Scripture: Deuteronomy 18 v 9 - 13: " When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God."
Leviticus 20 v 6 - 7: "And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God."
In South Africa, as in many other, if not all, nations there is the worship of dead ancestors. There are statues and memorials to kings, queens, generals, saints, Greek and Roman gods, famous adventurers, warriors, stars of the screen, singing and music idols. No matter that the Bible instructs us not to make images or statues we daily override that with photographs, selfies, TV and movies. It has become the norm for everyone.
Deuteronomy 7 v 25 - 26: "The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing."
It is believed by psychics or mediums that the spirits of the dead can be "channelled" through them so that grieving people can communicate with them. The sorrowing families have been seriously deceived by these practices.
Apparently Prince Harry's wife, Meghan, is a psychic who channels his mother, the late Princess Diana for him to connect with. They have suddenly gone from one of the world's most influential couples to losing lucrative deals and becoming irrelevant. They want to be icons to try to overshadow William and Catherine out of spite and jealousy. The contrast between the two couples is incomparable.
Channelling a spirit of a dead person is an abomination to God because the spirit you are connecting with is called a "familiar spirit". It is a demonic entity that knows everything there is to know about the one you seek. Especially secret things that supposedly only the two of you know. Familiar spirits know how to hook a person trying to converse with a dead relative. It uses the same voice and secret name and your longing heart is addicted stronger than heroin. And to control the addict mercilessly.
Spiritualism is a huge money-making hoax. Those who seek their departed family to convey their needs to God or the gods, accept anything the psychics tell them. Especially to return for the next wise message from beyond the grave.
A few years ago the African National Congress sacrificed a bull to initiate a day of dedication. It was for the whole of South Africa to unite in worship of the ancestors to dedicate this nation to them for spiritual guidance going forward. A day of prayer worship of the spirits of the dead was set aside to try to reverse the serious divisions in ruling party, threatening a collapse at the ballot box going forward.
From God's point of view, the fact that many of our leaders and members of the ANC belong to the Communist Party, and show little interest in Jesus Christ or His salvation, this type of ancestral worship is not going to help matters.
Isaiah 29 v 4 - 6: "And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire."
A few years later the ruling party is reading the writing on the wall. Even their own party members are burning the party t-shirts while they violently protest against lack of electricity, poor education, water shortages and untreated water causing cholera, dysfunctional health treatments at national hospitals and joblessness. Rocketing inflation, corruption, high crime rates and anarchy just make it so much worse.
Division comes from witchcraft. It is a product of the use of evil spirits to achieve dominance. They cause the very opposite of what the government is trying to achieve. Ignorance is not bliss. Cheaters never prosper. Where you see great political divisions in any country, dig into the spiritual depths to unearth witchcraft rituals, calling up the dead, curses, spells, prophecies etc which bring the house down. Witchcraft also brings confusion of mind and dementia (control by demons) is the result.
And its not just South Africa reeling from demonic practices it is the nations like Great Britain, the USA, Europe, Australia which are struggling against the illegal immigrants with militant agendas that have overwhelmed them and are costing taxpayers far too much. The taxpayers are up in arms. They seek to stop this injustice but their governments have betrayed them. The USA chose President Trump for good reason but it has not stopped the violence yet.
These practices need Intercessors to pray for God's will to be done to block the negativity that the demonic familiar spirits of the ancestors will surely add to our tribulations. They have no idea of the harm being done to the whole nation by the demonic forces they have unleashed everywhere.
1 Samuel 28 v 7 - 8: "Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee."
King Saul was in panic mode facing a war without the help of the prophet Samuel who had died. He had cleared the land of witchcraft but needed to find a witch somewhere to "talk to Samuel". He got more than he bargained for when the real spirit of Samuel manifested through the Witch of Endor. He spoke death over Saul and his sons for consulting a witch, who all perished in the war the very next day.
Everything the familiar spirit guides you into is false and detrimental to your life. Attending seances with spiritualist mediums, psychics and dividers is a very dangerous practice. The Lord our God knows how gullible we are and His warnings need to be heeded. If you have ever been involved in glassy-glassy or Ouija boards those demons are still blocking you in some way. You need to repent of this evil and seek help from a church that prays for deliverance.
Remember, we are all spirit beings, clothed with a soul, covered by flesh. We are only permitted to have communication with God through the Holy Spirit, of truth and love, in the name of Jesus Christ. We need to pray for the end of familiar spirits of ancestors to be bound over this land and all other lands too.
Truly I am scratching the surface. I had no idea either about demons until 1979 when I took in a woman and two daughters fleeing from a Satanist husband who wanted to rape them. Months and months of prayer by a team of spiritual warriors finally set her free. It launched me into deliverance plus the Holy Spirit gave me the gift of discerning of spirits. Now that's an eye-opener!
Jesus says Fear Not, nothing shall by any means hurt you. I believed Him and many years later I can testify to the truth of His words.
Shine Jesus shine fill this land with the Father's glory,
Blaze Spirit Blaze set our hearts on fire!
Let us sing this chorus as part of our prayer and intercession to cleanse this nation of evil oppression.
The shocking news just in is that Donald Trump has banned South Africa from taking part in 2026 G20 Summit in the USA, plus cut off every cent of funding South Africa receives from the USA. This is how demons destroy a nation making it a pariah to its trading partner. Our present leaders are not heeding the Lord being communists and involved with witchcraft which makes us darkest Africa for sure.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we bring the land of South Africa before You to cleanse it of Ancestor Worship. We take authority over all familiar spirits that have invaded our territory and bind them (paralyze them) in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. We spoil these plans to desecrate our nation with more evil. We render their ceremonies to use demons to win elections null and void and pray for Your protection O Lord through the power in the Blood of Jesus. Through the Blood, Satan has no power over us and no place in us. We cast these bound spirits back to Hell. In Jesus' name. Amen.