Reincarnation

Do you live with the sense that you have been here before?  Have you ever wondered if reincarnation was something like an event, that actually does occur through out the whole human race?  Does your religion discourage you from believing in reincarnation?

Christian Bible Study Many New Age Christians, seem to have a better sense to keeping their minds free and open to new found knowledge and ideas. Though truth of reincarnation is no stranger to us, and is often found right under our Christian noses, they are without a doubt more apt to learn. Christians, I feel are rather lazy about their practice and often rely solely on a preacher or priest to tell them what to do, what to believe, and what it all means. However, I see a great hope in the Christian faith yet. With that said, it is not to far of a reach for this new generation of believers, to drudge off some of the old tradition nonsense and discourse. Traditional nonsense and discourse, found off past clergymen fear and personal conquest. In the hopes of further study, I ask everyone to turn to their Bibles for sources addressing reincarnation. For a New Testament scripture on reincarnation, I suggest reading John 3:4-8.

I’m a Fideist.  I believe Jesus Christ to be the son of God (Aravat according to Enoch). I  believe that many different religions make up the true religion of God.  I use many resources from different world religions to study.  I look for similarities, contradictions, and writing structure to determine what is the word of God and what is not.  Though my own personal belief system background was formed by Catholics, Methodists and Baptist- I use different types of religions to be my sole guiding force.

Lately I’ve been reading the Gnostic Gospels.  With a particular interest in the Gospel of Philip and The Sophia of Jesus Christ.  I have been seeking out comparative statements from these gospels, and finding comparative verses in other religious text.  Since I think reincarnation is a possibility, I started searching for known religious verses to prove that it does exist and has occurred in some human beings.  For today’s entry I would like to show you 3 compelling scriptures from the Gospel of Philip, thought to have been written somewhere around 385 A. D.  But was found to have been before it’s Greek translation in 435 A. D.  It was found to have existed long before either of those dates, because it was found among the other scriptures known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Here are some of those verses found in the Gospel of Philip:  (The Gospel of Philip is a narrative of Jesus Christ and what he said to some of his disciples when they asked questions about the existence of God and how Jesus came to be.  The Gospel of Philip addresses many issues such as Jesus’ relationship with Mary Magdalena, who & what Truth is, who the Father is, faith, and spiritual well-being.)

• “For the good are not wholly good nor the wicked wholly wicked, nor is life merely life, nor death merely death; each will return to its primal source.”

≈I believe this verse to be the key to reincarnation.≈

There are many points and variables to this verse when broken down.

1. Take the lines “nor is life merely life, nor death merely death;”: Here the author is clearly stating that there is more to just living and dying.   Isn’t it being rather naive of us to assume that a soul either goes to heaven or hell?
   
2. That is where I think the lines: “For the good are not wholly good nor the wicked wholly wicked,” comes into play.  Life is confusing at best.  We all know this!  So why is it then that we expect to get it all perfectly right in one lifetime?  It is impossible to become fully righteous in one lifetime alone.  Maybe the persons who are able to defy all odds get to go to heaven automatically.  And maybe those persons who are truly, truly wicked and never asked for forgiveness are sent to hell in a hand basket.  But what of the rest of us who don’t fully deserve to go to heaven, nor hell but rather need a second or third chance?  Why isn’t that possible?  Why do we even pretend to know what God does and what he doesn’t?  Isn’t it his discretion to determine if reincarnation is a viable aspect of life?  Are you God?
   
3. Then there is the final line; “each will return to its primal source.” Let me guess; are we all going to guess where that was or maybe is?  Isn’t that being arrogant on our behalf?  Again it begs for the question, are we then God?  For anyone to claim the knowledge of such would either have to be Jesus, God or reincarnated.
   

• “He who is no longer “of the world” cannot be delayed on the grounds that “he was once in the world”. Delayed for what, for where?  The meaning of this verse would have you confused, but reread it.  Then reread it again.  “He who is no longer “of the world” cannot be delayed on the grounds that “he was once in the world”. Sounds like a second chance to me.
• I also feel that this upcoming verse lends itself as proof that reincarnation does occur.  “If a man or woman regains his or her former self, there’ll be an end to death.”

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