How do beings in heaven talk to beings on earth in the Bible

✨AI Mode

"According to the Bible, direct communication between humans on Earth and beings in heaven is not a regular occurrence and is often initiated by divine beings for specific purposes. Communication typically happens in extraordinary circumstances, not as a normal practice for believers. The methods include: 

"Divine communication
"The Bible describes several ways that God, and by extension other heavenly beings like angels, have spoken to humans.
  • Direct voice: Some biblical figures, such as Moses and Saul (later Paul), heard the audible voice of a heavenly being.
  • Dreams and visions: God and angels often relayed messages through dreams or prophetic visions. Examples include Jacob's dream of a ladder to heaven and Joseph receiving instructions about Mary and Jesus in a dream.
  • Angelic messengers: Angels frequently appeared in human form to deliver divine messages. For example, the angel Gabriel announced the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus to Zechariah and Mary. 
"The purpose of communication
"Communication from heavenly beings is always purposeful.
  • Warnings and guidance: God used a talking donkey to deliver a warning to the prophet Balaam, and an angel spoke to Lot's family before the destruction of Sodom.
  • Prophecy: Heavenly beings revealed future events and God's plan to prophets like Ezekiel and Daniel.
  • Announcements of major events: An angel announced Jesus' birth to the shepherds. 
"Communication with the deceased
"The Bible discourages attempts by humans to initiate contact with the dead. 
  • Forbidden practices: Deuteronomy 18:11 warns against seeking communication with the dead, including mediums and necromancers.
  • The witch of Endor: In 1 Samuel 28, King Saul consults a medium to speak with the dead prophet Samuel. This act is against God's law, and the incident is presented as a negative event that results in judgment upon Saul.
  • The rich man and Lazarus: In the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, the rich man in the afterlife asks that someone be sent to warn his family. Abraham denies his request, stating that his family has access to the prophets' teachings and would not be convinced even if someone rose from the dead. 
"Rare exceptions
"While communication with the dead is generally not permitted, some exceptional cases are noted in scripture.
  • The Transfiguration: In Luke 9, Moses and Elijah, both long-deceased figures, appear alongside Jesus and speak with him. This event is a unique display of heavenly glory and communication, not a typical example for ordinary believers.
  • The 'cloud of witnesses': Hebrews 12:1-2 mentions being 'surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,' which some interpret as departed saints in heaven observing and cheering on believers on Earth. 
"Overall, biblical accounts emphasize communication from God and his messengers to humanity on Earth, but discourage the living from attempting to contact those who have passed away. 

"If you'd like, I can look up some of the specific Bible verses related to divine or angelic communication and provide more detail on those stories?

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  1. [Here's the crucial problem with ai_mode: It's supposed to be better at something, right? So how does it neglect the two obvious ways of communication between heaven and earth? Christ, for one, and the Bible, for two…]
  2. [Why doesn't ai_mode even answer unsaid, underlying question/premise: What Bible?]
  3. [Why doesn't ai_mode address intercession, a common belief in the Roman Catholic system… not to mention, indulgences…]
  4. [Intercession and indulgence in the King James Bible, for example, are mysterious: "And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." Matthew 10:42]
  5. [You couldn't use this ai_mode's summary, verbatim, to write an essay, because it reads as cut and paste…] 
  6. [To use ai_mode as a teaching tool, you would first have to address a not so subliminal quality of communication: How do beings in heaven talk to beings on earth in the Bible, i.e., talk at, to, with? one-way communication like text? two-way, ala Moses, three-way as with Adam and Eve? unless we have to discuss Eden's location…]
  7. [The intro doesn't match this conclusion: Overall, biblical accounts emphasize communication from God and his messengers to humanity on Earth, but discourage the living from attempting to contact those who have passed away… not. at. all.]
  8. [Another assumption throughout regards disposition of the "dead"… Heaven? heavenly beings?]
  9. [Addendum to ai_mode response: "If you'd like, I can look up some of the specific Bible verses related to divine or angelic communication and provide more detail on those stories?"]
  10. [Who is this "I" saying it can look up verses?]
  11. [Did this "I" edit my search term so that "beings" becomes "humans" in ai_mode's intro: direct communication between humans on Earth and beings in heaven…]
  12. [I was talking to my daughter last night about the interactions from apps to tasks and back again and how much interoperability with our Google account data site to site etc…]
  13. [When you update Google apps does it reset flags you've set in preferences so that you're opted in to stuff you previously opted out of? And there are now so many settings…]
  14. [There is now a dearth of sources offered even when you don't use ai_overview or ai_mode…]
  15. [Out of seventeen sources offered by ai_mode for the above search term, none were academic sources, none… in the past, like 3 or so years ago, general searches pulled up various papers and journal articles, as well as more popular articles…]
  16. [I don't think it's only a matter of dollars and cents…]
  17. [Is it a lack of the prior, myriad sources, or is it a selection based upon adjustment due to my search ID? my preferences?]
  18. [For me… by now… the more AI, the more I'm looking for ways around it… I want to get back to the way being online was in 2022: Imperfect but not unusable…]






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