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Looks like the preliminary results of the AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation) study are now beginning to be released and reported. The study was initiated in 2008 (…Continue
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It is very popular for people to describe God as All Knowing (Omniscient), All Powerful (Omnipotent) and Omnipresent (In Everything/Everywhere). But is God Omnipresent - in everything - everywhere - all the time? The notion is grand but is it…Continue
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Robert, why are you bothering to disrupt Roman's discussion forum. He poses a straight forward call for people to recount if their…Continue
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Though not an expert on the bible, my personal interpretation suggests that the concept of reincarnation (life after life) is alluded to in both the New and Old Testaments. Although reincarnation is not explicitly taught by Jesus, like a number of…Continue
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Raja Yoga MeditationBy Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University -Why Meditation? In a world that is changing faster everyday, there is a greater need than ever to restore the the balance of being and doing, of…Continue
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Is it wise to read scripture with little or know appreciation or acknowledgement of the context withing which it was written. Without context, we are doomed to think that the ancients saw things the same way we do . . . and of course, they did…Continue
Tags: apocalypse, bible, revelation
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Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 10, Verse 9“With their thoughts fixed on me,With their lives absorbed in me,Enlightening one another about me,Always speaking of my glory,They find peace and delight.”Swami Shivananda:“The characteristics of devotees who have…Continue
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What is this SOTR (Spirit of Truth and Righteousness) James goes on about. Is it not the same subtle force that steers the behaviour of all other living things? Are we alone in our ability to recognise it or, in fact, is this recognition something…Continue
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Started Oct 24, 2011
Unity for effective governanceFrom: Speaking TreeOctober 21, 2011 …Continue
Tags: interdependence, governance, Unity, reality, gender
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So, we see that John the Baptist was in the spirit of Elijah, but not actually Elijah reincarnated.
There is, however, a little more information that might prove interesting. Elijah wore, most probably, a camel's hair girdle. "And they answered him, "He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite," (2 Kings 1:8). According to the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, in reference to 2 Kings 1:8, Elijah . . .
Concerning John the Baptist, it says in Matthew 3:4, "Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather belt about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey." It may be that Zecharias, who had access to the temple and things in the temple, may have acquired Elijah's camel hair garment and given it to John the Baptist to wear. This is speculation, but it is an interesting possibility.
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The teaching of reincarnation is against the Old Testament; therefore, Jesus was not teaching that John the Baptist was Elijah reincarnated. So, what did Jesus mean when He said that John the Baptist was Elijah? We see in Malachi 4:5 this prophecy, "Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord." Jesus is referring to the prophecy concerning Elijah. We see that the coming of Elijah was in the spirit of Elijah, which is so stated in Luke 1:13-17. The context is when Zecharias, John's father-to-be, was performing his priestly duties in the temple (Luke 1:8ff). An angel of the Lord appeared to Zacharias and said,
Kernel, the following comment should answer you question in sufficient detail (this will be in 2-4 parts)
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