INTRODUCTION
The beliefs in both reincarnation and resurrection are very ancient. The satanic doctrine of reincarnation came through a woman, named Semiramis, who claimed that her husband, Nimrod, who had been executed for hideous crimes, was reborn as her son, Tammuz. This occurred in the forth generation after Noah and the Great Flood (about 4000 years ago). Prior to this God had personally taught Adam and he had 930 years to ponder the Lord’s teaching before he died. In turn Adam taught his son, Seth, and Seth taught his son Enos, and so on down to Noah. Then after the Great Flood in the latter years of Noah’s life, Semiramis began teaching reincarnation in Babel. Not long afterwards Job and Abraham were fully knowledgeable and convinced of the Biblical doctrine of resurrection (Job 19:23-27; Genesis 22:1-18; cf. Hebrews 11:17-19).
God’s holy and infallible Word, the King James Bible, soundly refutes reincarnation, and clearly teaches resurrection. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the single most important event in human history. The Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection proved His claim to be God, and His ability to do everything He promised, including raising both all born again believers in Christ to live eternally in Heaven, and all Christ rejecters to stand at the final Judgement to be cast into the Lake of Fire to be tormented forever and ever.
Reincarnationists would have us believe the clever satanic lie that Jesus was only one incarnation of the Christ spirit along with Adam, Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed, and others. But the Bible says that Christ, the second member of Trinity (I John 5:7), the Creator of all things (John 1:1-3) “was made flesh…the only begotten of the Father” (John 1:14). The Bible further states that “there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (I Timothy 2:5). “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12; cf. John 14:6) Adam is not God, Adam was created by God; Buddha is not the “one mediator between God and men,” he didn’t even believe there is a God; Confucius was not “the only begotten of the Father,” but was just a confused humanistic philosopher; and like wise, Mohammed was not the one and only unique God Man, but just another in a long line of antichrists (I John 2:18, 4:1-3; II John 7, 9). The Bible makes it absolutely clear that the Lord Jesus Christ became flesh only once, and that in order to offer Himself as a blood sacrifice for “the sins of the world” (John 1:14, 29; Hebrews 9:22-10:14; I John 2:2). Then on the third day after the Lord gave His life for us on the cross he rose from the dead (Acts 2:23-24, 3:13-16, 4:33, 5:30, 10:39-43, 13:26-37; I Corinthians 15:3-7). The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the heart of the Gospel message of salvation (Romans 10:9-10; I Corinthians 15:1-3: I Peter 1:3-5; John 5:21, 6:40).
The fact of the matter is that our future life is not determined by our good and bad deeds, which one out weighs the other. That is called karma in the doctrine of reincarnation. In that false system one’s karma (a balance of good and bad deeds) determines his position in his next incarnation. The fact of the matter is that every individual’s future is determined by what they do with Christ Jesus in this lifetime. Whoever receives the Lord Jesus in repentance and faith realizing that it was for his sins that the Lord suffered and died will receive the free gift of eternal life and salvation from Hell, but the one who dies without Christ will suffer the eternal fires of Hell forever. There will be no second, third, and so on chances to keep coming back until he finally gets it right. “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the Judgement.” (Hebrews 9:27)
Reincarnation (also called metempsychosis and transmigration) is one of the “doctrines of devils” that the Bible speaks of (I Timothy 4:1)! In reincarnation salvation comes by works (building up good karma). But God expressly says that salvation is “by grace … through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9; cf. Titus 3:5) Reincarnation is a fable, and a lie. There are only two places that people go to when they die: Heaven or Hell. There is no purgatory, no rebirth into another body, no annihilation, and no Nirvana. Those are also fables and “doctrines of devils” that have their roots in reincarnation. The facts in this study will define reincarnation, examine its origin and history, look at the evidence for and against it, and expose it for what it really is, a lie of Satan.
