" saying, The Master is come" - Spiritual Events of Mankind

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Spiritual Events of Mankind 

I presented the following figure a few years ago in this blog.

So, it took 700 years from Abraham to Moses, 700 years from Moses to old Judaism, enlightened Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism,  600 years from old Judaism, etc, to Christianity and new Judaism, 600 years from Christianity, etc. to Islam, 600 years from Islam to the Japanese Buddhism Enlightened, 600 years from the era of the Japanese Buddhism to the American Denomination Expansion, and 100 years from the American Denomination Expansion to today.

3900 = 700 + 700 + 600 + 600 + 600 + 600 + 100

This sequence tells that the speed of a change in spiritual environment has been accelerated as time goes by.  Today, the spiritual environment seems to change at a pace of seven times faster than before the establishment of Christianity and six times faster than before 1900.

Then, what is a state of religion of mankind today?

Religious category	Number of followers (in millions)	Cultural tradition	Main regions covered
Christianity	2,000–2,200	Abrahamic religions	Predominant in the Western world (Europe, the Americas, Oceania), Sub-Saharan Africa, the Philippines, and East Timor in Southeast Asia. Minorities worldwide, see Christianity by country.
Islam	1,300–1,650	Abrahamic religions	Middle East, Northern Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, Western Africa, Malay Archipelago with large population centers existing in Eastern Africa, Balkan Peninsula, Russia and China.[18]
Hinduism	828–1,000	Indian religions	South Asia, Bali, Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and among the overseas Indian communities.
Buddhism	400–500	Indian religions	South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and some regions of Russia.
Folk religions	400-500	Folk religions	Africa, Asia, Americas
Chinese folk religions (including Taoism and  Confucianism)	400-500	Chinese Religions	East Asia, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia.
Shinto	27–65	Japanese Religions	Japan
Sikhism	24–28	Indian religions	Indian subcontinent, Australasia, Northern America, Southeast Asia, the United Kingdom and Western Europe.
Judaism	14–18	Abrahamic religions	Israel and the worldwide Jewish diaspora (mostly North America, South America, Europe, and Asia).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_religions

Now you know why Japan is unique.  If you look at the world map, you will surely know that Japan is situated at the farthest location in the east of Jerusalem.  In fact, Japan has proved its uniqueness in the world in terms of economy, technology, and science in these centuries.  But, its religion and spiritualism are also unique though it is yet to prevail in the world.  Yet, as all the other world religions have failed so far, maybe the Japanese spiritualism is the last hope in the world.



(to be continued...)

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Some women were healed directly by Christ Jesus.

But not many children appeared in the Gospel.  Dogs and pigs were only referred to in negative contexts.  No cats and other pets.

It is also interesting that Christ Jesus was never engaged in long conversations or discussions with anybody as the authors of the Gospels did not witness it.  But, there is surely an observing point of incidents and episodes related to Christ Jesus.  It is a mystery how all the four Gospels seem to be based on arguably only one observing point.



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Joh 11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
Joh 11:29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.