I covered the notion of the cosmic egg with the coiled serpent as not only the cyclical nature of life but also as the captive state of souls while in Satan’s world, the egg having since time immemorial represented the soul. In this article I would like to add to this topic to highlight the difference between a born-again soul’s spiritual progression through its experiences in the world which then ascends to a new world versus the recycling of captive souls in the fallen world managed by Satan. There is after all a difference between ascension (or Jacob’s Ladder or the number 8 which represents renewal and the intersection of two worlds) and, the Ouroboros (or the Mobius Strip or the infinity symbol representing a spiritual standstill or treading water):
FRAGMENTATION OF THE SOUL
Before discussing the recycling of captive souls and the ascension of born-again souls, I would like to address the notion of soul fragmentation. It is generally accepted that souls are born into some sort of system, whether it is an entirely material platform or an electromagnetic simulation or a combination of the two, we do not need to define it and that at birth souls are incarnate in a body of flesh. Souls will use this body as an avatar to have various experiences, make choices, good and bad, and learn from the consequences of those choices.
Thus, at birth all souls are attached to the world. As long as the soul is attached to the world, it cannot return home. In fact, as long as the ties between the soul and the world are not dissolved through the Holy Spirit, even if the body dies, the soul will not be freer. The attachments that need to be dissolved are imperfections of the soul and since all souls are born in sin, all souls must begin this work. The ultimate goal is of course to be born again in order to remove the weight of sins and obtain the help of the Holy Spirit to purify the soul. To do this, souls are put to the test and as they transcend these tests, the bonds fall freeing the way so that the Holy Spirit can more fully inhabit the soul. If a soul remains attached in certain areas, the path is obstructed and does not allow the Holy Spirit to fully inhabit the soul. We could thus say that the soul is fragmented. The purpose therefore of life is to straighten out in the soul what is not right and to prepare the way so that the Holy Spirit of God can indwell the soul. This purifying transformation takes place in the wilderness that is persecution.
Isaiah 40:3-4 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert, A highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth; »
All experiences and choices of souls are documented which helps identify areas that still need refinement. If we walk with God, we begin to see that we can become active participants in our soul’s growth rather than simply being victimized by those who are watching us and putting us to the test. This allows us to participate in the removal of those tethers that keep our soul bound to the world construct. The trials will point to and/or trigger areas needing to be purified in order to remove all darkness.
In Job 1:6-12 et 2:1-7 we see that Satan tries to cause the righteous souls to fall but that God allows the persecution to sift the souls for good to come of it as it will allow those souls to grow further. Satan may wish to persecute some souls more than others if these are progressing well but he cannot do this unless God allows him to do so. While souls can be fragmented due to persecution, God does not allow any soul to be subjected to more than it could normally overcome and God does restore the souls that walk with Him, taking all the purified pieces of these souls to make them whole once more, only, holy in the final state.
If souls are not walking with God, they may become fragmented and stay that way in many or all areas tethered to the world system. Some souls start out their life extremely fragmented due to early childhood sexualization, trauma and abuse or through generational occult practices meant to invite spirits into children’s souls. These practices are completely forbidden and God will definitely judge severely those who have subjected children to such practices and never repented. Souls overly traumatized in early childhood, saddled with demons from the start against their free will, can still manage to overcome their adversity through Jesus Christ in order to be born again and eventually graduate from this World construct.
While all souls are fragmented to some extent through their experiences, only God through His Son can restore souls to make them whole again and allow them to be purified and to become Holy. All souls must be born again through Christ to be freed from the system and be made whole.
RECYCLING OF CAPTIVE SOULS
I can already hear people say, what’s this about the recycling? The bible doesn’t talk about reincarnation. That’s true, the bible says:
“Hebrews 9:24-28
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands (i.e.: temple), which are the figures of the true (i.e.: imitations); but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”
The bible indicates that “men are appointed to die once and then there is the judgement” – there is no mention of reincarnation. While there is a strong opposition to the notion of reincarnation by many, I do not personally see addressing the topic as going against God’s Word or diminishing in any way the resurrection of Jesus. The resurrection of Christ involves the overcoming of the World, a graduation whereby a soul gains a new divine body, the Oikētērion to ascend to Heaven. By overcoming the world, Jesus showed us that the death of the flesh body has no impact on the life of a born-again soul. He said that we could also overcome the world by following in His footsteps.
