Chapter 3.15
Reincarnation
Karma – Feng Shui – Divine Incarnation – Soul
Sleep
Two Judgments – Two Deaths - Purgatory – Paradise
Lake of Fire – Temporary State – Eternal State
First
Word
Almost
all major religions except Christianity and Islam believe in some form
of reincarnation.
Reincarnation is
the religious or philosophical concept that the soul or spirit,
after biological death, begins a new life in a new body.
Reincarnation is a word derived
from Latin, meaning literally, "entering the flesh again". The Greek
equivalent corresponds to the English phrase "transmigration of the soul."
They refer to "being born again" which is
a universal process that gives rise to the cycle of death and rebirth, governed
by “Karma”.
Every living being's soul transmigrates
(recycles)
after death, carrying the seeds of Karmic impulses from the life just
completed, into another life and a lifetime of karmas. Birth is not a beginning and death is not an end.
After death, the life as we know now moves
on to another form of life based on the merits and demerits it accumulated in
its current life. The path to becoming a
“Supreme
Soul” is to practice non-violence and be truthful.
As worn-out garments are shed by the
person; worn-out bodies are shed by the dweller within the body. New bodies are “put on” by the dweller, like
garments. Abrahamic religions such
as Christianity, and Islam do not
believe that individuals reincarnate, however in Judaism, followers of
the Kabbalah
do believe in reincarnation. Wikipedia
Karma
Karma begins with the premise that every action has a consequence which will come to fruition in either
this or a future life; thus morally good acts will have positive consequences,
whereas bad acts will produce negative consequences. Karma is not itself "reward or
punishment", but is a law that produces consequences.
The Karma rebirth is the concept that all life forms go through a cycle of
reincarnation, that is; a series of births and rebirths. The rebirths and
consequent life may be in a different realm, condition or form. Wikipedia
Question; where did the
first birth or death come from that started the whole Karma thing?
If you are a
product of Karma,
then you do NOT have
Free Will, therefore what you do to
others and what happens to you is a direct result of a blessing or a
retribution for actions in a past life whether yours or theirs.
So,
here’s where we are; killing someone
may be a good thing because of something evil that “they did” in their past
life; it’s not your fault that you murdered them, it’s theirs.
Biblical Karma; notions of “Karma thinking”
can be found in The Book:
“You reap what you sow” [1] and
“If you live by the sword, you will die by
the sword”.[2]
Feng Shui – This
one is just for FUN.
Feng Shui is a Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing the human
existence with the surrounding environment. The term Feng Shui literally translates in English as "wind-water". The energy
rides on the wind and “scatters”, but
is “retained” when it encounters water.
The Feng Shui practice discusses architecture in metaphoric terms of "invisible forces" that bind the universe, earth, and man together. It’s about HARMONY alignment in your life. I once worked with a man who would not buy a
house unless it was Feng Shui oriented.
It is said
that the magnetic compass was
invented just to aid with Feng Shui orientation.
Polarity is expressed in Feng Shui as
the YIN and YANG which is similar to the magnetic compass dipole. Two ends: one creating an exertion and one receiving the
exertion. WHAT
Devine Incarnation
Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh. It refers to the conception and birth of a sentient creature, (one who has the ability to feel, perceive, or to experience subjectivity) and
who is the material manifestation of an entity, a god or force whose original nature is immaterial. In its
religious context the word is used to mean the descent from Heaven of a god, or
divine being in human or animal form on Earth.
Devas (gods) may also die and live again. NOTE: Some Actresses are actually called Devas. I guess they USE TO BE a
god and now they have been divinely reincarnated as a SEXPOT.
Many Christians regard Jesus Christ as a divine incarnation. Some Christians and Muslims believe Jesus
as well as some prophets’ may be incarnate again. The Book teaches that Jesus will come again at Armageddon. We do not believe that this is a
Reincarnation, but is His actual “Second Coming” not counting the Rapture when
He returns in the sky.
Revelation 22:12 – 12 “Look,
I AM COMING
SOON! My reward is with me,
and I will give
to each person according to what they have done. (NIV2011)
Revelation 1:7 –7 Behold, He is
coming with clouds, and
EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM, even they who
pierced Him. (NKJV)
Body. Soul, Spirit
Death: This brings us
up to the discussion of Death; what is the difference between the Body, Soul
and Spirit? [3]
Let’s get some definitions going.
