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John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. This was the word used in the original greek translation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneuma Pneuma (πνεῦμα) is an ancient Greek word for "breath", and in a...

In my post I put forward a counterargument that it is not just a metaphor but actually a prophetic requirment for Elijah to return before the Messiah. Yes, lambs represent innocence but why does slaughtering an innocent creature justify a person? Why was Abel's sacrifice accepted buy not...

Due to time constrains I can only respond in brief Ecclesiastes 12 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

It's actually a Biblical prophesy Malachi 4 5 xBehold, I will send you yElijah the prophet zBefore the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: So it is necessary for this to be fulfilled in a literal sense because the Bible commands false holy men to be put to death Deuteronomy...

John 9 9 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? The man was BORN BLIND and the disciples knew this. They asked Jesus if it was him or his parents that...

Yes that is the metaphor, of someone ransoming a prisoner, but how is it logically justified that one can kill a lamb to repent for sins, or that one life can take on the sins of another? For example, if I kill 100 people then say "I put all my sins on Jesus", then will I escape cosmic justice...

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/gilgul The pharisees of Jesus' time believed in reincarnation. Life = spiritual life. Death = spiritual death. This concept is invoked several times for example: Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your...

How would you interpret this passage then? Matthew 17 10 The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” 11 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. 12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not...

Indeed, there are many soldiers and generals who live long and healthy lives and die of old age. Even if we intepret this symbolically, that those who live by the sword die spiritually by the sword, we can't then account for individuals like, for example, King David, who are considered holy, and...

Good article on Biblically-supported reincarnation here, though I came to the same conclusion separately: https://ocoy.org/original-christianity/may-a-christian-believe-in-reincarnation/ Many Bible quotes can be found within that support this concept. I won't spam the page up by listing them...