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Christianity and Reincarnation: The
Lost Doctrine of Bodily Resurrection
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The early
Judeo-Christian writings discovered in 1945
along with the amazing discovery of the
Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 have given
scholars a better picture of the beliefs
early Christians. The early Christians were
Jews who followed Jesus' teachings of
obeying the law of God but did not renounce
their Jewish heritage and religion as Paul
did. They were believers in the special
teachings of Jesus handed down directly from
the twelve apostles but were not given to
the general public. These secret or "hidden"
teachings involve two forms of the concept
of resurrection: (1) a
spiritual resurrection or spiritual
rebirth by the Holy Spirit known as becoming
born again, and (2) a
bodily resurrection
or bodily re-birth of a human spirit known
as reincarnation. The champion of this lost
doctrine of the resurrection was the early
Church Father Origen (185-232 A.D.) who
was the first theologian after Paul to
develop a system of theology around the
teachings of Jesus. Unfortunately, Origen's
teachings on pre-existence and its
corresponding principle called reincarnation
were declared heresy and condemned at the
Synod of Constantinople in 543 A.D. and
was ratified by the
Fifth Ecumenical Council in 553 A.D. The
following articles re-establish
reincarnation as the correct interpretation
of "the resurrection of the dead" as defined
by Jesus and the Bible, early
Judeo-Christian and Church writings, and the
history of early Christianity.
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Visions of God From Near-Death
Experiences
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by
Dr. Ken R.
Vincent |
Many of our
most inspiring and straightforward
visions of God, afterlife, and values
for living have come through near-death
experiences. In gathering together the
spiritual highlights of many such
experiences,
Ken Vincent
does a real service for readers who need
quick access to "the good stuff." These
firsthand contemporary accounts results
in an inspirational book that gently
reminds us how much we have always known
deep inside.
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"A fine, useful, and
enlightening volume." - Dr.
Raymond Moody
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"Visions is wonderful. I love it
very much." - Elisabeth
Kubler-Ross
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The Magi:
From Zoroaster to the Three Wise Men:
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by
Dr. Ken R.
Vincent |
Do
you know why Zoroastrian priests are on
your Christmas cards?
Dr. Ken Vincent
shines light on a topic previously known
mainly to scholars; he provides the
layperson searching for Christian
origins an extremely readable but
thorough exploration of a religion which
predates Christianity by hundreds of
years. This easy-to-read introduction
highlights the parallels between
Zoroaster and both the Hebrew Bible and
the New Testament and shows the use of
Zoroastrian imagery in the Dead Sea
Scrolls. An appendix includes an English
translation of the complete hymns of
Zoroaster.
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