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hillsbororiver:
As I was channel surfing last weekend I came across one of those TV preachers doing the hand on the forehead, felled by the spirit dog and pony show. I wondered, when people faint or lose consciousness do they always fall backward? It is amazing, the preacher performing this whatever one might call it always positions someone directly behind the person on the receiveing end, it struck me enough to do a search on examples in scripture where people "fall backward" my initial thought was that falling backward would not be something to be desired.

I found a couple verses that appear to substantiate my reaction;

Gen 49:17  Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
 
Isa 28:13  But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little and there a little; that they might go and fall backward and be broken and snared and taken.

Peace,

Joe
 

OBrenda:
Ah Yes, ;)

The church I was in called it "Slain in the Spirit"  :P

Being slain in the Spirit is a term related to the Charismatic movement and Pentecostalism which describes a religious phenomenon in which a person enters a state with loss of all motor control over their body and falls to the floor during an event perceived as a personal encounter with God's glory and power, usually associated with occasions of public prayer ministry when the laying on of hands is practiced.

If it was losing all motor control, how is it that they are stiff, no knees bent, arms right at their sides ?

Like the children's book the "Emperors New Clothes" it was only the special people that the Spirit engulfed!

musicman:
Well they say Mike Tyson found god so that's why he done ended so many fights knocked out on his behind.

KristaD:
That's really weird because the one time that happened to me at a church everyone went backwards but when they got to me I just folded up straight down on the floor like my legs just gave out under me. Maybe God was keeping me from being snared and taken :).
Thanks for sharing that Joe, and very good point Brenda.

hillsbororiver:
Hi Krista,

That is very interesting that you did not fall backwards and that now you have been called to receive the real Good News!

I love this stuff!

Thanks for sharing your experience,

Joe

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