Issues: Jews and the Occult
The Hebrew Scriptures warn against dabbling in the occult. There is good reason for that: the consequences can be deadly. Learn about the dangers of the occult and read the stories of those who were delivered from its power.
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Articles
- “My Journey from Beatnik to Hippie to Jesus” by Nancy Cochran
- “Joel Weiskopf” by Matt Sieger
- “One Way Out” by Mike Oppenheimer
Bonus reference source:
- “The Occult: A Primer” by Matt Sieger
Occult forces? Evil entities? Isn’t that just medieval superstitious mishegoss? No, unfortunately, it’s not. Satan is real and out to destroy God’s greatest creation, humankind. His favorite target? Our Jewish people.
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Looking back, I realize that probably 75 percent of the people in that occult encounter group were Jewish. Just as I believe there is a God, I believe that Satan is real and seeks to destroy the Jewish people.
4 min
“Why didn’t God just kill me if He hated me so much? Why did He let this happen to me?” young Gregory silently screamed. How Greg came to believe in a God who loves him is at the heart of his autobiography.
3 min
The Hebrew Scriptures specifically warn us against dabbling in the occult: “There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer [practitioner of the dark arts] or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord.” Deuteronomy 18:10-12
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