I came here to gather reasons that it wasn't true, but if you insist on a Bible verse to support reincarnation then here is something.
"Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord."
(Malachi 4:5)
Jesus himself tells his disciples who John the Baptist really was in the past: For all prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Elijah which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear let him hear. (Matt. 11:13-14)
So Elias, according to Jesus himself, came back to earth in the personality of John the Baptist. This is repeated or confirmed in
Matthew 17:10-13: "And the disciples asked him, saying,
'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?'
But he answered them and said,
'Elijah indeed is to come and will restore all things. But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also shall the Son of Man suffer at their hand.' Then the disciples understood that he had spoken of John the Baptist."
The third reference comes as a question concerning a blind man. The disciples ask Jesus: Who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" (John 9:2-3) How could a man sin before he was born, unless the sin was committed in another life? The apostles are not asking what kind of sin resulted in blindness, but *who* sinned.
They were asking if the sin could have been committed either by the man in a previous existence, or by his parents. This implies both that the sins of the parents are visited upon the children, which is a biblical doctrine, and that the soul exists and therefore pays for the transgressions of previous lives.
So far these are some reasons why reincarnation seems like a possibility. I used to look at things like you but I feel that God wants me to explore things in a different way and make sure that I have the conviction of what I believe, that is why I am here now questioning things other "Christians" take for granted, with out knowing anything about. I am not tring to prove or disprove either belief, but I want to understand why I should believe either one and that means hearing both sides best arguments
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I will be honest though what I have found seems more conclusive to support reincarnation. That is why I am posting on a "Christian" forum to see what your ideas are and talk one on one. 8)