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Jesus Taught Reincarnation
Jesus was not the only one who taught and believed in reincarnation. He himself was a Jew and many of the Jews of his day also believed in reincarnation, including the Pharisees and the Essenes according to Josephus the historian. But obviously what really established reincarnation in the minds of the Jewish Christians was the teachings of Jesus. John chapter 3 is one of the only teachings of Jesus from the bible about reincarnation that was not completely carved out by the correctors hired by the church fathers because it didn’t fit into their doctrines.
Lots of the original parts of the teachings of about Reincarnation have been removed as you will see below. However, most Christians see this biblical passage as a teaching about salvation, especially since only the acceptable phrases are there. Their theologians, scholars and pastors have convinced them that “born-again” means salvation — saved from going to ‘Hell’. The truth is though, we are born again and again and again…
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What is Salvation All About?
A kind of Salvation different than what they expected
Jesus used the expression “everlasting life” more than he used “salvation” since it more accurately portrayed the reality of what he taught. The Jews lived in a time when they were under the oppression of the Romans and they were expecting a long awaited messiah that their scriptures prophesied would come who would deliver them out the the hands of their enemies.
However, though Jesus appeared to be that king and messiah that they were awaiting for God to send them, he didn’t come to bring them quite the type of “deliverance” that they had expected. He wasn’t exactly the kind of king most expected him to be. Unless of course, Jesus actually started a flame that ignited a war that was not recorded in the New Testament, like a lot of original passages that are missing from the Bible. There was the Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) that destroyed Jerusalem. But I digress…
Jesus came to bring them the message of salvation rather than deliverance from their enemies. He came to teach them the way to obtain “everlasting life”. This is the kind of salvation that would be “lasting unto the age of the ages” as the expression is literally translated.
But the enemy Jesus came to deliver them from was not Rome, as we see from the history that was left to us. Jesus said that his kingdom wasn’t from this world. The real enemy Jesus came to deliver them from was the god of this world and their own sinful selves — and I might add the bondage to a law that was not written by God, but traditions of men.
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The Main Takeaways
- Don’t believe everything you hear or read, whether it be from the pulpit, the TV or even the Bible.
- Trust in the still small voice that speaks to you from deep inside — that’s where the real truth comes from.
- Believing a lie is the same as being deceived. It takes belief to be deceived.
- Use critical thinking. Judge everything by logic. If it is true, it will pass the test of Logic and reason.
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