Why "Paulus?"
Around 36 A.D., when Saul was on his way to Damascus to arrest followers of Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ from the spiritual world talked to him: “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
Saul later changed his name to Paulus (meaning "small" in Latin), the origin of names of many contemporary Pauls and Paulas, and set the foundation of the most powerful religion Christianity.
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But why was he chosen by Jesus Christ?
It is because he was the most ascetic man in the era when the glory of Alexander the Great had gone and the Roman Empire reached a dangerous level of arrogance with its first Emperor established, which foretold coming destruction of glorious independence of the race and religion of Israelites.
To conquer the Roman Empire, where public morals were corrupted enough and going to be more corrupted, He had to choose the most ascetic person.
On this line in its core principles, Christianity had developed into Europe and later America, influences of which still remain in hearts of some pious Europeans and Americans.
But, 2000 years later, the public morals of Europe and America seem to be at risk, due to commercialism and addiction to money, in the stark contrast to, perhaps, Islam.
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Followers of Jesus Christ conquered the Roman Empire that was an extension of the Greek Civilization in terms of ethics.
They succeeded in it by being more ascetic than Roman pagan citizens.
For this mission to be successful, Jesus Christ first needed "Paulus," the most ascetic man in the era.
Today, are those leaders of groups fighting the American/European Civilization and Israelites more ascetic than Americans and Europeans as well as Israelites?
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The message of 9/11 Terror seems to contain this issue: "Practice abstinence to be saved and to be safe."
But, the US economy depends on consumer power. Abstinence leads to decline in economy. Nonetheless, for the U.S. as a whole to secure complete security, it must probably practice abstinence.
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Will Jesus Christ call another Saul in the 21st century?
If so, even Vatican will be altered.
Or will 1.57 billion Muslims in the world who look more abstinent than Christians become more democratic and equal than Americans or Europeans?
If so, no super-rich royal families in the Islamic world will survive.
The situation today is at such a historic depth as, if another Saul is called, I do not wonder (who might emerge from a most unlikely tribe).
(Jesus: Abbreviation of Joshua from the Hebrew name Jehoshua meaning 'Jehovah is salvation'.
http://www.mybirthcare.com/favorites/pg16/Latin-names.asp)
"TO LIVE IN HUMBLE FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR GOD"