Friday, February 21, 2020

"his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel" - Daytime and Nighttime of the Universe





Birds and Mt. Fuji, West of Tokyo

Daytime and Nighttime of the Universe

One Japanese astronaut who first got into the International Space Station was impressed with his discovery that the universe was dark or black, in deed, while the blue earth was shining.

A century or more ago, scientists wondered why the night sky was dark while it was thought that there were almost infinite starts in the space.

As long as the number of starts are infinite, they thought, the sky or space in night should have been more brighter that it looked actually. Actually the stars we can see in the night sky are almost all in our Milky Way Galaxy where the number of fixed stars, such as our Sun, is 100 to 300 billion, while we can see, with our eyes without telescopes, only one outer galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy, and a few semi-galaxies such as Magellanic Clouds and Large Magellanic Cloud accompanying our Milky Way Galaxy; yet it is supposed that two trillion or more galaxies are in the whole space.  (So, the number of suns or fixed stars in the whole universe is almost 2 x 10^11 multiplied by 2 x 10^12, namely 4 x 10^23 or 10 to the 23rd power.)

As the earth is round, we can see theoretically 50 to 150 billion stars. However we can actually see only 3,000 stars, since our eyes can only get glimpse of stars of the first magnitude (apparent magnitude ) or more to the sixth magnitude. For example, the number of stars of the first magnitude or brighter is only 21.

The brightest fixed star (next to our Sun) in the night sky is Sirius whose apparent magnitude is minus 1.46. The distance of Sirius from the earth is 8.6 light-years.  The nearest fixed star to the earth is Proxima Centauri whose apparent magnitude is about the 11th and whose distance from the earth is 4.2 light-years.

Whereas there are about 200 billion fixed stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, the diameter of the Galaxy is about 100,000 light-years, so that the distance between two solar systems or fixed stars can be measured and expressed effectively only by the unit of light-year, namely the distance light travels in one year (for example, the distance between the earth and the Sun is 8 light-minutes).

So, in this magnitude of the space, even within our Galaxy, the fixed stars are placed or arranged too sporadically, or the number, 200 billion, is too small to make the space brighter than we are actually seeing.  Therefor, we can see only 3,000 stars in night, which are too few to make the whole sky bright like in the daytime.

If 200 billion sulphur matches are stuck and lighted on the moon in night in the period of new moon or when the moon is not irradiated by the Sun, can we see bright light?  For example, it is said that a lit cigarette can be seen five miles away or about eight kilometers away.  But the moon is about 380,000 km or about 50,000 times distant.  As brightness decreases inversely with the square of distance, it needs 50,000 x 50,000 (2.5 billion) cigarettes to be seen as one lit cigarette at distance of five miles away or about eight kilometers.  So, as we don't see it so bright if we see 100 cigarettes at distance of five miles away or about eight kilometers at night, the surface of the moon with 250 billion lit cigarettes cannot look so bright (in the case that this analogy is appropriate).  The Milky Way Galaxy looks so vast for fixed stars.

And it takes about 250 million years for the Sun or our solar system rotates once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.   When the earth was at the same position in the Galaxy as it is today, dinosaurs were evolving toward their total extension 65 million years ago.

So, for the ruler of this Milky Way Galaxy, 250 million years is equivalent to one year of the mankind.

And for the God, these 13.8 billion years, the life period of the universe to date, may be just a half day for the mankind.  Or, the "daytime in the whole universe" when the whole space was so bright like in the daytime on the earth of today, even if observed from the International Space Station, if any, might have gone and now it is in the "nighttime" in the whole universe.

So, the universe is dark today even if observed by the Japanese astronaut from ISS.  We must be in the night for the God, the Creator of the Universe. 

But when the next day will start for the God, if He is within the universe?

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Luk 2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
Luk 2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Monday, February 17, 2020

"And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James" - Love and Hatred above Probability



North of Tokyo

Love and Hatred above Probability

There seems to be two types of men, ultimately: one type becoming a servant of Satan and another becoming a servant of the God.

And, according to the teaching of Christ Jesus, servants of Satan will be thrown down to the hell while servants of the God will be allowed to enter Heaven.

