Hebrews 9:27 Once to die?

                 
                            Reincarnation or Re-embodiment

²⁷...it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: -Hebrews 9:27 Bible, King James Version (KJV)

Most mainstream Christians I believe would interpret this scripture to mean that mankind only live and die once but this not what the Ascended Masters teach. On this subject the Archangel Michael teaches us: In the hundreds and thousands of embodiments in which you have lived, similar to these, is the proof that mankind had forgotten their Source. (The Voice of the I AM 1942 November p4)

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi H. Dowling (1844-1911)

(Transcribed from the Akashic Records)

CHAPTER 138.

¹The Lord with Peter, James and John were in Jerusalem; it was the Sabbath day.

²And as they walked along the way they saw a man who could not see; he had been blind from birth.

³And Peter said, Lord, if dis­ease and imperfections all are caused by sin, who was the sinner in this case? the parents or the man him­self?

⁴And Jesus said, Afflictions all are partial payments on a debt, or debts, that have been made.

⁵There is a law of recompense that never fails, and it is summar­ized in that true rule of life:

⁶Whatsoever man shall do to any other man some other man will do to him.

⁷In this we find the meaning of the Jewish law, expressed con­cisely in the words, Tooth for a tooth; life for a life.

⁸He who shall injure any one in thought, or word, or deed, is judged a debtor to the law, and some one else shall, likewise, injure him in thought, or word or deed.

⁹And he who sheds the blood of any man will come upon the time when his blood shall be shed by man.

¹⁰Affliction is a prison cell in which a man must stay until he pays his debts unless a master sets him free that he may have a better chance to pay his debts.

¹¹Affliction is a certain sign that one has debts to pay.

¹²Behold this man! Once in another life he was a cruel man, and in a cruel way destroyed the eyes of one, a fellow man.

¹³The parents of this man once turned their faces on a blind and helpless man, and drove him from their door.

"The path of the moon is said to typify the life of the ordinary man who clings to objects of desire and parts with them reluctantly at death. After a period in the astral and heavenly worlds he returns to earth to repeat the process. It is the path of rebirth after intervals." (p275 "The Hidden Life in Freemasonry" by C. W. Leadbeater)

"The path of fire is the path of ascension, from which there is no longer any rebirth under the law of necessity."(p275 "The Hidden Life in Freemasonry" by C. W. Leadbeater)

George King from the Aetherius Society teaches: "Reincarnation is in the eyes of the great Masters, not a theory, but an essential part of Divine Truth, an aspect which, sooner or later, must be taught by every major Religion on Earth... Not for very much longer can the orthodox leaders of the Christian Religion suppress the existence of Truth regarding reincarnation." ("The Nine Freedoms" p111)

In the book Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda (p172) we learn that; "The early Christian church accepted the doctrine of reincarnation, which was expounded by the Gnostics and by numerous church fathers, including Clement of Alexandria, the celebrated Origen (both 3rd century), and St. Jerome (5th century). The doctrine was first declared a heresy in A.D. 553 by the Second Council of Constantinople. At that time many Christians thought the doctrine of reincarnation afforded man too ample a stage of time and space to encourage him to strive for immediate salvation. …The truth is that man reincarnates on earth until he has consciously regained his status as a son of God."

Mighty Victory teaches us: "...the masses of mankind, until they are taught this Law, do not have permanent Victory! ...Like a pendulum they swing and swing and swing, and never stabilize anywhere; because they cannot, until they know That Glorious Word "I AM"; understand where the "Mighty I AM Presence" is; what It is and what It can do for them. Only then can they see, know and accept the Reality of the Mighty Ascended Masters; the Great Cosmic Beings... Until they know the "Beloved Mighty I AM Presence" and Its Cosmic Law, they are not stabilized within Permanent Happiness nor Perfection." ('The Voice of the I AM' 1951 June p28-29)