"the Holy Ghost was upon him" - Be Poor as Much as Possible before Contracted by Corona-Viruses

Mt. Fuji from around Tokyo, 100 Km Far

Be Poor as Much as Possible before Contracted by Corona-Viruses 

Everybody dies someday 100%, within 130 years at most, so that the most important thing in this world is whether there is life after death.

The answer is yes; because Christ Jesus talked about life after death.

But could we trust in Christ Jesus?  

The answer is yes; because He has proved that He came from the God even with the simple fact that the history in these 2000 years has developed on His teaching and mission.  Without the power from the God, Christ Jesus could not have achieved so many things in this world, conquering the world by his teaching spreading all over the world. 

But can the God exist?

The answer is yes; because even we, humble and tiny creatures with limited capacity, exist.  And, the reason for existence of everything in this world must be that somebody gave the possibility of existence and that somebody must be the God.  So, the God who could give existence to everything must exist for Himself.

What will happen when we die?

Indeed, our physical or biological bodies die; our minds die; but our souls would survive and move to the spiritual world to have life after death.

What are our souls?  How different are they from our minds?

The soul came from the spiritual world to our minds in our bodies.  The souls were not born in this world, but they came from the spiritual world, so that when our bodies and minds die, they return to the spiritual world to have life after death.    

The soul control our mind, although it is not clearly felt by the mind.  And, Christ Jesus took it as a matter of course that everyone has his own soul which would go into the spiritual world after our death.

Could we enter into Heaven?

Christ Jesus said that usually rich men could not enter into Heaven.  So, if you want to enter into Heaven, you have to be poor.

But some rich men think that there is no Heaven or the hell.  If they die, thy think, there will be nothing.  Their death means the end of everything for them.  So, they would concentrate on worldly matters to enjoy riches as much as possible. 

  

However, if death brings nothingness to a man, he might be nothing from the beginning.  He might not exist from the beginning.  Then, he might be part of nothingness from the beginning.  In this context, he would go mad if he thinks seriously what he is, since what comes back to nothingness is part of nothingness.  All he thinks and feel are nothing essentially.  But, our souls should tell that it is not right.

And Christ Jesus tells that one's soul should go to Heaven or the hell after life in this world.  Judaism is not complete in this point.  Judaism respects the God, but it does not teach that we can come closer to the God in the spiritual world.  However, Christ Jesus taught that we could live in the Kingdom of God even we were living in this world before our death, and we should be surely able to live the Kingdom of God after our death in this world, which is called Heaven in the spiritual world.

So, indeed, if we get trillion dollars in this world but if our souls are not allowed to enter Heave, it is absurd.  Rather, we have to be poor as much as possible to be allowed to enter Heaven.

On the other hand, their souls that move to the hell after their death in this world should perish or vanish to nothingness.  Indeed, those who believe that everything after their death is nothing should fall into the hell and turn to nothing. 

Finally, it is recommended for you to become poor as much as possible before you are contracted by corona-viruses, so that you can go into Heaven, in case.         

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Luke 2, King James Version
24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

"why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?" - Natural that the Corona-Pandemic has Attacked the World Trying to be Rich

 

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Natural that the Corona-Pandemic has Attacked the World Trying to be Rich

There are millions of books and billions of utterances about Christianity and Christ Jesus.  And it is required to learn and understand thousands of issues and discussions related to Christianity and Christ Jesus to be certified as believers or professionals of the religion.  But, there is no assurance that your are saved even if you fulfil these requirements.

Christ Jesus told only simple truth by which anybody, including those without academic knowledge, can be saved.

First, Christ Jesus said that one should go to Heaven or the hell after one's death.  So, it is not that there is nothing after one's death, but there is Heaven and the hell.  And He also taught that one could not be admitted to Heaven if one was rich in this world.  Only poor men could be allowed to Heaven.  This is the core of the teaching of Christ Jesus.

Therefore, one has to be as poor as he can be while living in this world, for his soul to be admitted into Heaven after his death.  There must be competition for poverty but not for wealth among Christians, if they follow Christ Jesus to be allowed into enter Heaven.      

