"When he had heard therefore that he was sick" - Live Poor, Die Poor, and Get Accepted in Heaven to be Given Eternal Life

 

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Live Poor, Die Poor, and Get Accepted in Heaven to be Given Eternal Life

Christ Jesus told a rich, young man that he had to sell all his possessions to others to earn money and give the money to the poor and then he should follow Him in order to be accepted in Heaven and given eternal life.

Matthew 19
16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

This incident simply tells that no words can be trusted but only concrete actions are needed to show one's faith.

You may say that you are following the words of the God, but you cannot prove that you are following the words of the God without selling your possessions and giving all the money obtained from the transaction to the poor.  

If you sold your possessions and gave all the money obtained from the transaction to the poor, you would be poor, too.  But, by this act, you can accumulate treasure in Heaven and obtain eternal life.

Therefore, being poor must be appreciated more than witnessing for compliance with the teaching of the God.  It means being rich is supported by some serious evil, but being poor means a lack of the serious evil.  There must be something important that can be found and understood only when we get poor.  

Anyway, the world poor men see is different from the world rich men see.  And, the world poor men see should be akin to the world Christ Jesus saw.

Put simply, all we can say is to be poor, live poor, die poor, and get accepted in Heaven so that you can be given eternal life by the God.  

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John 11, King James Version

4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

"say ye that the Lord hath need of him" - Eternal Life and Satisfaction after Death of the Poor

 

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Eternal Life and Satisfaction after Death of the Poor

To save the world, what should you do?  One of reasonable answers should be that we have to save poor people.  So, Christ Jesus tried to save the poor, the abused as well as the sick, which looks very reasonable.  But, most of poor people in this world are not scholars or knowledgeable and learnt persons, so that they cannot understand theology and other deep and complicate theories taught in universities or institutes of the Vatican, etc.  

Therefore, Christ Jesus simply told poor men that He had been sent by the God as it was proved by His performing miracles and healing the sick so that they should believe in Him.  Then, He declared that poor men could be accepted in Heaven to be given eternal life while it was almost impossible for rich men to enter into Heaven; they should go to the hell.       

It is assumed that all the poor men who heard this teaching of Christ Jesus were glad and rejoiced.  They should come to have no fear of death, since now that they knew that they would be welcomed in Heaven and became happy and fulfilled.

Therefore, followers of Christ Jesus have never ceased to grow in these 2000 years, since there have been poor people in any eras.  The religion Christianity, the Vatican, and other churches have been established on this teaching of Christ Jesus.

But, what should Satan do to prevent people from being saved due to the teaching of Christ Jesus?  Satan once failed to attempt Christ Jesus when He was conditioned to behave as a man 2000 years ago, and it could not completely kill Him on the cross as Christ Jesus was resurrected.  

Therefore, Satan must have taken more artful and slyer ways to frustrate the work of Christ Jesus since the establishment of Christianity.  It destroyed the Roman Empire that adopted Christianity as its state religion, corrupted the Vatican and its priests, brainwashed Martin Luther and his followers, and finally promoted negligence of Christianity in the minds of people who came to live in the era after the scientific and industrial revolutions, whose influence can be still seen in the world of today.  

And today, Satan seems to try to diffuse the notion that rich men can also enter into Heaven, so that men should enjoy wealth both in this world and in the spirit world.  Satan seems to try to brainwash men by telling them that there is no sin in earning money and acquiring wealth as much as possible even by selling part of their souls to Satan.

Indeed, it is true that souls of both the poor and the rich enter into the spirit world after death in this world.  However, because men cannot be rich without selling any part of their souls to Satan, being rich means being evil to any degree or more evil than being poor.  Therefore, it is very hard for rich men to be accepted in Heaven and given eternal life; they should naturally go to the hell in the spirit world; and they will be finally destroyed in the hell with Satan by the God. 

Put simply, Christ Jesus taught to poor people the very simple and understandable teaching: "Poor men should enter into Heaven after death to be given eternal life and satisfaction."  

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Mark 11, King James Version
11 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

"Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick" - A Revolution that Was Started 2000 Years Ago by Christ Jesus

 

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A Revolution that Was Started 2000 Years Ago by Christ Jesus

The Gospels and the teaching of Christ Jesus are based on the notion that men surely die some day in this world, but their souls continue to live in the spirit world.  However, the most unique part of the teaching of Christ Jesus is that in the spirit world, poor men can enter into Heaven to be satisfied while rich men should go to the hell.

