In a message dated 9/3/07 7:42:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
That's interesting. There are also Christians that believe in reincarnation, > but there is no Biblical basis for that belief while there is a Biblical > basis for one life on Earth then a final judgement.>> Oh..yes dear...as long as you ignore where Jesus stated emphatically that John the Baptist was a reincarnation of the old testament prophet Elijah. And then there's the bit where he said, "Before Abraham was, I AM, and I am you, and you are me, and I am the Creator, and that I (and therefore, you) will be born again. OffWorld Offworld , your retort sounds pretty gay, "Oh.. yes dear.." <But, maybe you would like to tell us book and verse where Jesus said John was the reincarnation of Elijah. By the way, Elijah is one of two prophets in the Bible that there is no record of them having died and if you don't die, you can't reincarnate. <Before Abraham was, I Am is reference to who He Is, I Am. If you knew the whole story here, you would also know that the crowd at the temple wanted to stone him for blaspheme when he said that, clearly no reference to reincarnation. <Being born again, Jesus said that which is born of the flesh is flesh but that which is born of spirit is spirit. Master Nicodemus was certainly perplexed by the statement "you must be born again" obviously no concept of reincarnation, he never asked if he must physically die and take another body because he asked Jesus, can a man enter his mother's womb and be born again? Jesus then explained spiritual initiation to him as being born again. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
