Christians: Did you know there IS reincarnation in the Holy Bible? Elijah came back as John The Baptist?

Question

Matthew 11:14-15.

It also says he will return again to prepare the way for our Savior (Mat 4:5)

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Got that from here, the first answer

Any thing is possible through Christ!

Answer 1

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BTW, the second scripture is Mal 4:5 not Mat 4:5....(Malachi)

Answer 2

the Elijah
Not Elijah himself, but THE ELIJAH meaning he had the similar job.
The verse is talking about how John the Baptist has come to prepare the way for JESUS. He was called "the Elijah that was to come..." Elijah had already come but there was someone who was to come - AS ELIJAH who would prepare the way for JESUS CHRIST but wouls not actually be Elijah.

No where in that chapter (I just reread the whole thing) does it say that he was Elijah, only that he was meant to be like Elijah. Does that make sense?
By the way, Matthew 4:5 has nothing to do with John the Baptist but with Jesus being tempted.
I just read that one too.

Also, the question you got this from, is about anything being possible, which I agree with, BUT the person who posted the question isn't thinking about the fact that the Bible literally speaks out against the things he has listed. It's a very liberal view and it is true, but the things he applies it to don't make sense with it, making that part NOT TRUE.

Alright, I hope that helped, feel free to email,

Jessica

Answer 3

No. John the Baptist came in the power and spirit of Elijah. Luke 1:17, quoting Malachi 4:5-6.

When Jesus was in the garden, he was visited by the spirits of Moses and Elijah, Matthew 17:2-4, so Elijah, the prophet was no longer on the earth, having been taken to Heaven in a chariot of fire. See 2 Kings 2:11.

Answer 4

Elijah didn't not come back as John the Baptist.


Matthew 11:14
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
[If ye will receive it] This is a mode of speaking implying that the doctrine which he was about to state was different from their common views; that he was about to state something which varied from the common expectation, and which therefore they might be disposed to reject.
[This is Elias ...] That is, "Elijah." Elias is the "Greek" mode of writing the Hebrew word "Elijah." An account of him is found in the first and second books of Kings. He was a distinguished prophet, and was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire, 2 Kings 2:11. The prophet Malachi (Mal 4:5-6) predicted that "Elijah" would be sent before the coming of the Messiah to prepare the way for him. By this was evidently meant, not that he should appear "in person," but that one should appear with a striking resemblance to him; or, as Luke (Luke 1:17) expresses it, "in the spirit and power of Elijah." But the Jews understood it differently. They supposed that Elijah would appear in person. They also supposed that Jeremiah and some other of the prophets would appear also to usher in the promised Messiah and to grace his advent. See Matt 16:14; 17:10; John 1:21. This prevalent belief was the reason why he used the words "if ye will receive it," implying that the affirmation that "John" was the promised Elijah was a doctrine contrary to their expectation.


(from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft)

Answer 5

John the Baptist is a "type" of Elijah. John the Baptist is not the reincarnation of Elijah. The Gospel of Luke clearly says, "And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." (Luke 1:17)


Further, for the sake of argument, Elijah never died, so he couldn't be reincarnated.

Answer 6

Its certainly asserting John the Baptist his character replaced into like elijah its no longer certainly asserting John the baptist replaced into elijah however the way he spoke and how he preached replaced into in basic terms as elijah

Answer 7

John the Baptist come in the spirit of Elijah as one to renew all thing.

Answer 8

Not true, Elijah never died,He and Elisha were together and Elijah got lifted to heaven in front of Elisha.if there was reincarnation why would the population keep growing.

Answer 9

actually it doesn't

Elijah first came to oversee a transition in the life of God's people

John was "another Elijah" overseeing the transition of the ministry of Christ

another will come at the end overseeing the transition of the end in the ministry of Elijah

some see the wording as eluding the possibility of reincarnation...it doesn't

Answer 10

*sigh* Is this clear enough for you?

Hebrews 9:27 And just as it is destined that EACH PERSON DIES ONLY ONCE and after that comes judgment,

28 so also Christ died only once as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again but not to deal with our sins again. This time he will bring salvation to all those who are eagerly waiting for him. (NLT emphasis added)

*sigh* sirburd I don't even have time to address all the errors in your interpretation... wow

Answer 11

Look up transmutation, as this is as viable a possibility for the case you present as reincarnation.

It is the story of the man blind from birth and healed by Jesus that suggests the belief in reincarnation. Heres the thought process:

1) The man is blind from birth
2) The deisciples ask if he is blind because of his parents or due to some sin of his own
Question: Can he be blind from his own sin, and blind from birth, if this is his only life?