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I seek Godâs Protection against having to ever be reincarnated as one of the Khawaarij.
The term Khawarij means âthose who leftâ or âsecedersâ and refers to a group of early Muslims who broke away from the fourth caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib. They emerged during the First Fitna civil war and are known for their extreme interpretations of Islamic doctrine, particularly their rejection of arbitration between Ali and his opponent Muawiyah, and their declaration that those who accepted it were infidels.
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Origin: They were initially followers of Ali but left his army during a dispute over arbitration, which led to their name âthose who leftâ or âsecedersâ.
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Self-designation: They referred to themselves as al-Shurat, meaning âthe Exchangers,â based on their interpretation of a Quranic verse.
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Doctrine: The Khawarij were known for their radical and literal interpretation of the Qurâan and their view that Muslims who disagreed with them were infidels who should be killed.
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Legacy: While the groupâs extreme factions have largely died out, a more moderate offshoot, the IbÄá¸is, survived into modern times in places like Oman and North Africa.
God doesnât âprotectâ people from reincarnation; God has provided reincarnation so that each of us has every opportunity to learn what we NEED to learn to be able to come home, to heaven.
Sura 2:28. How can ye reject the faith in God?- seeing that ye were without life, and He gave you life; then will He cause you to die, and will again bring you to life; and again to Him will ye return.
3:185. Every soul shall have a taste of death: and only on The Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from The Fire and admitted to The Garden will have attained the object (of Life): for the life of this world is only goods and chattels of deception.
We are all spiritual-Beings (Souls) that are temporarily incarnated inside of the human body we see in the mirror, as God has repeatedly taught us throughout the Old Covenant/Testament, New Covenant/Testament and the Koran/Quran.
Until someone embraces this fact, they can never truly be âborn againâ as their true, spiritual self, without which one cannot see the Kingdom of heaven much less enter it (John 3:3-7).
1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit The Kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
, but I do now know what is in Yours. (part of Verse 116 of Chapter 5 of the QurâĂŁn)
(You may call that cherry-picking).
cherry-pick
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verb
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choose and take only (the most beneficial or profitable items, opportunities, etc.) from what is available.
âthe company should buy the whole airline and not just cherry-pick its best assetsâ
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God doesnât âprotectâ anyone from good; God protects them from EVIL, by providing us with the free-will to choose between good and evil.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good , and death and evil;
30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the âI AMâ thy God, to walk in His Ways, and to keep His Commandments and His Statutes and His Judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the âI AMâ thy God shall bless thee in the land where thou goest to possess it.
30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
30:18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, [and that] ye shall not prolong [your] days upon the land, where thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death , blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
30:20 That thou mayest love the âI AMâ thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him: for He [is] thy Life , and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the âI AMâ sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob/Israel, to give them.
With the exception of Enoch, whose (life) testimony pleased God (see: Gen. 5:23-24; Heb. 11:5; Sura 19:56) and Elijah/Christ (yes, Elijah was a previous incarnation of Christ - see: 2 kings 2:11; Mal. 4; John 3:13 and Sura 43:61), every Soul here on Earth has been here MANY times and experienced MANY human lifetimes, which God has graciously and mercifully provided for us to learn what we need to learn, to go home, to our REAL family and friends, in heaven.
God does everything. He makes you you, and that too constantly.
God does protect, and that too, constantly.
God does not love those who are harmful.
God does love those who act upon goodwill.
God does love those who ward off evil.
And He is bereft of any likeness to us, free from any form of blemish.
Again, I quote Jesus as per the Qurâan:
You know what it is in my soul, but I do not know what is in Yours. (part of Verse 116 of Chapter 5 of the QurâĂŁn)
So be careful concerning what you write, @AFreeman , and what it may imply.
And thanks for your presence here.
A few additional examples of reincarnation, in the Old Covenant:
Genesis 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall YOU in the last days.
Why would Jacob/Israel need to tell his sons, who lived ~3900 years ago, what would befall them NOW, during âthe last daysâ (the final generation, beginning in 1948 and continuing until Judgment Day).