SCRIPTURAL REFUTATION OF REINCARNATION
The Bible has proven itself over and over again to be the trustworthy, infallible, indestructible, inerrant, and holy Word of God. The many 100% accurate prophecies that have been fulfilled prove the Bible’s accuracy. Furthermore, scholars have shown that there are mathematical structures in the original language of the Bible which cannot be duplicated by man. This math structure runs in the very words, sentences, and paragraphs of all 66 books of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. The letters of the Greek and Hebrew alphabets were also used as numbers when the Bible was written. The supernatural math structure has to do with multiples of the number 7 that run throughout the Bible in the texts of the Hebrew Old Testament, and the Greek New Testament. Similarly the theme of the Bible, salvation through the blood of Christ, runs throughout, in spite of the fact that it was written over a period of 1500 years by some 40 men. Other evidences that prove the Bible to be God’s Word are its scientific and historical accuracy, and its supernatural power to change people’s lives. These and other evidences prove the trustworthiness of the Bible beyond any reasonable doubt. But in spite of these facts, that any thinking person can examine for himself, some reincarnationists allege “that the parts of the Bible which clearly taught reincarnation were suppressed … by biased ‘editors.’ The ‘editing’ took place allegedly in the [early] Church Councils. … Such beliefs are notable only for their lack of historical integrity. … [I]t would make no difference what [the] … councils decided, because one can go directly to the most ancient texts [which were written before the councils were held]. … The ancient world was so flooded with copies of the New Testament that it was beyond the power of any [council] to expunge … doctrines from them. … [And these] already contained huge amounts of teaching that deny the premise of reincarnation.” [101] If God can create the Universe, and He did, then He can certainly preserve His Word for all generations. The Lord Jesus Christ said: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35, cf. 5:17-18; I Peter 1:24-25; Psalm 119:89) God’s indestructible Word preserves for us today every word and every doctrine that He originally delivered to His servants the prophets (II Peter 1:20-21; I Peter 1:10-12). There are many verses of Scripture, and many doctrines in the Bible that clearly and soundly refute the false doctrine of reincarnation, settling the question once for all. Here are some of the Scriptures and Bible doctrines that refute reincarnation:
Job 19: 25-27: Job is the oldest book of the Bible, written not long after the Great Flood. Job knew that the Lord Jesus Christ would come to this earth in the end times and that he would see the Lord in his own resurrected body, not someone else’s reincarnated body. This passage says:
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.”
John 3:13: Reincarnation, if it were true, should have some people that have reached perfection through countless millions of reincarnations. However, Jesus said no one had been to heaven when He spoke to Nicodemus. When the Lord Jesus was on earth no one had yet been to Heaven, except the Lord Himself. After His resurrection He took the souls those in Paradise or Abraham’s Bosom to heaven with Him (Luke 16:22-26; Eph 4:7-9). In John 3:13 the Lord said:
“And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”
John 3: 3-8: The Lord Jesus made it unmistakably clear that He was not talking about reincarnation, but spiritual birth when He spoke to Nicodemus. John 3: 3-8 reads:
“… Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
John 9:1-3: The man born blind was born so not because of his bad karma, but for the glory of God. John 9:1-3 says:
“And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.”
Hebrews 9:25-26: The Bible says that Christ “… hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.” (1 Peter 3:18); and “… we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 10:10). Jesus was never reincarnated. Hebrews 9:25-26 says:
“Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”
Hebrews 9:27-28: The Word of God makes it clear that it is appointed unto man once to die and after that he will be judged by God. Those who have been born twice, physically and spiritually will die only physically; but those who have been born only once will die twice, a second death after his judgment (Revelation 20:11-15). There is only one death before the judgment. Hebrews 9:27-28 reads:
“And as it is appointed unto man ONCE to die, But after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”
The Doctrine of God: All religions holding to the false doctrine of reincarnation reject Bible truth concerning the personality and works of God. Some believe there is a Creator, but that he has no personal attributes like memory, love, anger, and so forth; others believe that nature, rather than God are eternal; others believe it is impossible to know if there is a God; and the most absurd of all, some believe there is no God at all. The Word of God teaches that:
* God has a mind and memory (Jeremiah 29:11, 31:20; Isaiah 43:25; Hosea 8:13; II Timothy 2:19). In fact God knows everything (I John 3:20; Isaiah 46:9-10).
* God has a will (Matthew 6:10; Hebrews 10:7, 9; I John 2:17).
* God is a personal spirit (John 4:24; Hebrews 1:3).
* God speaks (Exodus 3:12; Matthew 3:17; Luke 17:6).
* God sees and hears (Genesis 6:5; Exodus 2:24).
* God loves (Romans 5:5, 8; I John 4:8-10; John 3:16).
