Thursday, March 24, 2022

"John was not yet cast into prison" - Chaos Should Continue till the 2nd Coming of Christ Jesus

 


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Chaos Should Continue till the 2nd Coming of Christ Jesus

The Bible tells how Christ Jesus would come to this world:
(Matthew 24)
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
It seems that the  "stars" represent the U.S. and the E.U. as their flags have stars on their surfaces.  The "moon" seems to represent Islamic countries as well as China as they respect the lunar calendar.  Even the old national flag of Russia or the Soviet Union shows a sickle of the moon-like shape.  The "moon" must mean Islamic countries, China, and Russia.

But more horrible is the prediction that "the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken."  It implies that the global order and systems led and supported by America and Europe would be destroyed.

In this context, the on-going war in Ukraine should be a part of the prelude to the Second Coming of Christ Jesus.  In other words, before the Second Coming of Christ Jesus, radical Islamic groups, Russia, China, and other autocratic nations should be changed to democratic countries.  And, the world should become the pure arena for battles between evil and the sacred.

Therefore, the current war in Ukraine should lead to collapse of Russia and China in the long term.  It might take decades more.  And then, the current global political and economic systems supported and led by America and Europe should come to crumble away.

However, if people came to read and understand the meaning of the Bible from a more spiritual view, as Swedenborg recommended, people should not need to rely on global political and economic systems supported and led by America and Europe.  When the world becomes more spiritual, Christ Jesus should come to this world.  But, it will take decades more.  In other word, destabilization and messy conflicts in the world should continue till the end of the 21st century.     

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John 3, King James Version

22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.