A Matter of Concern for True Believers
I referred to the Bible to find any advice from the God as I saw the pandemic news on TV.
1 Corinthians 15 King James Version (KJV)
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
So, we must not be troubled by this corona-virus pandemic, since we have the hope of resurrection in Heaven through Christ Jesus.
However, a few months ago, the Bible told me, when I was referring to it, that there would be a wonder in the sky and a miracle on the earth. Then, the pandemic started to increase its influence, and snow fell in and around Tokyo leaving an inch-thickness of snow at the end of March as the first in 32 years.
Indeed, the last pandemic occurred between 1918 and 1920, leaving 20 to 45 million deaths including 450,000 deaths in Japan. In comparison, the number of deaths in WWII was 60 to 80 million.
The number of the war dead in each of the past five centuries was as follows:
The 16th century: 1.6 million
The 17th century: 6.1 million
The 18th century: 7 million
The 19th century: 19.4 million
The 20th century: 107.8 million
Especially in the 20th century, the total of the war dead and the pandemic's casualties was about 150 million. And it is still unknown how many people will die, in the 21st century, from wars, natural disasters, pandemics, etc. unfortunately without peace.
However, if the mankind is doomed to go extinct in the 21st century, the number of deaths will be beyond comparison.
The point at issue is who is responsible for these deaths. Is it Satan or the God that should be to blame for these deaths. Satan may want to have as many men as possible get killed in tragedy without peace. But the God may send the Angel of Death to unfaithful, evil men who have sold their souls to Satan to be rich or have their dreams come true.
When completely attacked by Satan and at the same time abandoned by the God, the mankind would surely go extinct. In this case, the whole 7 billion people might get killed in wars or due to pandemics, natural disasters, etc.
But what is important for any individual is his or her own death apart from the fate of the mankind. It is because his or her life should start when he or she is allowed to enter Heaven. Compared with the life in Heaven, a life in this world is nothing. Put extremely, it is not a matter of concern for true believers in Christ Jesus whether he or she dies in any manner or the whole mankind go extinct at any time.
Nonetheless, it is a supreme concern for believers to see victory of the God over Satan who should be behind men's tragedies caused by any war, natural disaster, pandemic, etc.
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Mark 4 King James Version (KJV)
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
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.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
So, we must not be troubled by this corona-virus pandemic, since we have the hope of resurrection in Heaven through Christ Jesus.
However, a few months ago, the Bible told me, when I was referring to it, that there would be a wonder in the sky and a miracle on the earth. Then, the pandemic started to increase its influence, and snow fell in and around Tokyo leaving an inch-thickness of snow at the end of March as the first in 32 years.
Indeed, the last pandemic occurred between 1918 and 1920, leaving 20 to 45 million deaths including 450,000 deaths in Japan. In comparison, the number of deaths in WWII was 60 to 80 million.
The number of the war dead in each of the past five centuries was as follows:
The 16th century: 1.6 million
The 17th century: 6.1 million
The 18th century: 7 million
The 19th century: 19.4 million
The 20th century: 107.8 million
Especially in the 20th century, the total of the war dead and the pandemic's casualties was about 150 million. And it is still unknown how many people will die, in the 21st century, from wars, natural disasters, pandemics, etc. unfortunately without peace.
However, if the mankind is doomed to go extinct in the 21st century, the number of deaths will be beyond comparison.
The point at issue is who is responsible for these deaths. Is it Satan or the God that should be to blame for these deaths. Satan may want to have as many men as possible get killed in tragedy without peace. But the God may send the Angel of Death to unfaithful, evil men who have sold their souls to Satan to be rich or have their dreams come true.
When completely attacked by Satan and at the same time abandoned by the God, the mankind would surely go extinct. In this case, the whole 7 billion people might get killed in wars or due to pandemics, natural disasters, etc.
But what is important for any individual is his or her own death apart from the fate of the mankind. It is because his or her life should start when he or she is allowed to enter Heaven. Compared with the life in Heaven, a life in this world is nothing. Put extremely, it is not a matter of concern for true believers in Christ Jesus whether he or she dies in any manner or the whole mankind go extinct at any time.
Nonetheless, it is a supreme concern for believers to see victory of the God over Satan who should be behind men's tragedies caused by any war, natural disaster, pandemic, etc.
Mark 4 King James Version (KJV)
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
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.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.