Godmindfamily, Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Reincarnation

Reincarnation is rejected by almost all Christians, and yet, it is real, proven, and biblical. It is also necessary to fully understand Bible prophecy. Most people don’t remember their past lives automatically because they do not want to. There is plenty of evidence for reincarnation, including thousands of past life anecdotes, many of which contain details that were subsequently verified. The work of Dr. Ian Stevenson of the University of Virginia is significant in this regard.Reincarnation is in the Bible. For example, Jesus said that John the Baptist was ‘Elijah, who is to come’ (Matthew 11:14). Elijah lived centuries before John, who was born of a woman, and is prophesied to return again by Malachi (4:5): ‘Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.’

The Day of the Lord, the Second Coming of Jesus, has not yet arrived, so must lie in the future. Therefore, reincarnation is the only mechanism by which Elijah could return twice. Also, in John 9:1, the disciples saw a blind man and asked Jesus ‘who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind’. The apostles believed that a man’s sin could result in him being born blind, a belief they very likely received from Jesus, which almost certainly means that they believed in past lives.

Belief in reincarnation is not essential for salvation, which is why before identifying John as Elijah, Jesus said, ‘if you are willing to receive it,’ (Matthew 11:14).

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