Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the spiritists out of the land.
Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” And he said, “Bring up Samuel for me.”
And the king said to her, “Do not be afraid. What did you see?” And the woman said to Saul, “I saw a spirit ascending out of the earth.”
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?
(1 Samuel 28:3, 11, 13, 15) KJV
You may be skeptical of the idea that there’s an underworld realm of the dead deep in the interior of the Earth, or that the souls of the Old Testament saints had to wait there for the messiah. That’s understandable.
The thing is, the Bible explains itself. If you’re on the right track and you go looking for something, you’re going to find it. God loves diligence, and he loves to reward the diligent for their effort.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
(Proverbs 12:24) KJV
In this case the confirmation that we need, that the souls of the OT saints waited in sheol for the coming of the messiah, can be taken from this passage where a panicking King Saul breaks the law to compel a medium to summon up the spirit of Samuel the prophet, his former mentor.
Matty (Headwind) 