The Carnal World is Corrupt
What we find in the Bible are symbolic and not literal meanings. There are several layers of understanding contained in the gospels. The most obvious of which is the ancient crucified savior myth which is what almost all Christian churches teach. The crucifixion does not mean that a real live human being was sacrificed in order to save humanity. The virgin birth does not mean that a man was born of a virgin. The scriptures are based on the understanding that the carnal mind is corrupt and all of man's institutions are corrupt and none more so than religion. "And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth."--Genesis 6:12. The earth of course is akin to the lowest level of consciousness. "And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:"--Exodus 32:7. Once again Egypt like the earth is the lowest level of consciousness, or the left hemisphere of the brain. So, the rebirth means to be born again of a virgin uncorrupted mind.

"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:"--Matthew 6:20. We have already demonstrated that heaven is the mind and not some unearthly dimension. So this verse is telling us not to rely on the left or carnal side of the brain which is corrupt.

"A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit."--Matthew 7:18. This is just another way of stating the fact that the corrupt left hemisphere is not capable of bearing good thought. Of course you could go with the Christian church's interpretation of corrupt as meaning apples, pears, and cherries.

Perhaps nowhere is this more comprehensible than in the Epistles of Paul, "For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."--Galatians 6:8. These are just a few of the many references throughout the Bible to the corruption of the carnal mind, "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."--John 3:3.

"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."--1Peter 1:23. So, the main reason for Christianity is not the afterlife, but the rebirth of the corrupt carnal mind. In order to be born again, your mind must be impregnated not by seminal fluid, but by the word of God. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."--John 3:6. Being born again means to be reborn of the spirit rather than the flesh, or to simply become enlightened. It does not mean physical rebirth. "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world:"--John 18:36

There is also the vengeful second coming narrative which exists mostly in Mark's gospel, which portrays the 'Son of Man' as the second coming of Jesus Christ the 'Son of God.' There is also the ancient astral theological comparison of Jesus and the Sun. In fact, much of what Jesus has to do and say chronologically follows the signs of the zodiac.

If you asked your preacher about reincarnation they would be quick to advise you that there is no such thing in the Christian religion. According to the Catholic Church reincarnation is contrary to scripture. However, Jesus does not agree. "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them."--Matthew 17:11, 12. This takes place immediately after the transfiguration, and Jesus is referring to John the Baptist as Elijah. "Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist."--Matthew 17:13. The concept of reincarnation was prevalent during the time of Jesus. "And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead;"--Matthew 14:2. In the year 553 A.D., 165 Church officials condemned reincarnation. Prior to that time, it had been a fundamental Christian teaching.

At the beginning of the Christian era, reincarnation was one of the pillars of belief. Without it Christianity would lose all logic. How could a benevolent, loving God give one person a silver spoon and leave the next to starve in their ostensibly only earthly life? Early Church elders and theologians, like Origenes, Basilides and St Gregory, taught reincarnation of the soul as a matter of course--it was written in the Bible, after all. Nowadays, most Christians suspect blasphemy if someone references reincarnation. "Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you are happy. But when you see your images that came into being before you and that neither die nor become visible, how much you will have to bear!"--Thomas (84).

"And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?"--John 9:1, 2. This type of statement should have provoked a severe response from Jesus if he did not believe in reincarnation, but instead Jesus replies. "Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work."--John 9:3, 4. Your minister would have you believe that this man is blind for the sole purpose of having Jesus restore his sight. "When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing."--John 9:6, 7. Jesus spitting represents contempt, and the ground, or earth, represents the carnal mind. Jesus is telling us that this man's blindness comes out of the carnal mind which God spits upon in contempt. Here once again as in the story of the Samaritan woman at the well, the waters of Siloam represent God's truth.

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."--John 5:24. "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."--Romans 8:6.

It is common for Christians to ask when the kingdom shall come. According to John the Baptist the kingdom is not only at hand today, but was also at hand two thousand years ago. "And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."--Matthew 3:2. When the religious people and their leaders came to confront him John said. "But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?"--Matthew 3:7. Here John refers to the temple worshipping religious leaders as vipers a snake that injects its victims with poison which kills them. How do we know that the Pharisee refers to temple worshippers and not to the priesthood? It is because when Matthew is referring to the priests he uses the word priest. "Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?"--Matthew 12:5. How do we know that Pharisee does not refer to all Jews? "For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders."--Mark 7:3. Here Mark clearly demonstrates the word Pharisee does not refer to the Jews in general, but to a particular group which we know as temple worshipping Jews.

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