On the other hand, the so-called reincarnation of captive souls in a fallen world is slavery and does not actually provide a soul the opportunity to live many lives and to start over with respect to its spiritual work. The bible says that men are meant to “die once” and this is indeed what happens in the case of the supposed reincarnation process where souls die and cross over to the other side where they are then used multiple times as hosts for fallen entities. This does not provide souls with the opportunity to regain their life and to exercise free will. They are then under the control of the Kingdom of Darkness and are in a state of servitude.
Christ offers new life through His blood sacrifice in order to raise the dead and free all souls from slavery. When a soul is born again in Christ, it can exercise its free will and live a life guided by the Holy Spirit of God. It will also eventually receive a new body when Christ returns becoming a sovereign child of God. Since all souls are considered to be spiritually dead at birth until they choose to be born again by the Holy Spirit, all born-again souls ascending to Heaven are considered to have been resurrected from the dead, whether their physical body died or not.
Thus, being reborn by the Spirit of God and by the blood of Christ opens the way to an ascension not only physical and spiritual but also to a new world. The recycling of souls in this world to serve as hosts for the shadows amounts to treading water spiritually-speaking because Satan does not provide a way out for the captive souls.
Reincarnation in the fallen world and Resurrection are therefore entirely different concepts.
I believe the captive souls need to hear this because:
- – They are “captive”;
- – They are not free to speak truth to the living souls;
- – They need help even though they may not seem to when they are persecuting the living souls under the direction of their gatekeepers;
- – They are deceived by spirits that give them the power to exert their will in the world and onto others through magic at the expense of their soul;
- – They are deceived by their captors who let them watch the living souls go through hardship as though in a show from across the mirror (bread and circus). This allows the captors to control them more easily by convincing them that they made the right choice;
- – They would only realize that they are indeed captive if they tried to choose to be born again. This requires a decision on their part and they need to call out to Christ;
- – They are being told that they cannot be saved, which is not true
Once a soul has crossed over, it is merely allowed to come on stage as an actor in the world but it is not in charge – it is being used by disembodied entities (shadows/demons) that live in its place and call all the shots. Of course, when on stage, these demons will be mainly focused on the demise of other souls since these fallen entities are mankind’s enemies and will have their host act out their malevolent desires.
This essentially transforms the captive souls into Satan’s minions. This is why when you are born again your best friends, family members and workplace colleagues who are not intact will often be called to come after you in order to persecute you. These are fragmented souls, they are not intact, not whole or holy, they are not free and if you are a living soul, they mean you harm. However, since they are not free, this explains why Jesus asked us to “forgive our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.”
For those with eyes to see and ears to hear, you may have noticed that some people you know well enough are no longer the same – they do not remember the same version of events and often have fragmented memories. Then there are those people who were thought to have died but then reappeared on stage (usually high-profile influencers or actors), not looking quite the same. When they do come back, they are often extremely shaken emotionally and are thankful that “they are being allowed to work“.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 – “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.“
The scriptures refer to the fact that there is nothing spiritually uplifting on the other side allowing a soul to really live or create. Hence, a captive soul serving as a host for a shadow or demon is not reincarnating at all because it is not free to live its life, it is only allowed to work as an actor on stage in order to provide a body for a demon or shadow to live in their place and carry out orders from Satan against living souls – these are slaves to Satan.
Nobody seems to want to stay on the other side, neither the captive souls nor the spirits therefore one can only assume that the captive souls know they are in a quandary but don’t know how to get out of it or think they cannot leave.