Pascal thought that it was reasonable to become a servant of the God and get allowed to enter Heaven, because happiness in Heaven is infinite while happiness in this world a man can get by becoming a servant of Satan is finite.

And no matter how small the probability (P) that the God and Heaven exist is, P multiplied by infinite (happiness in Heaven) can be as big as possible.  Whereas the possibility (N) that the God and Heaven do not exist cannot be infinite as the history, where Christ Jesus once surely appeared, tells.  And no matter how big the happiness in this world assured by Satan is, the happiness in this world is finite as everybody knows.  Therefore, N multiplied by a finite number (happiness in this world) is finite, which is not comparable with the former case (possibly infinite) with the belief that the God and Heaven exist.

But the point at issue is the assumption that happiness in Heaven is infinite.  Of course, happiness in this world is clearly finite no matter how much wealth a man gets by following Satan.

However, there is another factor regardless of this kind of calculation.  Instinctive hatred against Satan or the God.  Or instinctive love to the God or Satan.

If a man has instinctive hatred against Satan and instinctive love to God, he will believe that happiness in Heaven is infinite, so that no matter how small the probability that the God and heaven exist is, he would bet on the possibility that they exist.

But if a man has instinctive hatred against the God and instinctive love to Satan, he will simply wish that the probability of existence of the God and Heaven is zero.  And thus, no matter how big or infinite the happiness in Heaven is, their product will be zero.  And the probability of happiness in this world is 100%.  All he can do is get happiness as much as possible, since the probability of existence of Satan who assures happiness in this world is also 100%.

Therefore, another point is whether a man can hate Satan and love the God, while even if the God and Heaven do not exist, he cannot get happiness both in this world and Heaven.

On the other hand, if a man hates the God and loves Satan, he can get at least happiness in this world regardless of the possibility of existence of the God and Heaven. 
 
Anyway, as Christ Jesus said, a man cannot love both the God and Satan or hate both the God and Satan.

And one thing sure is that if everybody loves Satan and hates the God and tries to get happiness in this world, which Satan gives, as much as possible, this world will turn to the hell, since everybody will sacrifice others to get happiness in this world as much as possible.

Finally, love and hatred seem to be above calculation of probability.

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M'r:3:16: And Simon he surnamed Peter;
M'r:3:17: And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
M'r:3:18: And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
M'r:3:19: And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

Sunday, February 16, 2020

"when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men" - 90% or a Half, or 100% or Perfect



Imperial Palace Plaza, Tokyo

90% or a Half, or 100% or Perfect

An event sometimes occurs at the probability of 90%.  But it might soon become a probability of 50 or less in the short time.

If the event with the probability of 90% occurs continuously twice, its probability becomes 90% multiplied by 90%, which is 81%.

And if this event now having the probability of 81% occurs again with the original probability of 90%, it turns to be 81% multiplied by 90%, which is 72.9%.  And again, if it is multiplied by 90%, it would be about  65.6%.  And again, it would be 59.2% (65.6% x 90%).  And finally it would be 53.3% and  47.9%, which is less than 50% or a half.

90% --> 81% --> 72.9% --> 65.6% --> 59.2% --> 53.3% --> 47.9%

But if an event has the occurrence probability of 100%, it is already 100% as 100% multiplied by 100% is 100%.

The probability that an even with the occurrence probability of 90% occurs continuously six times is less than a half or 47.9%.  But the probability that an even with the occurrence probability of 100% occurs continuously six times is just 100%.

If your faith in the God or Christ Jesus is 100%, it will remain 100% no matter how much the time goes.  But if your faith in the God or Christ Jesus is 90%, it will turn to be less than 50% as the time goes by over six hard times.

So, time proves everything.  Or time heals all wounds.  Otherwise, time will tell.

Therefore, everything incomplete will vanish someday, but the God who is complete never changes.

And most importantly, Christ Jesus told us to be perfect as the Father, the God, is.  Even in this context, it is mystery that Christ Jesus could see a possibility that a man could be complete like the God.

Anyway, it is useless to be 90% before 100%.

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Mat 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Mat 2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
Mat 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning,