“Witch” Shall Not Be Allowed to Live
During Halloween, a teacher told us stories about Salem, Massachusetts, and how they burned people at the stake for being a witch. One student asked if the story was a Halloween joke. "No", the teacher said, "it actually happened". Where do you think they got the idea? The Bible.
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Exodus 22:18
There shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
Deuteronomy 18:10
If a “witch” can pass through the fire unhurt, then why try to burn them? Did they ever figure that one out?
Orion’s Belt
Orion’s Belt associated with sorrow and suffering, is linked to Halloween because of its rise about the same time of the year. What a powerful superstition to make it through generations.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
Amos 5:8
Look under Job 9:9 and 38:31 for more about Orion.
From Those Funny Scriptures page 302
During Halloween, a teacher told us stories about Salem, Massachusetts, and how they burned people at the stake for being a witch. One student asked if the story was a Halloween joke. "No", the teacher said, "it actually happened". Where do you think they got the idea? The Bible.
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Exodus 22:18
There shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
Deuteronomy 18:10
If a “witch” can pass through the fire unhurt, then why try to burn them? Did they ever figure that one out?
From Those Funny Scriptures page 48
First “Haunted House” and Haunted Ship
Around Halloween, most kids love to visit those haunted houses. Here is a haunted house straight from the Bible.
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
1 Samuel 23:22
For those sea farers, we have a haunted ship in scripture. Many a sea captain has given a tale or two of a haunted ship.
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
Ezekiel 26:17
A friend of mine served in the navy. He shared with us a trick he played on a “green” mariner. He told this “green” mariner the story of their haunted ship. What this new sailor didn’t know was how the friend had prepared the ship for this haunted voyage before they left port. Days aboard ship went by as the friend prepared this virgin voyager for the final scare. Little changes would occur; a flying tissue, a damp misty breeze, water coming from nowhere, weird creepy noises. Then he shared a description of the monster that lurked inside the ship. The friend spent hours roaming through tiny crawl spaces on the ship, moving through passageways waiting, watching, making ready for the creature’s appearance. Finally, after all was ready, the horrible-looking mask and gloves were put on, then he peered at this “green” sailor who gasped in fright. Then quietly he snuck away, never telling him who it was.
Visit the other haunt in 1 Samuel 30:31.
From the book Those Funny Scriptures pages 109 - 110
First “Haunted House” and Haunted Ship
Around Halloween, most kids love to visit those haunted houses. Here is a haunted house straight from the Bible.
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
1 Samuel 23:22
For those sea farers, we have a haunted ship in scripture. Many a sea captain has given a tale or two of a haunted ship.
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
Ezekiel 26:17
A friend of mine served in the navy. He shared with us a trick he played on a “green” mariner. He told this “green” mariner the story of their haunted ship. What this new sailor didn’t know was how the friend had prepared the ship for this haunted voyage before they left port. Days aboard ship went by as the friend prepared this virgin voyager for the final scare. Little changes would occur; a flying tissue, a damp misty breeze, water coming from nowhere, weird creepy noises. Then he shared a description of the monster that lurked inside the ship. The friend spent hours roaming through tiny crawl spaces on the ship, moving through passageways waiting, watching, making ready for the creature’s appearance. Finally, after all was ready, the horrible-looking mask and gloves were put on, then he peered at this “green” sailor who gasped in fright. Then quietly he snuck away, never telling him who it was.
Visit the other haunt in 1 Samuel 30:31.
From the book Those Funny Scriptures pages 109 - 110
Orion’s Belt
Orion’s Belt associated with sorrow and suffering, is linked to Halloween because of its rise about the same time of the year. What a powerful superstition to make it through generations.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
Amos 5:8
Look under Job 9:9 and 38:31 for more about Orion.
From Those Funny Scriptures page 302