It is the soul indwelled by the Holy Spirit that is considered to be a living being able to make decisions through its God-given free will. A captive soul indwelled by a shadow being or demon that controls it like a hand puppet is considered to be spiritually dead just as is a soul that has not made a choice at all and is not indwelled by the Holy Spirit. These latter represent the condition of all souls when they are born into the world, spiritually dead, and without making a conscious choice to be born again which would allow them to leave this world, Satan owns them “by default” as no choice is a choice in this legalistic system.
Those that claim to have lived many lives with their memories intact and therefore think they are immortal are really referring to having repeatedly played host to familiar spirits they have accepted within their soul. These spirits have been riding their tailcoats to live physical lives while the captive souls being their source of energy watch on as backseat drivers. This might seem to be a good arrangement for a soul and it might feel as though it is living many lives and that this can go on forever but nothing could be further from the truth. This has only been allowed so far because God has been patiently waiting for as many souls as possible to be saved before He destroys the world and cuts the silver cords to those souls that turn against Him on Judgement Day. Only God provides life to the souls through His breath of life, the very energy the familiar spirits are feeding on.
After judgement day, that cord will be cut for all souls that did not accept Christ as their Saviour. There can be no real immortality without the living soul therefore movies talking about the transfer of consciousness into robots, computers or cloned bodies are only referring to data memory transfers which result in the creation of artificial intelligence, not a real living being.
Further, captive souls should understand that playing host to spirits prevents them from progressing, from being purified and from removing their tethers to the world construct which would otherwise allow them to move on to the new world, the New Jerusalem. This arrangement is lopsided in favour of the spirits who care nothing about the souls.
Any soul that does not call upon God to be born again will perish along with this world. It is therefore important for souls to at least be born again before the End Times and not aim to stay onboard a sinking ship.
The good news is that Jesus came to save all sinners and this obviously includes the captive souls.
Sinners who wish to repent to God for their sins and who accept by faith the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to atone for their sins are set free from the clutches of Satan’s Kingdom as he no longer has any legal right over them once the blood of Christ has erased their sins. They are then said to be born again by the Spirit of God.
Captive souls may be afraid to call out to Jesus because they fear repercussions from the kingdom of darkness but once the soul is born again, it cannot die whereas remaining captive only offers death in the end, for the body and for the soul. We are not alone; God created all souls and therefore loves all souls. He is waiting for you to make the next move and choose to return to Him.
ASCENSION OF SOULS
After seeking for truth and listening to the call of the Holy Spirit, a soul may choose to be born again by the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ which has opened a door to God’s Kingdom. This is the salvation of the soul that will enable it to start ascending the Vine that is Christ. Without this new spiritual birth, the being remains an earth dweller which will return to the dust of the earth after judgement day, there is no new divine body provided in that case.
After being born again, a soul will continue to follow in the footsteps of Christ to become a disciple. This phase starts the sanctification process – i.e.: the making of saints which involves persecution through the wilderness experience to become a living sacrifice, (read ATONEMENT FOR SINS – THE TWO GOATS IN LEVITICUS 16). It is clear in the bible that to initiate this phase, a choice is involved as the soul must calculate the true cost of discipleship before commencing to ensure it can finish.
This choice however appears to be linked more to readiness and not as something that can be put off forever.
Luke 14:25-30– True cost of Discipleship
Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? […} So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.”
When Jesus mentions that those who wish to follow Him must hate their family and even their own life, it is meant to signify, that those who wish to follow Him must choose Him and God the Father above all else if they are to be successful in overcoming the world. All believers are actually asked to hate the world (the world system) and their own life in order to leave the world as you cannot serve two masters. You cannot leave the world if you remain tethered to it. If you need to look back or are drawn back into it or into sin by the worlders, you may be turned into a pillar of salt (ash) as Lot’s wife was which would mean that you have joined the Dead.