If everybody believes in this teaching, none would become rich in this world and should be afraid of death in this world.  It is truly revolutionary.  Everybody should be content with his life in poverty without fear of death, since man's being poor is the requirement for his entering into Heaven.

So, true believers of Christ Jesus must be poor and have no fear of death as proven in the history.  But ordinary people might not believe that being rich means so evil that rich men cannot enter into Heave.  However, it should be understood from the view point that if a rich and faithful man sees poor men around him, he would give his money to them, so that he cannot continue to be rich.  There are more than millions of poor men in an ordinary country.  And to save all of them from poverty, rich and faithful men should give them all their wealth and assets and they will be poor eventually.  To neglect poor men is an act of evil that leads to the hell.

In this context, the most important teaching of Christ Jesus is that it is almost impossible for a rich man to go to Heaven and get eternal life.

Therefore, the Pope and other leaders and priests of churches should tell people to be poor so that they can accept in Heaven.  This world should be the place to compete in terms of poverty.

When a man dies, his soul goes into the spirit world that is wonderful beyond imagination according to those who had near-death experiences.  But the light in the spirit world coming from Heaven is too bright so that souls of evil men avoid it and go down to the hell.  The souls of poor men who did not perform evil acts while living are rejoiced to see and receive such light, so that they easily enter into Heaven.

Anyway, being rich while so many around are poor is a state of evil, which should be taught in elementary schools. 

To have faith in Christ Jesus means to believe in his word that rich men cannot be accepted in Heaven but poor men can get eternal life in Heaven.

Rich men also mean the elite class, the upper-class people, happy people, successful people such as politicians, professors, priests, people in entertainment, medical doctors, lawyers, etc.  Their souls are all to go down to the hell after death in this world.

But poor and faithful men are to be accepted in Heaven and given eternal life and happiness in Heaven after death in this world.

This is a revolution that was started 2000 years ago by Christ Jesus; however, it is not yet accomplished. 

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John 11, King James Version

11 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

"the Gentiles had also received the word of God" - Living Swedenborg Entered into the State of Death

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Living Swedenborg Entered into the State of Death

Swedenborg, an 18th century scholar, elite bureaucrat, and psychic who saw and entered into the afterlife or the spirit world while living in this world, mastered the way to make his soul enter into the spirit world by making himself put into the state of death.

His way to put himself into the state of death is akin to the conditions of those who had near-death experiences.  It tells that when a man is dying, his soul can access to the spirit world.  And, as Swedenborg could freely realize the state of death, he could experience a kind of near-death experiences of those who were dying.

It is not clear how specifically Swedenborg put himself in the state of death where his body was almost dead, but his soul could return to his body from the spirit world after hours of an experience in the spirit world.  He used this method for decades until his death in 1772.  But, if anybody can master Swedenborg's way, he can see and have access to the afterlife or the spirit world.  It would be revolutionary for the mankind.

It may be similar to the way for spirit mediums to evoke spirits of dead men into their bodies.  But Swedenborg could enter into the spirit world and directly communicate with other spirits while keeping the consciousness and identity of his own spirt (to which his soul turned).  Indeed, he wrote that he had been allowed by Christ Jesus to enter into the spirt world and see the real state of the afterlife.  So, his way to achieve the sate of death while living might be extremely unique and divine so that none can imitate it.

Indeed, since Swedenborg's experiences, none has been able to perform successfully his method for the past 250 years except some people who happened to have particular near-death experiences.

In this context, the cases of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (1926 - 2004) and Raymond Moody (1944 -) are interesting.  Kubler-Ross could see and talk with spirts coming in front of her through a certain spirit medium or making her own efforts.  Moody succeeded in evoking spirits in a special room uniquely set up with a mirror to evoke them.  However, they ways to evoke and communicate with spirits have not widely accepted and scientifically proved effective. 

In this context, Christ Jesus must have been able to enter into the spirit world and communicate with spirits there.  Specifically, when he experienced punishment on the cross, he must have near-death experiences.  After near-death experiences, some people obtained some supernatural ability.  So, it is no wonder that Christ Jesus after the resurrection acted as if He were a spirt but sometimes as a physical man. 

