There is another poster here that has a similar situation.
@SalixIncendium stated that he had a pact with his daughter, that she would in some way or another, contact
him after
her death. It never happened.
Why would some people have such an experience, but others not?
@Sgt. Pepper has agreed with me that ‘spirits are unpredictable’ - they will make their presence known to some, but not to others. I don’t recall though, if she ever gave a reason why that is so. (If she has, then if she wishes, she can state that reason.) I believe I know why….and it’s not for good intentions.
That’s why Jehovah God, at Deuteronomy 18:10-12, condemned those who ‘inquired of the dead’. (It’s lumped together with ‘casting spells, sorcery, engaging in witchcraft & sacrificing one’s children in the fire.’)
If, as Ecclesiastes 9:5 says, “the dead know nothing”, then the dead
can’t communicate with the living. That begs the question, exactly who are the living, the ones grieving over their dead, communicating with, who are pretending to be their dead loved ones?
We can begin to appreciate why God condemns such practices; he wants to keep us safe from these misleading & nefarious forces, which are influencing not only morals but also religious ideologies, anything that is in opposition to our Creator.
By impostering the dead, making it seem our dead loved ones are ‘alive in another realm’ (which is what many people
want to believe anyway), it’s an elaborate yet easy method they* use to seemingly discredit the Bible’s word on this matter.
* fallen angels. Jude 1:6
PS, to Trailblazer: That’s why
@YoursTrue said, regarding your husband talking with you: “he
can’t”;
not that he won’t ;
he simply has no ability to.
The only hope the Bible holds out for the dead to live again, is the Resurrection, that both Jesus (John 5:28,29; 6:40), the Apostle Paul (Acts 24:15), and others alluded to.
If they are already alive in another realm, there’s no need for a future resurrection…. They are conflicting concepts.
And the Bible only speaks of a resurrection.