Harold R. Eberle has become known internationally as a teacher to the Body of Christ. Having traveled extensively and authoring several books, he has influenced leaders’ lives all over the world. His passion is for the maturation of the Church.
In this seven volume series, Harold explains the spiritual world from a Christian perspective. He deals with issues such as:
What exists in the spiritual world
How people access that realm
Discerning things in the spirit
Activities of witches, psychics and New Agers
The Christian perspective of holistic medicine
Spiritual impartations and influences between people
Out-of-the-body experiences
Interpretation of dreams
What the dead are experiencing
Angelic and demonic visitations
Understanding supernatural phenomena from a Biblical perspective
Remove the supernatural from Christianity and you no longer have Christianity. Without the miraculous and the spiritual aspects recorded in the Bible you have very few pages left of the Holy Book. Still, many Christians deny present-day experiences related to the spiritual world. Or at best, they are defensive and fearful about the supernatural realm, not wanting to talk about it and warning everyone to stay away.
At the same time the general population is intrigued with spiritual realities. Popular television programs are incorporating supernatural phenomena and paranormal experiences into the lives of their actors. The New Age Movement, which emphasizes the spiritual dimension in an anti-Christian context, is spreading at a phenomenal rate worldwide. Young people surrounding us are being reared on videos portraying every aspect pertaining to the invisible dimension. Occult and various mystical teachings are a part of their daily diets. The world is paying money to witness mystical phenomena reported in magazines and portrayed in our movie theaters. This should tell us something, since Jesus said that where a person's money is, there is his heart. People give themselves to these things because they are hungry for spiritual reality.
It is time for the Church to offer God's answers to the people around us who are hungering. We must not allow evil men and women to fill the void. It is not enough for Christians to give warnings concerning this cult or that deception. Our Christian bookstores have volumes and volumes written on the dangers associated with the New Age groups, and those warnings should be taken seriously. However, our whole outlook must change. So long as we are on the defensive, we will not win this generation to our Lord Jesus Christ. We do not need another writing cautioning us to stay away from evil powers. We must get on the offensive.
Most importantly, it is time that we prepare the Church for an increase of the supernatural in Her midst. I am writing with a belief that God is beginning to move in new power among His people. In the past, we have seen various gifts of the Holy Spirit, but it is our hope and faith that before the return of Jesus Christ, the Church will arise to a place of maturity, during which She will do the very works of Jesus, and greater works (John 14:12). We will indeed see God move in power, showing signs and wonders that previously have not been seen in the earth.
It is time Christians understand and learn how to experience the supernatural in a greater measure. One of the most outstanding features we see in the lives of the men and women in the Bible is the spiritual phenomena that accompanied them. Just as Moses shamed Pharaoh's magicians, so also Christians should be able to demonstrate the power of God and shame the mystics and false prophets of our days. We do not need to be warned about evil as much as we need to be taught about God's power. Since the kingdom of light is greater than all darkness, it is time we rise up to a higher level of spiritual awareness and tap into that which God is offering to us.
Our textbook will be the Bible. The Bible is the most comprehensive and accurate book that reveals how the spiritual world influences us. By using it, we can come to a clearer understanding of spiritual dynamics than by reading all the occult and New Age books that have ever been published. The answers that people are seeking for are right there in the Book of all books.
In order to cover all the necessary information, we have had to divide our teachings into seven volumes. It is difficult to separate the individual topics, because the information presented in the earlier volumes is needed to fully understand later materials. We know that some readers will be tempted to jump ahead and investigate areas of particular interest, but we do not want you to misunderstand later truths which depend upon points made earlier. Please keep in mind that this entire set is written in a progressive manner, building one truth upon another.
The various volumes of this book are written so they can either be studied by an individual or taught in a group setting.
It is my belief that Christians are hungry to learn about the spiritual world. Every time I have taught on this subject to various Christian groups, the response has been shockingly favorable. People have many unanswered questions in this area because we have not talked about them openly.
In the Old Testament times among the Jewish people, there were various "Schools of the Prophets." No one knows for sure what was actually studied in such gatherings, but certainly those with spiritual inclinations learned much about the workings of God and the invisible world. We hope this book will be of similar value, but we call this the "School of the Spirit." Welcome to class!