‘Cannibal’ sought help | News24

Share this…EmailPrintTwitterLinkedin Chilling evidence of a man arriving at the Estcourt police station community center with a human hand and “maggot-infested” foot was heard on Tuesday. Constable Ryan Ntshalintshali told the Pietermaritzburg High Court how Nino Mbatha, a traditional healer, came to the station for “help” with human body parts…

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Moloch – Wikipedia

Share this…EmailPrintTwitterLinkedin Moloch[a] is the biblical name of a Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice. The name of this deity is also sometimes spelled Molech, Milcom, or Malcam. The name Moloch results from a dysphemic vocalisation in the Second Temple period of a theonym based on the root mlk “king”. There are a number of Canaanite gods with names based on this root, which became summarily associated with Moloch, including…

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Satan

Share this…EmailPrintTwitterLinkedin The name Satan is derived from a root meaning ‘to oppose’ or ‘to be or to act as an adversary.’ In some cases, he is not necessarily malevolent and he may have even been sent by the Lord to prevent worse harm (such as in Numbers). Examples of…

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Beelzebub

Share this…EmailPrintTwitterLinkedin  Beelzebub in the Gospels Ba’al-zebub, also called Beelzebub or Beelzebul is known as the ‘prince of demons’. In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), it’s who the Pharisees accused Jesus of being because he could cast out demons. For instance: “The scribes who had come from Jerusalem…

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Bael

Share this…EmailPrintTwitterLinkedin                            According to Wierus, Bael is first king of hell with estates in the East. He has three heads: a toad, a man, and a cat. He also speaks in a raucous, but well formed voice,…

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Azazel

Share this…EmailPrintTwitterLinkedin                Azazel is the chief of the Se’irim, or goat-demons, who haunted the desert and to whom most primitive Semitic (most likely non-Hebrew) tribes offered sacrifices. The Old Testament states that Jeroboam appointed priests for the Se’irim. But Josiah destroyed the places…

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