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So Wait, Are Ghosts Actually Real?

The Bible has a lot to say about ghosts: Saul asked a medium to commune with the ghost of Samuel the prophet, and the long-dead Moses and Elijah appeared during the transfiguration. Scripture tells us “the dead know nothing” (Ecclesiastes 9:5), that the dead stay dead until Jesus Christ returns and brings about the resurrection — yet here we see ghosts. What do we make of these, and other, ghost accounts in the Bible?

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Here are some more specific answers about ghosts: 
•https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/bible-questions-and-answers/did-t…;
•https://www.ucg.org/beyond-today/gargoyles-ghouls-ghosts-and-goblins&nb…;

Scriptures referenced (explicitly or implicitly) in this episode: 02:48 - 1 Samuel 28:7 
03:25 - Matthew 14:26 
03:55 - Matthew 17:9 
04:18 - 1 Samuel 2:6 

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