Do you think the devil is capable of appearing/looking like deceased loved ones?
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Yes, the devil is capable of doing this. More so, it is his angels (demons) that do it. The devil is mainly too busy working on his antichrist plans. But demons are very good at disguising themselves as dead loved ones. They can even make you think that they are being helpful, so that you will want to keep your dead loved ones around, and even begin talking to them. God warns us not to talk to anything else, not even His beautiful angels. You must only talk to God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. \n\nThere are no familiars, no ghosts, no dead human spirits of any sort. If an angel ever appears to you, you can test it by commanding it to leave in the name of Jesus. Demons must obey because they are terrified of Him.
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I would honestly be very suspicious of any detailed (physical) descriptions of Satan. Not that I would doubt whether or not the person saw Satan, or that they gave a good description of what they saw, but that Satan appears in various forms is evident, and he is smart enough to appear in whatever form best suits the purpose of the moment.\nFirst of all, Satan is both a liar and a spirit being (not limited to a single physical form), and will use whatever (physical) form is best suited to the lie.\nSecond, the various 'sightings' of Satan may or may not be Satan himself. They could just as well be another fallen angel (demon, imp, gargoyle, whatever name you want to use).\nLies and misdirection are the stock-in-trade of all these beings, so for them to lie about who they are (including names) is very common.\nThe Bible is not all that clear about names and physical descriptions of fallen angels, so those come from other sources. Personal experiences, books based on other's experiences, etc, and it's all very subjective.\nBiblical descriptions of the Evil One are character-based, not physical. The character of the devil, satan, whatever imp, demon, gargoyle, etc is easy to recognize from Scripture, so apparently, physical descriptions (and even names) are far less important than knowing the characteristics of the enemy.\nThe Bible does say that Satan (and his servants) can appear as angels of light, and workers of righteousness (2 Corinthians 11:13-15)\nThe Bible says that ALL other names are under the name of Jesus Christ, so knowing Jesus (and being able to recognize His true messengers) is the important thing. I think its a lot like when a bank employee is being taught to recognize a counterfeit bill - they don't show them all the clever fakes, they make them become so familiar with the real thing that the fakes become obvious.
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Of course, but Satan is not necessarily a bodily being, rather can incarnate if he were to so choose.  Satan is a concept more than a corporeal being, and basically means the Accuser or the Deceiver.  It is my understanding, from theological studies, that Satan is subordinate to Lucifer, or at most reflections of Lucifer.  Others believe that Satan and Lucifer are the same.\n\nI'll skip the part about the Babylonian Captivity and the Demiurge of Yezidism.  Although that is quite fascinating, it took me months of study to understand the role of the Demiurge, Shai'tan.\n\nIt is believed that the purpose of Satan is to test humanity, and to create spiritual entropy within an individual or group.\n\nimacatholic2 could best explain the Roman Catholic Church's position.
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No. I believe that SOME people (not all that say they can), can communicate with spirits of something, but I do not believe it is the deceased. It is possible that the spirits that the mediums communicate with may be able to communicate with other spirits and relate messages to the living world, but the deceased are in another realm and not in communication with this realm (unless they are troubled spirits that we may call ghosts... and are dangerous to communicate directly with). Use caution if you are planning to contact a medium. You open a door to yourself that spirits may choose to peer through.
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No its not the grim reaper, its not the devil's right hand man....it is actually a vampire. I never used to believe in them....and personaly I thnk the whole blood sucking thing to get energy is very very sick! However about a year ago I was letting my dog outside and I saw it, the same exact image you are talking about! The black robe, long fingernails, VERY pale skin. I ran inside....when I first let my dog out he was about 150ft away staring at me, when I ran inside and peered out the window he was right there face up against it, whispering my name! FREAKY....my dog the whole time this "vampire" was near my window, was silent, and laying down at the end of the steps. I told this "vampire" to go away and wierd enough it did! Didnt harm me or the dog! Myth says a vampire can NOT come into your house without an invintaion, so if I were you I would NOT open that window outta curiousity and invite it in! So yeah Ive seen it and am afraid, well not afraid just a lil freaked out at that time....the really wierd thing is that my dog was so calm and didnt care....or that the vampire didnt touch my poor poochie...lol Everyonce in a while I see the same figure, same face outside my kitchen window...or staring at my house from a distance....
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Ghosts are more likely demons appearing as ghosts than actual ghosts.  Maybe this will help.\n                                                       Sorcery    \n(Includes any and all of the following:) Divination/Magicians/Witchcraft/Wizards/Soothsayers/Necromancers/Fortunetellers/Astrologers/Familiar Spirits/Charmers/Black Magic/Ouija boards/ Dungeons and Dragons/Harry Potter, wicca, psychics, tarot cards, spells, voodoo, ghosts, horoscopes, astral projection, incantations, spells, seeing'talking to spirits, spriit guides, signs of the Zodiac, reincarnation, ETC.\nAny and all of the above are Satanic or demonic or both.  We humans are to have nothing to do with them.  They cannot help us. They will only bring harm to us, now, in the future or in eternity.\n“31Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.”  Leviticus 19:31.\n“6And 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.“11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.”  Deuteronomy 18:11-14.\n“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?”  Isaiah 8:19.  (We are to seek God, not the dead.)\n“2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.”  Daniel 2:2. (Chaldeans were known for their magic.)\n“10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.”  Daniel2:10.“6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: 7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. 8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. 9Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. 10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?”  Acts 16:6-10.\n“8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”  Revelation 21:8.  (Sorcerers are headed for the Lake of Fire, the second death.)“14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.”  Revelation22:15.  (The "...tree of life..." is eternal life, "...the city..." here is Paradise or heaven.)\nNote: The Chaldeans were famous for their sorcery.\nGod does not approve of anyone attempting to learn of the future except what He has revealed in The Holy Bible.  He does not approve of anyone attempting to contact the dead for any reason.  He does not approve of playing games or telling stories about sorcery. God does not approve anyone seeking power from any of these sources.  They are all Satanic/Demonic. Anyone who does these th
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If by Lucifer, you mean the ancient god of good hope symbolized by the morning star, then yes. If you mean the Christian demonetization of Lucifer into a devil, then no.
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Some have access to familiar spirits who will reveal things that only departed loved ones would know. Some just use intuition. Others use "tricks". Best to stear clear.
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I will try to explain to you…\n\nFirst of all… the devil is a spirit creature… and is not thrice in structure as a human being is.  A human being is soul, body, and spirit.  Therefore saying “the devil in the flesh” is not a good way to describe such.\n\nFallen celestials are no longer ‘perfect beings’ because fallen angels gained a ‘fallen nature’ after falling from grace.  Being a spirit… a fallen angel’s form is nothing like that of a human being or an animal’s form, etc.\n\nSpirits are physically around… but their nature as spirits is extremely different from anything that the human being normally sees around.  People just try to get around this difficultly by saying that they are ‘spiritual’.  So, basically to the human being in the common mindset… celestial beings are very alien to us.  They are so unearthly and have such unfamiliar forms, that… to see one physically… as one would see another human… it can strike fear into an individual.  Nevertheless… no one should fear a mere creature.\n\nIt is hard to describe unearthly things in language that can be well understood.  Basically… seeing a fallen angel ‘can’ be just like seeing George W Bush.  You can see Bush, hear him, or even touch him… because he is actually real.  Actually seeing a fallen angel is not something in the mind.  Just as Bush is real… so are fallen angels.\n\nFallen angels can be:  seen, heard (as you would hear another human being), smelt, touched, and sensed.\n\nThe below information is copied from a website:  (it is a description of Satan in one of his two forms… being a spirit he shifts).\n_____________________________________________\nILLUSTRATION OR ANALYSIS OF FORM\nDESIGNED TO CLARIFY MISUNDERSTANDINGS\n\nDifferences from the human form\n\nHeylel’s form includes different textures that are of fallen angelic nature, wings \nthat withdraw or retract into his back, a tail with spade tip, another joint (extra part \nto the leg) from the shin, then ankles and cloven hooves.  Although, commonly \ndepicted as having claws or horns, he has neither in his humanoid form.  Heylel \nalso has a nictitating membrane (that can move across the eye) as a lizard or a cat.\n\nHeight and Weight\n\nIn Heylel’s humanoid form, his height is 5’6”.  The angelic being’s standard \nweight changes because they are spirit beings.\n\nSkin, leather and fur colorization, etc\n\nHeylel’s skin colorization is a shiny, light white.  The creature’s fur fades from \nblond – to a dark (copper/reddish) brown – being variegated in a usually unkempt \nmatter.  Heylel’s fur tends to shed as flying dust, no doubt showing that he is \ncursed.  Hair or fur in this type of condition indicates an unhealthy state.  He has \nfur from his waist down, in length, much like a long-haired cat.  Heylel’s wings \nand his tail have a leather-like skin, not scales, the leather shades from red to a \ndarker red.  The bones of his wings are covered in a black leather skin.  The \ncreature’s cloven hooves are much like the natural colorization of a cow’s hoof.\n\nFacial features\n\nHeylel has blond spiky hair.  He has a beard (the imperial beard), and very light \nblue eyes – that seem to reflect.  The creature has a wound (or scar) on the top-\nright side of his head.  At times, the wound has a yellowish substance that exudes \nand becomes incrusted on his head.  When yellowish the creature smells rotten.  \nHe also has a scar above the right eye.\n\nWings\n\nHeylel’s wings look strange.  They appear to be, as if they were bat wings.  \nHowever, the creature most likely had feathered wings in the beginning.   They are \nmade of a hallowed bone structure with a thin layer of tightly stretched leather-like \nskin other the bones.  You could see shades of light though the stretched skin.\n\nOther features\n\nHeylel has a tumor on the outer side of his right shin.\n_____________________________________________\n(Article ends he
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welcome to Judaism my friend. We mearly see the "devil" as the angle of death and a servant of Gd. Personally I do not know where that whole fallen angel garbage came from.
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Here's the truth: There is no such thing as a "demon," except as a metaphor. People who are "possessed" are actually mentally ill. They need the help of qualified therapists, not prayers and rituals. We are now living in the twenty-first century and people, including children, still die every year during exorcisms. This is nothing short of madness.
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Yes and yes.  On more than one occasion I have either seen, heard, or felt the spirit of someone who had passed.  A little boy use to visit me at regular intervals.  He would stand next to my bed until I would sense him and open my eyes.  He would smile, then disappear.  I haven't seen him since my second son has been born.  We smell smoke every time my wife's grandfather is near.  In our old house, there were cold spots that moved around the house.  Our cats would move around the spots like they were trying to avoid running into someone.  I watched two surgeries being preformed on myself and was even able to give details and repeat parts of conversations and actions of the doctors and nurses.
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Maybe when they are possessed by an evil spirit...
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A human or a fallen angel???\n\nI saw a devil at a Baptist Church.\nHe wanted to kill me.\n\nI saw the devil when I was sitting in my chair\nHe wanted to kill me too.\n\n-----\nI have met demon-possessed people too.\nThey looked at me with intense hatred.  \nBut, I hate the demon... not the human.\n-----\n\nBut... they can't bring harm to me.
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Yes, and that sprirt/image I see is real have been told by three people that my house is haunted.Aman had died there 2 months after his death I moved into the house,and before he had lived here,a Nun who had "fallen from grace" had died here also. So the "images" that I see I believe are them.Other than that,if it's nothing there then are nuts!!!
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Most likely.  I have felt the same...before I was born again I didn't know what it was that was affecting me.  Now I do.  People who are not born again can actually have demons in them, not merely afflicting them.
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I worked in a nursing home for the past 6 years so I have seen many, and had to clean many up.  I've had many patients die right in front of me.  I cant really say that that has affected me much, because you kind of get used to it.  But the thing that really affected me was how many of them in their last hours lie in their beds and talk to their loved ones who have already died years ago.  They think that the person is right there in the room and they are literally having conversations with them.  It happens so much that you really cant call it a coincidence.  That is the only thing that makes me believe in any kind of soul that lives on after death.  It is amazing how many of them do this right before they die. \n\nI really believe that there is a ghost in there or something, because the dying person never has these "hallucinations" about a person who is still alive.