what does it mean to be "anointed"? the simplest explanation (in
biblical terms) means "official" ie priest or kings. priest could
anoint others to be priest or kings . so this is one form of anointed.
but also one can be anointed by the Almighty himself , ie:David and
Samuel. the latter of the two will be our topic of this discussion.

Samuel
was anointed by the Lord. the scriptures give many examples of proper
protocol towards those anointed by the Almighty. insults , harming , or
anything disrespectful is strictly off limits , to do so could bring
down the Lords wrath.

getting to the point. a while back i
was compelled to take a second look at 1 sam and i came across 1 sam 28
:saul and the witch of endor . saul seeks out a medium to seek
foresight of an upcomming battle (he cant ask the Lord , im sure you
know why at this point) now , samuel was anointed by the Lord therefore would
he not be under the shield and protection of the Lord(even in death).
therefore a witch using the tools of divination(satan) could not harm
nor bother samuel. very interesting indeed


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Eaglecreek, what exactly is your point about King Saul? Unless I am reading wrong your points seems a bit vague.

the point would be if Samuel was under the protection of the lord then how could satan disturb him after his death

Satan could disturb him if God allowed it.

The medium freaked out because she obviously wasn't expecting the "real" Samuel to appear. More likely just some demonic impersonator.

In any case, the Bible doesn't say that it was Satan that disturbed him. Samuel specifically says, "Why have YOU disturbed me..."

Define 'disturb'. In the Hebrew it means to be agitated, Samuel was ticked that Saul would do this.

You would be too, if you'd just been hauled out of paradise

kind of like when the phone rings whilst your in the loo......or maybe not.

This story is one in the Bible that confounds all of us. The medium wasn't allowed to practice her witchcraft otherwise she would be put to death. Saul visits her because God has stopped talking to him. Samuel is raised in a ceremony from the dead, the medium obviously didnt know she could bring someone back from paradise. Samuel gives Saul a message from God, go figure? Saul does not kill the medium. All round it is a disturbing for all who read it.

Just like the fact that God killed over 100000 (guesstimate) people in the Bible but Satan only killed about 10 but Satan is the bad guy lol.

Faith is an awesome thing.

Darth Vader wrote:Just like the fact that God killed over 100000 (guesstimate) people in the Bible but Satan only killed about 10 but Satan is the bad guy lol.

Mythbuster wrote:kind of like when the phone rings whilst your in the loo......or maybe not.

ROFL!!!

does that just happen to me!?!?!?!?...... come on people.