My Journey to Life - Daily Study Guide

Q10. Didn’t Saul speak to Samuel after Samuel died (1 Samuel 28)?

Picture: Q10. Didn’t Saul speak to Samuel after Samuel died (1 Samuel 28)? JTLD 102.1

Saul did not speak to Samuel, because the Bible says that “the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything,” Ecclesiastes 9:5. Saul consulted a witch, which God had expressly forbidden, and Satan produced an apparition that looked and sounded like Samuel when he was alive. JTLD 102.2

In the future, Satan will again produce apparitions of people who have died, as well as other supposed communication with the dead, such as séances, fortune tellers, channelers, and near-death experiences. But the Bible strongly forbids any attempt to communicate with the dead or with the spirit world. JTLD 102.3

Today’s media and entertainment culture are saturated with references to the occult, near-death experiences and communication-with-the-dead themes. Movies, music, popular literature, sitcoms, TV dramas, Broadway, and video games—in a thousand forms, Satan attempts to make otherworld communication enticing and credible. This emphasis is preparing masses to accept a deception of Satan and could affect our eternal destiny. JTLD 102.4

• Bible Discovery: Leviticus 19:31; 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:10, 11; Isaiah 8:19, 20; Revelation 12:4, 9; 16:14
• Further Reading: Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, pp. 551.1-2; 553.1