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<blockquote data-quote="Erasmus7" data-source="post: 70002922" data-attributes="member: 378684"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I respect that, with Eastern religious ideas becoming more and more prominent in the West, questions may be arising in the minds of believers as to the possible validity of some of these beliefs.</p><p></p><p>However, one thing we learn very quickly in the study of biblical theology is that biblical doctrine is many times diametrically opposed to non-Christian religious ideas. Jesus and the prophets announced a Way that was vastly different from the pagan ways of their day.</p><p></p><p>After all, if Jesus is the only way to God and the only Light of Salvation forthe world, as He said in John 14:6 and the disciples said in Acts 4:12, then we must not be surprised if what the Word of God from heaven says is different from what non-Christian religions say regarding how to get to heaven.</p><p></p><p>In a nutshell, reincarnation is extremely different from the Bible way of salvation, which is through faith and by grace, in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9), as opposed to reincarnation, which teaches working one's way to heaven through multiple works in multiple lifetimes. This is the exact opposite of grace.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, the great Christian goal is Resurrection from the dead. These, our selfsame bodies we have now, will on the Last Day be raised as glorious new bodies. In other words, our goal is not to inhabit many bodies over thousands of years. It is the resurrection of this very body that we hope for.</p><p></p><p>This why John 5:28-29 tells us: ‘Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.’ - i.e., the souls of 'those in their graves' were not going through endless bodies over many years: they were waiting to be resurrected in the same body they had had on earth.</p><p></p><p>I actually give a detailed exegesis of many such passages in my recent book, 'Reincarnation in Perspective' (by Gregory Rogers, see amazon.com), which is basically a detailed defence of the biblical position, explaining clearly why reincarnation is the opposite of the biblical idea of resurrection, and refuting many of the key texts reincarnationists use in an attempt to prove reincarnation. It goes through the biblical record, church history, as well as supposed reincarnation 'case studies'.</p><p></p><p>In a nutshell, then, reincarnation is an eastern idea, not a Hebrew one. There is no indication of it at all in Scripture.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Erasmus7</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erasmus7, post: 70002922, member: 378684"] Hi, I respect that, with Eastern religious ideas becoming more and more prominent in the West, questions may be arising in the minds of believers as to the possible validity of some of these beliefs. However, one thing we learn very quickly in the study of biblical theology is that biblical doctrine is many times diametrically opposed to non-Christian religious ideas. Jesus and the prophets announced a Way that was vastly different from the pagan ways of their day. After all, if Jesus is the only way to God and the only Light of Salvation forthe world, as He said in John 14:6 and the disciples said in Acts 4:12, then we must not be surprised if what the Word of God from heaven says is different from what non-Christian religions say regarding how to get to heaven. In a nutshell, reincarnation is extremely different from the Bible way of salvation, which is through faith and by grace, in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9), as opposed to reincarnation, which teaches working one's way to heaven through multiple works in multiple lifetimes. This is the exact opposite of grace. Furthermore, the great Christian goal is Resurrection from the dead. These, our selfsame bodies we have now, will on the Last Day be raised as glorious new bodies. In other words, our goal is not to inhabit many bodies over thousands of years. It is the resurrection of this very body that we hope for. This why John 5:28-29 tells us: ‘Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.’ - i.e., the souls of 'those in their graves' were not going through endless bodies over many years: they were waiting to be resurrected in the same body they had had on earth. I actually give a detailed exegesis of many such passages in my recent book, 'Reincarnation in Perspective' (by Gregory Rogers, see amazon.com), which is basically a detailed defence of the biblical position, explaining clearly why reincarnation is the opposite of the biblical idea of resurrection, and refuting many of the key texts reincarnationists use in an attempt to prove reincarnation. It goes through the biblical record, church history, as well as supposed reincarnation 'case studies'. In a nutshell, then, reincarnation is an eastern idea, not a Hebrew one. There is no indication of it at all in Scripture. Hope this helps. Regards, Erasmus7 [/QUOTE]
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