Ever heard of the word GRAVE-SUCKING?

 I stumbled into this word today - grave sucking, and my curiosity got the best of me. So I went on to research.

Grave sucking, also known as grave soaking or mantle grabbing, is the act of lying across the physical grave of a deceased preacher or evangelist for the purpose of “pulling out” the power of the Holy Spirit, a power that was purportedly “trapped” within the body upon the person’s death. 

Videos and images across the internet show grave suckers kneeling at or lying across the grave plots or gravestones of famous figures such as C. S. Lewis, John Calvin, or Charles Finney in hopes of “grabbing” the abandoned spiritual mantle or “soaking up” an anointing like a sponge.

Grave sucking or mantle grabbing is based upon the idea that the spiritual calling of an individual who has died may be reclaimed and used by another person. The theory is that God uses the Holy Spirit to “anoint” certain believers with a specific purpose, such as healing or prophecy, but, when the person dies, God’s work is thwarted. Thus, the Holy Spirit is “wasted,” lying upon the bones and unable to continue the calling. Unrecovered anointing is apparently available to anyone who would physically come and claim it. This superstitious practice is blatantly unbiblical, spiritually dangerous, and tremendously misleading for uninformed believers.

For those who believe in a grave-sucking, a possible proof is 2 Kings 13:21 where a dead man is thrown into an open grave and when his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man resurrected. This biblical account could be used to show that power or anointing is still present in a prophet's bones after death.  

The grave sucking phenomenon originated in Bill Johnson’s Bethel Church in Redding, California, an organization associated with other unconventional practices such as Sozo prayer and heretical movements such as the Toronto Blessing and the New Apostolic Reformation.

Culled Gotquestions

*All these strange practices. Hmmm...I can tell you categorically that grave-sucking has nothing to do with God. Should we be surprised when people twist the Word of God and take it out of context?

Let's be careful out there. A lot of strange doctrines exist to ensnare us and drive us far from the truth.