A soul going through the sanctification process is said to be sent into the wilderness. As interpreted in Strong’s Concordance, the soul going through the wilderness is meant to go through it alone. That is to say, it must be understood in general that this soul cannot expect to find support from the world during its journey in the wilderness. Once this phase has begun, it is expected that the soul will not look back or be pulled back into the world by the “Dead”. While this term may sound harsh to some, those referred to as the Dead are those who are choosing to remain asleep and who continue to serve Satan, (the spiritually dead), in order to stay in the world.
Therefore, the Dead are choosing the opposite path to the one followed by the disciples of Christ, the path of salvation followed by sanctification. Those on the discipleship path must therefore be strong, consecrate their life to God and Christ and must not look back or seek the acceptance of the world. This is probably the most difficult test to pass for sensitive people as Satan will send the Dead to block the way of those seeking to move on and will weigh them down with false guilt using their capacity to love, to self-examine and to repent against them.
I would like to clarify something here without going into details because this would be an entire post onto itself. Salvation involves being born again by the blood of Christ but does not mean that the soul has managed to remove all its tethers to the world – the Holy Spirit will help the soul remove some and when God judges that it is time to shut this world down, those souls move on to the New Jerusalem, the new world.
The work carried out by the Holy Spirit on a born-again soul does require the soul to take its responsibilities in the world even though it is surrounded by the dead – not all souls are in the wilderness experience walking alone, this is an experience that generally comes later when the soul is ready and once God has approved it.
A soul that avoids taking its responsibilities, fleeing from trials and tribulation or from anything that is difficult on the path to being clothed by the Son may never acquire the armor required for spiritual warfare. Those experiences are necessary to sift and teach the soul while also contributing to wake up the Dead who witness the soul’s transformation.
I have heard people saying that they do not want to get married or have children or be attached to anybody because they want to remain free spirits as though this would be their ticket out of the world. This is incorrect thinking. While God does pull some souls out of the world, setting them aside for a particular purpose, not all souls are meant to learn in the same manner. It is only through Christ that a soul can leave the world and the tethers that are keeping a soul bound to the world which need to be removed are connected to the soul’s sins or propensity to sin in particular areas, to the darkness within, and not to human bonds related to love, life experiences or responsibilities. As long as God comes first in the born-again soul’s life, it can walk the path out of the world.
To become a disciple, a soul must be sanctified through tribulation, overcoming the adversity with the help of the Holy Spirit thereby washing its robe in the process.
Once a soul is in the wilderness experience, it is crossing the valley of the shadow of death which will stretch the soul, expand it and transform it into a living sacrifice. That soul must walk with God through Christ if it hopes to “conquer the Dragon and not fall into the abyss” along the way.
Isaiah 54:2-3 “Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.”
The ultimate goal of souls as stated by Jesus is to become “Perfect” which implies completeness, wholeness of the soul or holiness. This is expressed by Jesus as follows:
Matthew 5:48: “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
where Perfect in the above verse in Strong’s Concordance (τέλειος G5046) means: brought to its end, finished, wanting nothing necessary to completeness, that which is perfect, consummate human integrity and virtue. One could say then that it is a state where the soul no longer has any ties to the world which serve to fragment it and that it has been stretched or grown from its experiences. The removal of all worldly ties allows the expanded soul to be made whole again in order to be completely indwelled by the Holy Spirit and therefore holy.
The world being a sifting/purifying machine serves to identify those souls that are ready to move on, whether born-again or born-again sanctified souls, from the rebellious souls that are choosing the world over God. The separation of the grain from the chaff occurs on judgement day and is carried out By Jesus Christ and His angels. Those that are born again move on to a new world, the New Jerusalem, a world no longer managed by Satan. The souls that remain, the spiritually Dead, will face the judgement of God based on their works.
Revelation 21:1-4 – “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.’”
Revelation 7: 9-17 – A Great Multitude from the Great Tribulation “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
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“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
For a soul to continue living, truly living, it must be born again by the blood of Christ and the Holy Spirit of God. It can then access the New Jerusalem which is to come. If you want to be born again, please read HOW TO BE BORN AGAIN.
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