“Hey, don’t go to the home side at night,” said a father to his teenage son. “The house owner committed suicide in the home five years ago, and his spirit is still roaming in the house. It cries and laughs at nights.”
The teenager asked, “Did you see him?” The father said that he never saw him, but somebody told him so.
His son got scared and didn’t go to that side, even in a broad day light.
Fears such as these make people very timid, and Hollywood scary movies add fuel to it.
The bible clearly tells that any human spirit doesn’t stay here on the earth. After death, in just a split second, the spirits of dead people go to paradise or hell. No doubt about it. Only evil spirits stay here. The spirits are nothing but the wicked angels.
The great dragon was hurled down — that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him - Re. 12:9.
We call the angels “evil spirits” and the dragon “Satan.”
In movies, we see evil spirit come to people in terrifying get up like - with red bloody clothes and with awful faces.
To me, they are funny.
In fact, evil spirits don’t have a specific appearance at all; they are invisible forces. They don’t have the power to get us scared. They just cause problems to us, but they are not allowed to kill us. Many Christians are not aware of this. On the other hand, they are afraid of human spirits that don't exists on earth.
There are many incidents in the bible that human spirits came back to earth.
Lazarus( new testament)
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days- Jn. 11:17.
Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” - Jn. 11:43-44.
Jesus did this miracle to make Jews believe that he is the son of God.
Another event.
During the transfiguration of Jesus, Moses and Elijah came to him.
Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendour, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfilment at Jerusalem - Lk. 9:30.
You may wonder why they want to know about Jesus’ departure.
The reason is:
In the first advent, Jesus came into the world. After his death, he would have to go to paradise according to the scriptures.
You will not abandon me to the grave, [Hebrew: Sheol] nor will you let your Holy One see decay - Ps. 16:10.
The spirits in the paradise had been waiting for Jesus’ arrival to see him. So Moses and Elijah came to Jesus and asked about his departure. For this specific reason, Moses and Elijah came to earth.
Another event.
The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people - Mt. 27:52-53.
Only Holy people were raised to life.
This took place to fulfill the prophecy.
Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel - Ez. 37:12.
In the old testament we see another incident
Then the woman asked, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” “Bring up Samuel,” he said.
When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!” - 1Sa. 28:11-12.
Can a witch bring back a righteous spirit come paradise, or unrighteous spirit from Shoel?
The answer is no.
The spirits only come to earth only on God’s will.
The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up - 1Sa. 2:6.
Now come to the point.
God turned away from Saul. He no longer answered him, either by prophets or by dreams. So Saul wanted to consult a medium to know the future.
God sent Samuel’s spirit back to earth on his will to remind Saul that his kingdom would be torn given it to one of his neighbors — to David.
Therefore, the spirits of humans don’t stay here on the earth.Though the evil spirits stay here, they can’t kill us.
You are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one- 1Jn. 2:14.
