It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
wildtimes
reply to post by Logarock
Jesus did not by any stretch preach reincarnation.
Yes, Log, he did. It was widely believed and accepted at the time, and his words in several passages indicate that is PRECISELY what he was talking about. It's not even much of a "stretch". "Born again". Pretty clear.
Morg234
reply to post by whyamIhere
Jesus is the most documented person in History.
This must be sarcasm, surely.
Actually, I see a HUGE indication of reincarnation, right there.
What he said was a man is born of water, out of his mothers womb, but must be born of the water and the spirit. And its clear hes talking about the physical birth and then a spiritual birth.
Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. "Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
Two births one of the flesh the other of the spirit. Not even the slightest indication of reincarnation here.
By documented I am not referring to every scrap of parchment ever found.
I mean talked about, written about, and the most important figure in Human History.
windword
Not only did Jesus teach that we all are "born again", he taught that John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah!
AutumnWitch657
reply to post by Grimpachi
I didn't know there were unicorns mentioned in the bible. What book chapter and verse? Do I now have to start believing in Unicorns? I don' t have a problem with that because unicorns are lovely creatures but I need to know .
What he said was a man is born of water, out of his mothers womb, but must be born of the water and the spirit. And its clear hes talking about the physical birth and then a spiritual birth.
Water is a feminine energy and highly connected with the aspects of the Goddess. Used for healing, cleansing, and purification, Water is related to the West, and associated with passion and emotion. In many spiritual paths, including Catholicism, consecrated Water can be found – holy water is just regular water with salt added to it, and usually a blessing or invocation is said above it. In Wiccan covens, such water is used to consecrate the circle and all the tools within it. As you may expect, water is associated with the color blue, and the Tarot suit of Cup cards.
wildtimes
reply to post by whyamIhere
By documented I am not referring to every scrap of parchment ever found.
I mean talked about, written about, and the most important figure in Human History.
And every single bit of it based on hearsay.
Hearsay is not "documentation." But I see you understand that. Cool. :thumb up:
AfterInfinity
reply to post by Logarock
What he said was a man is born of water, out of his mothers womb, but must be born of the water and the spirit. And its clear hes talking about the physical birth and then a spiritual birth.
Water is a feminine energy and highly connected with the aspects of the Goddess. Used for healing, cleansing, and purification, Water is related to the West, and associated with passion and emotion. In many spiritual paths, including Catholicism, consecrated Water can be found – holy water is just regular water with salt added to it, and usually a blessing or invocation is said above it. In Wiccan covens, such water is used to consecrate the circle and all the tools within it. As you may expect, water is associated with the color blue, and the Tarot suit of Cup cards.
This is some of what water represents to the people who first started using it ritually. It is interesting that water should be held sacred by a man who places power on man, given the feminine nature of the element. But as with all things, there are two sides to the power of water. There are those things whose natures are aligned with purity, and those things whose nature is essentially that of change. Change is not purity. Change is the constant transformation, the input and the output. It will never be one thing entirely, nor will it always be a set mixture. The best water can do for that sort of nature is ensure that the transformations are done cleanly and clearly, rather than a chaotic turmoil without direction or meaning.
The rest is up to you.
I hear what you are saying but if you go back to the text Jesus himself explains he is talking about a woman "breaking water" during the physical birth. This was his response to the question... " can a man enter a second time into his mothers womb". Nothing mystical or metaphysical here.
Job 1:21
He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there
windword
reply to post by Logarock
The Old Testament prophecy of the coming of the messiah required that "the spirit of Elijah" return, as a voice in the wilderness, to make a way for the messiah. We are not our bodies and Elijahs old body wouldn't do. He needed to be "born again", like everyone who is born of the spirit.
The spirit of Elijah was born into John the Baptist, according to the words of Jesus himself. Jesus never said John the Baptist is a "type" of Elijah, he said John the Baptist IS Elijah. Jesus was raised at the foot of Mount Carmel, a short walk away from Elijah's Cave, and from the center of the Nazorean Essene headquarters, in the tiny settlement of Nazareth.
(Still don't see the link?)
Who was said to appear with Jesus before his ascension? Elijah, not an Elijah type figure! John was Elijah, and his appearance with Jesus confirms it.
Without Elijah, the Old Testament prophecy falls apart.
Reincarnation in intrinsic to the Jesus story. It can't be separated.
edit on 10-10-2013 by windword because: (no reason given)