

IN HIS BOOK, “A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS”

“IN WORSHIPFUL HOMAGE I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED MOTHER. IF GOD IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM EVR SENT AN ANGEL UPON THE EARTH IN HUMAN FORM IT WAS MY MOTHER”

AFTER SHE DIED HE BECAME INTERESTED IN CONTACTING HER.

IN HIS BOOK “A RIGHT WAY TO DO WRONG”

WAS NEARLY CONVINCED IN SPIRITISM UNTIL HE INVESTIGATED FURTHER

STARTED INVESTIGATING IN 1923
HARD TO PULL OVER ON HUDINI
SOON HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SIT IN
CAME IN DISGUISE
STATED THAT NOT ONE EVER WAS TRUE
OTHER MAGICIANS ALSO GOT IN THE ACT
HUDINI PRETTY MUCH SINGLE HANDEDLY PUT AN END TO PHYSICAL SPIRITISM.
AFTER THIS THE SPIRITISTS ONLY PRESENTED MENTAL MEDIUMSHIP

ALTHOUGH FRAUDULENT PRACTICES FOR MONEY THE PHENOMENA IS NEVERTHELESS TRUE

SPIRITS CAN BE ATTRACTED BUT IN A MUCH MORE PERSONAL AND PRIVATE WAY.

DANGEROUS
LOOK TO DESTROY YOU

GHOSTS PHOTO’S

"Mist Ghost"
This is a random Ghost photo I took of the internet. This is the mist type. Some say if you look at the mist it is in the shape of a creature running over the rocks. These kind are often hoaxes and frauds as it is very easy to accomplish. I don’t know anything about these photos or the people in them. But they are interesting.

“The campfire Ghost”
These shots came from a family of a friend of mine who were out camping in 2001 and took some random shots of their boy around the fire. While the picture was being taken nothing was seen but after they were downloaded you can see the fire jumping all around and Ghostly faces and even evil faces in the fire. In the upper right you can see a classic devil face in the flames. I can personally vouch for these photos as not hoaxes. The phenomena in the photos may be camera related or some other but they are not fakes

“The Billings Castle Ghost”
In this photo from the 1990’s is a castle in Billings Montana.
The person taking the photo was on vacation and went there for a tour but the castle was closed that day. So they hopped out of the car and took two shots.
In this first shot notice the unusual figure in the door

In this second shot taken a few seconds later notice that the anomalous figure has now moved down the porch, Of course nothing was seen at the time the photographs were taken. I can also personally vouch for these photos as not fakes.

“The Auschwitz Ghost”
This shot was taken at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. The woman who took the shot was down in the ovens where the cremations took place. When the tour moved on she stayed down to get a picture of the ovens. Suddenly she was overtaken with fear as she was taking the photo. She turned and ran up the stairs, fell on the stairs dropped and broke the camera. Upon returning to the U.S. she had the pictures recovered and this is the oven shot. As you can see it appears that there is an anomalous object in the shot that at the last possible second moves very quickly to the right of the shot so as not to be in the picture. It is interesting to see that only the anomalous object is blurred. The background is still in focus. I can vouch for this shot as the others mentioned.

“Infrared example”
This is an example of the properties of light. My shirt here is on the top taken in normal camera mode with normal light. The White shirt on the bottom is the exact same shirt. The picture was taken 10 seconds later in the dark with Infrared night vision mode. As you can see the shirt looks entirely white.
Some say that cameras capture certain forms of light that the naked eye cannot see, and this is why so many anomalous things are seen in photographs

“WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS”
The Bible has several references to Ghosts.
Matthew 14:25-27 – “Now in the fourth watch of the night ( about 3:A.M. ) Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying “It is a ghost!” and they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid”.

LUKE 24-:36-39 – “Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, “Peace to you” But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a ghost. And he said to them “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and My feet that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see I have”.