Ability of the Dead to Communicate

Ability of the Dead to Communicate

Steven Dubee

Most people have a family member or close friend who has passed away. We loved these people and we will remember them forever. A problem develops when the longing does not subside for some people or when they feel guilty about something that happened between them and the deceased. This is when people call upon mediums to help them making contact with the deceased. I had a short discussion on this in the previous post (http://salty-earth.blogspot.co.za/2015/10/may-we-make-contact-with-dead.html?m=1), but is it possible? What does The
Bible say about the ability of the dead to communicate?

Rev 1:17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying to me, Do not fear, I am the First and the Last,
Rev 1:18 and the Living One, and I became dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death.
Jesus appeared to John and gave him the vision which is now called The Revelations of Jesus Christ. He declared that He has power over hell and death.
Now that we know this, let us start from the beginning.

Gen 2:7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Man did not become a living soul after Jehovah God formed his body of the dust of the ground. It only happened when God breathed the breath of life into his nostrils. A living soul cannot exist without a body or breath.

Ecc 12:6 or ever the silver cord is not loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern;
Ecc 12:7 then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
This "spirit" that is referred to is the breath of life that God breathed into man's nostrils. What happens when somebody dies and the breath leaves the body? Remember, a living soul cannot exists without a body or breath.

Joh 5:28 Do not marvel at this, for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves shall hear His voice,
Joh 5:29 and shall come forth, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil to the resurrection of condemnation.
These two verses refers to the second coming of Jesus. There is resurrection for us, but the kind of life we live now will be a factor as to which resurrection we will experience.

We have now determined, according to The Bible, that a living soul cannot exist without a body or breath and that everybody will be resurrected. What happens in between? Back to the Word of God.

Psa 146:3 Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.
Psa 146:4 His breath goes forth; he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
It does not matter; king or president, their thoughts perish when they die.

Psa 115:17 The dead do not praise Jehovah, nor do any who go down into silence.
The dead cannot praise God, saved or unsaved.

Ecc 9:5 For the living know that they shall die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.
Ecc 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; nor do they any longer have a part forever in all that is done under the sun.
According to The Bible, the dead knows nothing, there is no reward for them and they have no memory. There are no feelings of love, hate, envy etc. They have no part to whatever is happening on earth.

Ecc 9:10  Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.
Do want you have to do now because you cannot do anything after death.

Job 14:10 But man dies and is cut off; and man expires, and where is he?
Job 14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and a river falls away and dries up,
Job 14:12 so man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be awakened out of their sleep.
The dead does not have any power. He will stay in his grave until Jesus' second coming.

1Co 15:51 Behold, I speak a mystery to you; we shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed;
1Co 15:52 in a moment, in a glance of an eye, at the last trumpet. For a trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall all be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 But when this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and when this mortal shall put on immortality, then will take place the word that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory.
1Co 15:55 O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?"
There will be living people when Jesus comes. At that moment the saved and the dead who served the Lord will be clothed with immortality. This is how and when we will receive eternal life and overcome death.

1Th 4:13 But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, that you be not grieved, even as others who have no hope.
1Th 4:14  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him all those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
1Th 4:15 For we say this to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall not go before those who are asleep.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ shall rise first.
1Th 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. And so we shall ever be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
There is hope. Our loved ones who served the Lord before they died will rise up at the sound of God's trumpet. Together we will meet Christ on the clouds in the air. We will see them again if we keep on serving God.

What about Luke 16:19-31. This is the story about the rich man and Lazarus. It is a parable. We cannot use parables in teachings. Jesus used parables to convey "the moral of the story".

Summary:
1. Jesus has overcome death and has power over it.
2. A living soul cannot exist without a body and breath.
3. The dead cannot think.
4. They cannot praise God.
5. They know nothing and have no feelings.
6. The dead are powerless and cannot do anything.
7. They will stay in their graves till the second coming of Jesus.
8. The living saved and the dead who served God will receive the gift of eternal life when Jesus comes.
9. Take comfort, we will see them again.

The Bible tells us that the dead knows nothing, cannot do anything, and is powerless, cannot think and have no feelings. There is no mention of restless spirits or ghosts. Who do the mediums speak to when they call up spirits? Remember, Satan also knew your loved ones, so it would be easy to call up their memories.