Transcript Divination

Divination
Blurring the Prophetic
Blurring the Prophetic
Divination is the act of obtaining secret
knowledge, especially that which relates to
the future,
A Power in man which forsees and explains those signs which the
gods throw in his way.“
Cicero
Two types of Divination
Artificial and inspiration
Artificial divination depends on the skill of
the agent in reading and in interpreting
certain signs called omens.
inspirational or natural divination the agent
is professedly under the immediate
influence of some spirit or god who
enables the diviner to see the future,
Different types of Divination
Astrology, or astromancy, is but one form
of divination and it rests upon the ultimate
belief that the heavenly bodies are deities
controlling the destinies of men and
revealing the future to those who have
eyes to see.
hepatoscopy, or divining from the liver
Necromancy: Speaking with the dead
Other forms of Divination
Lot: a way of choosing
Hydromancy, or divination by water
Rhabdomancy, or the use of the divining
rod,
Teraphim: Household Gods or stautes
Divination through the sacrifice of children
by Fire (Molech, Kronos, Saturn)
Astrology Different types
dividers of the heavens: divided into
four parts, each part is significant
Star-Gazers, or Seers of the
Constellations: each constellation tells
a story
Monthly forecasters, or Men Who Knew
the Omens of the New Moon
The Idolatry of Israel
Worship of Foreign Bodies: Chiun, the Planet
Saturn:
Am 5:25,26: "Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and
offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king (the King
James Version Moloch) and the shrine of (the King
James Version Chiun) your images, the star of your god,
which ye made to yourselves.
Stephen in his defense, "And they made a calf in those
days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced
in the works of their hands. But God turned, and gave
them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in
the book of the prophets,
Golden Calf: Molech or Saturn
Moloch the king, the idol of the Ammonites and
Phoenicians, was intimately connected both with the
solar bull and the planet Saturn
his statue was of brass, with a human body but the head
of an ox
Among the Carthaginians there was a brazen statue of
Saturn putting forth the palms of his hands bending in
such a manner toward the earth, as that the boy who
was laid upon them, in order to be sacrificed, should slip
off, and so fall down headlong into a deep fiery furnace
Moloch was the sun as king
False Glory
The Israelites professed to be carrying the
tabernacle of Yahweh upon which rested
the Shekinah glory; but in spirit they were
carrying the tabernacle of the cruelest and
most malignant of all the deities of the
heathen, and the light in which they were
rejoicing was the star of the planet
assigned to that deity.
The ten tribes did the same thing
"They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their
God, and made them molten images, even two calves,
and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of
heaven, and served Baal. And they caused their sons
and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used
divination and enchantments" (2 Ki 17:16,17).
Saturn's Day--became the Sabbath, the Day of Rest,
because Saturn was the planet of ill-omen and it was
then unlucky to undertake any work
Alexander brought astrology to the greeks
In Babylonia the stars had been consulted for the benefit
of the king as representing the state; amongst the
Greeks, with their strong individualistic tendency, the
fortunes of the individual became the most frequent
subject of inquiry
Of the converts at Ephesus it is written, "Not a few of
them that practiced magical arts brought their books
together and burned them in the sight of all; and they
counted the price of them, and found it 50,000 pieces of
silver." it is likely that the almanacs, tables and formulas,
essential to the astrologer for the exercise of his art,
were also in the number.
Divination and Prophecy
Inspirational divination and Old Testament
prophecy have much in common. Both imply the
following conditions: (1) secret knowledge,
especially that relating to the future; (2) the belief
that such knowledge is given to certain spiritual
beings who are willing on certain terms to impart
it; (3) such secret knowledge is imparted
generally to special classes of men and women
called diviners or (Bab) seers and prophets
O.T. Prophets and Greek Mantis
The Old Testament prophet believes in a personal God
whose spokesman he considers himself to be. When he
spoke or wrote it was because he was, at least
professedly, inspired and informed by Yahweh.
The Greek and Roman mantis, on the other hand,
worked himself up to the necessary ecstatic state by
music, drugs (intoxicants, etc.), sacrificial smoke and the
like.
The mantis practiced his art as an occupation, charging
high fees for Prophecy and refusing in most cases to
give without financial compensation
True Prophetic Gift
Comes only from the Father to the son,
through the spirit
Given by Holy Spirit: all can Prophesy
Simple prophecy: encouraging, comfort
Freely given: never a charge
Never looks at signs but comes through
Holy Spirit inspiration
Biblical Prophets
Not New Age Diviners.
They are a Gift from Christ to the Church
They are the gift, but work with the Holy
Spirit in Word of Knowledge, Word of
Wisdom, and Prophecy.
Character and holy Spirit anointing is the
foundation of ministry
Three types of Prophets
Inspiration or motivation: they have a
breakthrough anointing like Haggai
Revelation: They Hear, see, and feel, from
the Holy Spirit. They recieve Visions like
Ezekiel or Jeremiah
Strategic: The see how to build and work
in the building process like Apostles:
Isaiah, Nathan