* God hates (Proverbs 6:16-19, 8:13; Revelation 2:6, 15).
* God created everything (Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-3; Hebrews 11:3; Colossians 1:16; Genesis 1:14-18; Psalm 148:1-5; Isaiah 42:5; Nehemiah 9:6; Genesis 1:11-12, Genesis 1:20-25; Psalm 148:3, 5; Nehemiah 9:6; Colossians 1:16; Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7; Psalm 139:13-16; Isaiah 42:5, 57:16; Zechariah 12:1; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Hebrews 12:9; Isaiah 45:8; Matthew 25:41; John 14:1-6).
* God upholds His creation and keeps it in operation (Hebrews 1:3; Colossian 1:17).
* God judges (Exodus 12:12; Romans 3:19; Acts 10:34-43, 17:31; Hebrews 12:23; Ezekiel 18:30; Revelation 20:11-15; Jude 14-15; II Corinthians 5:10).
* That only the fool hath said in his heart, “There is no God.” (Psalm 14:1, 53:1; Romans 1:20-22).
The Doctrine of Christ: Reincarnationists almost universally deny the Biblical doctrine of Christ. However the Word of God teaches that Lord Jesus Christ is the second member of the Trinity, the One True God in three persons: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. All three members of the Trinity are totally one in being, plan, purpose, unity, and essence. All are coequal in power, holiness, and every attribute. The holy Trinity is uncreated, without beginning, and eternal. The Bible says: “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are One.” (I John 5:7) All three members of the Trinity are spirit and had no body until “the Word was made flesh” and was born of the virgin Mary (John 1:14, 4:24; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-35). It was at this point that the Word or Christ became a human being names Jesus (meaning saviour). This is the main thrust of the doctrine of Christ: “God was manifest in the flesh.” (I Timothy 3:16). Christ, the Word, was incarnate once, not even twice, but just once. He was not reincarnate, but “incarnate” (meaning in the flesh). The Word of God says:
“[W]hen the fullness of time was come, God sent forth His son [Christ, the Word] made of a woman, made under the Law, to redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” (Galatians 4:4-5)
Christ’s coming into the world had only one main purpose: To provide a perfect and sinless sacrifice who would offer Himself just once for the salvation of all Hell deserving lost people. This sacrifice was to satisfy God’s justice, if people would only turn from their sins to Christ and receive the gift of eternal life by faith (I John 3:5; II Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:22-10:14; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 3:23-26, 5:1, 8, 6:23; John 3:16). This was actually done in history, “when the fullness was come,” and it was done “once for all” by Jesus Christ, God incarnate, the only one capable of paying such a price to redeem “whosoever will” believe and receive Him as personal Lord and Saviour.
This is basically the doctrine of Christ, but contrary to the Word of God on this subject reincarnationists will tell us:
1. “[Christ became aware that he was the Saviour] when He fell, in Eden.” (Edgar Cayce) This implies that Christ was a reincarnation of Adam. If this was true, and it isn’t, it would mean Christ was not sinless, but He is (I John 3:5).
2. “Christ is … the one complete idea of perfect man and divine Mind. This Christ or perfect man idea existing eternally in divine Mind is the true, spiritual, higher-self of every individual.” (Unity School of Christianity). That is the oldest satanic lie in the Book! The Devil told Eve, You are God (Genesis 3:4-5).
3. “[I]n time all men become christs.” (Theosophy) That’s not the Biblical doctrine of Christ! The Lord Jesus said that this false teaching would increase in the last days and that we should beware of it when He said, “… Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” (Matthew 24:4-5)
“[Jesus Christ] was a spirit belonging to our human evolution, and so was Gautama Buddha.” (Rosicrucianism) Again, this isn’t the doctrine of Christ!
Reincarnationists are universally either atheists (believe there is no God), pantheists (believe everything is God), or polytheists (believe there are many gods). Religions that hold the doctrine of reincarnation all deny the doctrine of Christ. If you are a born again Christian the Word of God says:
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” (1 John 4:1-3)
“Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” (2 John 8-11)
This does not mean that we do not witness to these precious people for whom Christ Jesus died. It does mean that the child is not to receive the teachers or teachings of these antichrist religions.
Extracted from Reincarnation In History & In Scripture By John Henry, Th.D May 2, 2005 - YOU CAN READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE by clicking HERE.
