Incorrect. We get one shot.....make the best of it. Hitler was not reincarnated - principally as such a silly belief throws Christianity in the garbage can.
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I believe Hitler was in Heaven for a brief moment, judged and then had to reincarnate in order to learn the lessons he needed to learn according to that judgement.
But he wasn't reincarnated as the same man, you know, because it is appointed a man once to die...
But we will all be in Heaven eventually.
In what way does it throw christianity into the garbage? It makes Jesus' testimony of God's unconditional love that much more acceptable.Incorrect. We get one shot.....make the best of it. Hitler was not reincarnated - principally as such a silly belief throws Christianity in the garbage can.
Besides, you don't know for certain that we each get one shot.
In what way does it throw christianity into the garbage? It makes Jesus' testimony of God's unconditional love that much more acceptable.
And some forms of so called christianity should be tossed. Like the "I'm better than you because I believe in Jesus" sort.
Besides, you don't know for certain that we each get one shot. That's just what you've been told and it's your gospel.
Then why didn't Elijah come back as Elijah? Instead he came back as John the baptist. And don't bother going into all that garbage that John was in the spirit and power of Elijah, because that's what reincarnation is. And Jesus outright said that John IS Elijah.Reincarnation is incompatible with Christianity because it reduces the body to a matter of clothing. The person is basically a spirit who inhabits one body or another. God creates each person as a unique, non-repeatable and non-changeable being, and we continue as that person into eternity, whether in heaven or hell.
Then why didn't Elijah come back as Elijah? Instead he came back as John the baptist. And don't bother going into all that garbage that John was in the spirit and power of Elijah, because that's what reincarnation is. And Jesus outright said that John IS Elijah.
That's just more proof of man's limited understanding of heavenly things. Nothing more. I believe Jesus, not man.Luke 1:17 states that John the Baptist would "go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah." Jesus described him as "Elijah who is to come" because Hebrew thinking often employed prototypes or types and shadows. It was a way to emphasize a man's characteristics to simply call him the name of another, since the other represented certain thinks in the Hebrew mind. Elijah was a prophet (one of the greatest), and John was the last of the prophets.
Matthew 17:10-13 is a parallel to Mark 9:11-13, where Jesus refers to John the Baptist as "Elijah." But this passage shows that the disciples understood this prototypical thinking, since it tells us "the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist." Moreover, both Elijah and Moses are described as appearing with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration We know that this Elijah returned from heaven is distinguished from John the Baptist (as a person) because even as Jesus and the disciples were coming down the mountain, Jesus referred to Elijah as "already come" and that men "did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of man will suffer at their hands".
This (persecution to the death) was true of John (and Jesus) but never of Elijah, so it absolutely proves that Jesus thought John and Elijah were two different men, even though He called John "Elijah" - in prototypical language. It also rules out reincarnation (which is utterly contrary to biblical Christianity anyway) because it shows that Elijah was still alive as a distinct person even after John the Baptist was murdered, whereas in reincarnation, Elijah would have ceased to be when he "moved into" John's body.
Further, when viewing Tradition as a witness the only ECF that had a solid, documented belief in reincarnation was Origen (a view which was condemned as heretical). Even Orgien did not think that Elijah and St. John the Baptist were the same person.
You interpretation is standing on a foundation of clay.
That's just more proof of man's limited understanding of heavenly things. Nothing more. I believe Jesus, not man.
If we do not believe Jesus is God in the flesh, we are the spirit of antichrist.And some forms of so called christianity should be tossed. Like the "I'm better than you because I believe in Jesus" sort.
That's just what you've been told and it's your gospel.
Your question is of the form: How can P go to hell when Q goes to heaven since P is a much better person than Q. In order for this to make any kind of sense it must be assumed that some people deserve heaven. The bible makes it clear this isn’t the case. With that in mind: Matthew 20:1-16how can a man who was responsible for tens of millions of deaths be given eternal life while a good non-believer is condemned to suffer for all time?
I suggest the "Hitler" discussion be laid to rest for this reason. I believe the question regarding children is a legitimate question.
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