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I really wished I didn't pass this by.

This is just one of the manty unproven stories that is circulating the net. I am not an Atheist saying this but a believer in Christ.

As it is, this story has a number of tremendous theological problems.

1st, Jesus never visits anyone unless He personally chooses those to be His Apostles (1 Corinthians 9:1-2).
2nd, Jesus does not come until the Second Advent.
3rd, there are alleged visitations of not just Jesus but the angels who simply appear but bear no meaningful instructions when in the Bible, whenever there is a theophany (God appearing), or an angelic appearance, they have a message of instruction and much of it has to do with salvation.

Here in this story, Jesus only told the little girl "Everything is going to be OK". Nothing about her to believe Him alone for salvation, and not even to direct her to the right church so she can hear the correct gospel.

Instead, you have a teacher, (likely a Catholic who holds a different gospel - Galatians 1:9) telling her that Jesus never left the cross. Even the Catholics will deny that because by that answer, it denies the resurrection of Christ.

If it actually happened, then whatever that visited the little girl is not Jesus for the aforementioned reasons (2 Corinthians 11:13-15).
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0 ups, 3y
I believe this painful simplification from "Jesus" and the teacher are occurences caused by the sole fact that the girl was so young. The girl is not going to understand salvation and the differences between Churches. There is nothing stating that the girl never went to the correct Church later on (I adknowlege that we have different perceptions of the correct Church). This angelic figure would likely not say "Go to (insert Church) and rely on the Lord, Jesus Christ alone, for your eternal salvation", considering the girl would either fail to understand, forget what he told her, or both.
As far as the teacher, she likely understood that the child would not yet be able to understand the Ascension, and so pretty much said that he died. I agree that this entity is likely not Jesus, and I find it to likely be a guardian angel (i don't know if Baptists believe in guardian angels) appearing in the form of Jesus. For what reason, I cannot explain.
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It's just a story it's not that deep
0 ups, 4y
That kind of story allows for deception, Flamy. And Flamy, you need to get used to reading a lot (2 Timothy 2:15). What I've written above is very light in comparison.

We hear of such stories all over the world with people claiming that they've seen visions of spirits and higher beings, and often times uses their claim to take advantage of the gullible.

We find it most prominently in the Word of Faith movement with preachers like Benny Hinn, Creflo A Dollar, Paula White, etc, claimed to see, hear from God. With their natural charisma, hypnotic gestures, and slight-of-hand trickery they convince the people that they're indeed chosen by God (2 Corinthians 5:11-12).

That is made possible because of stories like that above.

A proper, biblical way to determine if the story is true is to first check the person's doctrine. Does s/he believe the gospel (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)? Does s/he believe in the inerrancy and infallibility of scripture (2 Timothy 3:16-17 & 2 Peter 1:20-21)? And if s/he claimed to be saved see if s/he show signs of salvation (James 2:14-26)?

As for the vision or visitation itself there has to be an immediate reason for it. No where in the Bible give instances of a simple visitation as that.

No where.

Every visitation always accompanied by a message of deliverance. That story Jesus simply tells her everything is going to be fine.
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0 ups, 4y
You didn't have to write an entire essay about a simple story dude
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Sorry, don't know how to repost
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0 ups, 4y
Don't send it, please.
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