Ever Seen A Ghost ???

Circles? How coudl he see anything at all but line segments?

 

There have been "appearances" of the dearly departed in the Scripture:

Samuel appeared to Saul (the witch of Endor account).

Moses and Elijah on the mount of transfiguration appeared to Peter James and John.

And the most perplexing of all:

Matthew 27

50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.​

What became of these?
Did they go back with Jesus in His ascension?
Did they have to die all over again?
Maybe they are still here (just thought I'd throw that in)?​

HankD​

 

I saw a ghost when I was about 12 years old. I saw the outline of my music teacher (also our music minister) in the doorway of my bedroom the same night he was killed in a motorcycle accident. I have never seen anything like that since. You doubters out there will NOT convince me otherwise.

Cindy

 

I don't believe in ghosts, but I did have an experience once that I can't explain.

When I was in High School, I had a friend who lived in Haddonfield, NJ in a house that dated back to the early 18th century. One day, we were at his house and were in the family's rec room where they had a pool table.

All of a sudden, all of the balls on the table started moving. And I know that it wasn't just a matter of the table being off balance, because the balls started to move randomly, in different directions, and at different speeds. Then, the windows in the room started to raise up and down by themselves.

My friend's mother said, "Oh, that's just George". When we asked who George was, she explained that they had saw the apparition of a man every now and then in their house and that sometimes, he even waved to them. They believed that this man was a man named George who lived in the house with his family in the early part of the 20th century and he often appeared in clothes from around that time. She went on to say that often, just before or after they saw him, strange things would happen and the dog would get excited.

The father was an English teacher and had an extensive library and they would constantly find books in the rec room, which they believe was a study of some sort when "George" lived there. She told me that the balls on the pool table would often move back and forth on their own and she said that, to her, it looked like the way a bored person would just absent mindedly bounce a ball back and forth.

Please note that I'm not saying that I believe this was really the work of a ghost, this is just what I saw and I knew my friend Paul's parents very well and don't have any reason to believe that they were putting me on. Like I said, I don't believe in ghosts, but darned if I can think of any other explanation.

 

My sister saw a ghost when we were living in Cleves, Ohio, in 1970 or the early 70s. She was in bed one night and she saw an old man with flowing white hair. He pointed his finger at her. She couldn't hear him, but she could read his lips. He said, "You! You!" while pointing his finger at her. She got scared and hid under the covers. When she looked again, he was gone.

I used to hear foot steps across the floor on the second floor. I would look and didn't see anyone. It creeped me out and I slept downstairs. I then heard foot steps going down the stairs, then stop.

My Mom wanted to know why I was sleeping downstairs. When I told her about the foot steps, she said it was just the house settling, but I knew the difference between foot steps and the creaking of a settling house.

Mom then threatened to swat me, so I had to make a decision: which one is scarier? My Mom or the supernatural entity upstairs. I decided to go back upstairs. Ghosts aren't known for hitting someone with a switch.

I was so glad when we moved out of there in 1975.

 

Luk 24:37 But they were terrified and filled with fear, for they thought they saw a spirit.
Luk 24:38 And He said to them, Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Luk 24:39 Behold My hands and My feet, that I am He! Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see Me have.

Jesus said that spirits have no flesh or bones. the NIV translates spirit as ghost, are they demons, ghost or one in the same I dont know but Jesus is doing the describing.

 

I have had several supernatural experiences in my life, but I have found when I tell people about them it hurts my credibility. So, I am very careful who I relate these stories to. I will say this, I was brought up in a very non-religious environment and was an absolute skeptic early in life, but no more.

My best friend who is a good and devout Christian was a passenger in his car with his older brother when he was about 14. His brother was driving. Suddenly an elderly man appeared in front of them. His brother braked but they struck the man and he was thrown on the windshield. My friend says the man's face was pressed into the windshield directly in front of him, a sight he will never forget. Then the man was thrown foward off the hood of the car. They both jumped out and searched everywhere but could find no-one. They went home and told their family. There was no damage to the car.

He said that they both knew this elderly man and that he lived in their neighborhood and they saw him after this incident.

I was talking to my friend about this and he said he still speaks to his brother about this incident that happened over 40 years ago. They both insist it truly happened, and they don't care if other people believe them or not. I know my friend to be a very honest person, so I believe his story entirely.

 

1) Did you know about his being killed before you saw what you saw, or did you find out afterword?
2) Did he have any unique features such that the 'outline' was unquestionably he?
3) [I realize this is quite personal] What was your relationship with him? More than just music teacher and minister?

 

Alcott, Question #1 - I knew he had been in an accident but I did not know he was dead.
Question#2 - The apparition was a smokey outline. I just knew who it was beyond any doubt.
Question #3, I'm not sure what you are getting at here, but there was no relationship with him other than he taught music at my school, and was also our music minister at church.