Since reading the Bible, I’ve been trying to reconcile the Edgar Cayce material regarding reincarnation, which I first read and believed decades ago, vs that verse in the Bible, which I have come to read, study and believe now, which seems to say the opposite.
Eventually, I just gave up and added reincarnation to my pile of similar things I once knew for sure but now am not so sure about anymore.
Your comments are helpful for keeping my questions and questioning spirit alive! It’s better for me to not become too full of myself and what I “know” for sure.
“It’s better for me to not become too full of myself and what I “know” for sure.”
Me too.
I read Cayce’s writings on reincarnation as he too went through a lot of personal turmoil reconciling it with the Bible. Years ago I had a lengthy discussion about this with Kevin Todeschi, the former A.R.E. Executive Director for many years.
Cayce wrote about the changes in Bible interpretation as a result of the 5th Ecumenical Council under Emperor Justinian when Origen’s writings were rejected.
I researched this extensively on my own and tend to agree.
Fascinating discussion. There are two hints or a then-acceptance of reincarnation in what is currently in the Bible. I don’t have my reference handy but here they are:
1. When Jesus healed the man who had been born blind, his disciples asked if he had been born blind due to his parents’ sins, or his sins. Jesus answered that neither, it was to give glory to God. SO who could the man have been born blind due to his own sins if he had not had a previous life?
2. At one point Jesus asked his disciples who people thought he had been, and he mentioned two ancient prophets. I am very far from a Bible student so can’t find that part. The point is how could he have been, or thought to have been, a prophet from the past, without reincarnating?