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Matt Arnold @mattdarnold.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Happy Christmas! In the Nine Lessons and Carols service, a reading from Isaiah 9 contains a cryptic phrase, "The people who lived in a land of deep darkness-on them a light has shined." This is the biblical afterlife realm, Sheol / Hades. ghostsghoulsandgod.co.uk/2024/12/isai...

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Isaiah 9:2 - Hope for Those in the"Deep Darkness" - Ghosts, Ghouls and God

Isaiah's prophecy speaks of the light of God shining upon the people living in a land of deep darkness—the afterlife realm of Sheol/Hades.

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Matt Arnold @mattdarnold.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

There's still time to get The Invisible Dimension: Spirit-Beings, Ghosts and the Afterlife if you're interested in a Christian understanding of these things in the Bible. Break open ancient wells of knowledge by reading the texts as originally written. ghostsghoulsandgod.co.uk/the-invisibl...

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The Invisible Dimension: Spirit-Beings, Ghosts and the Afterlife - Ghosts, Ghouls and God

The Invisible Dimension looks afresh at the biblical texts and the words it uses to descibe the heavenly realms, using the writers' contexts.

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Matt Arnold @mattdarnold.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

One of the very earliest "ghostbusting" stories is found in a little known part of the Bible and includes Daniel (of the "lion's den" fame), the babylonian king and the god Bel. It uses a now familiar way to distinguish between the paranormal and normal. ghostsghoulsandgod.co.uk/2020/04/dani...

Image of the inside of an ancient babylonian temple. Daniel is standing with the king of Babylon, and is wearing a Ghostbusters-style backpack, holding the proton blaster vertically with a flame at its end to light the darkened temple. At the other end of the temple is the statue of the god Bel, and on the floor are footprints in the dusty ashes.

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Matt Arnold @mattdarnold.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Many Christians believe we are in a state of unconscious sleep when we die because the Bible uses the metaphor of sleep for death. But this image is about being in a different state of existence the living can't see: ghostsghoulsandgod.co.uk/2021/09/do-t... #Christian #Afterlife #Bible #Paranormal

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Matt Arnold @mattdarnold.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

If you're interested in Christianity, Ghosts and the paranormal, then a great resource for you is www.GhostsGhoulsAndGod.co.uk, where you'll find excellent Bible studies and stories with academic references, to help guide your understanding of these things. #ghosts #Christianity #bible #paranormal

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The Paranormal in the Bible - Ghosts, Ghouls and God

What does the Bible say about ghosts and the paranormal? Lots! The Bible is packed with paranormal encounters including ghosts and ghouls.

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