Acts 16:16-40 Necromancy = seeking authority, knowledge, or salvation from the dead. If a human who died becomes: prayed to; invoked; obeyed; trusted over Torah law — then functionally, it is דורש אל המתים, regardless of metaphysical claims. The NT’s moshiach narrative, ignores the core: Leading in “war” (crises) to uphold courtroom restitution (e.g., Sanhedrin as nimshal to Beit HaMikdash’s mashal).
The Torah Law mitzva of Moshiach, this mitzva applies equally to all Jews in all generations. The Torah mitzva of Moshiach exists as an expression of a servant, like Moshe and all the NaCH prophets, of Torah common law court police enforcers. The Book of Shmuel does not make king David into a theological belief system ‘new covenant’ God. Mesechta Baba Metzia :נט reject the authority of a בת קול voice from heaven as having any judicial authority on this Earth.
Acts 16:16–18 is not a neutral miracle story. It is a classic confrontation between Torah-prohibited practices and a pagan economic system. Encounter with the Slave Girl (Verses 16-18)/witch. The girl is explicitly described as having a πνεῦμα πύθωνα — a Python spirit, tied in Greek culture to Delphi, Apollo, and divination.
The act of Paul commanding the spirit to depart from the girl in Acts 16 can spark discussions about necromancy, witchcraft, and the broader context of spiritual authority. The accusation against Paul and Silas reflects a significant cultural conflict. They were promoting a different way of life that challenged local practices, including those tied to economic interests. The girl’s ability to tell fortunes, considered a source of income for her owners, was rooted in practices the Jewish Torah condemned.
This maps cleanly onto אוב וידעוני in Torah language (Devarim 18). Paul’s act is not prophetic justice. But rather an extrajudicial charismatic intervention, devoid of Sanhedrin authority, witnesses, or jurisdiction. This prophetic mussar interprets this av tuma story as an unlicensed manipulation of spiritual forces outside of Torah courtroom common law. As such this NT story more counter-witchcraft rather than prophetic mussar which the Torah commands.
The concept of resurrection in Xtianity indeed provokes a variety of interpretations and discussions, especially when viewed in the context of the Hebrew Scriptures (Torah) and traditional Jewish beliefs. The Torah does not explicitly describe resurrection in the way that later Xtian dogmatism does. There are sections of T’NaCH משל and Aggadic/Midrashic examination of the mystic work of the Book of Daniel 12:2 (Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches, to everlasting abhorrence”) – often read midrashically or kabbalistically through halachic lenses. However this סוד kabbalah interpreted through the lenses of halacha, defines how פרדס רמז\סוד weave together as warp vs. weft threads of a Talmudic loom which defines the cultures and customs practiced by the chosen Cohen people alone.
2 Kings 2:11 Elijah is described as being taken up to heaven without dying – illustrates a different understanding of life after death compared to the resurrection concept presented in Xtianity. 2 Kings 2:11, Eliyahu does not die. No burial, no resurrection, no glorified corpse. Eliyahu – removed from the human legal domain, not elevated into divine mediation. Eliyahu returns as messenger, not object of worship. He resolves ספקות, restores halachic clarity. He never annuls mitzvot or introduces new covenants. Malachi 3:23-24 and Sanhedrin 98a Elijah restores clarity to mitzvot, not annuls them.
Elijah’s experience does not support the Xtian dogma of resurrection but rather suggests other forms of divine interaction with humanity. Xtian dogma of resurrection seen as establishing a ‘new covenant’ between God in Heaven and humanity. This off the path redefinition life, death, and the divine relationship negates the revelation of the tohor spirits of HaShem’s 13 middot living within the Yatzir Ha’Tov of the chosen Cohen people.
Necromancy traditionally involves summoning the dead for knowledge or power. If one views calling upon JeZeus—who is believed to have risen from the dead—as a form of necromancy, it presents a complex interpretation that challenges conventional understandings. Within Xtian theology, Jesus is not viewed merely as a deceased figure but as the risen Savior who transcends death. This fundamental belief shifts the interaction from necromancy to communion with the living God; a direct violation of the 1st and 2nd Sinai commandments!
