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To: CindyDawg
"Well, I know you weren't asking me but getting your head cut off ought to do it,don't you think? :')"

Keep reading. I did ask you. Can I assume, then, you are another vote for the John the Baptist is Elijah reincarnated camp?

47,915 posted on 04/21/2003 6:11:22 PM PDT by AlguyA
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To: AlguyA
Well, I wouldn't have though so previously but read the scripture and tell me what you think.
47,926 posted on 04/21/2003 7:11:11 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: AlguyA
Can I assume, then, you are another vote for the John the Baptist is Elijah reincarnated camp?

"Behold, I will send you Eli'jah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes. (Malachi 4:5)

I suppose you could read this as prophesying a spiritual or virtual sending of Elijah, but that doesn't seem to be the plain meaning of the passage.

BTW, belief in reincarnation is not in conflict with Judaism (this belief is held by certain Jewish mystical traditions). Some hold that it occurs routinely, while others believe that it only occurs in unusual circumstances.

In any case, if God chooses to have a person be reincarnated, then he will be reincarnated, despite what the author of Hebrews says on the subject. Consider the physical reincarnation of Elijah an exception to the rule -- along the lines of the whole Mary being sinless thing.

47,928 posted on 04/21/2003 7:14:04 PM PDT by malakhi (fundamentalist unitarian)
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