Anyway, there must be a way for a man to have access to the spirit world unlike ordinary spirt mediums.  But, a man who has found it would probably make it secret from others.  On the other hand. Swedenborg wrote that it is sometimes dangerous for a living man to communicate with spirts because there are many evil spirts in the spirit world and that if an ordinary man sees the afterlife, he would go mad.  So, it might be safe to keep it as his own secret.

However, Swedenborg was permitted by Christ Jesus or the God to see and communicate with spirits.  He was protected by good spirits or angels in the spirit world.  Therefore, it is not recommended for ordinary men to try to take access to the spirit world without permission of the God.

(Nonetheless, when men are performing meditation like in Zen Buddhism or as followers of Ignatius of Loyola, their souls might get close to the spirit word.  But, in these cases, they follow strict instructions and rules of the relevant religions, so that they should be protected from evil spirits.)      

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Acts 11, King James Version
11 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

"A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho" - Our Having Conscience Proves that We are Spirits

 

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Our Having Conscience Proves that We are Spirits

The Gospels and the teaching of Christ Jesus encourage people to perform good deeds and avoid evil like other no-nonsense religions and saints.

One medical professor one day began to wonder why men have conscience while there seems no reason for biological existence for men in this world.  After studying near-death experiences and Swedenborg's case, he understood that conscience of men was given by the God in the spirit world but not generated through their living in this material world. 

Most men know that the God (if He ever existed), religions, and their traditional culture exhort goodness and love, but they sometimes cannot stop doing evil things secretly behind others to satisfy their desires toward money, wealth, higher positions, etc.  Indeed, for a man as a biological entity to pursue richer life in terms of biology, it seems to be advantageous to do any evil things to secure his own profits if he believes that there is nothing left after his death.  For a man to promote his own happiness to the maximum degree in this world, he would do any evil to maximize his profits by abusing and getting control over others and thus neglecting benefits and happiness of others without minding their pains and toils.        

However, if he thinks, even unconsciously, that there might be the afterlife and the spirit world where the God presides requesting good and love, he would hesitate to be as evil as possible.

According to the reports of those who had near-death experiences, the spirit world is full of love and goodness.  Their experiences match Swedenborg's experiences in the spirit world where he spent some time while living in this world.  The spirit world leads to Heaven where love and goodness are affluent, though there is the hell where evil spirits go and hide from the God.

Therefor, we have to conclude that goodness and conscience are not generated by biological entities of men in this material world but are given by the God through Heaven and the spirit world.

Christ Jesus indeed said that the God is love and also the Spirit.   Therefore, He said, men should love the God as spirits.

Put simply, our having conscience proves that we are spirits in our essence not only mere biological living things.  Therefore, there is no wonder that some people have near-death experiences or Swedenborg saw and accessed the spirit word as a spirit. 

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Luke 10, King James Version

30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

"this do, and thou shalt live" - The Place where Spirits of Poor Men are Welcomed

 

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The Place where Spirits of Poor Men are Welcomed

According to various people with psychic power who can communicate with spirits living in the afterworld or the spirit world, spirits of all dead men are allowed to enter into the spirt world unconditionally after their death but are required to educate and train themselves to ascend to higher levels in the spirit world so as to get closer to the God, which was however not told by Christ Jesus.

According to various people with psychic power, there are some levels and hierarchy in the spirit world.  At the lowest, spirits of evil men go and live doing the same evil things as those they did while living in the material world.  At the highest, the God lives surrounded by the highest angels.  And, each spirit of dead men wants to live as close as the God, so that it is required to enhance its mind of each spirit to be allowed to ascend the levels step by step.    

However, wisdom and knowledge held by spirits who were scholars, professors, church leaders, etc. are useless in the spirit world, according to Swedenborg.  Their wisdom and knowledge are not rooted in their inner minds but are only related to the outer material world.  Wisdom and knowledge effective in the afterlife or the spirit world should be all based on love to the God and neighbors.  

Therefore, spirits who love the God would spontaneously ascend the spiritual levels to get closer to the God as much as possible.  Spirits who love Satan would run away from light of the God as much as possible so as to hide in deeper levels, which should be called the hell.   

Anyway, according to Christ Jesus, the afterlife of the spirit world is the place where spirits of poor men are welcomed, consoled, and made happy by receiving love from the God.  They will want to be happier by receiving more love from the God, so that they will ascend the levels in the spirit world to get closer to the God. 

