False Messiah (faux messies)
The worst false messiah was Hitler.
He succeeded in reducing unemployment in Germany in 1930's. Inflation was suppressed and an economic boom was realized before WWII. So, you might think that Hitler must have tied with rich German Judaists to improve economic situations in Germany. But, the horrible truth was that he attacked German Judaists to be supported by his political allies who hated rich German Judaists.
Finally, Hitler's rule brought about devastating tragedies on both Germans and European Judaists in addition to Russians and others.
Yet, what Hitler meant is yet to be fully addressed.
SECTION I: Bar Kochba
The most noteworthy person after Christ Jesus in history of Judaism is Bar Kochba, since he was regraded as a Messiah in Palestine at the time around the early second century.
Shimon bar Kokhba (Hebrew: שמעון בר כוכבא, also transliterated as Bar Kochba) was the Jewish leader of what is known as the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE, establishing an independent Jewish state of Israel which he ruled for three years as Nasi ("Ruler"). His state was conquered by the Romans in 135 following a two-year war.Yet, his spirit was resurrected around 1960, as his written letters were excavated in Israel.
Documents discovered in the modern era[citation needed] give us his original name, Simon ben Kosiba, (Hebrew: שמעון בן כוסבא) he was given the surname Bar Kokhba, (Aramaic for "Son of a Star", referring to the Star Prophecy of Numbers 24:17, "A star has shot off Jacob") by his contemporary, the Jewish sage Rabbi Akiva.
After the failure of the revolt, the rabbinical writers referred to bar Kokhba as "Simon bar Kozeba" (Hebrew: בר כוזיבא, "Son of lies" or "Son of deception").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_bar_Kokhba
Letters from Simon bar KochbaFrom a historical point of view, it is very possible that the spirit of Christ Jesus will be resurrected. The Bar Kochba's case must be considered as a precedent for a possible Christ Jesus' case of resurrection.
In the 1960's, several letters written by Bar Kochba were discovered in caves at Wadi Murabba`at and Nahal Hever. They show that Bar Kochba was a rather authoritarian man...
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Shimeon bar Kosiba to Yehonathan and to Masabala.
Let all men from Tekoa and other places who are with you, be sent to me without delay. And if you shall not send them, let it be known to you, that you will be punished.
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Letter of Shimeon bar Kosiba to Yehonathan, son of Be'ayan:
Peace! My order is that whatever Elisha tells you, do to him and help him and those with him. Be well.
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Shimeon to Yehudah bar Menashe in Qiryath 'Arabaya.
I have sent to you two donkeys, and you must send with them two men to Yehonathan, son of Be'ayan and to Masabala, in order that they shall pack and send to the camp, towards you, palm branches and citrons. And you, from your place, send others who will bring you myrtles and willows. See that they are tithed and sent them to the camp. The request is made because the army is big. Be well.
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From Shimeon bar Kosiba to the men of En-gedi.
To Masabala and to Yehonathan bar Bey'ayan, peace!
In comfort you sit, eat and drink from the property of the House of Israel, and care nothing for your brothers.
This last letter seems to be a repproach to the men of En-gedi, because they had failed to take part in a battle.
http://www.livius.org/ja-jn/jewish_wars/bk07.html
SECTION II: Columbus' Journal
In 1492, almost nobody in the world knew that Christopher Columbus was to head for India via Japan, setting off from Spain and sailing to the west.
Medieval Sourcebook:"Cipango" means Zipangu, Marco Polo's calling of Japan.
Christopher Columbus: Extracts from Journal
...Your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians, and princes who love and promote the holy Christian faith, and are enemies of the doctrine of Mahomet, and of all idolatry and heresy, determined to send me, Christopher Columbus, to the above-mentioned countries of India, to see the said princes, people, and territories, and to learn their disposition and the proper method of converting them to our holy faith; and furthermore directed that I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone. So after having expelled the Jews from your dominions, your Highnesses, in the same month of January, ordered me to proceed with a sufficient armament to the said regions of India, and for that purpose granted me great favors, and ennobled me that thenceforth I might call myself Don, and be High Admiral of the Sea, and perpetual Viceroy and Governor in all the islands and continents which I might discover and acquire, or which may hereafter he discovered and acquired in the ocean; and that this dignity should be inherited by my eldest son, and thus descend from degree to degree forever. Hereupon I left the city of Granada, on Saturday, the twelfth day of May, 1492, and proceeded to Palos, a seaport, where I armed three vessels, very fit for such an enterprise, and having provided myself with abundance of stores and seamen, I set sail from the port, on Friday, the third of August, half an hour before sunrise, and steered for the Canary Islands of your Highnesses which are in the said ocean, thence to take my departure and proceed till I arrived at the Indies, and perform the embassy of your Highnesses to the Princes there, and discharge the orders given me.