Moses similarly warning the Israelites (descendants of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel):
Deuteronomy 4:27-30
4:27 And the âI AMâ shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the âI AMâ shall lead you.
4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of menâs hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the âI AMâ thy God, thou shalt find [Him], IF thou seek Him with ALL thy heart and with ALL thy soul.
4:30 When THOU art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon THEE, [even] in the latter days, if thou turn to the âI AMâ thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice;
For anyone seriously wondering about Godâs Protection, please read the Blessings and the Curses (penalty clause) found in Deuteronomy 28, which are the terms and conditions of Godâs Covenant Promise. The Blessings are promised to those who obey (His TRUE Servants) and the curses/penalty clause are for those who continue in disobedience, including ALL those who are still in sects/cults/denominations, etc. of every organized religion on Earth.
We have all been here for thousands of Earth years, and experienced numerous human lifetimes. We would not be here IF we had previously learned humility and obedience, as God does NOT keep good people in prison (Earth).
God will ALWAYS protect anyone who is doing His Will, something that we should all have learned long ago.
Nonsense. âIt is appointed for man to die ONCE, then the judgment. â Hebrews 9:27
None of those cherry-picked OT verses support reincarnation. Reincarnation is the doctrine of demons.
No, not nonsense. Just a misunderstanding on your part. If one actually believes that Hebrews 9:27 is referring to physical death (instead of death to the âselfâ), then they are claiming the verse is a LIE. Thatâs not only extremely foolish, but proof that the âselfâ is still very much alive, instead of being crucified as it should be (Luke 9:23; Gal. 2:20)
In context: KJV â Hebrews 9:27-28
9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but then after this The Judgment:
9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
To assume the phrase âonce to dieâ in Hebrews 9:27 is referring to human death, is to wrongly assume the verse is inaccurate (i.e. a LIE).
Enoch didnât even die once.
Genesis 5:23-24
5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
And neither did Elijah.
2 kings 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Also recorded in Scripture were MANY humans who were raised from the dead, and thus experienced physical human death TWICE.
- God raised (through Elijah) Zarephathâs son (1 kings 17:17-24);
- God raised (through Elisha) the Shunammite womanâs son (2 kings 4:18-36);
- God raised (through contact with Elishaâs body) the Israelite man when the Moabites invaded (2 kings 13:20-21);
- God raised (through Jesus) the widowâs son from the city of Nain (Luke 7:11-17);
- God raised (through Jesus) Jairusâ daughter (Luke 8:49-56);
- God raised (through Jesus) Lazarus (John 11:1-44);
- God raised MANY when Jesus died and the Temple Veil rent in two (Matt. 27:50-54);
- God raised (through Peter) Tabitha (Acts 9:36-42); and
- God raised (through Paul) Eutychus (Acts 20:7-12).
Of course there have been many since then who have died and been revived, and have shared accounts of their out-of-body experiences too. These experiences have been relabeled as âNDEsâ (near death experiences).
It should therefore be self-evident that Hebrews 9:27 cannot possibly be referring to physical human death, because physical human death does NOT always occur only once.
Hebrews 9:27 is very obviously referring to the death of the âselfâ, that both Jesus and Paul spoke about (e.g. Luke 9:23; 14:26-27; Gal. 2:20), when someone is truly and spiritually reborn of God as their true, spiritual self (John 3:3-7). Being reborn (1 John 3:9) MUST occur before Judgment Day, when Christ will separate His Sheep from the goats.
For those who may actually be interested in this subject, please see the following list of verses from the Old Covenant/Testament, New Covenant/Testament and the Koran/Quran which teach reincarnation.
Genesis 14:18-20, John 8:47-49 (KJV 8:56-58)
2 Kings 8:24, 10:35, 13:9, 13:13, 14:16, 14:22, 14:29
2 Kings 15:7, 15:22, 15:38, 16:20, 20:21, 21:18, 24:6
2 Chronicles 9:31, 12:16, 14:1, 16:13, 21:1, 26:2
2 Chronicles 26:23, 27:9, 28:27, 32:33, 33:20
Revelation 2:11, 20:6, 20:14, 21:8
Itâs truly amazing that âChristiansâ have been duped into believing the Bible doesnât teach about reincarnation while claiming to believe in Christâs SECOND Coming, where He has promised to return in a new body (from Joseph-Ephraim (Gen. 49:10; 22-24), with a NEW NAME (Rev. 2:17; 3:12; 19:12).
