Definitions: ghosts, spirits, demons
Ghost,apparatition of someone who had died.
1 Sam. 28 :12 ( context 9-15 )
Here we see in the OT an event that King Saul sought out at the risk of corrupting his own decree. The prophet Samuel has died, the Lord had taken his Spirit from Saul and Saul was desperate to know if the Phillistines or himself would win the battle.
Now we know this woman was a witch and practiced the dark arts of satan. King Saul had banished them all or punishment would be their price.
Needless to say Saul sought out just a one to tell him God's directive by her practice. He wanted to speak with Samuel, the prophet. Now some say this was her familiar spirit but I'm not so sure .
The woman described Samuel whom Saul knew.
The scripture says v.15 And Samuel said to Saul.............. Samuel begins to reinforce what Saul already knows ,that the Lord had departed from him. God sends word through Samuel the Prophet of what God is going to do to Israel, Saul and his sons.
Demon, an evil spirit or devil.
Rev.12 : ( 4-10 context )
This chapter is talking about the woman, the child and the dragon [ devil ] and the devil rebelling against God.
Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and the angels on his side. Michael prevailed and Satan was cast out of heaven to earth with his angels.
2 Peter ch 2 gives this account ( context)
V4. For if God spared not the angels that SINNED, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment.
Spirit, is the NONPHYSICAL part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.
We know that when God created man he breathed the breath of life into him and man became a living soul Gen.2:7.
So is this saying the word spirit and soul are interchangeable ?
Ezekiel wheel ch.1-3 make up your own mind . .
I have had some supernatural events happen in my life, that make me question
these phenomenons.
So, did the "Ghost" of Samuel appear to Saul after his death seems to be what you are saying.
The answer is
NO!
The verse immediately prior, which informs the reader that "when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets"
(1 Samuel 28:6). God was refusing to communicate with Saul through any means, including His prophets. Samuel, even if he had been still alive, would have had nothing to tell Saul. From this we can infer that the "Samuel" who communicated with Saul was not a prophet of God speaking from beyond the grave.
Knowing this, the entity Saul communicated with could not possibly have been the ghost or spirit of Samuel, or any other human being.
That leaves only the spirit realm as a possibility—and given that God had explicitly cut off communication between Himself (and by extension, His angels) and Saul, the only conclusion is that the "Samuel" conjured up by the medium of En Dor
was a demonic spirit masquerading as God's prophet.
The demon used parts of the truth, while posing as a man of God, to paint a picture of hopelessness.
2 Corth. 11:14-15...........
"And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works".
I think it wise to remember the Word of God in Deut. 18:10-12............
"There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or
cone who inquires of the dead, 12 for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you."
