Miracle on Water and in Tempest
Another miracle to be piously interpreted is the one that Jesus Christ calmed down the tempest and walked on the surface of a lake.
It is apparent that the tempest was also raging in the minds of His disciples even after the natural tempest got weakened.
In a frenzy and fear of losing life, His disciples were losing their ordinary sight and normal observation in a boat still rocking in shallow waters even after the main part of tempest had gone.
The boat was still violently swayed due to floundering about by His disciples trying hard to row the boat, while causing big splashes and spray, but still being haunted by the frenzy and fear of losing their lives.
The boat was then actually in the shallow waters, and rain and winds almost stopped.
So, Jesus Christ walked on the water to their boat and told them to stop the commotion in their minds.
His disciples were brought to their senses; the boat sailed forward without obstacles, namely their blind rowing, off the shallow; and they looked back to their Lord somehow behind standing in the water.
Indeed, they later reported that their Lord had stopped the tempest and walked on the water.
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But, truth is that Jesus Christ was able to bring about and stop a natural tempest and walk on water, if the God so wishes.
If He does so, there must be however a more significant reason than the one for which the God created the universe and defined the natural laws.
If there had been a significant reason that is comparable with the Creation of the universe, the God would have allowed Jesus Christ to supersede the conventional natural laws, in my opinion.
His disciples getting frenzy and haunted by fear alone could not be such a grave reason, in my view.
Therefore, Jesus Christ waited for the natural tempest getting calmed and then walked on the shallow water, though He could bring about and stop a natural tempest and walk on deep water as a miracle for man.
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My dream is of course someday that the Lord will march in that street in Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, or New York.
But, He must be waiting for a significant reason to do so that is comparable with the Creation, in order to supersede the conventional natural law that no dead man comes back alive, in my opinion.
Anyway, my dream is of course someday that the Lord will march in that street in Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, or New York.
And, everybody, shining bright equally due to His glory, would confess that He is his or her Lord, no matter if he or she has a European type or an African type of skins which simply reflect His glory to shine without a trace of their color.
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In an ancient age, when some heads of clans or kings in Japan were nominally subject to a Chinese Emperor about 1700 years ago or so, they had a special and spiritual practice in their voyage to China or specifically a Chinese territory in the Korean Peninsula.
On board, there was a man specifically appointed to be in charge of appeasing the anger of gods on the ocean in case something goes wrong. He never cleaned his body, cut his hair, changed his clothes, ate meats，got close to a woman, but just continued quietly to sit on a deck.
If the ship safely arrived at a destination port, he was highly praised and rewarded. But, if the voyage failed or somebody got sick on voyage, there was no guarantee of his life.
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Don't you sometimes feel like yourself being specifically appointed to any sacred duty, though in terms of spiritual attitudes?
At least, we had better check if we are on board a ship where somebody is so appointed and who he or she is.
(Once in a desolate bunkhouse of a dreary industrial area, somewhere in Siberia, a Russian woman played the role, working as a kitchen worker without enjoying a luxury all through her life under the communist regime of the superpower with thousands of nuclear ballistic missiles.)
If such an appointed man or woman fails or flees by guile, we might be soon entering a tempest.
In a very large scale, I sometimes think Japan must be a nation so appointed in the world; however can the earth be a planet so appointed in the universe?
Now, who is such an appointed person in your company or workplace?
"...When You Pray and Ask for Something, Believe that You Have Received it..."
Another miracle to be piously interpreted is the one that Jesus Christ calmed down the tempest and walked on the surface of a lake.
It is apparent that the tempest was also raging in the minds of His disciples even after the natural tempest got weakened.
In a frenzy and fear of losing life, His disciples were losing their ordinary sight and normal observation in a boat still rocking in shallow waters even after the main part of tempest had gone.
The boat was still violently swayed due to floundering about by His disciples trying hard to row the boat, while causing big splashes and spray, but still being haunted by the frenzy and fear of losing their lives.
The boat was then actually in the shallow waters, and rain and winds almost stopped.
So, Jesus Christ walked on the water to their boat and told them to stop the commotion in their minds.
His disciples were brought to their senses; the boat sailed forward without obstacles, namely their blind rowing, off the shallow; and they looked back to their Lord somehow behind standing in the water.
Indeed, they later reported that their Lord had stopped the tempest and walked on the water.
* * *
But, truth is that Jesus Christ was able to bring about and stop a natural tempest and walk on water, if the God so wishes.
If He does so, there must be however a more significant reason than the one for which the God created the universe and defined the natural laws.
If there had been a significant reason that is comparable with the Creation of the universe, the God would have allowed Jesus Christ to supersede the conventional natural laws, in my opinion.
His disciples getting frenzy and haunted by fear alone could not be such a grave reason, in my view.
Therefore, Jesus Christ waited for the natural tempest getting calmed and then walked on the shallow water, though He could bring about and stop a natural tempest and walk on deep water as a miracle for man.
* * *
My dream is of course someday that the Lord will march in that street in Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, or New York.
But, He must be waiting for a significant reason to do so that is comparable with the Creation, in order to supersede the conventional natural law that no dead man comes back alive, in my opinion.
Anyway, my dream is of course someday that the Lord will march in that street in Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, or New York.
And, everybody, shining bright equally due to His glory, would confess that He is his or her Lord, no matter if he or she has a European type or an African type of skins which simply reflect His glory to shine without a trace of their color.
* * *
In an ancient age, when some heads of clans or kings in Japan were nominally subject to a Chinese Emperor about 1700 years ago or so, they had a special and spiritual practice in their voyage to China or specifically a Chinese territory in the Korean Peninsula.
On board, there was a man specifically appointed to be in charge of appeasing the anger of gods on the ocean in case something goes wrong. He never cleaned his body, cut his hair, changed his clothes, ate meats，got close to a woman, but just continued quietly to sit on a deck.
If the ship safely arrived at a destination port, he was highly praised and rewarded. But, if the voyage failed or somebody got sick on voyage, there was no guarantee of his life.
* * *
Don't you sometimes feel like yourself being specifically appointed to any sacred duty, though in terms of spiritual attitudes?
At least, we had better check if we are on board a ship where somebody is so appointed and who he or she is.
(Once in a desolate bunkhouse of a dreary industrial area, somewhere in Siberia, a Russian woman played the role, working as a kitchen worker without enjoying a luxury all through her life under the communist regime of the superpower with thousands of nuclear ballistic missiles.)
If such an appointed man or woman fails or flees by guile, we might be soon entering a tempest.
In a very large scale, I sometimes think Japan must be a nation so appointed in the world; however can the earth be a planet so appointed in the universe?
Now, who is such an appointed person in your company or workplace?
"...When You Pray and Ask for Something, Believe that You Have Received it..."