Supernatural Legendary Creatures

[mindlight]

The bible talks about angels and demons, the leviathan, and some other creatures that might not be commonplace.

How many other creatures from the following list, might be real from a Christian /Objective point of view?

Lists of legendary creatures - Wikipedia

Do you believe ghosts exist, for instance, they are not in the bible?

I am looking for some broad methods, theological principles to help sift fact from fiction.

 

[d taylor]

True and existed

The nephilim

 

[Strathos]

Ghosts are actually in the Bible.

1 Samuel 28.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

Ghosts are actually in the Bible.

1 Samuel 28.

7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.

Familiar spirits - What are they?
Familiar spirits – What are they?
Familiar spirits are evil spirits, or demons, that have no place in the life of a Christian. We are to live by God's Spirit and stand against the spiritual forces of evil as we seek to live for the Lord (Ephesians 6:12).

No ghosts just evil angles that have been cast out of heaven

 

[Strathos]

7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.

Familiar spirits - What are they?
Familiar spirits – What are they?
Familiar spirits are evil spirits, or demons, that have no place in the life of a Christian. We are to live by God's Spirit and stand against the spiritual forces of evil as we seek to live for the Lord (Ephesians 6:12).

No ghosts just evil angles that have been cast out of heaven

I was actually referring to the spirit of Samuel that she communicated with.

11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

I was actually referring to the spirit of Samuel that she communicated with.

Still an evil angel masquerading as Samuel

Samuel is dead and buried

Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Psalm 115:17
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

be not deceived by satan and his angels

 

[Strathos]

Still an evil angel masquerading as Samuel

Samuel is dead and buried

Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Psalm 115:17
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Well the passage says it was Samuel, so I'm inclined to believe it. I also don't see why a fallen angel would tell Saul the truth about what God wanted him to do. The prophecy made there came true after all.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.

"Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit"

The woman spoken of hear is possessed by an evil angel

 

[Original Happy Camper]

Well the passage says it was Samuel, so I'm inclined to believe it. I also don't see why a fallen angel would tell Saul the truth about what God wanted him to do. The prophecy made there came true after all.

Satan knew what GOD would allow and Saul had passed from GODS protection.
Saul was no longer following the LORD when he died and was possessed by satan that is why David was anointed

Satan knows the word of GOD better than any man and will give you truth to believe a bigger lie. IE that the dead can communicate with the living.

So you do not believe these two bible verses based on the first sentence of the above quote?

Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Psalm 115:17
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

 

[Strathos]

Don't you think it's possible that God Himself allowed the woman to communicate with the spirit of Samuel, in order to admonish Saul?

 

[HTacianas]

The bible talks about angels and demons, the leviathan, and some other creatures that might not be commonplace.

How many other creatures from the following list, might be real from a Christian /Objective point of view?

Lists of legendary creatures - Wikipedia

Do you believe ghosts exist, for instance, they are not in the bible?

I am looking for some broad methods, theological principles to help sift fact from fiction.

The chimera. I'll post a picture below. From the Revelation:

Rev 9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

Rev 9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

Rev 9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

Rev 9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

It's the same thing Romans describes:

Rom 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

The "birds" here means wings. Most people think it is a list of different idols but it's not. It's the attributes a single idol. The face of a man, the wings of a bird, having four feet, with the tail of a serpent, sometimes a scorpion. That idol is what the horsemen of the Revelation were worshipping.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

Don't you think it's possible that God Himself allowed the woman to communicate with the spirit of Samuel, in order to admonish Saul?

No way Jose

God allows satan to do his evil, read the book of JOB

The first LIE

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

But God had said

Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Please do not attribute what satan does to GOD

God gave the angels and man the right to choose, follow GOD or Satan that is the great controversy

Satan is working his wonders and unfortunately most of mankind is following him.

Matthew 7:13-15 King James Version
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

 

[Strathos]

No way Jose

God allows satan to do his evil, read the book of JOB

The first LIE

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

But God had said

Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Please do not attribute what satan does to GOD

God gave the angels and man the right to choose, follow GOD or Satan that is the great controversy

Satan is working his wonders and unfortunately most of mankind is following him.

Matthew 7:13-15 King James Version
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Again, the spirit gave a true prophecy. Satan wouldn't do that.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

Again, the spirit gave a true prophecy. Satan wouldn't do that.

Give us a bible proof statement to support you statement that "Satan wouldn't do that."

 

[Strathos]

Give us a bible proof statement to support you statement that "Satan wouldn't do that."

John 8:44.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

John 8:44.

Thanks for the reply

Please do not take a few words "because there is no truth in him" out of context to support a
none biblical belief. Satan will quote you scripture out of context to get you snared into a lie.

The context of the statement is "When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

In the Bible, when the devil tempted Jesus, he quoted Scripture. Jesus likewise quoted Scripture in each of His responses. Let’s take a look at the temptations and responses. Jesus’ words are in Red. Quotes from the Old Testament are in small caps. The devil’s words are underlined. Notice that Satan quotes scripture, too. But his intent is to use it to deceive.

When the devil tempted Jesus: How Satan used Scripture for evil

 

[Strathos]

But that doesn't mean Satan can or would make accurate prophecies that align with what God wants to say.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

But that doesn't mean Satan can or would make accurate prophecies that align with what God wants to say.

Satan is not a prophet he just understands GODS word better than mankind

Remember

Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Ecclesiastes 1:9
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

 

[mindlight]

Still an evil angel masquerading as Samuel

Samuel is dead and buried

Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Psalm 115:17
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Not sure about that. The woman was not a godly woman. The bible clearly prohibits those who call forth the spirits of the dead. But why would it prohibit something that was not possible anyway?

Deuteronomy 18:10-14 For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft, or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord.

I believe this was Samuel, as he spoke a true prophecy of events and said all the right things in response to being summoned. In which case this is possible but forbidden. It did not work out well for Saul to violate God's law like this.