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The Beginning of the End
Identity of Spiritualism Revealed
Modern spiritualism is a revival of the witchcraft and demon
worship that God condemned long ago. The Scriptures predicted this,
declaring that “in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving
heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.” (
1 Timothy
4:1
). In the last days there will be false teachers. (
2 Peter 2:1, 2
).
Spiritualist teachers refuse to acknowledge Christ as the Son of God.
Concerning such teachers the beloved John declares: “Who is a liar
but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who
denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not
have the Father either.” (
1 John 2:22, 23
). Spiritualism, by denying
Christ, denies both the Father and the Son, and the Bible calls it the
sign of the antichrist.
Spiritualism’s lure to attract multitudes of people is its pretended
power to reveal the future. In His Word God has opened before us
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the great events of the future—all that is essential for us to know.
But Satan wants to destroy our confidence in God, lead us to seek
a knowledge of what God has wisely veiled from us, and to reject
what He has revealed in His Holy Word.
Many become restless when they cannot know how things will
turn out. They cannot stand uncertainty, and refuse to wait to see the
salvation of God. They give in to rebellious feelings and run here
and there in desperate grief, trying to get information that God has
not revealed. If they would only trust in God and persist in prayer,
they would receive divine comfort.
This impatience to unveil the future reveals a lack of faith in
God, and Satan inspires confidence in his power to tell in advance
the things to come. By experience gained through long ages, he
can often forecast, with a degree of accuracy, some future events to
deceive misguided souls and bring them under his power.
God Himself is the light of His people. He invites them to fix
their eyes by faith on the glories that are hidden from human sight.
They have light from the throne of heaven and have no desire to turn
to the messengers of Satan.
The demon’s message to Saul was not meant to reform him, but
to push him to despair and ruin. More often, however, the tempter
uses flattery to lure people to destruction. Truth is hardly respected,