Indeed, without selling any part of one's soul to Satan, one cannot earn even one dollar.  To earn money, one would do anything wrong and evil.  Without this teaching, Christianity would lose its power.

Material wealth is an enemy of the God, so that one should stop pursuing wealth.  Truth is in poverty.  To protect one's faith, one has to be poor.  The God loves the poor, and He may be seen in poverty.  This must be the core of the religion.  Christianity should be unique in that it recommends poverty among many religions in this world.

So, Christ Jesus preached to poor people that the God loved them, so that they had to love the God.

Indeed, no matter how much rich the mankind have become to develop science and technology, there is no possibility that their souls can be saved by the God.  But those who are poor because they cannot accept any attempts of Satan, like Christ Jesus in the desert, should be saved in their souls.

What is written in the Gospels is how one's soul can be saved by the God and admitted into Heaven.  For this purpose, one has to be poor as much as possible.

From this point of view, it is thought natural that the corona-pandemic has attacked the world where everyone has been striving to be rich.  In other words, if everyone makes efforts to be poor, the pandemic should vanish. 

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Mark 2  King James Version
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

"his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel" - Money-Loving People or God-Loving People

 

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Money-Loving People or God-Loving People

Calling a name of a god or a deity in Buddhism is recommended in Chinse Taoism to avoid tribulation and calamity.  And, some schools of Japanese Buddhism also put it in the core of their teachings almost 800 yeas ago. 

It was impossible for farmers and ordinary people to learn and understand sophisticated teaching of Buddhism.  But people needed help in their difficult life.  So, some leading monks launched their schools based on the principle that every body could be saved by simply calling the name of the Buddha or other prominent deity in Buddhism.  "You only have to call the name of the Buddha or the holy title of a deity with full belief in him." they taught.  This teaching prevailed since then to date.

Nianfo (pinyin: niànfó, Japanese:  nenbutsu,...Vietnamese: niệm Phật) is a term commonly seen in Pure Land Buddhism. In the context of Pure Land practice, it generally refers to the repetition of the name of Amitābha. It is a translation of Sanskrit buddhānusmṛti (or, "recollection of the Buddha")...

In the Jodo Shinshu tradition in Japan, variant forms of the nianfo have been used since its inception. The founder, Shinran, used a nine-character Kujimyōgō in the Shoshinge and the Sanamidabutsuge hymns...

The term nembutsu-ban is applied to the event in Kyoto, Japan in 1207 where Hōnen and his followers were banned from the city and forced into exile. This occurred when the leaders of older schools of Buddhism persuaded the civil authorities to prohibit the newer practices including the recitation of Namu Amida Butsu. The ban was lifted in 1211.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nianfo) 

When Christ Jesus started His mission 2000 years ago, He mostly faced and preached poor people who could not read and write.  And what He taught them was not sophisticated theories of Judaism or Christianity or theological issues, although it was not recommendation to call the names of the God, holy prophets, and other angels.

Teaching a simple method for practicing religion to poor and simple people is a basic for missionary work.  So, Japanese monks who became the founders of some schools of Japanese Buddhism told people to just call the names of the Buddha and other deities or recite holy short words such as Namu Amida Butsu.

However, Christ Jesus did not even teach so.  He taught simple truth any one could not forget such as ”No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

If you are taught to love the God and hate money, you would surely not forget it, even though you might deny it.

Even evil ones would call the name of the God, if not Satan, when they are in a critical situation.  Some schools of Japanese Buddhism taught that such an evil one could be saved only if he called the name of the Buddha or cited Buddhist invocation.  But Christ Jesus taught to remember His teaching and act accordingly, since His teaching was so simple that anyone could remember.  

In this context, to defeat corona-viruses, evil ones for men, we have to simply invoke power of immunity the God provided in human bodies for survival of the mankind.

Or, we may call the names of the Buddha and other deities or cite holy phrases to defeat viruses in our bodies.  But, even the modern medical science focuses to develop vaccines to suppress viruses by activating the immunity system in the human body.  While remembering simple teachings of Christ Jesus, we must be able to reinforce the sophisticated immunity system in our bodies.

The corona-viruses must love money-loving people more than God-loving people.   

   

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Luke 2, King James Version
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)