of Jesus Christ Melchizedek, Joseph, Joshua, Buddha, Horus, do
people say I am?" This was the question that Jesus asked his
disciples. Their reply was that people were saying he was one of
the Old Testament prophets "raised from the dead." Considering
that the Last Judgment and the Resurrection of the Dead had not
occurred, this begs the question, "What did they mean by "raised
from the dead?" They were not talking about resurrection because
the orthodox Christian doctrine of resurrection originated with
the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism and this doctrine
holds that corpses do not crawl out of their graves until the
Last Judgment and the End of Days. And considering the fact that
reincarnation was an orthodox teaching in Jesus' day (see
Flavius Josephus) then the answer becomes crystal clear. They
were talking about reincarnation. Even the Bible is filled with
teachings of reincarnation including those taught by Jesus.
early Christian sect known as the Ebionites taught that the Holy
Spirit had co