12-20-2007, 12:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mhroy
Elias soul "reincarnated" into the John:
Luke 1:13-17
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.
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, 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 |
This would be an acurate way to render the word spirit in this particualr text and has nothing to do with reincarnation:
he shall go forth in the charecter, heart or attitude of Elias.
In modern terms you could say for example you have team spirit- or attitude.
The bible plainly declares that a man lives but once then has to face judgement either in Christ or out of Christ- this flatly refutes reincarnation. |
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