Saturday, November 11, 2023

”after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them"

 

Deep Autumn around Tokyo


Satan even in Ukraine and Gaza

According to a branch in England of a Christian organization, the most popular passage in the Bible is the section 16 of John 3.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  (John 3)

Whoever wrote this passage must have been guided by a holy spirit in writing.  Otherwise, who could know whether and what the God loved or hated.  It should be an angel or a holy spirit in the spirit world around the God. 

As the God is almighty, whatever He tries should not fail; whatever He plans should be realized.  Therefore, whoever believes in Christ Jesus should not perish but should have everlasting life.  So, the human world should be full of happy people with everlasting life or at least promise of everlasting life, but in reality none seems to have eternal life or such a promise, but everyone seems to be in the process of perishing.  Has the God failed?  Something must be wrong. 

Otherwise, from the beginning can the Bible be trusted?  Was the author really being guided by a holy spirit in writing?  Most fundamentally does the God exist?  Could there be such a holy spirit that would guide the author?  What is everlasting life?  Could the God beget a son?  What does it mean: believing in His Son and not perishing?  Finally, why and how does this passage appeal to people?   

Anyway, if you believe that the Bible is trustworthy, you should be happy reading this passage telling that you can get everlasting life without perishing.  Therefore, it depends on whether or not you believe the Bible.  And, it seems natural and reasonable to believe the authenticity of the Bible that survived these 2,000 years, while you can live at most 100 years or so, in the human civilization established mainly on Christianity.   

From a different point of view, even if you do not believe in the God, you should believe that you exist living in this world.  As even you who did not give life to yourself exist and live, the God Almighty must exist, since He gave life to you.  As you with small power and ability can exist and live, the God with infinite power and ability should exist and live.

So, how benevolent and merciful the God is, giving everlasting life to us through "his only begotten Son."      

Yet, there is Satan trying to make the God and the human beings fail.  And this 2,000 year history since the God sent His Son Christ Jesus to the human world has become the history of battles between Satan and Christ Jesus. Now, Satan seems to be busy in wars in Ukraine and Gaza, using Russians, Islamic soldiers and Israeli troops.

Indeed, Satan so hates the God and the world, that it killed Christ Jesus, trying to make people perish and lose everlasting life.  This is the real aspect of the world of today.  Truly, the real enemy of the mankind is Satan even in Ukraine and Gaza.  


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Revelation 11, King James Version
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.