Recently, I came across an article written by a “Christian Witch” who gets offended by Christians who warn her that witchcraft is a demonic practice that will condemn its unsaved practitioners to the Lake of Fire. The witch goes on to state that: “Before you speak to or harass or comment on any spiritual practices or beliefs or ideas held by Christian Witches, please adhere to the following:” For the sake of space, I’ll summarise her points into the appropriate headings she used, which are: do your research, think and be an adult. With that said, let’s examine a key claim she made and compare it to Scripture. For good measure, I will also adhere to her “rules” in my response.
Firstly, let’s affirm from the Word of God that witchcraft is a practice that God opposes and therefore wants His people to oppose. In Deuteronomy 18:9-12, the Israelites are given a very clear command: “When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations of the LORD your God drives them out from before you.”
As we have seen highlighted throughout the Biblical record, fallen human flesh gravitates toward curiosity concerning the supernatural. However, in the case of the Deuteronomy passage (and others which follow) it is a curiosity which God forbids. Why? Verses 13 and 14 of Deuteronomy make it clear: “You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you.”
In short, the use of magic and divination was seen as a refusal to acknowledge the sovereignty of God. Furthermore, reliance on these practices indicated a corresponding failure to trust the Lord with one’s life, instead turning to the demonic realm to seek spiritual guidance.
It is not surprising that these forbidden practices continue today. During the Tribulation Period, the book of Revelation reveals that occult practices will be widespread. In fact, those who engage in such practices are among the ones destined for the Lake of Fire (Revelation 21:8; 22:14-15).
This brings me to my point. The article from the “Christian Witch” I mentioned in the opening comments says this:
“News alert: most Witches have no concept of a devil. Beliefs in a devil and hell are constructs of Abrahamic religions and do not find a place in the Witch’s personal vernacular or spiritual path. The devil is a construct, a character who was created to depict our human tendencies to be evil, ugly, obscene and/or vulgar. The devil represents the hideous aspects of ourselves. The Devil card in the Tarot deck represents abject slavery to sensorial perceptions and being completely controlled by the same, rather than being led by higher powers, such as the God(s) and/or Goddess(es). The inverted pentagram on the Devil’s forehead reveals the occult wisdom that the whole of consciousness is pointed downward, to the 5 senses, creating hell on earth (a hell that can be exited at any time, by choice).
Contrast this with the upward pointing Witch’s pentacle, indicating alignment with the 4 elements of earth, air, fire and water, and the 5 force of Spirit or aether/space: Witches are not in league with the devil, don’t believe in the existence of a devil, nor worship a devil. These are all lies manufactured to perpetuate mass hatred and killing of Witches (and many whom were not Witches, yet whose lives were ended because of mass hysteria and terror sweeping through the general populace). Witches also do not subscribe to hell, as it too is an invention. Humans made up the concept of hell, not God.
The Hebrew Bible has nothing in it to denote anything other than the grave as a resting place when we die. The term for this state in the Hebrew Bible is Sheol, and simply means a grave, or going down to the earth. All went there, good and evil. No torture. No hellfire. No damnation. Just an ended life. The Greek word often mistranslated to hell is Hades, again, simply a place where all the dead went.
As a Christian, if you espouse hell, and tell Witches they’re going to hell, you may benefit from learning the truth: This is simply a starting point for study on the origins of hell to understand that it did not come from the Bible or from God.
For me, hell does not exist other than a state of consciousness people put themselves in due to corrupt thinking patterns. Of course, everyone is free to believe whatever they like, whether it be true or not. Thank you for your attention to these important matters of faith.”
There is a lot to unpack with that statement and space does not permit me to do so here. However, I will say that the Bible speaks very clearly about everlasting punishment and the reality of the adversary we know as Satan. For a so-called Christian to claim otherwise is akin to calling Jesus a liar. This “Christian Witch” has fallen prey to the very one she denies exists (Satan) and if she does not hold a saving faith in Jesus she will also spend eternity in the place that she denies exists (the Lake of Fire).
Practicing witchcraft is consorting with the powers of darkness and is always to be rejected by Christians. In fact, for those involved, rather than denying the truth of God’s Word, it would be better to follow the practice of those described in Acts 19:19-20: “Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.“