The beliefs in both reincarnation and resurrection are very ancient. The satanic doctrine of reincarnation came through a woman, named Semiramis, who claimed that her husband, Nimrod, who had been executed for hideous crimes, was reborn as her son, Tammuz. This occurred in the forth generation after Noah and the Great Flood (about 4000 years ago). Prior to this God had personally taught Adam and he had 930 years to ponder the Lord’s teaching before he died. In turn Adam taught his son, Seth, and Seth taught his son Enos, and so on down to Noah. Then after the Great Flood in the latter years of Noah’s life, Semiramis began teaching reincarnation in Babel. Not long afterwards Job and Abraham were fully knowledgeable and convinced of the Biblical doctrine of resurrection (Job 19:23-27; Genesis 22:1-18; cf. Hebrews 11:17-19).
God’s holy and infallible Word, the King James Bible, soundly refutes reincarnation, and clearly teaches resurrection. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the single most important event in human history. The Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection proved His claim to be God, and His ability to do everything He promised, including raising both all born again believers in Christ to live eternally in Heaven, and all Christ rejecters to stand at the final Judgement to be cast into the Lake of Fire to be tormented forever and ever.
Reincarnationists would have us believe the clever satanic lie that Jesus was only one incarnation of the Christ spirit along with Adam, Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed, and others. But the Bible says that Christ, the second member of Trinity (I John 5:7), the Creator of all things (John 1:1-3) “was made flesh…the only begotten of the Father” (John 1:14). The Bible further states that “there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (I Timothy 2:5). “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12; cf. John 14:6) Adam is not God, Adam was created by God; Buddha is not the “one mediator between God and men,” he didn’t even believe there is a God; Confucius was not “the only begotten of the Father,” but was just a confused humanistic philosopher; and like wise, Mohammed was not the one and only unique God Man, but just another in a long line of antichrists (I John 2:18, 4:1-3; II John 7, 9). The Bible makes it absolutely clear that the Lord Jesus Christ became flesh only once, and that in order to offer Himself as a blood sacrifice for “the sins of the world” (John 1:14, 29; Hebrews 9:22-10:14; I John 2:2). Then on the third day after the Lord gave His life for us on the cross he rose from the dead (Acts 2:23-24, 3:13-16, 4:33, 5:30, 10:39-43, 13:26-37; I Corinthians 15:3-7). The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the heart of the Gospel message of salvation (Romans 10:9-10; I Corinthians 15:1-3: I Peter 1:3-5; John 5:21, 6:40).
The fact of the matter is that our future life is not determined by our good and bad deeds, which one out weighs the other. That is called karma in the doctrine of reincarnation. In that false system one’s karma (a balance of good and bad deeds) determines his position in his next incarnation. The fact of the matter is that every individual’s future is determined by what they do with Christ Jesus in this lifetime. Whoever receives the Lord Jesus in repentance and faith realizing that it was for his sins that the Lord suffered and died will receive the free gift of eternal life and salvation from Hell, but the one who dies without Christ will suffer the eternal fires of Hell forever. There will be no second, third, and so on chances to keep coming back until he finally gets it right. “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the Judgement.” (Hebrews 9:27)
Reincarnation (also called metempsychosis and transmigration) is one of the “doctrines of devils” that the Bible speaks of (I Timothy 4:1)! In reincarnation salvation comes by works (building up good karma). But God expressly says that salvation is “by grace … through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9; cf. Titus 3:5) Reincarnation is a fable, and a lie. There are only two places that people go to when they die: Heaven or Hell. There is no purgatory, no rebirth into another body, no annihilation, and no Nirvana. Those are also fables and “doctrines of devils” that have their roots in reincarnation. The facts in this study will define reincarnation, examine its origin and history, look at the evidence for and against it, and expose it for what it really is, a lie of Satan.
