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reply to: "you just said: "But .. you can't put those scriptures up against what Jesus said, "It is appointed once to live and once to die", and come out with the same answer. How do you square that with your idea of reincarnation ..??"

I'm not SURE either way, actually. I think that focusing attention on the idea of reincarnation is irrelevant anyway, I'm Jewish. Whether or not we are reincarnated as Jewish mysticism teaches sometimes happens, or not, is not very relavent to our lives. For who can know the ways of the LORD?

As for your claim that Jesus said: "It is appointed once to live and once to die", you better check your Bible again.

Seems that particular quote does not appear in the Revised Standard Version.

I use the Amplified Bible - which is purported to be the most accurate Greek translation of the original Hebrew.

What I don't understand is why you now say that "focusing on reincarnation is irrelevant anyway".

Jesus warned us to "rightly divide the Word of Truth.

You said: "For who can know the ways of the LORD?"

Jesus said, "It has been given unto 'you' to know the mysteries and secrets of the kingdom". The "you" Jesus was speaking about were the people who would receive Him as Savior and Lord .. true Christians.