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1. No One Can See the Kingdom
of God Unless His Is Born
Again
Except a Man Be Born Again
He Cannot See the Kingdom
of God
Gospel According to Spiritism – Chapter 4

2. Agenda
1. Historical Background
2. Reincarnation Concepts
3. Anti-reincarnation Doctrines
4. Acceptance of Reincarnation
5. The Four Alternatives
6. Limits of Incarnation
7. The Need for Incarnation
8. God’s Justice
9. Analogy

3. Chapter 4 Historical Background

4. Historical Background
Jews believed in Reincarnation
but called it mistakenly
Resurrection
You must be born again
Born of water and Spirit
Water = Essence of matter

5. the Spirit of God was hovering
over the waters
Chapter 12
Six Days – Paradise Lost
Six Days – Chapter 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the
Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he
separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—
the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the
vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,”
and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various
kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to
their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and
days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light
to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to
govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the
fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great
creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and
let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild
animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all
the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the
livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the
sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours
for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath
of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

6. Let the water under the sky be
gathered to one place, and let dry
ground appear.
Chapter 12
Six Days – Paradise Lost
Six Days – Chapter 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the
Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated
the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the
vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,”
and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various
kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to
their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and
days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light
to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to
govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the
fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great
creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and
let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild
animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all
the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the
livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the
sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours
for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath
of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

7. Let the water teem with living
creatures, and let birds fly above the
earth across the vault of the sky
Chapter 12
Six Days – Paradise Lost
Six Days – Chapter 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the
Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated
the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the
vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,”
and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various
kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to
their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and
days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light
to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to
govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the
fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the
great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and
let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild
animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all
the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the
livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the
sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours
for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath
of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
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8. Historical Background cont.
Flesh gives birth to Flesh, but
Spirit gives birth to Spirit. - Jesus
We have all led many lives
Jesus is the Elijah, who was to
come.
Anyone who has ears should
listen!

9. Reincarnation is the one doctrine
through which we can find out
where we came from,
where we are going,
and why we are here on Earth.

10. Reincarnation Strengthens
Family Ties
A Single Life Would Destroy Them

11. Reincarnation Concepts

12. Reincarnation Concepts
Family ties are not
destroyed by reincarnation.
They become stronger and
closer.
A single life would certainly
destroy the family ties.

13. Reincarnation Concepts (cont)
Affection, feelings and empathy
bind spirit groups or families.
Spirits are united in families by
affinity and love.
These groups seek each other
out because being together
brings them joy, creating strong
spiritual ties.

14. Reincarnation Concepts (cont)
Spiritual families help
each other progress.
Those who are free as
Spirit watch over those
who are incarnated.
Each lifetime is a step
forward toward perfection.

15. Reincarnation Concepts (cont)
Feelings become more
sublime
Soul to soul affection
Love that survive after
destruction of the body.

16. Reincarnation Concepts (Cont)
Physical attraction will have no
motive to look for each other in
the Spirit World.
The sense of unity = feelings of
empathy
Non spiritual group members
incarnate within families for
tests or progress.

17. Reincarnation Concepts (Cont)
Less Enlightened Spirits
have a chance to
improve.
Character grow milder
Disposition become more refined
Hostility disappears

18. Reincarnation Concepts (Cont)
Solidarity amongst different
Spirits groups.
Ever-expanding circles of
relationships
We will meet in the Spirit World
the loved ones we knew on
Earth.

19. Anti-reincarnationist Doctrines

20. Anti-reincarnationist Doctrines
Rejects any previous
existence of the soul
Soul is created with the
body
People are complete
strangers to each other.

21. Anti-reincarnationist Doctrines
No Spiritual links
whatsoever
No honor in ancestors
By contrast
Ancestors and descendants may be a
part of their Spirit Group.
Strengthening the Spirit Group Ties.

22. Anti-reincarnationist Doctrines
(Cont)
Destiny of every soul is
permanently determined
after only one lifetime.
Ends individual Progress
Good Life = Home of the
blessed

23. Anti-reincarnationist Doctrines (Cont)
Bad Life = Eternal Hell
Separation of Spiritual
Groups
Rupturing the family
ties

24. Acceptance of Reincarnation

25. Acceptance of Reincarnation
Continued Progress
All loved ones will meet
on Earth and in the Spirit
World.
All souls move together
in the direction of God

26. Acceptance of Reincarnation
Some may weaken
but never loss of hope.
Helped, encouraged,
and sustained by loved
ones.

27. The Four Alternatives

28. The Four Alternatives
1. Nothingness – Materialist Doctrine
2. Absorption in the Universal Whole
– Pantheistic Idea
3. Individual Existence (fixed
destiny) – Traditional Churches
4. Individual Existence (progress) –
Spiritist Doctrine

29. Limits of Incarnation

30. Limits of Incarnation
What are the limits of
incarnation?
No defined limits
Limits = Spirit’s experience in the
physical real
Material Covering =
Body

31. Limits of Incarnation (Cont)
More subtle and refined in more
advanced worlds.
Less Body Density more Fluids =
more Elevated
Spirit is re-clothed according
with it’s present environment.

32. Limits of Incarnation (Cont)
Perispirit transforms
Perispirit etherealizes as
Spirit Purifies
Pure Spirits Not bound to
physical environment

33. Limits of Incarnation (Cont)
Earth incarnation is a
characteristic of less
evolved planets
Each Spirit, in the spirit
world, reflects their own
level of progress.

34. The Need for Incarnation

35. The Need for Incarnation
Is incarnation a punishment?
Is the Case that only guilty
Spirits are subject to
incarnation?
Physical body allows spirit to function in the
physical world.
 Incarnate Spirits can fulfill their part in the
designs of Providence.
Required to develop intelligence.

36. God’s Justice or Divine Justice

37. God’s Justice
Everyone has the same conditions
Every Spirit starts from the same
point
Aptitudes
Obligations to fulfill
Freedom of Action
No Privileges = No Favoritism

38. Incarnation is a Transitional State
for all Spirits

39. God’s Justice (Cont)
Free Will
Allows the soul to accelerate or
delay the reincarnation
progress
Reincarnation is NOT a
punishment

40. Reincarnation is an
opportunity to progress.

41. Final Analogy

42. Analogy
Scuba diver can only stay under
water after:
Determining if you are physically
able to scuba
Learn how to use the equipment
Learn safety strategies
Taking practical lessons
Learning never to dive alone
Passing Certification Tests
Practicing Over and Over again

43. Books to Read
 Genesis – chapter XI Topic 34, Chapter XII
 Illuminating Messages From the Beyond –
Jussara Korngold & M. Levinson
 Life and Destiny– Leon Denis
 The Pathway – Text 110 – Successive lives
 The Spirits Book – Q 59, 132, 136, 110,
166, 204, 205, 215, 267, 325, 330, 338,
517, 521, 568, 582, 690, 773, 806, and
1010

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