premature death (Numbers 31:8).
Numbers 22:2, 5-12
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I know that he whom thou blesses is blessed, and he whom thou curses is cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spoke unto him the words of Balak. And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which cover the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Tude 1:11
Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
2 Peter 2:15
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.
Numbers 31:8
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
4.2.5. Ghostly Visitations of Loved Ones
Some people reading this may be having a troubled feeling concerning a personal experience. Perhaps family members have had visitations of what they perceived as deceased loved ones. Keep in mind that this doesn’t mean that the loved ones are most certainly in hell without hope. The visitation could have been like my great-grandmother’s visitation. Another possibility could be that a demon, or even another disincarnate human who learned such a feat, could appear in any form he/she/it desired. There may be a particular benefit to appearing to someone in the form of a deceased loved one. In any case, such visitations can have multiple explanations, many of which don’t conclude with the eternal damnation of loved ones.
4.2.6. Beacons of Injustice
The discussion of cursed ground started my query into the origin of deceased spirits. The Old Testament book of Leviticus states that the act of murder will curse the ground (Leviticus 17:10-15). The only way to remove such a curse is by the blood of the offender. In other words, curses require justice in order to be removed. When this is considered, it is by no coincidence that haunting activity frequently goes hand in hand with brutal murders. 18 In this respect, the haunting serves as a beacon of injustice.
Does this mean that all haunted locations are inhabited with actual sentient beings? Are all of those beings truly ghosts, or could there be something else? Conducting a little research into this matter, I’ve found something interesting worth mentioning while on the subject of ghosts. Concerning some haunted locations in particular, the activity in question sometimes resembles a recording more than it does a sentient being, or ghost. In some
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