[DannyTN]

My thoughts:

From a scriptural approach:

• We know Jesus met with Moses and Elijah. Matt 17:3
• We know Samuel appeared to King Saul when Saul consulted a medium. Mediums are forbidden by scripture and Samuel appeared only to rebuke King Saul for using a medium. Also the medium let out a scream when Samuel appeared, causing some to speculate that her powers had never worked before.
• We also know Jesus appeared in His resurrected body, but then Jesus was God.
• We know from scripture that demons are real and can possess people.
• That at least one of these demons had some ability to foresee the future.
• We also know that for the Christian to be dead is to be present with Christ.
• And we know for the non-believer that there is a waiting place Hell or Sheol, where they await the coming final judgement.
• We know God sends angels and that these angels can appear and interact with people.

So it seems to me, based on the prohibitions in using a medium, that in general, God does not want people talking to the dead or angelic/demonic beings. But there are exceptions.

We're told instead to ask God directly for wisdom. Ephesians 6:18 and even contrasts asking God vis asking mediums. Isaiah 8:19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

Praying to dead saints for intercession might be an exception. Not being catholic, it's not something I've ever done. But neither do I look down on those that do. '

This is a good list of scripture dealing with mediums. Scripture on Mediums and psychics

My grandmother said that she dreamed her dead husband PawPaw appeared to her and said, "Don't worry I'm coming to get you." 3 months later she passed peacefully in her sleep.

My mother said Dad and her saw Pawpaw once walking between the house and the garage. But didn't seem to notice them.

Possibilities:

• There are exceptions where God may allow individuals and/or angels to communicate with men.
• Demons communicate but outside the will of God.
• There may be something about the space time continuum that allows echoes from the past or future.
• There may be individuals who do have an extrasensory ability to sense future or past events.

[Twotone]

I’m in a bible study group & we’ve been talking about these things lately. My family has had encounters with some who have passed. I think a lot of the biblical strictures against mediums & such is it’s hard for the average person to discern what may be an evil entity. Best to shun all such encounters than allow a gullible individual to be taken in by one of Satan’s minions.