Q: I thought that the occult, fortune tellers, mediums, etc. were not allowed for Christians. But I recently read in 1 Samuel 28 about how Israel's King Saul used a medium to call up and speak to a dead prophet, Samuel. How can this be? He was God's chosen and anointed king (for Israel)!
A: Look at that chapter again. And read the whole story of King Saul. Yes, he as God's chosen and anointed king. However he disobeyed God to such an extent that God separated Himself from Saul and said that He would take His kingdom from him and hand it to David. So basically he was no longer God's chosen leader for Israel. More importantly, God was no longer with him. (That is why he sought to call up the dead ... so he could get advice after God refused to answer his prayer.)
In order to really understand this Scripture reference, you would also have to read about the devil and how he works. The occult and all of its realms are of the devil. They are evil. And God's people (you and me) are to have nothing to do with them. But if you study evil in the Bible, you learn that demons can imitate God, imitate others, etc. In fact, they can replicate many of the miracles that God Himself produced. The deception is that big!
The medium that King Saul sought in this verse did not call up the prophet Samuel. She called up a demon who imitated the prophet Samuel. For proof, look at what the demon said to King Saul. He told him he there is no hope, and that he and his army were about to die. Moreover, he told Saul that after he died, "You will join me." Think about where that demon lives. (In hell.) Yikes!
Understand this, witchcraft, the occult, fortune telling, zodiac, etc. are expressly forbidden in the Bible. And the word of the occult will never yield true hope or anything else that is good and useful. If it seems otherwise, you are being deceived by the enemy himself.
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