"For he that hath, to him shall be given" - The Black Hole and God

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The Black Hole and God

It is true that there have been some people who believed that they actually saw God.

Abraham saw angels of God.  Jacob wrestled with an angel, the representative of God.  Moses saw at least a back shot of God.  And, Christ Jesus must have seen God as His Father.  In addition, Muhammad heard the voice of an angel of God.

Or who could see God in the Black Hole of the M87 galaxy?

At the beginning of this material universe, all the materials or substances, including all stars, planets, molecules, and atoms, were compressed in a very tiny space of, say, with the diameter of 10 to the negative 33rd power cm.  Therefor the space naturally started to expand in a explosive way.  And it has become the present size with the diameter of more than 13.8 billion light years.  In addition it is still expanding at an accelerated rate with 300 billion galaxies, each with 300 billion fixed stars or solar systems.

So at the beginning of this material universe, a tiny but super mighty black hole might have been created.  In this case, no explosive expansion of the original tiny space must not have happened, which means that Milky Way Galaxy, our solar system, and our earth should not have been created.  But as they actually exist now, the expansion must have started at a rate faster than the light speed.  There should not have time to form a black hole.

This is the first decisive moment and restrictive condition for this material universe to be created.  The present material universe might have turned to be a black hole the moment this universe emerged from the vacuum energy 13.8 billion years ago.  In this context, the light speed at which or more the space began to expand is faster and stronger than power of darkness leading to a black hole.

This universe was created by God, which we had better assume.  God must have been present at the moment of creation of the universe.  So, if we had been able to see through a black hole, we might be able to see a record of the shadow of God who had been supervising the creation of this universe.

Like the earth and other planets are circling around the sun, all the fixed stars (suns) in a galaxy must be circling around a huge black hole at its center as observed in the M87 galaxy.

So, if we had been able to see through a black hole, we might be able to see at least remnants of an angel of God who was in charge of supporting the creation of this material universe therein.


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Mar 4:25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
Mar 4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

"neither was any thing kept secret" - What Made God Send His Son to the Human World

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What Made God Send His Son to the Human World

Confucius was borne in China in 551 B.C.  Construction of the second temple in Jerusalem began around 537 B.C.   Socrates was born in Greek in 469 B.C.  The Buddha was born in India in 463 B.C.

These are main events about 500 years before Christ Jesus came to the human world.  It was these events that God had observed before He decided to send His Son Christ Jesus to the human world.

However, as it is assumed that God could see future of the mankind, He must have observed also the future of the mankind not only their past.

The Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476. In Arabia, Muhammad was born in about 570.  In China, the Sui dynasty was established after 300 years of turmoil in 581, and subsequently after 30 years, the Tang dynasty was built on Confucianism in 618 and prospered for the following 300 years.  In India, the Vardhana dynasty was established where a notable monk came from the Tang dynasty to study Buddhism and collect Buddhist scriptures.  In Japan, Buddhism was officially imported in 538.

God must have foreseen these future incidents before He sent Christ Jesus to the human world.

So then, what made God send His Son to the human world around AD 1 while He must have observed both the then past and future incidents?

For this purpose, we should see incidents in the 1st century BC and AD.
60 BC: Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, and Marcus Crassus form the First Triumvirate

44 BC: Assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.

37 BC: Herod the Great becomes king of Judea.

27 BC: The Roman Senate votes Octavian the title of Augustus. Augustus eventually assumes all authority formerly held by the Roman senate becoming the first emperor.

4 BC: Judea annexed to the Roman province of Syria after the death of King Herod.

AD 43: Roman conquest of Britain begins. London is founded (although it could have existed centuries before this date).

AD 44: Death of Herod Agrippa.

AD 41 – 54: Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka first write down Buddha's teachings, creating the Pali canon.

AD 64: Great Fire of Rome, first Roman mass Persecution of Christians, earliest significant recognition of Christians in Rome.

AD 66 – 73: First Jewish-Roman War.

AD 70: destruction of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans under Titus.

AD 79: Pompeii and Herculaneum destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century_BC; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century)

There must be a critical incident that persuaded God to send His Son to the human world around AD 4.

However, for us who have been alive around 2000, it should look more meaningful that Abraham had left Ur in Mesopotamia 2000 years before the emergence of Christ Jesus, since we now live 2000 years after the emergence of Christ Jesus.  It seems more important for God to give significance to these periods over 2000 years. 

Conversely, every incident before and after the emergence of Christ Jesus must have been designed, planned, and generated by God to fit for the 2000-year period theory.


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Mar 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
Mar 4:23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

"Thou hast well said, I have no husband" - God for All the Mankind

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God for All the Mankind

It is common understanding that God is the only one and unique existence.  And all the mankind should deepen this understanding.