Put simply, structure of the afterlife or the spirit world was not mentioned by Christ Jesus, except that there are Heaven and the hell, but it is the place where spirits of poor men are welcomed, consoled, and made happy after death in this material world. 

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Luke 10, King James Version
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

"What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light" - Poor Men Can Get Eternal Life but Rich Men Cannot

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Poor Men Can Get Eternal Life but Rich Men Cannot

Life after death or eternal life is the central issue of the New Testament as Christ Jesus focused on it:

John 5
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

It was also discussed by early followers of Christ Jesus, as life after death or eternal life must have been one of their main concerns:

1 John 5
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

On the other hand, those brainwashed by Satan often say that life is only once and one will turn to nothing after death, so that it is wise to enjoy life, while living in this world, as much as possible by earning money as much as possible even by selling one's soul to Satan.  However, Satan is not a simple man but a spiritual entity.  Believing in Satan means believing in existence of spiritual existence.  Therefore, it is irrational not to believe in existence of one's spirit after death.  

However, one may deny the existence of Satan and the afterlife while being brainwashed by Satan.  One can only believe in existence of this world and his existence in it while denying everything spiritual including the God, Heaven, Satan, the hell, the spirit world, the afterlife, etc.  When he is asked what he thinks about why and how this world was generated and he himself was born to live in this world, he may simply answer that he does not know or it is only by chance.  It is as if a big fool was denying everything but his own desire. 

But for poor men who have no hope of becoming rich or being relieved of any pains, the promise of eternal life can be the only hope he can have.  As such a poor man should see every evil being performed around him, he should also see Satan and its influence on people.  He should also know that he has to sell his soul to Satan and perform any evil thing to earn money or become rich.  If he cannot obey and follow Satan, he should remain poor but wish that he would be saved in the afterlife.  Accordingly, he should accept the teaching of Christ Jesus, since it gives him true hope.  Such a man would not say that life is only once so that he should be allowed to do anything or any evil to be any happy in this world.

Anyway, the eternal life or everlasting life is the largest wealth one can get.  And, Christ Jesus assured that poor men would be given it, since any man who accepts the teaching of Christ Jesus cannot help being poor.  In other words, rich men who deny the afterlife and reject the teaching of Christ Jesus cannot get the eternal life.  This is what was taught by Christ Jesus and thus should be the principle of the religion Christianity.     

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Matthew 10, King James Version
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

"for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord" - Christ Jesus Died around Rome at about 40 as a Poor Carpenter

 

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Christ Jesus Died around Rome at about 40 as a Poor Carpenter

We may wonder why Christianity grew and developed with its center at Rome in its early periods.  It could be Athens, Constantinople, Syrian Antioch, Alexandria, or Jerusalem.  It must not be enough to think that the reason is that St. Paul died in Rome as he was killed by Emperor Nero.

So, it is interesting that Florizel von Reuter (1890 – 1985) wrote that Christ Jesus died at the age about 40 near Rome while living as a carpenter after resurrection from the death on the cross.  Reuter, an American violinist, wrote the book The Master from Afar as he guided by a certain spirit.  This book described details of the last three years of Christ Jesus, which are briefly described in the Gospels.

According to The Master from Afar, Jesus survived as a big rain fell while He was put on the crucifix.  Roman soldiers were so embarrassed that they pulled Him down from the cross and left Him on the ground as they thought that He already died.  Subsequently, Jesus came back to life and ran away secretly through a port on the Mediterranean as He was afraid that Roman soldiers and the Jewish authority might accuse His relatives.  Finally, He found a job in a village near Rome as an old carpenter hired Him.  And, after death of the old man, Jesus took over his shop.  Before Jesus died, He happened to meet Peter and encouraged him to continue his work to preach His teaching.  And, when Jesus died, His spirit made a supernatural appearance in front of Mary of Magdala.    

The author depicted Christ Jesus as a social reformer with spiritual ability but not as the transformed God.  Therefore, this story cannot be accepted by the Vatican and other churches, but it gives some human insight into life of Christ Jesus as a man.  And it made it natural that Christianity grew and developed around Rome.  The spirit of Christ Jesus must have helped St. Paul live and work in Rome, though under house arrest.  From this point of view, it can be easily understood that Rome became the center of the early Christianity.

And, as Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire, Christianity could swiftly spread all over its territory and especially to the areas today called West Europe.  Indeed, the city Vatican must be close to the place where Christ Jesus died unnoticed by all as a plain man.

