NEBUCHADNEZZAR REINCARNATED: DIVALDO PEREIRA FRANCO EXPLAINS

In this video, Divaldo Franco recounts his experience in taking in children in situations of vulnerability at Mansão do Caminho (0:03–0:07). The speaker shares a remarkable story about the request of a spirit friend to help ten children who, according to the account, were spirits from ancient Babylon who had been suffering for approximately 2,600 years (0:12–0:31).

Main Points of the Account

Rescue and Adoption: Divaldo recounts how he went to find these children in conditions of extreme deprivation, relying on the support of his brother, who was a police chief (1:05–1:23).

Education and Overcoming Difficulties: He highlights the difficulties these children faced in adapting and developing, mentioning vocal and learning challenges due to the profound cultural difference of their origins, but emphasizes that, despite this, they lived and continue to live happy lives (2:05–3:07).

Law of Gratitude: The speaker mentions a spirit who served as the intermediary in this process, describing him as someone who had played a relevant role in Brazilian public life before passing away (3:13–3:33).

Love for One’s Neighbor: The talk emphasizes the importance of taking in those who have been abandoned (3:52–4:00) and describes the degrading conditions in which some of the children were found and subsequently rescued by the institution (4:00–4:42).

At the end, Divaldo reflects on the continuation of this charitable work, mentioning that some of those who were taken in became professionals, such as judges, and that he was able to give the surname Pereira Franco to three of his adopted children, consolidating a legacy of fraternity and hope (4:42–5:20).

Reincarnation in Spiritism

In Spiritism, reincarnation is one of the fundamental pillars of the doctrine. The term, coined by Allan Kardec, defines the process by which the Spirit returns to corporeal life, that is, is born again in a new physical body after the death of the previous one.

Main Aspects

Spiritual Progress: Reincarnation is not an end in itself, but a divine law aimed at the constant learning and improvement of the Spirit. Through multiple existences, the being has the opportunity to repair mistakes from the past, develop new virtues, and evolve intellectually and morally.

Plurality of Existences: Spiritism understands that a single physical life is insufficient for the Spirit to attain perfection. Thus, the cycle of births and deaths allows learning to take place gradually and continuously.

Difference from Resurrection: It is important to distinguish that reincarnation is the return in a new body (“in the flesh”), while the concept of resurrection, in the traditional theological sense, suggests a return to life in the same physical body, which Spiritist doctrine does not corroborate.

This view replaces the idea of eternal punishment with a perspective of divine justice based on the constant opportunity for renewal and growth through one’s own efforts.