First of all, we have to admit that 2 and 2 is 4 for Judaists, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and other believers as well as those who deny existence of the only one and unique God.  The laws of  mathematics are accepted by all the mankind.  So, someone who created the law of  mathematics should be admitted as God by everybody.

Secondly, every man knows differences between good and bad, between holy and evil, and between love and hatred.   So, people should admit that there is God who encourages good and love.

Thirdly, every man admits the law of cause and effect.  If you work hard, you can be rewarded.  So, for this material universe, which follows the physical laws, to be created, there must be certain force and intention or a plan behind the creation.  So, it is natural to think that God created this material universe with specific intention and a specific plan.

There are hundreds or thousands of laws and key constants of physics and other natural scientific fields (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_law).  The material world is built on them.  From medical drugs to smart phones, every product functions and works subject to these laws and constants.  This material universe could not be generated by chance or in a random manner.  It must have been planned, designed, and created by God.

In addition, there have been so many tribes and communities, but there have been no tribes and communities where evil and wickedness are praised and encouraged although each tribe and community has often hated and attacked their enemies, denying causes and justice of their enemies.

So, it is not difficult to admit that there is God as the creator of the physical universe with omnipotence and as the ruler of spiritual world with unlimited love.  However, it is thought that God never eats and breathe.  God is not a living thing like a man.  Then how does God exist?  Or can a man exist as a pure spirit apart from biological conditions?

But what is the most important for men is that God can set, change, and create their fates and destinies.   For this belief, men sometimes pray to God for help.  God can save and rescue any man in  hardship.  No matter how many times this prayers fail, people never cease to appeal to God.  However, criteria God applies to people are different from human judgement.  God sometimes saves people not in a worldly manner but in a Heavenly manner.

What's more, there is Satan as God exists.  Nowadays, there are many people who don't believe both God and Satan.  But centuries ago, most of people believed God and evil spirits or Satan.  As society developed and science prevailed, most of people have come to stop thinking about God and Satan.  But this is the very situation Satan wishes.

It is strange that God created Satan for some reason.  To understand this reason must be the final challenge for the mankind in the field of religion.  Why does God who is almighty need Satan or allow existence of Satan to fulfill his purpose related to human beings?

Anyway, the mankind as one species must admit that they are under the one and only and unique God.  Every religion of the mankind must be directed to God if various religious forms such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism are allowed to exist.　 



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Joh 4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
Joh 4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
Joh 4:18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
Joh 4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

"he would have given thee living water" - A Fear of Death Leading to God

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A Fear of Death Leading to God

None is sure about what will happen to him or her after death.  However, Christ Jesus clearly stated that rich men went to the hell and and poor and pious men were allowed to enter Heaven.

Believing in Christ Jesus is to believe His words, so that true believers are not afraid of their death.

Centuries ago, there were many people who truly thought about Heaven and the hell.  But with advancement of science and technology, less and less people have come to think about Heaven and the hell as well as their death.

Modern social environments surrounded by high-tech goods, advanced hardware and software, games and images, various entertainments, demanding business activities, etc. have made people easily forget about their death and afterlife.

However, it is the situation that does good to Satan.  People whose minds are occupied by money making and the worldly things come to less think of the hell and Heaven and thus God.  Their minds would naturally go away from God.  It surely rejoices Satan.

Modern living surrounded by so many material things and goods makes people concentrate on living in this world and forget about their death and the hell and Heaven and thus God.

The gravest blasphemy is not accusing or criticizing God but forgetting and stopping thinking about God.  So, it is not bad for a man to be afraid of his death and wonder if he can enter Heaven, since he might come to ask God for mercy.

No matter how rich a man is, he has a reason to ask God for mercy, since anyone will die someday.  Being afraid of one's own death is good as it can be the first step to look for God.  A fear of death should lead people to God.


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Joh 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Joh 4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
Joh 4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
Joh 4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

"Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God" - The End of this Material Civilization

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The End of this Material Civilization

What we can plainly see in the Bible is the fight between God and Satan.  The Gospels are the reports of the fight between Christ Jesus as the Son of God and Satan.

God expected human beings to respect God and follows His teaching.  But Satan interfered with this God wish by brainwashing human beings and indoctrinating human beings with evil ideas.  To clearly teach God's teaching and instructions, God sent his Son Christ Jesus to the human world.  But people brainwashed by Satan killed Christ Jesus.  So, Satan succeeded in defeating God temporarily, but Christianity prevailed despite the death of Christ Jesus on the cross.  Nonetheless, Satan has never given up its evil intention against God.  Satan has brainwashed many priests and other followers of Christina churches.  Satan has also partly succeeded by making human beings love money and wealth more than God.

This tells what world human beings still live in today.  Commercialism is one of representative tools of Satan.  Commercialism makes human beings want rich lives by showing, displaying, and presenting rich living through TV, publications, and the Internet.  Indeed, a man cannot love and serve both God and money at the same time.  Satan does not request human beings to love Satan, but Satan makes human beings love money and forget, ignore, and finally hate God.

Today's civilization is driven by human desire fostered by commercialism.  It is against the teaching of God, since it is money-driven.  The modern civilization is driven by human desire for wealth.  It is against the teaching of God.  So, today, people don't think of God but think of only their material success and happiness that can be achieved by money.

But as this civilization is against God, it will surely fail.  Human beings will see their material civilization fall someday, which will please Satan who loves to see human beings suffer.

We are surrounded by high-tech products and products realized by advanced science and technology, but they are generated by human desire for money and wealth but not by faith in God.  Therefore, ultimately this material civilization will fall and perish someday.

This material civilization might crumble before human beings occupy the solar system or the Milky Way galaxy.  And it will never prosper forever.

2000 years after Abraham, Christ Jesus appeared in the human world.  And 2000 years after Christ Jesus, we are now living.  It is no wonder that the end of this material civilization is near. 




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Mat 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Mat 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Mat 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Mat 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

"he taught them many things by parables" - Eternal Life for Prayers and Pains

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Eternal Life for Prayers and Pains

There are many people who pray to God when they want help from God who is believed to have ability to interfere with human fates and situations.

There are many people who think that God might hear them if they pray to God, asking Him for help and mercy.

But in most cases, they cannot see God immediately respond to their prayer and rescue them out of their plight.

It is very rare that people get help from God in a way they want.  But, in most cases, they sometimes find, after praying to God, that they have broken through difficult situations in a way they did not even dream of.  That is why it has never happened that everybody stops praying to God for help as it is in vain.

Put simply, God can give eternal life to believers after their death.  Compared with glory of this eternal life, any luck, fortune, and happiness in this world are nothing.  Any bad luck, misfortune, and predicaments in this world can be compensated by eternal life after their death, when people are allowed to enter Heaven and get eternal life.

And God will give eternal life to people who believe in God regardless of whether or not they ask for immediate God's response to such request for help in this world.

Any pains and suffering in this world of a man having faith in God can be made up for by God in Heaven.   That is why God sometimes or in most of cases looks indifferent with prayers and pains of believers.

This is a matter of faith, trust, and confidence in omnipotence of God and His love to us.


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Mar 4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Mar 4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
Mar 4:4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

"He must increase" - God and Eternal Life

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God and Eternal Life

Once the mankind had no idea about how large this world is. 

Later, until the recent centuries,  the mankind still had no idea about how large this universe, including the Earth, the Sun, and the Milky Way Galaxy, is.  And, still they don't know how large the space outside this universe is.  And most of them don't even wonder how large the spiritual world, Heaven, and the hell are.  There seem to be only a few who wonder how big and large God is.

It could be an infinite hierarchy structure the mankind cannot comprehend that God presides over.  But was it generated by God?  How did God create the infinite hierarchy structure?   Or what was the state of the space before God created such a structure?  And how could God come to appear and exist?

Maybe first there was nothing.  And, then God appeared from nowhere to create the infinite hierarchy structure including the spiritual world, Heaven, the hell, and the outside and inside of the material universe.

However, as God is almighty and omnipotent, He is not under anything and any power.  And then, another form of God must be the original status of nothing.

The most difficult part for the mankind is that there is nothing that is superior to God.  Nothing is bigger and greater than God.  We cannot imagine what exists above or outside this realm of God. 

However, again, if God is infinite, can we be satisfied to see that the realm of God is defined and specified with finite ideas, concepts, and expressions?  If God rules infinite spaces, how did He come to control all?  Or how did He come to exist and control all the infinite and finite spaces?

What are all these spaces, including the material universe, the spiritual space, Heaven, the hell, etc.?  How did God come to exist and occupy them all?  Aren't there any worlds and spaces above this realm of God? 

Put simply, as long as we believe that we have the ability to understand God, we cannot comprehend the truth.  The mankind has no ability to grasp and understand God.  God must be beyond all the scope of our intelligence.  It is because the mankind are parts of this great realm of God.  We must be thankful if God accepts our souls in Heaven.

And it is still very benevolent that Christ Jesus declared that those who believed in God would get eternal life. 




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Joh 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
Joh 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

"Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi" - This Truth Called Love

Mt. Fuji, snow-capped, from around Tokyo, over the 100 km distance

This Truth Called Love

To understand or admit something that exists, you have to be alive and not dead.  Existence of anything is only meaningful for a living man but not for a dead man.

A living man means the function to recognize something that exists, and a dead man means the state without this function.

To understand and recognize oneself, one needs to be alive and should not be dead.

A living man means the function to understand and recognize oneself, and a dead man means the sate without this function.

A man exists as long as he lives, but a dead man does not exist.  The world exists for a man as long as he lives, for a dead man, the world does not exist and he himself does not exist.

In the case of God, we may assume that this world and universe exist, as long as God lives.  And as God never dies, this world and universe never cease to exist.  And all the things exist as God understands and recognizes them.

Consequently, we may think that everything exists as God thinks of it; every man exists as God thinks of him and her; and time exists as God thinks of time.

If God should stop functioning, this world, this universe, all the things in this world, and all the mankind should disappear, losing the basis of their existence.

Christ Jesus called this truth love.  To suggest this truth to men, He said that God loved every man and woman.  And Christ Jesus recommended that to strengthen this assurance of men's existence, men should love God with all their hearts and might.



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Luk 3:27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
Luk 3:28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
Luk 3:29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,

"the Holy Ghost descended" - How God is Explained

The Shrine enshrining mythological First Emperor of Japan Jin-Mu, Nara

How God is Explained

How is God explained by human beings?

Definition of god (Entry 1 of 2)
1 capitalized : the supreme or ultimate reality: such as
a : the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped as creator and ruler of the universe
b Christian Science : the incorporeal divine Principle ruling over all as eternal Spirit : infinite Mind
2 : a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship
specifically : one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality
Greek gods of love and war
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/god)

Definition of God in English:
God
NOUN
1 (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being.
2 (in certain other religions) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity.
(https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/god)

Meaning of god in English
god
noun [ C ] (SPIRIT)
​
a spirit or being believed to control some part of the universe or life and often worshipped for doing so, or something that represents this spirit or being:
(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/god)

God
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal object of faith.[3] The conceptions of God, as described by theologians,[who?] commonly include the attributes of omniscience (all-knowing), omnipotence (all-powerful), omnipresence (all-present), and as having an eternal and necessary existence.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God)

The most important teaching by Christ Jesus is to love God as much as and more than one can with all of one's might, power, and ability from the bottom of one's heart.

The Bible also tells to know the God, although God is assumed to be inherently known by Jewish people and Muslims.

God is not something like an apple one can see, touch, or imagine.  God is not a mere object or a living thing.  So, the Gospels tell that God is spirit whom men have to revere with their own spirit. 

But more importantly, Christ Jesus called God "our father in Heaven" and also recommended men to call God Father.

Indeed, if there is somebody having super and extreme power and ability somewhere who created everything and is controlling the universe and the human world as well as spiritual world, but if that someone has nothing to do with human beings, what is good for us even if we know Him?

So, the most important teaching of Christ Jesus is that God is Father of the human beings in Heaven and the mankind have to love Him.

From the beginning, the mankind seems not yet to be clever enough to understand God and the whole structure of this world including the universe and the spiritual world.  Conversely, as with the progress and development of our material civilization, the mankind seems to lose more power in terms of spirituality and humanity.

Having said so, we night be allowed to discuss God as part of our efforts to love God with all of our might.



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Luk 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Luk 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

"which is, The sons of thunder"

Tokyo Haneda Airport

Peace Loving Countries

Peace is the most important next to justice, honor, and love for a nation.
For honor Abraham was expected to deliver, nations should fight against evil countries.
For justice Moses was encouraged to achieve, nations should fight against evil countries.
For love Christ Jesus loves, nations should fight against evil countries.

But peace should be respected more than other factors for nations.

Global Peace Index rankings (2008-2018)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index)

The GPI Expert Panel decided that the Index would include nations and territories, but not micro-states. Countries covered by the GPI must either have a population of more than 1 million or a land area greater than 20,000 square kilometers.

2018 Rank
1. Iceland
2. New Zealand
3. Austria
4. Portugal
5. Denmak
6. Canada
7. Czech
8. Singapore
9. JAPAN
10. Ireland
11. Slovania
12. Swizterland
13. Australia
14. Sweden
15. Finland
16. Norway
17. Hungary; Germany
18. Germany
19. Bhutan
20. Mauritius
21. Begium
22. Slovakia
23. Netherlands
24. Romania
25. Malaysia

38. Italy

49. South Korea

57. UK

61. France

112. China

121. US

129. Saudi Arabia
130. Bahrain
131. Iran

142. Egypt

146. Isreal

149. Turkey
150. North Korea

162. Afgahnistan
163. Syria

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Mar 3:16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
Mar 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:
Mar 3:18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
Mar 3:19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

"but have eternal life" - Christchurch Tragedy

Moon, Venus, and Jupiter aligned in Western Japan in January

Christchurch Tragedy

Early before the dawn of today I had a bad dream.

I woke up to later hear the news of the massacre in New Zealand, although the time lag between Japan and New Zealand is about 2 hours.

It seems that there is nothing I can do to help them concerned.  However, I just like to record the tragedy here.

It seems to be caused first by an influence of Satan, secondly by misunderstanding social, economic, and political situations, thirdly by racial prejudice, and lastly by religious confusion.

Put extremely, this human world is the battle field between God's angels and Satan or devils.  Any man-made disasters can be interpreted as having happened as part of this battle.  So, any incongruous tragedies can occur in this world.

And lastly, the most formidable enemies against humanity are from those who believe in a cult or practice any religion in a cult-like way.

Anyway, it seems that the most drastic battle over religion is the Jewish-Roman Wars around A.D. 100, where Roman troops destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem and drove Jewish people out of Palestine.

And then, through the most erroneous battles caused by the Crusades against Muslims over centuries around 1000, the most bloody battle was unilaterally launched by Nazis against Jewish people in the first half of the 20th century.

This agenda still remains in the 21st century deplorably through the 9/11 terror on the US in 2001 and the subsequent War on Terror by the US.

(In 2011, a big earthquake occurred in Christchurch, New Zealand, in February, and then about a month later a huge earthquake accompanied by great tsunamis occurred in North Pacific coasts of North East Japan, taking out about 20,000 lives and triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.)



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Joh 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

"He that hath two coats" - Infinite God

Mt. Fuji (3,776 m), Japan

Infinite God

How this world was created is the natural question men can have.

In ancient days, men tended to think that this world and the universe were created by God or gods.  But who created the God or how was God created?

The Bible reads that God is what exists and the one who exited, exists, and will exist or existence itself:
Exo 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

This universe is finite, no matter how larges it is.  But we can imagine that the space out of this universe is infinite.

What is finite must be ultimately part of something infinite.  If the God is finite, He must be part of something or somebody that is infinite.  However, God cannot be subject to anything or anybody.  In this context, God must be infinite.

So then, who or what can create anybody or anything infinite.  There night be a world of those who are all infinite, and God might be one member therein.  But then who or what crated the world of those who are all infinite?

Heaven and the spiritual world must be also infinite.  May the hell must be so.  That must be why human beings cannot fully comprehend God, the spiritual world, Heaven, and the hell.

But Christ Jesus encouraged us to call God our father, which gives a sense of safety to us.  If our father is infinite in His size and ability, He can fully and easily save us who are just finite.




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Luk 3:11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Luk 3:12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

"to offer a sacrifice" - The Core of the Teachings by Christ Jesus

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The Core of the Teachings by Christ Jesus

The most revolutionary teaching by Christ Jesus is that a man can get eternal life if he or she believes in Christ Jesus and God.

And another revolutionary teaching is that men cannot love both God and money simultaneously.

Accordingly, only poor men who believe in God and Christ Jesus can be saved.

However, millions of teachings, theories and discussions have been made around Christ Jesus and His teaching for 2000 years.

But the most important thing for men is their death.  And the answer to this issue by Christ Jesus is on how men can get eternal life.  And the next important thing for men is how to get money.  And the answer to this issue by Christ Jesus is that they have to love God and hate money.

This is the core of the teachings by Christ Jesus.


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Luk 2:24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Luk 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
Luk 2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

"he went through the corn fields" - Christianity over Death in Europe

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Christianity over Deaths in Europe

In the Mediterranean area of the Roman Empire, there lived 60 million people, of which 0.2 million people were rich.  Their average length of life was between 20 and 30.

It means that you could not find one rich man even among 100 Roman citizens, and most of Roman citizens died in their 20s.  In this situation, Christianity was introduced with the promise of acceptance into Heaven only if one believes.

In the Middle Ages of Europe, 20 births and 20 funerals occurred per year in a village with 100 households of residents having the average length of life between 25 and 30.   In this situation, Christianity diffused widely with the promise of acceptance into Heaven only if one believes.

However, the Black Death spread in Europe, killing 20 million people in Europe between 1347 and 1353.  One third of the European population were killed as Black Death victims.  Accordingly,　Vatican's authority was derogated.

So, since the Roman Empire adopted Christianity for its state religion in 392, Christianity had been promoted for 1,000 years in Europe by the Vatican without serious obstacles and challenges.

Poor and unhappy Europeans believed in God of Christianity for 1000 years till they met  the Black Death in the 14th century.  But what they got after 1000-year belief in Christianity was the black plague that killed one third of the Europeans.  So, did they all abandon the faith in God of Christianity?  No, they didn't.  But the authority of the Vatican started to decline, and the religious transformation started in the early 16th century, almost 250 years after the Black Death.

All these incidents show how deeply Christianity came to be rooted in Europe in 1000 years after the Roman Empire adopted Christianity for its state religion.  Poor Europeans came to accept Christianity in these 1000 years.  And when they encountered a further tragedy of the Black Death, they did not abandon the faith although they came to criticize the religious body of the Vatican but not Christianity itself.

Accordingly, it is reasonable to regard Christianity as a true religion proven by the history.  And the Gospel reads:
Joh 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:

So, the essence of Christianity should be that if one believes in Christ Jesus, he or she will live if he or she is dead.

Christianity spread over many and many deaths in Europe.



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Mar 2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

"In Rama was there a voice heard" - Shakespeare's Secret Faith in Catholicism

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Shakespeare's Secret Faith in Catholicism

There are still theories on the true identification about William Shakespeare.

Around 230 years after Shakespeare's death, doubts began to be expressed about the authorship of the works attributed to him. Proposed alternative candidates include Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Several "group theories" have also been proposed. Only a small minority of academics believe there is reason to question the traditional attribution, but interest in the subject, particularly the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, continues into the 21st century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare#Authorship

A poor young man from a village called Stratford-upon-Avon became a great actor and playwright in London.  He took various topics and subjects related to living of the noble class and overseas.  Where could he get such knowledge?   Somebody else should have written those plays; there are still many people who think so.

As proof, those who support any theory about the existence of true and hidden Shakespeare point at the fact that there were only a few documents or letters left and written by Shakespeare.  The playwright and poet who produced so many works 500 years ago did not write almost any letters and other documents!  Could you believe it?

However, it seems natural to regard William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon as the true great playwright Shakespeare.  It is because he was such a genius.  Nonetheless, it seems that it has been not yet perfectly found where, when, and how Shakespeare got such skills and knowledge about living of the noble class and overseas.

Shakespeare must have carefully and intentionally avoided writing letters and other documents.  That is why scholars and researchers of today puzzle about the mystery.

Put simply, we have to take note of the religious situations in England 500 years ago.  The conflict between those supported Catholicism and others who supported the Church of England was so severe under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.   And, in circumstances around Shakespeare were many who supported Catholicism.  Especially there must has been a certain Catholic religious figure who could help young Shakespeare go to London and join a theater.  From such a Catholic religious figure Shakespeare must have learnt many necessary things for him to become a major playwright, including living of the noble class and overseas.  But as it is dangerous to reveal his connection with such a Catholic religious figure, Shakespeare must have avoided writing letters and other documents that might give a clue about such relationship.   

Therefore, scholars and researchers of today cannot find letters and documents that should have given more proof about Shakespeare's identity, if any.

Once Charles Chaplin said that he could not sense, in Shakespeare's works, any mean atmosphere that would reveal mean birth or non-noble birth of Shakespeare, and thus Chaplin suggested the works of Shakespeare were actually written by some noble man.   But if Shakespeare had been influenced by  a Catholic religious figure when he was young before becoming playwright, Chaplin's feeling could be understood.

If a historic figure really made great efforts to hide something about himself or herself, that somebody could be a mystery for scholars and researchers in later centuries.

In this context, another example is Christ Jesus.  Mysteries surrounding about Christ Jesus must be a result of His avoiding revealing personal things about Himself.  Christ Jesus even said to Peter and other Disciples not to reveal His identity.  It must be reasonable to think that Christ Jesus forbade His Disciples revealing details of His family and His past.  And this tradition must be reflected in the Gospels.

Luk 8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. 

So, William Shakespeare might have been really trying hard to conceal his faith in Catholicism.

Some scholars claim that members of Shakespeare's family were Catholics, at a time when practising Catholicism in England was against the law. Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, certainly came from a pious Catholic family. The strongest evidence might be a Catholic statement of faith signed by his father, John Shakespeare, found in 1757 in the rafters of his former house in Henley Street. However, the document is now lost and scholars differ as to its authenticity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare#Authorship

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Mat 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Mat 2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Mat 2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

"Jesus sat at meat in his house" - Trump's Bold Checking of Reckless Chinese Ambitions

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Trump's Bold Checking of Reckless Chinese Ambitions

In September 11, 2001, the 9.11 terror occurred in the U.S.  With the collapse of the World Trade Center towers in New York, many Americas thought their view of the world changed forever.  And subsequently the War on Terror was launched.  Americans thought they were threaten by Islamic terrorists.  But around 2001, another threat to the US was progressing with China starting ever growing export to the US as the following figure shows.     

This trend did not stop even after the 2008 Financial Crisis.  Or, behind the Financial Crisis, that another threat to the US was further growing.  Chinese exports to the US were US$102.28 billions in 2001, US$337.77 billions in 2008, and US$505.6 billions in 2017.  While the US was fighting Islamic terrorists and fixing the Financial Crisis in these 18 years, China has almost constantly increased its exports to the US.  It is as if the largest beneficiary of the American crises in these 18 years were China but not Islamic terrorists.

The aspect of trade relationship between the US and China since 1985 can be seen in the following figure:

 
Since the Start of the War on Terror in 2001 through the Financial Crisis in 2008, Americans have been importing goods from China in ever increasing scales.

In comparison, Japan's imports from China are shown in the red line and its exports to China are shown in the blue line in the following figure:

Chinese exports to the Japan were the 600 billion yen (about US$6 billion) level in 2001, the 1,400 billion yen (about US$ 140 billion) level immediate before the 2008 Financial Crisis, and over the 1,600 billion yen (about US$ 160 billion) level in 2013.  Japan has been also imported Chinese goods in ever increasing scales although the imports from China drastically dropped in and after the 2008 Financial Crisis period.  In these years, Japan has been in deflation economy, which seems to be mostly ascribed to huge import of cheap Chinese goods.  Deflation is the most significant issue for Japan since 1990s.  But without stopping cheap Chinese goods, it was impossible to change the Japanese economic situation.  However, for Japanese companies to maintain profits, it is inevitable to import cheap Chinese goods and sold them to consumers in Japan to address competition in the Japanese market.

So, both the US and Japan, No.1 and No.2 economies in the world, have imported Chinese goods in the last 20 years in ever growing scales.   So, it is no wonder that Chinese GDP surpassed Japan's GDP in 2010.

But what does the US import from China?

Telephone sets and data processing machines are two major types of Chinese exports to the US.  They are not cheap commodities and sundry goods.  They represent strong needs for them in the US in the period of the Internet or Information Technologies.  But more than that, Chinese economy growth was made possible in the period of the Internet or Information Technologies.  Without use of personal computers, the Internet, mobile phones, and advanced software, China could not achieve such efficiency in developing its industries.

All through the 9/11 Terror in 2001 and the Financial Crisis in 2008, the IT technologies and the Internet have been growing not only in the US but also in China and other countries.  And the most beneficiary in this trend is China.

It is not in the world where industries before the era of the Internet and smart phones played major roles that China could develop and expand its economy.  The world in ever increasing needs for IT technologies, the Internet, smart phones, and advanced software such as AI, through the War on Terror and the Financial Crisis, has made it possible for China to achieve such economic success to the degree that China threatens the US.

However, basically,  IT technologies, the Internet, smart phones, and advanced software such as AI were first invented in the US.  And political, economic, and social situations of the US and Japan allowed to China to exponentially increase its exports.

So, it would cause a fundamental crisis for China, if it deviated from the global order and structure that have been established by the US after WWII, since China has not become a big economic power by its own capacity and unique merits.

The justification of Trump's being US President might only lie in his bold checking of reckless Chinese ambitions to pursue expansion of its influence based on huge trade surplus.


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Mar 2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
Mar 2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Mar 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

"the Son of man hath power" - Against Rotten Church Systems and Satan of Materialism

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Against Rotten Church Systems and Satan of Materialism

Almost 2000 years ago, Jewish people had the concept of God, no matter how simple it was, to the right direction of cogitation and belief. 

Egyptians, Greeks and Romans had also their concepts on gods, which were however not toward the right path to the true and only God.

And, when some of Jewish people was confident that they had seen, met, walked and talked together with the Son of God, they must have a great shock and wonder as well as joy and pride.  And as the Son of God told them to go and preach the gospel to poor people of the Roman Empire, they would surely gladly go and preach the gospel driven by the shock and wonder.

In this way, Paul and other Disciples of Christ Jesus went out and preached the gospel to poor people, which however was regraded as deviation from orthodox Judaism and an act to be suppressed.   Nonetheless, their conviction that they were following the Son of God and thus God was so strong that they despised religious leaders who were against them.  In this way, early Christianity started with great energy or passion of followers of the spirit of Christ Jesus.

One of the major factors for early Christianity to prevail in the Roman Empire was this passion and energy.

In other words, the extreme strength of the shock and wonder such Jewish people felt when they discovered holy nature or divinity in  Christ Jesus was reflected in the success of Christianity in the Roman Empire.

But today, we cannot clearly and vividly feel this strength of the shock and wonder in Christian churches including the Vatican.  The Pope is reading ambiguous sentences in the Bible, wearing stupidly rich ancient clothes, and being surrounded by similarly stupidly rich cardinals and  bishops, while American Protestant priests were revering false gods or Satan of materialism.

So, God eventually punished and destroyed the Roman Empire.  Will not He do the same thing to the current human world?

Anyway, the only way for us to be forgiven by God is to take a clear stance against rotten church systems and false gods or Satan of materialism. 



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Mar 2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mar 2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Mar 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.