Body: Man
has a physical body that was formed from the dust and will return to the dust
at his death.[4]
Soul: In the simplest of terms; the soul is the mind of a man and his
spirit controls his mind and his mind controls his body. Souls are created by God and are given before
conception; the Soul has sensations, thoughts, desires; longs to eat, longs for
God, magnifies God; it rejoices, loves, knows and remembers; it has beliefs,
emotions, personality and performs intentional actions.[5]
Spirit: There is a spirit in a man as well as a
soul. There are many scriptures supporting
BOTH the Soul and Spirit being “separate”
although many believe they are both the same; at any rate, unlike the body,
they are never separated.[6] -Man’s spirit/soul is immortal and
returns to God at death. [7]
SELAH (ponder this) The SOUL/MIND is what controls your actions; it receives its
direction either from the desires of your BODY or from the
desires of your SPIRIT.
Many let their bodies control
their mind; it’s a battle [8]
MAN “IS” WHAT HIS SOUL “THINKS”.[9]
Resource Book
You may recall that part of the
brief description of Reincarnation
and Karma indicated that we may be
in a different realm, condition or form.
This is similar to the Bible’s version where there is a rebirth into different realm, in a
different condition and a different form.
The
Bible is an excellent resource
book, pinned by men as inspired by Jehovah God, just so we can understand about
such things as Reincarnation, Karma, Feng Shui, Purgatory and Soul Sleep as well as about the
state of our existence between death and our resurrection. This Book is divided up into TWO MAIN THEMES which are based on decisions that you make during your
lifetime, or to say it another way; the decisions you make in this lifetime will
have eternal consequences; (you can call
it “Karma Decisions” if you want to.)
In the Bible,
those that embrace God through His Son Jesus the Christ are called Believers or the godly; and those who don’t are called un-believers or
the ungodly. This study is going to trace these TWO
DECISION MAKERS through to their final conclusion.
Death - Separation
What
does the Bible say about what happens to our bodies after we die? Well at death, the Body is separated from the
spirit. The body returns to the earth
one way or another and decays.[10] The Spirit/Soul moves on, but comes to a “Fork in the Road”.
Although the Body and Spirit are
separated at death, they are actually in a temporarily or Intermediate State
and will get back together again. Stay
Tuned for the
Fork in the Road.
Ecclesiastes
12:7 – Body returns to dust; Spirit returns to God
7 Then THE
DUST (BODY) WILL RETURN TO THE EARTH as it was, and THE
SPIRIT WILL RETURN TO GOD who
gave it.
(NKJV)
Soul Sleep
Wikipedia: Soul Sleep is an interval between death and
the judgment, the soul sleeps.
Bible: When our soul
is absent from the body it will be present with the Lord[11]
in an assembly of other Believers who are now called the Saints. We will have all our senses; eating, tasting,
feeling, seeing, hearing, touching, singing and praising.[12] We will be in His presence; Face to Face and
given wisdom and knowledge to understand all we have always wondered about.[13]
If your soul is asleep, you can do none of these things. The term “SLEEP” as used in
scripture is a KIND WAY of saying
somebody is DEAD.
Like for the sake of decency, saying he
“KNEW HER” instead of
saying they had SEX. Although many embrace “Soul Sleep” with parallel scriptures, the
phrase or term “Soul
Sleep” does not occur in the Bible; so get over it… Sleep is Death.
Fork in the Road
According
to Scripture; at death, there is a “Fork in the Road” for the Spirit of
a man which will take him temporarily to an intermediate state of existence
before he returns to the one who made him and his final “Eternal State”. The
decisions he made in his previous life about the “Son of God” determines which
of the two destinies he will take. (You
could call it his “Good Karma” or his “Bad Karma”; sort of, maybe,
kinda.)
For the Believer or the godly,
they will take the fork in the road to a place called Paradise where they have
awareness of their surroundings, comfort and have communion with God.[14]
For the Un-Believer or the un-godly, they will take the fork
in the road to a place called Torment; in the Old
Testament it is called Sheol (the grave) and in the New Testament it’s called Hades.
[15]
They will have awareness of their
surroundings, their torment and separation from the Believers. There is NO
EXIT.[16]
SIDE NOTE: Paradise was also known as “Abraham’s Bosom”,
which was at one time was located in Hades and held those in the “Friendship”
of God; the godly saints of all times.[17] When Jesus died; He went there and preached
for three days and then took all of Paradise and those in it to Heaven; where
it is now.[18] Now when the Believer dies, they go
immediately to Paradise in Heaven; a place better to be than on earth, but not
as good as it’s going to get.[19] Some students of the Word call the location
of Paradise “PLUMNELLY”; plum out of
Torment and nearly out of Hell.
Purgatory –
The Doctrine
Purgatory Webster: A state or place in which, in Roman Catholicism and other
Christian doctrine that those who have died in the grace of God expiate their
sins by suffering. It is a state or
place of temporary punishment, expiation or remorse.
Expiate: to make satisfaction or atonement; to
make amends or reparation for wrong doing; to pay the penalty or suffer.
Purgatory is
designated as a place of purification, not a place of punishment; however the
purification process does involve mental and physical anguish which includes an
intense, excruciating painful “purifying fire”.
