The Supernatural
Dictionary Definition
1: of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible
observable universeespecially : of or relating to God or
a god, demigod, spirit, or devil
2a: departing from what is usual or
normal especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature
2b:
attributed to an invisible agent (such as a ghost or spirit)
Super when used as a prefix such as here, means to exceed a norm, above, higher, etc. So super natural is above or beyond the natural.
The supernatural is definitely talked about in the Bible because all the miracles mentioned were supernatural and angels and demons are supernatural. The supernatural definitely exists. We cannot explain the supernatural because it is beyond the normal rules of the universe as we understand them.
Where is heaven, where do angels and demons exist? Normally we cannot see them and yet the affects of them can sometimes be seen and according to the Bible, angels can be manifested so that we can see them. So do they exist in another dimension? We don't have enough information to know. So there is the problem. People have great imaginations and so all kinds of other things are thought up to explain the supernatural.
An aspect of the supernatural is the occult. This typically includes such things a witchcraft, channeling, astrology, and all kinds of such things. Unfortunately, some of this is true and is the activity of demons. Being involved in these things is forbidden in the Bible. The New Age Movement is all about involvement in the occult.
Practice of the occult was rampant in the Old Testament with people worshiping other gods that were satanic. These practices included temple prostitutes with sex being performed actually in the pagan temples, sacrificing babies and children to be burned on pagan idols, and all kinds of immorality. The very first of the ten commandments is not to mess with other gods. Playing with the occult can have dire consequences by inviting demons to interact with you.
Exodus 20:3-5 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Leviticus 19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Leviticus 20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them.
Galations 20-21 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
More to come.