"when Jesus perceived in his spirit" - Against Those in Tropical Regions and Warm Climate

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Against Those in Tropical Regions and Warm Climate

No great religion emerged in Africa except Egypt.

No great religions also emerged in tropical areas including the Central and South America, and Pacific Regions.  However, people in those tropical areas must have enjoyed great nature without scarcity of foods.  Those tropical people must have had easier lives than those in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia.

In India including bases of the Himalayan region, Buddha appeared, but his teaching was concentrated on basic problems even to happy tropical people: birth, sickness, ageing, and death.   In North, Central and South Americas, progress of civilization (introduction of agriculture) was slow, and people must have lived in environments rich in nature.  Their religious sense was overwhelmed by rich nature where human beings looked only part of nature but not as independent entities which could pursue God.

In China suitable for agriculture, religious activities were integrated into ritual of tribes and control of the society.  As a result, Confucianism emerged with focus on quality of humanity including respect for ancestors, which was a core of integrity of each family, each tribe, and each kingdom.  They did not develop the concept of God as the creator of the universe.  Or they did not see God that generated and governed the universe and the human world and could save people even if they admitted that there were gods with super power.

In Egypt also suitable for agriculture, a religion linked with Egyptian imagination about the universe was developed.  Thus pyramids were built as symbols of their imagination.  However, people did not need God that would save them from every pain and trouble in lives.       

Finally, when one tribe left Mesopotamia, suitable for agriculture, and went into deserts, they started to develop the concept of God who created human beings and had power to save people.

Their religion developed in Christianity to be accepted by Europeans living in relatively meager nature.  Their ancestors did not enjoy easy living like that seen in tropical regions or regions surrounded by rich nature.

Material civilization was mostly developed through human efforts to establish human living in severe nature.  Severe natural conditions fostered a tendency of accepting a non-nonsense religion.

Tens of thousands years ago, people living in tropical areas enjoyed easy lives; thousands years ago, people living in regions suitable for agriculture also enjoyed their lives.  However, powerful civilization was developed with a specific religion by people whose ancestor were living in meager natural environments.     

Therefore, since Columbus, the Western civilization and Christianity have made a conquest of the world.  Descendants of people having lived relatively easy lives in tropical regions or in warm climate suitable for primitive agriculture could not cope with the power of Europe.

So, God has saved people living in, otherwise, meager natural environments.  However, they might become too arrogant with power of material civilization and with pride of cultivating spiritual world based on their religion.

If this material civilization should collapse and the religion should get helplessly rotten, modern people in developed countries would envy those living in tropical areas, again.

So, modern people living in developed countries should appreciate God because due to God they could develop material civilization and spiritual culture so that they don't have to envy those living in tropical regions and rich natural environments.   

Mat 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.


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Mar 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Mar 2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

”they uncovered the roof where he was” - Revere God with Spirit but not with Money

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Revere God with Spirit but not with Money

The concept of God that cannot be expressed in any material forms but governs the universe and the human world was introduced into the Roman Empire by Christianity supported by Judaism.

And more importantly this God could send his Son or Spirit to the human world to show His love to the poor, the sick, and the suppressed, which was the key to appealing to poor and lower people or slaves, etc. in the Empire.  And the teaching of Christianity that if a man believes God, he can enter the Heaven and get eternal life must be also appealing to poor people in the Empire.

This teaching is still effective today, although Satan has been trying to brainwash people with material power of money and wealth.

Poor people can see how bad one can be if he or she wants to get money and big money to be rich and richer.  Poor people cannot express this truth of the human world, but they understand love of God and Christ Jesus to them as God and Christ Jesus hate money, wealth, and Satan.

Even today, most of people would sell their souls to Satan if Satan makes them rich.  And, poor people who are even neglected by Satan could see this truth about evil, and thus they can understand the teaching of Christ Jesus.

So, the conviction of poor people about truth of Christianity made the religion spread through the Empire.

However, rich scholars and priests, high-ranking leaders of the society, and elite people cannot understand this truth at the bottom of their heart, unless they abandon wealth, money, and their special privilege.  The poorer a man is, the more accurately he can understand truth of the human world and teaching of Christ Jesus and God.

So, some religious people go to monasteries to live poor to understand the truth. 

However, this tradition has nothing to do with Judaism.  Jewish people believe that God would save them to live materially rich lives.  They seem to have no custom to see truth of this world and the teaching of God through poverty.

In Christianity,  money, wealth, and riches belong to Satan.  But in Judaism and even in Islam, money, wealth, and riches are symbols of mercy given to men by God and thus they belong to God.

However, it seems to be true in any human society that the richer a man is, the less sincerely he asks help from God.  Indeed, Christ Jesus said that God was spirit and thus people had to revere God with spirit but not with money.



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Mar 2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
Mar 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.