However, people must want to know how Christ Jesus secretly lived and helped St. Paul and other early Christians in Rome in the last nine years till his death.            

The background of the author Florizel von Reuter in terms of spiritualism is as follows:

During the 1920s his mother, Grace Reuter, developed apparent psychic powers by receiving supposed spirit messages through automatic writing. Florizel became closely involved with this and acted as a medium and as recorder of the findings, which were first described in The Psychic Experiences of a Musician (in Search of Truth) (1928) — with a foreword by writer Arthur Conan Doyle — and in its sequel The Consoling Angel (1930). These in particular described conversations with famous deceased musicians. His first important claimed contacts were Paganini and Pablo de Sarasate, and also the late Professor Heinrich Barth of Berlin. Messages were delivered through a type of planchette called an "Additor", used originally by his mother, and many of them were spelled out backwards.

He contributed an essay on "Nature Spirits" to the 1928 revised edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Coming of the Fairies, p. 156–157, and was associated with Baron von Schrenck-Notzing in a series of experiments with the Schneider brothers. 

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florizel_von_Reuter)

According to the psychic in the 18th century Swedenborg, not all the spirits coming to this world or communicating with spirit mediums can be trusted.  There are many spirits that deceive spirit mediums and other people.

However, if the spirit of Christ Jesus appeared to a pious believer, we should trust in Him after confirming that He is from Christ Jesus without doubt.  

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Matthew 10

King James Version
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

"how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!" - Poor Men's Souls Happy in the Afterlife

 

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Poor Men's Souls Happy in the Afterlife

What made them believe in Christ Jesus 2000 years ago, when there were no Gospels. complicated creeds, theological doctrines, church organizations, etc.?

Did Christ Jesus give big money to those poor people, so that they continued to appreciate and believe in Him for 2000 years?

First, Christ Jesus showed His heavenly power to heal the sick, even reviving the dead, and thus proved that He had come from the God.  Subsequently, He taught that the poor could enter into Heaven but the rich could not.

So, all the poor people 2000 years ago were rejoiced.  Their joy have continued till nowadays.  That is why the Vatican and other churches cannot neglect or deny poor people.    

On the other hand, those who became rich by selling their souls to Satan hated and suppressed the teaching of Christ Jesus.  Satan has used evil spirits and human followers of Satan to attack and harm believers of Christ Jesus.  If everybody believed in the teaching of Christ Jesus, none would try to be rich, since no rich men can enter into Heaven.  Accordingly, none would sell their souls to Satan.

In this context, the God used Christ Jesus to give people the notion that only poor men could be accepted in Heaven where they should be welcomed and satisfied.

However, Heaven is in the spirit world or the afterlife.  Essentially a man cannot enter into the spirit world unless he dies.  But, while living in this world, men have to be poor to be accredited with having qualification for entering Heaven.  From this point of view, true followers of Christ Jesus should be poor as much as possible while living in this world.

The background of this condition must be that there has been a war between the God and Satan through the spirit world to this world.  In the spirit world, no spirits need any money to buy foods, clothes, hoses, etc.  But in this material world, everybody needs money that is a tool of Satan.  To get money, men have to sell any part of their souls to Satan, so that they will be followers or servants of Satan. 

Therefore, it is a mystery that the God had created this material world where human beings with their souls inside were born and died.  But, after a man dies in this material world, his soul enters into the spirit world and can be further allowed to enter into Heaven unless he was rich while living in this world.  It is because being rich means selling his soul to Satan.

Anyway, as poor people believed that the God had sent His Son to this world to tell them that the poor could enter into Heaven to be fulfilled forever, Christianity was accepted by many and has continued even to date.            

Therefore, spiritualism handling spirits, the spirit world, and other spiritual things should reflect this teaching of Christ Jesus or at least battles between the God and Satan.

Satan would use evil spirits to give wrong images and notions about the spirit world to living people such that men can be rich both in this world and in the afterlife.  Accordingly there must be many souls who go to the hell after completing their rich lives in this world.  However, only poor men's souls can be happy in the afterlife or in Heaven. 

 

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Mark 10, King James Version

23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

"Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch" - Freedom Making Evil or Performing Virtue

 

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Freedom Making Evil or Performing Virtue

How evil or vice came to exist and influence human beings is a critical issue, since none is free from such an influence.

