"Can a devil open the eyes" - For Acquiring Sympathy of God

The Ueno Park, Tokyo

For Acquiring Sympathy of God

It may not be appropriate, but it would not be meaningless to think about the Three Great Deaths of Socrates, Caesar, and Christ Jesus.

They were all forced to die in incongruous circumstances.  The great philosopher of ancient Greece Socrates died in 399 BC by drinking a poison in custody: "In 399 BC, Socrates went on trial and was subsequently found guilty of both corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and of impiety ("not believing in the gods of the state"), and as a punishment sentenced to death, caused by the drinking of a mixture containing poison hemlock" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates).

The great leader and general of Caesar was killed in Rome by his colleagues in the Roman Senate　in 44 BC: "Caesar attempted to get away, but, blinded by blood, he tripped and fell; the men continued stabbing him as he lay defenceless on the lower steps of the portico. According to Eutropius, around 60 men participated in the assassination. He was stabbed 23 times" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar).

And Christ Jesus died on the cross in AD 30/34 through trials by the Jewish authority and under the judgment by a Roman governor: "Jesus' crucifixion is described in all four canonical gospels. After the trials, Jesus is led to Calvary carrying his cross; the route traditionally thought to have been taken is known as the Via Dolorosa" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus) .

Many people have died since the establishment of the mankind.  It is thought that tens of billions of members of the mankind have died in history.  But these Three Great Deaths indicate some crucial conditions of one's death.  One may die due to errors of a state and its citizens, political conflicts and foolish judgement by the elite, and Satan's plot.

Even today, there must be many facing crisis of life due to various incongruous conditions.  It is unknown how many people died in such conditions, at least, in these 2000 years.  And one of the worst cases is that one is involved in a war where he or she is not responsible.  To save such people is a function of civilization.

And to know truth of the world and people in addition to the divine will, one must be probably as great as Socrates or  Caesar (if not Christ Jesus) to the extent of being envied, hated, and cursed by one's opponents (if not Satan).

So, facing crisis of life in some incongruous conditions may be a chance to ask help from God, thus acquiring sympathy of God.     



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Joh 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
Joh 10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
Joh 10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.