Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

or some form of shedding of blood that occurred at or near the location. In other words, each location can be linked in some way to death and is often linked to some form of the shedding of blood . This is important, as you will discover in this section of the book. A D EPARTED L OVED O NE — OR A F AMILIAR S PIRIT ? If these old houses are “possessed” by some type of a spirit, then the real question become this: Is this the spirit of a departed person, or is it actually a familiar spirit, which the Bible warns against seeking? Scripture is clear as to what happens when a human being passes away. We are all a tripartite being of a body, soul, and a spirit (1 Thess. 5:23). At death the spirit and soul depart the body, and the body returns to the dust of the earth (Gen. 3:19; Eccles. 12:1–7). When the early patriarchs died, the Bible teaches that at death they “gave up the ghost” and were “gathered unto their fathers” (Gen. 25:8, 17, KJV ; 35:29, KJV ). The old English word ghost used in the 1611 King James translation referred to the inner spirit of each individual—the part that is eternal. When the human spirit departs from the physical body, it retains a similar appearance and feature of the physical body that it indwelt (1 Cor. 13:12). “Giving up the ghost” is a phrase used to describe the departing of the soul and spirit from the physical body. After the spirit departed, the early patriarchs were said to have been “gathered to his people,” which is a term used concerning Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Aaron (Gen.