People love haunted houses, though we say there’s no such thing. But not so fast. While I would not suggest a house can be occupied by the souls of dead people, there IS Biblical support for the idea that locations are connected to the sins committed in them. The ground remembers where innocent blood was spilled.
“What?” you ask, “Have you lost your mind?!”
No. The Bible warns that when innocent blood is shed, it defiles the land.
“[The killer] must be put to death… you shall not defile the land, for BLOOD DEFILES THE LAND, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it” Numbers 35:33.
If a man is hung on a tree, he must be buried by nightfall “for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse, and you must not DEFILE THE LAND…” Deuteronomy 21:23. If you have a new house, put a railing around the roof (roofs were like balconies then) “so that you DON’T BRING BLOODGUILT ON YOUR HOUSE if someone falls from it” v.8. (So even a death due to negligence can defile the land or the house.)
God told Cain that he knew Cain killed Abel, because “the voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!” Genesis 4:10. Interestingly, God did NOT require the blood of Cain to restore the ground. And clearly I would be going way out on a limb to suggest that all murders require the death penalty. We live under a New Covenant. Jesus can restore our land.
Nevertheless, be aware that sin may be connected to locations—and consequences may likewise be connected to locations. If you sin at work, you may suffer consequences at work. If you read your Bible at the office, you may reap GOOD things on the job. It is something to think about.
Don’t “haunt” your house by filling it with sin!
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