The Time in purgatory can be from a few hours to a few thousand years.
What this doctrine says; is that the
death of Jesus Christ on the cross
was insufficient; not enough, to
cleanse us from ALL our sin.
The
Book says that Jesus declared
from the cross, “It is Finished”. Many think He was referring to His life; when
actually He was talking about the completion of the Plan of Salvation.[20]
“It
is Finished” in the Greek; “tetelestai” means paid in full.[21] Jesus has paid the debt and turned away the
wrath of God from sinful man. We were
justified (declared righteous) by our
Faith; no one is declared righteous by the Ten Commandments or any of the other
laws, it’s by FAITH alone.[22] His atoning sacrifice made us righteous and heirs to eternal life.[23] Our sins are forgiven, past, present and future. Once
you die, there is no Second Chance to expiate your sins; no prayers, no money
nor deeds done by others can change anything.
There’s not a Biblical place called Purgatory.[24]
Resurrection -
Here come da Judge
When Christ returns at
His second coming, (this is not a re-incarnation),
there will be a resurrection of all souls that have died and they will be
reunited with their bodies that are in the grave.[25] The Believer as well as the Un-believer will
be awakened from their sleep; (death)
and will be judged for every work, whether good or evil.[26]
Both will now enter their Permanent Eternal State. [27]
The Believer will inherit the
New Heaven and New Earth; everlasting
life.
The Un-believer will inherit the
Lake of Fire (Gehenna); everlasting
contempt.
The Make Believer, the one that
calls them self a Believer; one who KNOWS and continues
to live in sin;
who tramples the Son of God under their feet and makes the blood of the
Covenant an un-holy thing; insulting the Holy Spirit; how much more severely will God
deal with them.
For the Spirit/Souls who have died;
besides the Lake of Fire and the
Highest Heaven;
the scripture acknowledges no other realm, condition or form.
Well there you
have it… NO
Re-incarnation, NO
Karma, and NO
Feng Shui; NO
Purgatory and NO
Soul Sleep. After you die you hit the fork in the road and go the direction you
have already chosen. Life is choice
Driven; the choices you make on this side of life has eternal consequences.
NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION [28]
Two
Judgments
Two Judgment: I would be amiss if I didn’t clarify that
there are actually two judgments; The Judgment Seat of Christ and The Great White Throne Judgment. After our resurrection we will
#1 The
Judgment Seat of Christ (“Bema Seat”) occurs at the return of Jesus Christ just after
the first stage of Armageddon and just before the Millennium reign begins. Judgment starts with the family of God; The Believers. Sinners
that have confessed “Jesus as Lord” are now called Saints. Their
sins have already been forgiven; not temporarily covered over by animal sacrifices,
but permanently forgiven. Jesus made the
Final Sacrifice on the Cross for
#2 The
Great White Throne Judgment is for all those that did not believe in Christ
before His “Second
Coming”. It would also include those that lived during
His millennial reign; both believers and non-believers. Sadly that includes the Jewish Nation; but God
has a plan for them that includes 144,000 missionaries; multitudes of Jews will
believe. This judgment occurs
at the close of the 1,000 years reign of Christ, known as “The Millennium” with the
completion of the 2nd part of Armageddon. This is the judgment where the books are opened
revealing the “works
or deeds” during the lifetime of those that believed as well as the
wicked dead, and their rejection of Christ.
Every man gets his day in court
Two Deaths
There
are actually two deaths, but the believer only experiences the first;
the physical death; the un-believer experiences both. Books
are opened and
New Body
When
our body, our earthly tent is destroyed; we will have a new one waiting
on us from God that will be far different from our present bodes as a plant is
different from the seed.[30]
My new body will
be trim and almost transparent with a slight gold color as if covered with
water. It will be free, weightless, uncontained, unlimited by the laws of
nature, a body that is indescribable, indestructible, incomparable and be able
to move at the speed of thought. And to
use a theological term… I will be Awesome. The Holy Spirit has
already given the believer as a seal, a “deposit” of the first installment; as a “guarantee”
of what is to come, guaranteeing our inheritance.
New, New, New
There
will be a total destruction of the Universe as we know it and there
will be a NEW heaven and a NEW earth.[31] We’ll put on an unheard of NEW body like a garment.[32] This is NOT Karma; or transmigration of the soul.
We
will experience NEW emotions, with
a NEW existence in a NEW environment, face to face with God; we are
a NEW creation. [33] There is NO
reincarnation.