According to Swedenborg who observed the spirit world or the afterlife while living in this world in the 18th century, evil was generated from freedom human beings were enjoying.  Based on freedom, men could choose good or bad.  But men gradually came to choose small goodness or virtue than great goodness or virtue.  In this trend, men came to finally choose evil than any small virtue.  Good or bad is also an issue in the spirit world or the afterlife, since there are many evil spirits and demons there.

The hell is not the place where bad men are punished in their afterlife, but bad men prefer to go to the hell since they cannot bear receiving bright light in Heaven.  The hell is the place built by souls of evil men in the afterworld.  Following freedom, they choose to build and live in the hell.

But when the God created the spirit world, there was no hell.  However, when the God created the material world from the spirit energy, He gave freedom to men who would live there.  And, men chose evil rather than virtue in living in the material world as they tried to satisfy their lives in the material world.

In the material world, men used his freedom to satisfy themselves which had material bodies.  When they were hungry, they had to feed themselves to go on living in the material world.  For them to further live, they would give priority to themselves first than others.  If they had enough foods, they could give some of them to others, but they still chose to feed themselves first.  They acted as if they had been a god who had power to make themselves or others live in the material world.  

Or they might choose to give all the foods they had to others from their love to those in hunger.   But, they chose to give only part of the foods to others.  First, they gave a half of the foods to others.  But, next time, the chose to give one quarter of foods.  Further, next time, they gave eighth part.  And, finally they stopped giving any part to others.  They gradually chose smaller goodness and eventually evil in the material world for their love to themselves.

In the spirit world, they need not to feed themselves.  Love from the God makes them live.  But, in the material world, they can feed themselves and others as if they were a god.  And, for love to themselves, they came to practice smaller and smaller goodness to others to make themselves even more happy.

And when such men as behaved like a god or practiced evil in the material world died and entered into the spirit world or the afterworld, they became evil spirits or demons under the control of Satan who was against the God.  And, more and more evil spirits gathered in the spirit world, the hell was formed.  In this way, this material world is connected to the spirit world.

From wrong execution of their freedom in this material world, men came to build and live in the hell in the spirit world or the afterlife.  In other words, from right execution of freedom, men can live near Heaven in the spirit world or the afterlife.

Therefore, knowledge of religion or even teachings of Christ Jesus alone cannot make men accepted in Heaven.  How they executed their freedom or how they behaved in this world decides whether they can enter into Heaven of fall into the hell.  So, faith based on knowledge alone is not enough, but good actions are needed for men to be accepted in Heaven.         

 

Therefore, love that makes men execute their freedom in a right way is greater than faith.     　　 

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John 10, King James Version

22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

"go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor" - Forbidden Fruit and Death due to Reason

 

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Forbidden Fruit and Death due to Reason

Everybody knows the story of Adam, Eve, and the forbidden fruit, but its meaning is not necessarily fully understood. 

According to Swedenborg (1688 – 1772), Eve ate the fruit as she followed her rational mind.  The rational mind is generated based on the human body but does not reflect heavenly wisdom.  Therefore, it is natural that Adam and Even started to live on their rational minds leaving heavenly wisdom, since they had physical bodies.  Consequently, they were expelled from Heaven.

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

— Genesis 2:16–17

Put simply, men came to regard themselves as a kind of gods.  Therefore, the God would forsake men, so that men were destined to death.

Human reason is generated based on the human body.  Men living while following human reason turn their eyes to material matters and worldly things rather to heavenly wisdom.  Human reason is generated for men to handle material matters and worldly things in this material world.  However, it is not effective in understanding heavenly meaning of material matters and worldly things.

There is no death in Heaven, since every spirit is given eternal life by the God.  If a man with the material body has his spirit living in Heaven while he is living in this world, he is not afraid of death in this world, since he understands that even if his body dies in this world, his spirit goes on living in Heaven.  But if the man is living in this world based on his reason, he would lose this spiritual understanding to concentrate only on material matters.  As a consequence, he would come to be afraid of physical death, since he has already lost the spiritual understanding.      

Therefor, when Christ Jesus came to this world 2000 years ago, people had already lost the spiritual understanding and did not believe that their spirits could live forever in Heaven if the God allowed it.  That is why Christ Jesus had to teach them that those who believed in Him would live forever in Heaven even if they died in this world.