SCRIPTURAL REFUTATION OF REINCARNATION
The Bible has proven itself over and over again to be the trustworthy, infallible, indestructible, inerrant, and holy Word of God. The many 100% accurate prophecies that have been fulfilled prove the Bible’s accuracy. Furthermore, scholars have shown that there are mathematical structures in the original language of the Bible which cannot be duplicated by man. This math structure runs in the very words, sentences, and paragraphs of all 66 books of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. The letters of the Greek and Hebrew alphabets were also used as numbers when the Bible was written. The supernatural math structure has to do with multiples of the number 7 that run throughout the Bible in the texts of the Hebrew Old Testament, and the Greek New Testament. Similarly the theme of the Bible, salvation through the blood of Christ, runs throughout, in spite of the fact that it was written over a period of 1500 years by some 40 men. Other evidences that prove the Bible to be God’s Word are its scientific and historical accuracy, and its supernatural power to change people’s lives. These and other evidences prove the trustworthiness of the Bible beyond any reasonable doubt. But in spite of these facts, that any thinking person can examine for himself, some reincarnationists allege “that the parts of the Bible which clearly taught reincarnation were suppressed … by biased ‘editors.’ The ‘editing’ took place allegedly in the [early] Church Councils. … Such beliefs are notable only for their lack of historical integrity. … [I]t would make no difference what [the] … councils decided, because one can go directly to the most ancient texts [which were written before the councils were held]. … The ancient world was so flooded with copies of the New Testament that it was beyond the power of any [council] to expunge … doctrines from them. … [And these] already contained huge amounts of teaching that deny the premise of reincarnation.” [101] If God can create the Universe, and He did, then He can certainly preserve His Word for all generations. The Lord Jesus Christ said: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35, cf. 5:17-18; I Peter 1:24-25; Psalm 119:89) God’s indestructible Word preserves for us today every word and every doctrine that He originally delivered to His servants the prophets (II Peter 1:20-21; I Peter 1:10-12). There are many verses of Scripture, and many doctrines in the Bible that clearly and soundly refute the false doctrine of reincarnation, settling the question once for all. Here are some of the Scriptures and Bible doctrines that refute reincarnation:
Job 19: 25-27: Job is the oldest book of the Bible, written not long after the Great Flood. Job knew that the Lord Jesus Christ would come to this earth in the end times and that he would see the Lord in his own resurrected body, not someone else’s reincarnated body. This passage says:
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.”
John 3:13: Reincarnation, if it were true, should have some people that have reached perfection through countless millions of reincarnations. However, Jesus said no one had been to heaven when He spoke to Nicodemus. When the Lord Jesus was on earth no one had yet been to Heaven, except the Lord Himself. After His resurrection He took the souls those in Paradise or Abraham’s Bosom to heaven with Him (Luke 16:22-26; Eph 4:7-9). In John 3:13 the Lord said:
“And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”
John 3: 3-8: The Lord Jesus made it unmistakably clear that He was not talking about reincarnation, but spiritual birth when He spoke to Nicodemus. John 3: 3-8 reads:
“… Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
John 9:1-3: The man born blind was born so not because of his bad karma, but for the glory of God. John 9:1-3 says:
“And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.”
Hebrews 9:25-26: The Bible says that Christ “… hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.” (1 Peter 3:18); and “… we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 10:10). Jesus was never reincarnated. Hebrews 9:25-26 says:
“Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”
Hebrews 9:27-28: The Word of God makes it clear that it is appointed unto man once to die and after that he will be judged by God. Those who have been born twice, physically and spiritually will die only physically; but those who have been born only once will die twice, a second death after his judgment (Revelation 20:11-15). There is only one death before the judgment. Hebrews 9:27-28 reads:
“And as it is appointed unto man ONCE to die, But after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”
The Doctrine of God: All religions holding to the false doctrine of reincarnation reject Bible truth concerning the personality and works of God. Some believe there is a Creator, but that he has no personal attributes like memory, love, anger, and so forth; others believe that nature, rather than God are eternal; others believe it is impossible to know if there is a God; and the most absurd of all, some believe there is no God at all. The Word of God teaches that:
* God has a mind and memory (Jeremiah 29:11, 31:20; Isaiah 43:25; Hosea 8:13; II Timothy 2:19). In fact God knows everything (I John 3:20; Isaiah 46:9-10).
* God has a will (Matthew 6:10; Hebrews 10:7, 9; I John 2:17).
* God is a personal spirit (John 4:24; Hebrews 1:3).
* God speaks (Exodus 3:12; Matthew 3:17; Luke 17:6).
* God sees and hears (Genesis 6:5; Exodus 2:24).
* God loves (Romans 5:5, 8; I John 4:8-10; John 3:16).