The Take Away
Just to drive home a point; when the
Disciples saw Moses and Elijah appear on the Mount of
transfiguration, they were still identified as they were before; Moses and
Elijah; they had not been reincarnated into different bodies. When Jesus
was resurrected from the dead, He was still identified in His same form, not a
reincarnation of somebody else. However, I must point out that all of them did
have glorified bodies that were not subject to our dimensional laws.[34]
DO OVER: God has
provided full salvation through His
Son Jesus Christ. We don’t need another DO OVER life to try to FIX our sins. We are destined to die once and then the
judgment. It’s through the JUDGMENT that the Kingdom of God will be ushered
in.
Just for you to get the right perspective; the Terror of the Tribulations and the Horror
of Armageddon
is not even in the SAME CLASS as the WRATH of God’s Judgment.[35]
“Maranatha;” O
Lord Come 1
Corinthians 16:22 (KJV)
If serving
the LORD seems undesirable to you,
then choose
this day whom you will serve…
As for me
and my household, we will serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:15 (NIV2011)
[1] Galatians 6:7 - You reap what you sow
[2] Matthew 26:52 – Live by the sword; Die by the sword
[3] 1 Thessalonians 5:23 –
Man has a Spirit, a Soul
and a Body
[4] Genesis 2:7 – Man’s BODY is formed from the dust
-- Genesis 3:19 – The BODY
returns to dust at death
[5] Genesis 2:7 – The breath
of God gave man his SOUL;
His life -- Jeremiah 1:5 – Our SOUL was foreknown before we were born.
[6] Hebrews 4:12 – The Soul, SPIRIT and Body are all
separate
[7] Ecclesiastes 12:6-7- The
Eternal SPIRIT
of man returns to God who gave it
[8] Romans 8:6 – The SPIRIT should control the SOUL/MIND
[9] Proverbs 23:7 - Whatever a man’s Soul
thinks; so is he
[10] Acts 13:36 - The body decays
[11] 2 Corinthians 5:8 – When we are Absent from the body, we are Present with Lord
[12] Psalms 16:11 – God will
fill me with joy and eternal pleasures.
[13] Luke 16:22-24 – After
death in Paradise, you can see, feel and have emotions
[14] John 17:24 – We will be
with Him and see him face to face -- Psalms 17:15 – When we are live again; we
will see His face and be satisfied
[15] Luke 16:23 – Un-Believers in Hades have Awareness and Torment
[16] Luke 16:26 - Hell: There is NO EXIT
[17] 2 Corinthians 5:8 - Absent from the Body; Present with the Lord -- Luke 23:42-43
- Believers will be in Paradise
[18] Ephesians 4:9 – Jesus
descended into Hell -- Matthew
12:40 – As was the sign of Jonah; Jesus was in Hell Three days -- 1
Peter 3:18-20 – Jesus preached in Hell; In Abrahams Bosom -- Ephesians 4:8 – He took all those
in Abrahams Bosom; Paradise to heaven -
[19] Philippians 1:23 - Being with the Lord is far better than anywhere else
[20] 1 Peter 2:24 – Jesus bore
our sins so we could live for righteousness -- 2 Corenthians
[21] John
[22] Romans 5:1-2 – We are
justified; declared righteous through our faith
[23] Titus 3:7 – We have
become heirs to ETERNAL
life
[24] Luke 16:23-25 - NO
Second Chance; NO Reincarnation, NO Purgatory
[25] Isaiah 26:19 – The Spirit will unite with their glorified body.
[26] Ecclesiastes 12:14 – God will judge every work, good or evil; rewards or
judgment
[27] John 5:29 – Fork in the road; Resurrection to Life or Resurrection to
Condemnation -- Daniel 12:2 –
Fork in the road; Everlasting life or Everlasting contempt
[28] 2 Corinthians 6:2 – NOW
is the day of salvation
[29] Revelation 20:14 - Those in Hell will experience the Second Death
-- Revelation 21:8 – The Second Death
is the Lake of Fire -- Revelation
20:6 – The Believer does not see the Second Death
[30] 2 Corenthians 5:1-8 –
When our body is dead, we get a new one
[31] 2 Peter 3:10-12 – Heaven and Earth will be destroyed -- Revelation 21:1 – A new Heaven & Earth; a
New Existence
[32] 2 Corinthians 5:17 - We are a NEW creation -- Hebrews 1:11-12 – We’ll put on a glorified
body like a garment -- Revelation 21:4 – Tears turn to Joy; New Emotions
[33] God will dwell with us; a New Environment-- Revelation 22:3-4 – We will
see God Face to Face -- Revelation
21:3 –Revelation 21:4 – Tears turn to Joy; New Emotions
[34] Luke 9:30 – They recognized Moses and Elijah -- Acts 1:11– Jesus will
return to earth the same as He left
[35] Hebrews 9:27 - Once we Die, then the judgment -- Revelation 19:11 – The
Kingdom will be brought in through Judgment -- Revelation
15:1 – The great and marvelous WRATH
of God -- Revelation
6:16 – Hide us from the WRATH
of God
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