{"id":6451,"date":"2019-11-07T03:24:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T09:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=6451"},"modified":"2019-11-07T18:45:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T00:45:47","slug":"the-bible-on-another-previous-life-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/the-bible-on-another-previous-life-of-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"the Bible on another previous life of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As I proved before<\/strong>, the Bible teaches that King David is God<\/a>, and since it also teaches that Jesus is God, it teaches that Jesus is David – that was a previous, kingly life of his. In other words, David was reincarnated as Jesus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I have now discovered that this was not direct<\/strong>! There was at least one other stop on the way from the 10th c. BCE to the 1st c. CE. We need to re-apply our method<\/strong> of figuring out who is who, using Bible prophecies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isaiah predicts that a baby will be born, “Immanuel.”<\/strong> This occurs in his lifetime, in the 8th or 7th c. BCE. Obviously, this baby is God, because his name<\/strong> “Immanuel” means<\/em> “God with us,” and it would be blasphemous to give that name to anyone other than God. But my point here is that Matthew says that Jesus’s birth is a fulfillment<\/strong> of this prediction. (Matthew 1:20-25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The “Immanuel” in Isaiah 7 is a baby in Isaiah’s time.<\/li>
  2. Matthew 1 says that Jesus is a fulfillment of Isaiah 7.<\/li>
  3. Therefore, the baby Immanuel in Isaiah’s time and Jesus are one and the same. (That was Jesus back then in Isaiah’s time.)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Do I deviate here from”historic Christian orthodoxy”? Friend, surely you agree with 1 and 2. And you should agree that 3 follows from them, if you agree with this sort of reasoning in general.<\/strong> As an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. When Isaiah says that “every knee will bow”<\/strong> he means, to Yahweh himself. (Isaiah 45:23)<\/li>
    2. Paul says that “every knee should bow” to the exalted Jesus<\/em>, obviously referencing Isaiah. (Philippians 2:10)<\/li>
    3. Therefore, Jesus is Yahweh himself. (1,2)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Again, we can’t disagree with 1 or 2. And a good number of present-day evangelical apologists and theologians assure us that 3 follows<\/strong>. Of course, we’re assuming that what the Bible teaches is true; Isaiah and Paul are correct in what they write here. Exactly so, with our first argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Let’s not get too caught up in a priori<\/em> assumptions<\/strong> about “historic Christian orthodoxy,” or give in to our western prejudices<\/strong> against supposedly “eastern” ideas like reincarnation. We already know that Jesus can be found all over the Old Testament. Let us, then, accept the obvious implications of the Bible<\/strong>. Not only is Jesus God (second argument), but he (and so, God) was once a baby in the time of Isaiah. (first argument) A mystery, to be sure, but we are accustomed to those<\/a>; we expect<\/em> divine revelation to contain mysteries – this is God<\/em> we’re dealing with here. As for me, I choose humility<\/strong> over rationalism. If you’re really a Christian, you’ll do likewise. I hope you won’t mind if I point out that you’ll have a hard time finding a better model of humility than yours truly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      (Disclaimer: this post is an illustration of the fulfillment fallacy<\/a>, and is not to be believed!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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