Isaiah 8:19, 20: "And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have
familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter, should not a people
seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony; if
they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
1. At what time does this warning have its proper application?
THIS admonition is found in a prophecy that pertains to the gospel
dispensation. For the preceding verse, which reads, "Behold, I and the children
whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the
Lord of hosts which dwelleth in Mount Zion," is quoted in Heb. 2:13, and applied
to Christ and the New Testament church. Thus we read, verses 11-14: "For both
He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he
is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, I will declare thy name unto my
brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. And again, I will
put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children which God hath given
me. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him
that had the power of death, that is, the devil."
And it is worthy of notice that in verse 16,
