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Birth from Above
The 'birth from above' is a spiritual, mystical experience of rebirth that occurs within an individual, independent of physical age or worldly circumstances.…
Related Bible passages
- John 3:3
- Luke 2:8
- Matthew 2:1
- John 8:23
- Luke 2:11-12
- Mark 16:4
- John 20:2
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Be Imitators Of God
John tells us that we must be born from above, but he does not bring any of the symbolism into it. But because of Luke's account, the world has taken the story as fact. Believing that Jesus was born from the womb of a woman, they believe he came in the same normal manner as all children do with one exception, his mother did not have a husband. Luke tells the story in its normal state, using shepherds rather than kings (as recorded in Matthew). Today's scholars are convinced that the three kings Matthew speaks of were definitely inserted. The witnesses are three normal people, not kings; and the child is only a sign of your birth from above, which can happen when you are fifty or eighty, and has nothing to do with your so-called appearance in this world.
The 'birth from above' is a spiritual, mystical experience of rebirth that occurs within an individual, independent of physical age or worldly circumstances. It is symbolized by the 'child' in scripture, which is often misunderstood as a literal physical birth due to literal interpretations of biblical narratives.
Nevilles Purpose Revealed
I am from above. I must be born from above. You, Neville, -- the flesh-and-blood Neville -- you were born from below -- from the womb of a woman. I am being born from above -- from that place where they laid me when I “died.” I died as God, to awake in man as man, and then to take that man in whom I am buried and raise him to the level of my Self as God. ... So, man must be born from above or he cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Everyone will be born from above, for that One to be born is already in man dreaming. The Dreamer-in-man is Jesus Christ. You are dreaming this world.
To be "born from above" is a spiritual rebirth, an awakening of the divine (Christ) within the individual, distinct from physical birth. This process raises the human self to the level of God, and it is the ultimate destiny for everyone, as the "Dreamer-in-man" (Jesus Christ) is already present.