Put simply, we have to understand that heavenly wisdom takes priority over human reason.  For example, laws, regulations, rules, etc. in this world is based on human reason, but we have to give priority to heavenly wisdom in some cases.  Christ Jesus did not come to abolish Torah and laws, but He gave priority to heavenly wisdom.

If people rely only on human reason, Satan would interfere with work of human reason linked to material conditions, since handling of material matters and worldly things is influenced by physical desires that are vulnerable to the influence of Satan.

From another point of view, when a man loses spiritual understanding or spiritual sight, he would believe that physical death in this world is absolute and final death.  So, he would do anything such as selling his soul to Satan to get rich and live happily in this world till his death, which should satisfy Satan.

Physical death in this world of a man without knowing eternal life to be given by the God in Heaven would be real death.  In other words, he has chose death over life.  But, those who believe in the words of Christ Jesus can be said to have chosen life over death or heavenly life over worldly death.

However, the God is merciful.  If a man does not know and understand the words of Christ Jesus, he would be accepted in Heaven if he respects and fears the God and rejects Satan.  It also means that those who blindly follow the Vatican and other churches might not be accepted in Heaven especially if they are rich.          

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Mark 10, King James Version
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

"a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings" - Believe and Die to Enter into Heaven

 

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Believe and Die to Enter into Heaven

When a man dies, his soul leaves his body to enter into the afterworld or the spirit world and obtains eternal life if he believes in Christ Jesus.  This is what was preached by Christ Jesus as written in the Gospels.  

John 11
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

This truth must be taught in every elementary school in the world, so that everybody will not be afraid of death.

Indeed, according to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross who studied people's dying or death for decades till her death in 2004, there are only few people who did not at all believe in any form of the afterlife among thousands whose death she had observed.  Put simply, most of people believe in the afterlife or something like that.  But, most of Christians seem to have some kind of fear or insecure feeling toward death despite influence of Christianity.  Rather, non-Christian Asians seem to die in a more smooth way due to their religions such as Buddhism.

For example, some schools of Japanese Buddhism focus on dying of people, so that they teach that people can enter into Paradise if only they they chant names of Buddhism deities or simple phrases in creeds when they are dying.  Tibetan Buddhism has The Tibetan Book of the Dead where the method and process to send a dying man to Paradise is described.

Swedenborg, who observed the afterworld while living in this world in the 18th century, wrote that there were confusions in Christians who died and came to the spirit world.  They could not easily adapt to the afterworld.  And, it was because the Vatican and other Christian churches did not teach right and correct things about death and the afterlife.  He even wrote that some past Popes, Martin Luther, St. Paul, etc. were found in the hell.  He did not see even David in Heaven.  It seems that poor men without learning who simply followed the teaching of the God while living in this world are accepted in Heaven.  

The Vatican and Christian churches should teach people simply that they can enter into Heaven after their death if only they believe in Christ Jesus.  Other matters should be secondary.  They should not discuss about the Trinity and other theological issues.  They should teach just that people can enter into Heaven after their death if only they believe in Christ Jesus.  It is not a fairy tale but truth.     

  

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John 10, King James Version

17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

"they will scourge you in their synagogues" - Evoke the Spirits of Christ Jesus and Judas

 

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Evoke the Spirits of Christ Jesus and Judas

According to The Manhood of Jesus by Geraldine Dorothy Cummins (1890–1969), an Irish spiritualist medium, Judas Iscariot was different than what he looks like as taught in churches.

Put simply he was a friend of Christ Jesus, although he betrayed Christ Jesus.  And after the arrest of Christ Jesus, Judas committed a suicide to give his life to Christ Jesus while other disciples ran away to hide.  Therefore, the word of Christ Jesus that there was no more greater love than dying for one's friend seems to refer to the friendship of Judas to Christ Jesus. 

(John 15
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.)

As for the background of Judas, his father was a respectable Jew who fought against Romans but was betrayed by his colleague to be executed by Romans.  Judas was in charge of managing money given by people to Christ Jesus, but he secretly diverted some of the money to buy swords and other weapons to prepare for an expected fight against Romans.  Christ Jesus must have known all these circumstances.  But according to the Gospel, He cursed at Judas:

Mark 14

21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

Anyway, spiritual media should do is to evoke the spirits of Christ Jesus and Judas.  There seems to be more secrets in Judas in relation to Christ Jesus.

Or Judas simply died due to woe caused by the word of Christ Jesus   


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Matthew 10, King James Version
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.