What about John the baptis
Jesus said John was Elias but how can that be..because remember the mountain
Michael Jesus: He talked with God on Horeb, and heard His voice in the calm after the great wind. At the time of his death, he took Elisha and appointed him his heir as a prophet; he parted the Jordan with his mantle and was finally borne to heaven in a fiery chariot drawn by fiery horses. He appeared, together with Moses, to our Lord Jesus Christ on Mount Tabor at the Transfiguration. At the end of the world, Elias will appear again, to break the power of the antichrist (Rev. 11). Is this John The Baptis?
2007-01-13 11:07:41 · 22 answers · asked by Mijoecha 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
NO, the Bible DOES NOT teach reincarnation, according to Heb. 9:27 states that we are to dye once, and then the judgment.
Regarding John the baptists, he himself said he was not Elijah. (John 1).
The angel who came to his father gives us the answer: John the baptist was going to come "before him [the Lord] in the SPIRIT and POWER of Elijah".
So, he was not Elijah, but coming with his POWER, that is, his anointing! (as prophesied).
For further understanding the issue, since he was coming in the spirit and power of Elijah, sometimes he is referred as "Elijah". It is like when Jesus talks in Luke 13:34 " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee;", obviously the city itself cannot kill, but referring to the city Jesus is talking about the inhabitants of it.
2007-01-13 12:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by Joshua 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible teaches resurrection and that believers go to be with the Lord after they die. Jesus was saying that John was a "type" of Elijah not the actual Elijah from the Old Testament.
Matthew 11:13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, (14) and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
Elijah didn't die. He was with Moses and Jesus on the mount of transfiguration and theologians speuclate that they will be the two witnesses mentioned in the book of Revelation.
Revelation 11:3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth." (4) These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. (5) And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. (6) They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.
Reincarnation is mainly a Hindu teaching based upon Karma. According to the Hindus, who have many "gods" each being from an insect to one of their gods will be reincarnated into either a better or worse existence based upon how good they were in their past life. The Bible says that it is appointed once for a man to die and then the judgment.
2007-01-13 11:23:19 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is not re-incarnation you are finding. The likeness of Elijah is seen in John the Baptizer, not the same spirit/soul. They had a similiar gifting, that is all.
Calling John "Elijah the prophet" is like calling your best friend "My anchor" or "My rock". You mean it as a metaphor, not as an actual physical description.
Christianity does not teach reincarnation. Christ offers redemption (buying something back that was stolen or captured) and ressurection (a new quickening given to something that has died). They are two separate theologies.
Peace.
2007-01-13 11:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, Jesus said that John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elias.
The Bible also says that John was born as a baby.
But in the tribulation there will be 2 witnesses (and as the Bible says "it is appointed once for man to die" the only two who have not died is Enoch and Elijah).
2007-01-13 11:23:10 · answer #4 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is said that there are books that taught reincarnation but that they were left out of the bible along with many other books, the people that put the bible together only wanted people to read certain things and not others. But don't you think that there would have to be more to life than being repeatedly reborn, maybe people who remember past lifes are remembering perhaps being something like a gaurdian angel over those people?
2007-01-13 11:21:37 · answer #5 · answered by Angelz 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it does. Jesus and Peter come across a blind man , I think on the road to Damascus. Peter asks Jesus , referring to the blind man whom it was known had been blind from birth, something like "who has sinned here Lord the father or the son" Jesus responds with something like" neither, this man was intended to meet me here that my works be known to the world".
Peter asking whether the son has sinned or not alludes to the point that having been blind from birth he could only have sinned in a previous incarnation.
Jesus said John was Elias if you are a christian what more proof could you want
2007-01-13 11:31:00 · answer #6 · answered by simon c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Indirectly the Bible speaks about reincarnation in the passages you mention, however for the most part it has been left out. Reincarnation is the only thing that explains the great variegatedness in this material world. We experience reincarnation even during our lifetime. When we took birth we had a very small body. Now that we are adults our body is completely different. Where is baby body now? We changed it for our present one.
2007-01-13 11:23:42 · answer #7 · answered by edcaimo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Pope is right, the Bible does'nt really say yay or nay, although it does'nt really say at which death you will go to heaven or that you are exempt from returning to play the game again. I'm a D.O.G but i firmly believe the spirit comes back more than once though not to play the same identity as the first one.
2007-01-13 11:22:29 · answer #8 · answered by MJR 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Elijah never died, so he couldn't be reincarnated. Jesus didn't say John was Elijah, he said he was THE Elijah that was prophecied. It's a type of person, a prophet most likely.
2007-01-13 11:18:48 · answer #9 · answered by BaseballGrrl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity does not teach reincarnation. All references to karma and reincarnation were removed at the Council of Nicea. This was in order for the Catholic church to retain control of the masses. After all, if people believed they had more than one chance to "get it all right" or go to hell, this would give the church more control.
There is one reference to karma remaining in the Bible. (what you sow, you shall reap).
2007-01-13 11:23:13 · answer #10 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