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Thursday, 11 October...The Admiral again perceived it once or twice, appearing like the light of a wax candle moving up and down, which some thought an indication of land. But the Admiral held it for certain that land was near; for which reason, after they had said the Salve which the seamen are accustomed to repeat and chant after their fashion, the Admiral directed them to keep a strict watch upon the forecastle and look out diligently for land, and to him who should first discover it he promised a silken jacket, besides the reward which the King and Queen had offered, which was an annuity of ten thousand maravedis. At two o'clock in the morning the land was discovered, at two leagues' distance; they took in sail and remained under the square-sail lying to till day, which was Friday, when they found themselves near a small island, one of the Lucayos, called in the Indian language Guanahani....I thought then, and still believe, that these were from the continent. It appears to me, that the people are ingenious, and would be good servants and I am of opinion that they would very readily become Christians, as they appear to have no religion. They very quickly learn such words as are spoken to them. If it please our Lord, I intend at my return to carry home six of them to your Highnesses, that they may learn our language. I saw no beasts in the island, nor any sort of animals except parrots." These are the words of the Admiral.
Saturday, 13 October. "At daybreak great multitudes of men came to the shore, all young and of fine shapes, very handsome; their hair not curled but straight and coarse like horse-hair, and all with foreheads and heads much broader than any people I had hitherto seen; their eyes were large and very beautiful; they were not black, but the color of the inhabitants of the Canaries, which is a very natural circumstance, they being in the same latitude with the island of Ferro in the Canaries... It grows in this island, but from my short stay here I could not satisfy myself fully concerning it; the gold, also, which they wear in their noses, is found here, but not to lose time, I am determined to proceed onward and ascertain whether I can reach Cipango. At night they all went on shore with their canoes.
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/Columbus1.html
His adventurous voyage could be characterized by arrogance of Europeans, religious prejudice and competition, ambition of the nation, individual desire for worldly success, and strong inclination toward exploitation of local resources and people.
Anyway, it is said that native American people who first met with Columbus and his band thought that they were a kind of Messiahs. Yet, Columbus and his band demanded gold from the native American people. When the local people tried to run away or failed to produce gold, it is said that their hands were severed by Columbus and his band.
Columbus and his band were not Messiahs for native American people.
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Without generous aid and support in terms of technology and finance, in these decades, China cannot even build a high-speed train.
Friday, October 30, 2009The Chinese Government should inform the Chinese people that their high-speed trains and railroad systems were all based on generous aid and support from Japan.
Japan's Hayate Shinkansen In China
Good news for train lovers as China will buy 140 bullet trains from a Chinese train maker affiliated with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., according to Kyodo. The deal for the E2 Series Shinkansen trains is worth about ¥604 billion:
China will buy the trains that can run at 350 kph from Nanche Sifang Locomotive, which has a technology licensing agreement with Kawasaki Heavy, the sources said. The trains will be manufactured using Kawasaki Heavy's technology for Hayate trains, which are used on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line.
In China they will run between Beijing and Shanghai, and between Beijing and Guangzhou starting in 2010. Japanese railway-related manufacturers that produce motors, brakes and other parts may also benefit from the contract, notes Kyodo.
The Japanese name (Hayate) was chosen with input from the public and means a strong wind or hurricane, but it also has positive connotations of speed and power. It is the fastest train on the Tohoku Line going north from Tokyo.
China has previously introduced a number of 250 km/h trains based on the Kawasaki Heavy E2-1000 series design, called CRH2, which they seem pleased with, although the Wikipedia article notes that they were introduced "with little fanfare, and was not even publicized in China." Most CRH2 are now built in China. The Japanese wikipedia page for CRH2 also notes that the blue and white design has a smart (in the sense of stylish) image.
Also, it is worth noting that Japan foots at least some of the bill for this through its official development projects. According to MOFA, some ¥182 billion is provided as loans to China for rail and subway projects, in addition to older projects worth over ¥640 billion.
For example, through Japanese loan aid (yen loans), a total length of 5,200 km of railway lines were electrified.
http://martinjapan.blogspot.com/2009/10/japans-hayate-shinkansen-in-china.html
Mar 7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
Mar 7:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
Mar 7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
Mar 7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
Mar 7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.