The Xtian ‘New Covenant’ belief in JeZeus’ resurrection – central to Xtian Av tuma false messiah avoda zara which introduces the dogma that JeZeus overcame death and now lives in a glorified state in the Heavens with his Father. This abomination negates: D’varim: לא בשמים היא. The Xtian resurrection witchcraft later spawned Muhammad the false prophet’s 72 virgin theological narishkeit. The prophetic mussar which forbade king David to build the Beit HaMikdash likewise corrupted by inept טיפש פשט Am ha’aretz stupidity.
Unlike Rambam (Maimonides), who emphasized spiritual immortality in the world to come and interpreted resurrection more cautiously (in his Iggeret Techiyat ha-Metim defending its literalness but subordinating it to intellectual reward), Ramban stresses a more physical, embodied afterlife. He critiques overly spiritualized views, insisting the verse “admits of no other interpretation” than literal resurrection (echoing Rambam’s own defense in his Treatise on Resurrection, though Ramban expands on the mechanics). The mitzva of Moshiach clarifies halacha based upon the precedent of Eliyahu who does the same. The Ramban grounds the סוד concept of resurrection firmly in Torah tradition; it serves divine justice, rewards the righteous (tzaddikim/maskilim who shine like stars, per v. 3), and upholds the 13 middot through tohor judgment—resurrection simply not anything approaching the NT metaphysical elevation of man into God, bypassing halachic courts or Torah observance.
The Torah mitzva of Moshiach stands upon the Torah precedent of Moshe anointing the House of Aaron as Moshiach – dedicated to drive, lead, guide Israel in a korban like dedication to actively pursue righteous justice among our conflicting peoples within the borders of the oath sworn lands. Just as a koran limited to the confined jurisdiction of the Mishkan so too and how much more so Sanhedrin common law courts, together with their prophetic enforcement police – limited strictly and only to operate within the borders of Judea alone.
The theological narratives surrounding JeZeus and Muhammad illustrate the complexities of Torah judicial justice as faith apart from the menstrual blood tuma beliefs, and avoda zara spirituality which define the cultures customs and practices developed by European, Arab & Muslim cultures. These Roman and Arab religions share no common ground with Israel brought out of Egypt to conquer Canaan to rule that land with judicial common law justice.
2 Samuel 11-12 David’s moral failure to judge Uriah the baal of Bat Sheva with justice. David’s attempt to cover up his implied adultery (the Talmud refutes this charge) by recalling Uria from battle – in the hope that he would have relations with his wife forced David to make a far more radical solution to his problem. The concealment of Uriah’s death as a consequence of war – herein defines the language “blood on his hands” by the prophet Natan. Furthermore, the curse of eternal Civil War imposed upon king David. Unlike Shaul whose dedication of the mitzva of Moshiach utterly profaned Natan commanded the mussar that Civil War would persue all generations of king David consequent to the “blood on his hands.”
The NT false messiah Roman Protocals of the Elders of Zion forgery – totally ignores the key Torah concept of Moshiach as defined to lead the nation in times of “war” (an undefined participle) to rule the land with Judicial courtroom justice which makes fair restitution of damages inflicted by one bnai brit upon another. Hence just as the Sanhedrin Federal Court system defines the נמשל k’vanna of building the Beit Ha-Mikdash משל; absolutely no different from the Mishkan משל to the לא בשמים היא revelation that the tohor 13 Oral Torah middot forever judge the heart of the chosen Cohen people!
The Torah mitzva of Moshiach the Roman fraudulent NT propaganda cannot substitute itself for any Torah commandment because by the terms of the Apostle Paul – Goyim not under the Law. Just as Goyim cannot negate the mitzva of brit melah so too and how much more so Goyim religions of Av tuma avoda zarah cannot determine the Torah mitzva of Moshiach. The mitzva of Moshiach directly bound, like Yitzak at the Akadah, to the leadership of guiding the people in times of War to not loss faith and fail to pursue righteous judicial justice both among our people and against our enemies in times of crisis or war.