What is the difference between Christ's incarnation and reincarnation?
Christ was not reincarnated; He was incarnate. Reincarnation describes someone who has lived and is now alive again, but there is no other instance of it in all of Scripture. Christ's incarnation is therefore not a return to a previous life but a unique event.
Les explains that reincarnation is a word he dislikes using because it is coming in rapidly through Oriental religions, and there is no other instance of it in all of Scripture. He clarifies that Christ was not reincarnated; He was incarnate. A reincarnation could be someone who has lived and now is alive again. Les speculates that Judas Iscariot could come back reincarnated, and that the Antichrist could be a reincarnated Judas Iscariot—an apostate Jew, demonic, yet charismatic, promising peace and prosperity. But the distinction remains: Christ's incarnation is unique, whereas reincarnation would be a return to life.