The same goes for âMuslimsâ who claim to believe in Christâs return as well (Sura 43:61).
For what itâs worth, at least to me, to incarnate means to impersonate. Let us see a part of AIâs overview:
âIncarnateâ means embodied in flesh or bodily form, representing a personification of an abstract quality, such as âevil incarnateâ or âchivalry incarnateâ.
For those who are absolutely convinced in the Power of Almighty God, then there is absolutely nothing thatâs impossible for Him to recreate us in any other way at any point in time, for death is only the death of that envelope called the human body, and not of the spirit that inhabits it.
American Heritage -
incarnate (adj) Invested with bodily nature and form.
Encyclopedia Britannica -
Incarnate means to embody or give bodily form to something, especially in a human form. It can also refer to making an idea or quality manifest in a clear and obvious way.
We are all spiritual-Beings that are temporarily incarnated inside of the human body we see in the mirror. Hence the descriptive term human+Being.
John 4:23-24
4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.
4:24 God [is] a Spirit (Num. 23:19): and they that worship Him must worship [Him] with their spirit (Being) and in Truth.
Jesus Himself disproved the lie of reincarnation by resurrecting from the dead.
The Spirit-Being Christ (Godâs Eldest/Firstborn Son) while He was incarnated inside Jesus (the son of Mary) taught reincarnation. And His Disciples knew it and understood it.
John 9:1-3
9:1 And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth. (re-incarnation)
9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did SIN, THIS MAN, or his parents, that he was BORN blind?
9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God (the perfect reward and punishment system - Gal. 6:7) should be made manifest in him.
The disciples knew full well we are punished for sinning (breaking The Law â 1 John 3:4), to encourage us to correct our errant behavior and keep The Law, which in turn brings us closer to God (Hosea 5:15; James 4:8). Thatâs why they asked, âwho did sin?â about a man BORN blind.
John 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the Temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou are made whole: sin no more, lest a WORSE thing come unto thee.
The ONLY reason God would allow someone to be born (incarnated) into a blind human body is if their sinsâfrom their previous incarnation âwarranted such a punishment. A blind person has to depend on others, which teaches humility. Blindness also forces one to rely more heavily on the real, unseen world, and learn to use their spiritual eyesight. So it serves as a lesson and a test, as well as a punishment.
How else, other than through reincarnation, can the disparities in physical ailments, ethnic backgrounds, living conditions, financial means, and exposure to vastly different levels of love, care, resources and understanding be explained? Some humans die as infants or children, while others live 100 years. There are two (and only two) human genders which are likewise NOT EQUAL (Gen. 3:16, 1 Cor. 11:3, 1 Cor. 11:7-9, 1 Cor. 14:34-35, Eph. 5:22-29, 1 Tim. 2:11-15, Titus 2:4-5, 1 Peter 3:1-6). So how are all of these differences explained, if we only live one human life? Is God not just and fair in ALL things?
To think that GodâWho is immortal, lives in eternity, is merciful and long-suffering that all might come to repentanceâonly gives a miserly seventy years (or less) out of the whole of eternity to get it right, or burn (in The Fire â the second death), is not only totally illogical and an insult to God, but further proof of not learning what NEEDS to be learned: the TRUTH about reincarnation. How can giving us seventy years (or less) out of eternity be considered long-suffering? Six thousand years is what God considers long-suffering.
âI AM the Resurrection and the Life.â John 11:25.
John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the Life: he that believeth me, though he were âDeadâ (under Godâs death sentence for treason - Rev. 12:7-9; Matt. 8:22; Luke 9:55), yet shall he Live (be pardoned):
Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit in the Throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the Twelve Tribes of Israel.