Tuesday, March 01, 2022

"he entered again into the synagogue" - The Ukrainian Crisis Could be Part of the End of the World




Mt. Fuji from around Tokyo

The Ukrainian Crisis Could be Part of the End of the World

Christ Jesus once mentioned the end of the world:

Matthew 28
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
This must mean that there will be the end of the world. Otherwise, He should not have used the words "the end of the world." But, Christ Jesus said not to be troubled if we face a war.   
Matthew 24
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
In the past, there were many wars, but the world could continue to go on, develop, and prosper over wars.  However, now it is in the early 21st century, and we are in the era when it is no wonder if the last judgment or the end of the world should come at any time.  

By good fortune, the War on Terror that started at the beginning of the 21st century has been almost suppressed.  The tension between the U.S. and China has not yet been close to a real war.  So, although the world has been under the corona-pandemic in these years, the world has enjoyed peace and prosperity nowadays.  But, suddenly, Russia invaded Ukraine for a reason that cannot be justified by common sense.  

This war in Ukraine launched by Russia will end sooner or later, or probably before the fall of this year.  But, other wars will happen after this Ukrainian crisis in this century.  And the history should come close to the end of the world, although I believe that the mankind can survive this century of crises.

The focus is how we will conquer the coming crises or how we will be saved from the possible end of the world.  But, in the 22nd century, the mankind and the world should be drastically changed, so that the Bible would have to be revised.

Yet, the mankind will have to suffer enough in the 21st century till they are saved from the fatal end of the world.  And, this crisis in Ukraine must be part of this suffering.       


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Mark 3, King James Version

3 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.