od does not carry out the punishment of
occultists found in the Word of God without mercy. Today, because of His
grace and mercy, God even gives the occultists a season to repent. God knows
those who are His, and He will pour out His wrath at the proper time and
justice will prevail. The Gospel reveals clearly the end of those who do not
find salvation. The punishment will be at the end of the age when God will
judge all of His creation. The following verses shed some light on the
practices which God defines as abominations, and the punishments that
were/will be handed out as a result of occult practices:
‘You shall not permit a sorceress to live.
-- Exodus 22:18
'And the person who turns after mediums and
familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against
that person and cut him off from his people. - Leviticus 20:6
'A man or a woman who is a medium, or who has
familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with
stones. Their blood shall be upon them.' ‘ -- Leviticus 20:27
For You have forsaken Your people, the house
of Jacob, because they are filled with eastern ways; they are soothsayers like
the Philistines, and they are pleased with the children of foreigners. Their
land is also full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is also full of horses, and there is no end to their chariots.
Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands,
that which their own fingers have made. People bow down, and each man humbles
himself; therefore do not forgive them. -- Isaiah 2:6-9
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and He who
formed you from the womb: ‘I am the LORD, who makes all things, Who stretches
out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself; Who
frustrates the signs of the babblers, and drives diviners mad; Who turns wise
men backward, and makes their knowledge foolishness; -- Isaiah 44:24-25
‘Stand now with your enchantments and the
multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you will prevail. You are wearied
in the multitude of your counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers,
and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from these things that
shall come upon you. Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn
them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall
not be a coal to be warmed by, nor a fire to sit before! -- Isaiah 47:12-14
And the devil, who deceived them, was cast
into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are.
And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. -- Revelation
20:10
‘But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,
murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,
idolaters, and all liars shall have their part
in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second
death.’ -- Revelation 21:8
There are curses against the descendants of
those who become involved with the occult, or, hidden things. If we know what
love is we will be sure to ask the Lord to set them free, for if the Son shall
set them free, they shall be free indeed.
CURSES AGAINST THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY
The opposite of a blessing is a curse.
We receive the blessing of God through our obedience to His will. The unsaved
live according to the law and the are subject to curses of the law for
disobedience. There are one-hundred and twenty-four curses the book of
Deuteronomy lists in the 27th and 28th chapters. If we are disobedient and do
not walk according to the Spirit, they could all be visited upon us. This
could happen if Satan deceives us into walking under the bondage of the Law,
and if we live as if we don't have faith, for 'the just shall live by faith'.
However, in the lives of the children of disobedience, the curses of the law
are still active in their lives. We can easily recognize the symptoms of the
accursed. The curses are not only for individuals but the Law places a curse
on entire countries who do not conform to the Gospel. The Word considers them
'goat nations'. The other nations God regards as 'sheep nations'. These
governments usually base the rights of the individual over the wishes or
desires of a group of politicians.
The following is a compilation of
the people whom God curses and the punishments prescribed for their
disobedience:
'Cursed is the one who makes any carved or
molded image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the
craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say,
'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who treats his father or
his mother with contempt.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's
landmark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who makes the blind to
wander off the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who perverts the justice
due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.' And all the people shall say,
'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who lies with his father's
wife, because he has uncovered his father's bed.' And all the people shall
say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of
animal.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who lies with his sister,
the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.' And all the people
shall say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who lies with his
mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor
secretly.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay
an innocent
person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who does not confirm all
the words of
this law.' And all the people shall say,
'Amen!' -- Deu 27:15-26
There are twenty more curses listed in
the following verses:
‘But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey
the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and
His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon
you and overtake you: ‘Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you
be in the country. ‘Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
‘Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the
increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. ‘Cursed shall you be
when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. ‘The LORD will send
on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do,
until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the
wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me. – Deut. 28:15-20
Pestilence cleaving A plague causing slow
death
Consumed off the land Eventual death
Consumption To waste away
Fever Inflammation or
burning fever
Extreme burning No physical or
mental relief
The sword Enemies will overcome
them
Blasting Hot winds
ruining every thing
Mildew Drought or
paleness from fright
Heaven as brass Prayers will not
be answered
Earth as iron Crop failures, drought
Botch of Egypt Ulcers or boils
Emrods Bleeding
piles
Scab, itch or rash
Madness or craziness
Blindness Mental, physical or
spiritual
Astonishment of heart Heart palpitations
perhaps
Groping at noonday No energy
No prosperity Business
failures
Oppression Double-mindedness
No friends to aid you
Serving enemies Bondage or
slavery
Hunger and thirst
Nakedness
Want or all things
Wars with foreign nations
Unmerciful treatment by enemies
Destruction of crops and cattle
Robbery or all possessions
Cannibalism
The rape of wives
Destruction of homes, etc.
Plagues by Vermin
Monetary loss
Every sickness not listed in the book of the
law
Every plague not listed in the book of the law
Service to other gods
Sorrow of mind
Life to hang in doubt
Fretting and worrying day and night
No assurance of life
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