+quot;Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to live.+quot; Exodus 22:18 Witchcraft/Wicca/Neopagani
From: Patrick Leight
"Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to live." Exodus 22:18
Witchcraft/Wicca/Neopaganism/Druidism -- What does the Bible say?
THE TRUTH OF THE HOLY BIBLE
The existence of Witches goes back into antiquity just as has also
God's warnings about them (Exodus 22:18). Witches have "familiar
spirits" and are associated with those who practice magick (derived
from Maji, the Persian Zorasters) such as wizards. The children of God
are warned not to associate with them as they will defile the righteous
(Leviticus 20:31). We are told directly that there will be no one who
practices divination, astrology, enchantments, or Witchcraft among the
people of the True God (Deuteronomy 18:10). Those who practice
Witchcraft are said, by God, to be rebellious and that they reject the
Word of the Lord and reject christ (1st Samuel 15:23).
The Word of God clearly indicates that there is no peace in the land
which practices Witchcraft (2nd Kings 8:22) and that those who practice
Witchcraft are allied with them who sacrifice their children to the
Gods, with astrologers, with enchanters, with those who deal with
familiar spirits, and with wizards (2nd Chronicles 33:6). The evil
done by these allied groups have and will provoke the Lord God to anger
(2nd Chronicles 33:6). In judgment on the land that practices
Witchcraft, the Lord will "cut off" Witches and the
soothsayers/psychics (Micah 5:12). The judgment against the land which
practices Witchcraft is assisted by the fact that Witchcraft is
traitorous to both the nation and the family of the practioner in which
it occurs (Nahum 3:4). A nation practicing Witchcraft will be
conquered by its enemies as a result of sedition/betrayal from within.
Those who practice Witchcraft use sorcery to "bewitch" persons, even
whole nations (Acts 8:9, 11); moreover, Witchcraft/sorcery is
especially interested in leading away Christians from Jesus christ
(Galatians 3:1). The character of those who practice Witchcraft is
outlined in the Word of God (Galatians 5:20).
According to the Word of God, Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal and king
of the Zidonians, was a Witch (1st Kings 16:31). The God of the
Witches is identified as Baal (1st Kings 16:31) or Bel. Beltane is a
holy day of Witches and is celebrated in May of each year. Those who
practice Witchcraft are clearly and unmistakably against Christians and
have persecuted the people of the True God in times past (1st Kings
18:4). Witches have killed prophets of the True God, Jehovah, (1st
Kings 18:13) just as the prophets of God have also killed Witches (1st
Kings 18:19; 19:1). This historic enmity between the people of Jehovah
and the people of Baal is typified by Jezebel (1st Kings 19:2).
In Jezebel, we see manipulation and sedition of kings whereby the aims
of Witchcraft are forwarded (1st Kings 21:5, 7, 11, 14, 15) in the
persecution of the people of God. Of Jezebel, speaks God, "The dogs
shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel" (1st Kings 21:23).
Witchcraft will stir up wickedness in the land and will cause men to
sell themselves to it (1st Kings 21:25). These men, so sold unto Her,
have killed the the [sic] prophets of God in times past (2nd Kings 9:7) even
as the prophets of God have warned them of the results of practicing
Witchcraft (2nd Kings 9:10, 22, 30, 36, 37), i.e., the judgment of the
nation by war. Still, though warned of the judgments on the nation to
come, those who practice Witchcraft and doing evil in the sight of the
Lord through sedition, refused and still refuse to see the Truth.
Jezebel was the the daughter of the King of Zidon, in what was later
called Phoenicia, and the area of what is now, today, known as Lebanon
and Syria. Even during the Bronze Age, the people of God and the
people of Baal were enemies and wars between them occurred in the area
(Joshua 11:8; 19:28; Judges 1:31). At other times the people of God
whored after Baal and Ishtar (Judges 10:6) only to then be oppressed by
the people of Baal and Ishtar and, once again, rescued from that
oppression by God (Judges 10:12). At still other times, the people of
God attacked these people (Judges 18:7, 28) even as the Zidonians used
seduction and betrayal to bring down the people of God.
King Solomon, considered to be the wisest man in the ancient world and
ruler of the Israelites in Jerusalem, was seduced by those who
practiced Witchcraft and worshiped Ishtar/Inanna (1st Kings 11:1, 5)
which resulted in the judgment of God against both him and the nation
of Israel (1st Kings 11:33). In yet another of these seductions, King
Ahab of Judah, married Jezebel (1st Kings 16:31), whereupon he began to
worship Baal and killed his own people. These seditions of the people
of God were finally, once again, removed (2nd Kings 23:13) but the war
goes on even unto this very day. Significantly, the Zidonians, the
peoples of Witchcraft, originated from Canaan, son of Ham, the son of
Noah (1st Chronicles 1:13) whom Noah cursed.
In an interesting test of commitment of the Witches to their Gods,
using a grant from King Cyrus of Persia, the Israelites paid the
Zidonians and the surrounding peoples who worshiped in groves of trees
to cut them down and deliver them to Jerusalem. This they did and
these trees, cedars, were used in construction of the great temple of
Solomon (1st Chronicles 22:4; Ezra 3:7). The seditious nature of those
who worship Baal and Ishtar, i.e., Witchcraft practitioners, is
revealed in history as they willingly cut down their own sacred groves
and sold them to their mortal enemy when the price was right. Anyone
care to have a Witch in our government?? There are now "chaplins" in
the U.S. military for Witches.
Behold -- the dreamer awaketh.
From: Patrick Leight
To: Ravenna Michelle Msg #221, 26-Nov-89 12:14pm
Subject: Re: Wicca
Were you aware of what the Bible has to say about witchcraft?
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From: Patrick Leight
To: Ravenna Michelle Msg #222, 26-Nov-89 12:30pm
Subject: Re: Wicca
I do not judge you as we see One will:
"And before himshall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divideth HIS sheep from the goats:" Matthew 25:32
"For the Father judgeth no man, but hat committed all judgment unto the Son:"
John 5:22
"And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that is is he
which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead." Acts 10:42
"In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according
to my gospel." Romans 2:16
"But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy
brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ." 1
Corinthians 4:5
"I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom." 2 Timothy 4:1
You may choose to be judged by your works if you like, however:
"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were
opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead
were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works."
"Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment
upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly
deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which
ungodly sinners have spoken against him." Jude 14-15
However, I would think you would prefer to be judged as one saved by the grace
of God through Jesus Christ as:
"There is now, therfore, no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus."
Think about it. Who offers freedom?
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From: Patrick Leight
To: Paul Hume Msg #223, 26-Nov-89 12:43pm
Subject: Re: Wicca
Were you aware of what the Bible had to say about magickers?
See Ge. 44.15; Nu.22.7; de.18.14; 1S.6.2; Je.27.9; Eze.13.23; 21.21; Zec.10.2;
Ac.16.16; Ge.41.24; Ex.7.11; 8.19; 9.11; Da.2.2; 4.7; De.18.11; 1S.28.11;
Is.8:19; Is.2.6;Da.2.27; 5.7; Mi.5.12; De.18.10; 2K.17.17; 21.6; Is.47.9;
Mal.3.5; Ac.8.11; 13.6; Re.18.23; 21.8
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From: Mirage
To: Ravenna Michelle Msg #224, 26-Nov-89 10:30am
Subject: Re: Wicca
-> Whatever is wrong with having Wiccan chaplins in the army?
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