Hi guys,
I found an article concerning the mentioning of John the Baptist having been a reincarnation of Elijah that I thought is very interesting and wanted to share:
Hello Charles
Hi guys,
I found an article concerning the mentioning of John the Baptist having been a reincarnation of Elijah that I thought is very interesting and wanted to share:
Hi Charles I would like to share my siritual understanding of Biblical references on Reincarnation.
Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement:”
Let us examine what this verse is saying.
When we die, we are dead and gone which is true of our physical body. That body including the brain will not reincarnate because it no longer exists either through being cremated or buried in the ground..
Our Soul however, which is the part of us that is made in the image and likeness of our glorious Godhead does not die but continues on and may reincarnate into another body in another lifetime at any time it chooses.
Our character, experiences, abilities and knowledge that we have gained during each lifetime is stored in the mind as in a data base which is part of the spiritual body which never forgets anything. It is the through our mind that we get glimpses of de-ja-vue and vivid dreams.
The Soul can reincarnate as many times as it chooses and each time occupy a new physical body. The denial of reincarnation exists because we are looking at it from the wrong end. We SHOULD NOT be identifying ourselves as a body with a Soul, but rather a Soul who is temporarily occupying a physical body.
In the Old Testament the Mosaic Law states: a life for a life, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Many terms are used to describe this condition but in fact they are all parts of the Godhead’s one Universal Law of “Sowing and Reaping “or Cause and Effect.
Analysing this phrase further tells us that we will know what it is like to walk in another man’s shoes. The breaking of any of the Ten Commandments puts us outside of the heavenly realm so when we return in another life, it is to expunge our past mistakes and so we will experience the exact conditions according to our actions in a previous life. KARMA.
These are the lessons we must overcome and is why we reincarnate. It is only when we have purged our past “SINS” that we get an opportunity to advance to a higher level, eventually not needing to return to the earth plane.
Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived. God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. This is one of the Godhead’s Universal Laws.
Should our actions be of a physical nature being of violence, sexual crimes, coveting, greed, murder, stealing etc. we will also experience these situations. If not in this most certainly in another life. On the other hand, if your actions are of a spiritual nature being kindly, loving, giving, gentle, caring person will advance to a higher level in the heavenly fourth dimension. It is when we purged all our SINS through the process of reincarnation that we reach the level of not having to return to the earth.
Sayings like “if you live by the sword, you will die by the sword” have all evolved from this one Universal law.
The Bible says judge not least ye be judged. It is difficult for those of us who understand reincarnation to see someone with a disability and immediately think, I wonder what they did to have this disability. In 99.9% of cases this would be true, however there is the exception to the rule.
As in the case of the man that was born blind.
Reading through John 9: 1, as I understand it spiritually, the discussion Jesus is having with His disciples is about reincarnation and why His disciples asked him the question about the blind man. “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents that he was born blind?” How could this man have sinned before he was born?
Jesus’s in His answer didn’t lay blame or judgement but replied – “Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.”
From the spiritual perspective, Jesus is saying in this man’s situation he chose to be born blind, knowing beforehand that he would be healed by Jesus as a demonstration for those witnessing this miraculous event, would acknowledge that He (Jesus) is the Son of God and glorify Him.
This was not a trick question asked by a Pharisee but from His own disciple whom He had been teaching for some time. Jesus was preparing them to carry His messages to the world.
That Jesus didn’t deny the question is compelling biblical evidence that reincarnation is a valid concept.
Nothing can be proven by scripture alone as is evident by the 5,000 plus different Christian denominations all with their own slightly different version of interpreting the Bible.
Yet when we read Malachi 4:5 the Bible tells us “behold, I will send you E-li-jah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.”
It does not say I will send someone like Elijah, or someone with the spirit of Elijah, it says that he will send E-LI-JAH which is a strong indication for reincarnation.
Jesus took James, Peter and his brother John with him to a high mountain place and stood a little off from them. They witnessed the transfiguration of Jesus as His face shone like the Sun and saw the appearance of Moses and Elias talking with Jesus and a voice out of the cloud said; this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Matthew 17: 10 -13 the disciples are asking Jesus why the scripture (Malachi 4-5) says that Elijah must come first? Jesus tells them that Elijah has already been but they didn’t recognize him and have already killed him and that the same thing is going to happen to himself. Then the disciples understood that Jesus was talking about John the Baptiste being the reincarnation of Elijah.
Then going back when John the Baptiste was still alive he was asked whether he was Elijah which he denied. This has to be indicative of all of us as we do not remember who we have been or where until we make that connection through our Soul to our subjective mind.
