Isaiah 8:19 “And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?”(ESV)
And so that brings us to the demonic manifestations in this area. The most common animal behaviours that people try to mimic in Christian meetings are that of lions roaring, dogs barking or howling and birds chirping. Although there are many others, i.e. chicken sounds, crawling about on all fours like a dog, pretending to fly like eagles by flapping their arms, and pretending to swim like a fish while lying on the floor. The list is almost endless. There is only one category of people recorded in scripture, which mimic the behaviour of animals to be able to operate in the realm of the supernatural, i.e. mediums and necromancers. The above passage of scripture describes to us one of the ways that mediums and necromancers gain access to the realm of the supernatural. They do so by mimicking the behaviour of certain animals, for the scripture reveals to us that they “chirp” and “mutter”. The word translated “mutter” can also be translated “roar” or “growl”. Very clearly, the animal behaviours that people mimic in certain Christian gatherings are the same behaviours that are practiced by mediums and necromancers. And so, this sort of behaviour was first introduced into the church by people that have familiar spirits attached to them. These people would then prophesy in the church, while manifesting these various animal behaviours. When this behaviour surfaced in the church, because the false prophets also operate by familiar spirits, they endorsed and encouraged it as being a display of the Holy Spirit. Although the false prophets themselves very seldom if ever display such behaviour, they nevertheless encourage it in the church.
Michael E.B. Maher
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