2Kings 16, Pass through the fire!

2Ki 16:3, But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; INDEED HE MADE HIS SON PASS THROUGH THE FIRE, ACCORDING TO THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE NATIONS WHOM THE LORD HAD CAST OUT FROM BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL

Lev 18:21, And you shall NOT let any of your descendants PASS THROUGH THE FIRE TO MOLECH, NOR SHALL YOU PROFANE THE NAME OF YOUR GOD: I AM THE LORD

Demon worship! They would heat up a metal statue until it was red hot, then place their children on the arms of it; the sound of drums would drown out the screams of their children!  Demonic!

2Ki 16:7, So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. COME UP AND SAVE ME FROM THE HAND OF THE KING OF SYRIA AND FROM THE HAND OF THE KING OF ISRAEL,…

Ahaz trusted in the king of Assyria, but not in the living GOD! When David was in trouble he went to GOD, not man!

Psa 18:3, I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; SO SHALL I BE SAVED FROM MY ENEMIES.

AHAZ REJECTED GOD AND AS HE MADE HIS SONS PASS THROUGH THE FIRE, HE SHALL BE THROWN IN THE ETERNAL FIRE!

Mat 13:41-42, The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth

1Samuel 28, the witch of Endor!

1Sa 28:5-6, When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, HE WAS AFRAID, AND HIS HEART TREMBLED GREATLY. And when Saul inquired of the LORD, THE LORD DID NOT ANSWER HIM, EITHER BY DREAMS OR BY URIM OR BY THE PROPHETS.

Because of Saul’s disobedience to GOD there was no answer from the LORD! Dead silence!

1Sa 28:7, …”Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her…

Lev 20:6, ‘And the person WHO TURNS TO MEDIUMS and FAMILIAR SPIRITS, to prostitute himself with them, I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST THAT PERSON AND CUT HIM OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE. 

1Sa 28:12, When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice…

She was most likely a fraud and she didn’t expect to see anyone but she saw Samuel! THE WITCH HAD NO POWER TO CALL SAMUEL, BUT THE LORD ALLOWED IT

1Sa 28:18, BECAUSE YOU DID NOT OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD …THEREFORE THE LORD HAS DONE THIS THING TO YOU THIS DAY. 

IT WAS OVER FOR SAUL, BUT AS CHRISTIAN WE SHOULD STAY COMPLETELY AWAY FROM THIS DEMONIC REALM!  DRAW NEAR TO HIM AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU! SEEK HIS FACE AND BE AT HIS FEAT DAILY!