"This is my beloved Son" - Infinite God at the Core of Finite Christ Jesus

Pacific Coast West of Tokyo

Infinite God at the Core of Finite Christ Jesus

It is amazing that the rather simple life and teaching of Christ Jesus led to a great amount of religious work, operations, and studies.

It is true that Christ Jesus acted and preached in the extension of Judaism, but followers, Christian priests, scholars, etc. developed the new religion Christianity on a different basis from Judaism, producing various religious contents.  How could they enrich Christianity that started from the rather simple life and teaching of Christ Jesus?

The key to comprehending Christ Jesus and His words and deeds is God rather than Judaism.  The only sure thing about Christ Jesus is that He had stronger linkage with God than anybody.  When thinking about His words, people would finally face wisdom and power of God.  When analyzing the life of Christ Jesus, people would finally face intention and plans of God.

It might be possible that other men than Christ Jesus act and speak like Christ Jesus and even perform miracles like Christ Jesus did, but if they have no linkage to God as strong as Christ Jesus', no new religion comparable to Christianity should come to exist.  They might even show love to the poor and the weak like Christ Jesus, but if they have no linkage to God as strong as Christ Jesus', no new religion comparable to Christianity should come to exist. 

So, it is God that made Christ Jesus succeed in establishing Christianity.  As there was God at the core of life, deeds, and words of Christ Jesus, that rather simple life and teaching of Christ Jesus could lead to establishment of contents-rich Christianity.

God is infinite.  It is almost impossible for men to perceive Him.  So, God used a finite man so that men could easily perceive him.  God is covering the whole university.  Men cannot satisfactorily comprehend Him.  But, Christ Jesus was a finite man so that men could easily perceive Him.

Put extremely, the only way for men to access infinite God is though the special finite man Christ Jesus.  Otherwise, men should have to only stand foolishly and blindly before infinite God.


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Mar 9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

"to preach the kingdom of God" - Keys to Heaven and Hell

Pacific Coast, West of Tokyo

Keys to Heaven and Hell 

A notable Japanese Buddhist, called Shinran, said in the 13th century, "If you made ascetic training as much as you can to achieve enlightenment and get admitted to the paradise,  you may still fall into the hell although you might succeed to enter the paradise."

Some contemporary Buddhist priest in Hawaii translated the teaching as follows: You have a key that can open the paradise but also the hell.   Before delivering this version of the Buddhist teaching to people, the monk said that he would tell a teaching they would never forget.

An American physicist wrote that he indeed could not forget the teaching, since the teaching might have an analogy to a theory of modern physics.

Shinran continued: "So, you have to abandon your ambition to get enlightened through your own ascetic training and every religious effort.  If you want to be saved and admitted to the paradise, you have to fully trust and rely on Amitabha Buddha.  Only you have to do is chant the Buddhist chant I recommend to you, which is "Namu amidabutsu!"
　
"Namu amidabutsu" means that "I fully become a believer of Amitabha Buddha and thus I salute to Amitabha Buddha."  And then, the Buddhists who practice this chanting will be surely saved by Amitabha Buddha without hard ascetic training.  Even sinners and criminals will be saved only if they also chant this simple chant.  Ascetic training might or might not save you finally, but chanting of "Namu amidabutsu" will surely save you.  This is the teaching of Shinran recognized as one of the greatest monks in Japan in 1500 years of the history of Japanese Buddhism.

It is Amitabha Buddha that has a key to the paradise for each one according to Shinran.

In the teaching of Christ Jesus, it is Christ Jesus that has a key to Heaven for each one.  And it is everybody that has a key to the hell.  Do not be made a fool of by stupid monks.   

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Luk 9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
Luk 9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.