* God hates (Proverbs 6:16-19, 8:13; Revelation 2:6, 15).
* God created everything (Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-3; Hebrews 11:3; Colossians 1:16; Genesis 1:14-18; Psalm 148:1-5; Isaiah 42:5; Nehemiah 9:6; Genesis 1:11-12, Genesis 1:20-25; Psalm 148:3, 5; Nehemiah 9:6; Colossians 1:16; Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7; Psalm 139:13-16; Isaiah 42:5, 57:16; Zechariah 12:1; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Hebrews 12:9; Isaiah 45:8; Matthew 25:41; John 14:1-6).
* God upholds His creation and keeps it in operation (Hebrews 1:3; Colossian 1:17).
* God judges (Exodus 12:12; Romans 3:19; Acts 10:34-43, 17:31; Hebrews 12:23; Ezekiel 18:30; Revelation 20:11-15; Jude 14-15; II Corinthians 5:10).
* That only the fool hath said in his heart, “There is no God.” (Psalm 14:1, 53:1; Romans 1:20-22).
The Doctrine of Christ: Reincarnationists almost universally deny the Biblical doctrine of Christ. However the Word of God teaches that Lord Jesus Christ is the second member of the Trinity, the One True God in three persons: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. All three members of the Trinity are totally one in being, plan, purpose, unity, and essence. All are coequal in power, holiness, and every attribute. The holy Trinity is uncreated, without beginning, and eternal. The Bible says: “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are One.” (I John 5:7) All three members of the Trinity are spirit and had no body until “the Word was made flesh” and was born of the virgin Mary (John 1:14, 4:24; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-35). It was at this point that the Word or Christ became a human being names Jesus (meaning saviour). This is the main thrust of the doctrine of Christ: “God was manifest in the flesh.” (I Timothy 3:16). Christ, the Word, was incarnate once, not even twice, but just once. He was not reincarnate, but “incarnate” (meaning in the flesh). The Word of God says:
“[W]hen the fullness of time was come, God sent forth His son [Christ, the Word] made of a woman, made under the Law, to redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” (Galatians 4:4-5)
Christ’s coming into the world had only one main purpose: To provide a perfect and sinless sacrifice who would offer Himself just once for the salvation of all Hell deserving lost people. This sacrifice was to satisfy God’s justice, if people would only turn from their sins to Christ and receive the gift of eternal life by faith (I John 3:5; II Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:22-10:14; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 3:23-26, 5:1, 8, 6:23; John 3:16). This was actually done in history, “when the fullness was come,” and it was done “once for all” by Jesus Christ, God incarnate, the only one capable of paying such a price to redeem “whosoever will” believe and receive Him as personal Lord and Saviour.
This is basically the doctrine of Christ, but contrary to the Word of God on this subject reincarnationists will tell us:
1. “[Christ became aware that he was the Saviour] when He fell, in Eden.” (Edgar Cayce) This implies that Christ was a reincarnation of Adam. If this was true, and it isn’t, it would mean Christ was not sinless, but He is (I John 3:5).
2. “Christ is … the one complete idea of perfect man and divine Mind. This Christ or perfect man idea existing eternally in divine Mind is the true, spiritual, higher-self of every individual.” (Unity School of Christianity). That is the oldest satanic lie in the Book! The Devil told Eve, You are God (Genesis 3:4-5).
3. “[I]n time all men become christs.” (Theosophy) That’s not the Biblical doctrine of Christ! The Lord Jesus said that this false teaching would increase in the last days and that we should beware of it when He said, “… Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” (Matthew 24:4-5)
“[Jesus Christ] was a spirit belonging to our human evolution, and so was Gautama Buddha.” (Rosicrucianism) Again, this isn’t the doctrine of Christ!
Reincarnationists are universally either atheists (believe there is no God), pantheists (believe everything is God), or polytheists (believe there are many gods). Religions that hold the doctrine of reincarnation all deny the doctrine of Christ. If you are a born again Christian the Word of God says:
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” (1 John 4:1-3)
“Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” (2 John 8-11)
This does not mean that we do not witness to these precious people for whom Christ Jesus died. It does mean that the child is not to receive the teachers or teachings of these antichrist religions.
Extracted from Reincarnation In History & In Scripture By John Henry, Th.D May 2, 2005 - YOU CAN READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE by clicking HERE.
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