Okay, for people who are new comers to the topics that I'm exploring on this blog probably feel totally lost, a little put off, worried about me & my chance of going to heaven, like I belong in a psychiatric ward, confused, or some combination of the above. But is it possible that things are not always as they seem?
I've already shared with y'all that I grew up in a Southern Baptist church. I also shared that my spiritual awakening has actually reaffirmed a lot of the aspects of that religion. But my spiritual awakening has also reaffirmed aspects of every religion! I really believe in LOVE & LIGHT & THE BEATLES! Haha! I mean it. Their songs were right on the money. I really think that Jesus felt the same way. He wanted everyone to get along and to accept each other. No I don't agree with the aspects of religion that lead people to judge each other or even to kill each other, but in the heart of being accepting I'm not going to JUDGE them!
Anyway, from what I understand Jesus came to earth without a veil. A veil in the esoteric world is the "amnesia" that we are born with-- some strong than others. Jesus came into this world knowing who he was, where he came from, the power that love and kindness had, and he wanted to share that with us. He was the son of God, and so are we! He told us that repeatedly.
There are different thoughts on when reincarnation was actually taken out of the Bible, and some say that it was 553 AD(you are welcome to research this yourself more). We've all heard of the councils that decided what stayed and what went, but probably haven't taken the time to give it all that much thought... I think that we can all agree on the fact that the Christian Bible has been translated a lot, edited a lot(we've all heard about and maybe even read the books that they decided not to include), and misunderstood a lot. Some people can take a single verse and twist it to mean something entirely different than what it means in the whole context of the full scripture. These aren't very controversial things to say about the Bible, I don't think!
So let's just consider the fact that reincarnation was knowledge that went out of favor with the powers that were in charge... Maybe they wanted to "control the masses" and disempower people, so they decided that the knowledge of reincarnation was just too powerful or too enlightening. The belief or even talk of reincarnation became punishable by death and so it was somewhere along the way completely weeded out of accepted Christian beliefs.
Despite removing the major chapters and verses that supported and taught reincarnation, there is still evidence right before our eyes! Some verses in the Bible make even more sense when you read them with the thought of reincarnation in mind.... Is it possible that a simple truth about our soul and existence was never even presented to us to accept or reject? I'm starting to think so!
Below are some verses from the Bible... There are even more in the books of the Bible that were removed (the book of Thomas has a lot of direct quotes by Jesus on the topic), if you find these verses interesting, you should definitely look deeper into those. This blog is just an overview to bring up the subject for discussion!
1 Corinthians 13:12
King James Version (KJV)
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Matthew 17:11-13
New International Version (NIV)
11 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”13 Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
John 9 (NIV)
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
Luke 1:17
New International Version (NIV)
17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Mark 9:9-13
New International Version (NIV)
9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.10 They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant. 11 And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” 12 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?13 But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”
Job 14:14
New International Version (NIV)
14 If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal[a] to come.
Revelation 1:7
New International Version (NIV)
7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[a] and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”[b] So shall it be! Amen.
Hebrews 11:13-16
New International Version (NIV)
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
Revelation 3:12
Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out.
Luke 1:13,17
Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Matthew 11:13-14
New International Version (NIV)
13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
Matthew 17:12-13
New International Version (NIV)
12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”13 Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
Job 1:21a
21“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there.
Hebrews 7:10
New International Version (NIV)
10 because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
New International Version (NIV)
7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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