Old Testament Condemnation of Spiritualism

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" And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people" (Lev. 20:66And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. (Leviticus 20:6)).
"Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them" (Lev. 19:3131Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19:31)).
"A man also, or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stores; their blood shall be upon them " (Lev. 20:2727A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. (Leviticus 20:27)).
" There shall not be found among you any one 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, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer" (Deut. 18:1010There shall not be found among you any one 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)),
"And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them " (Isa. 8:19, 2019And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. (Isaiah 8:19‑20)).
From the foregoing we see in the Old Testament, that
1. Spiritualism is sternly forbidden by God.
2. It is defiling.
3. Its followers God would destroy.
4. Its mediums The People were commanded to stone to death.
5. It is no new thing. The serpent's form was assumed by Satan in the garden of Eden, and his myriads of demons have been busy at their work of deception ever since.
6. It is not an advance on Christianity, as some affirm, but a backward movement to the worst features of heathendom.
Isa. 8:19, 20,19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. (Isaiah 8:19‑20) is especially conclusive and interesting, as plainly showing it is wrong for the living to seek the dead, rather than God Himself. Spiritualism is the setting aside of God Himself; hence morality, uprightness and every true principle.