"Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples" - Spirit Mediums Should be Guided by Christ Jesus, Angels or Holy Spirits

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Spirit Mediums Should be Guided by Christ Jesus, Angels or Holy Spirits 

Communications with a spirit living in the spirit world were practiced often in many tribes or even recorded in the Old Testament:

1 Samuel 28, King James Version 

7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. 

8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

However, such practices did not seem to be welcomed among Jewish people:

Isaiah 8, King James Version

19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Christ Jesus did not even invoke the spirit of John the Baptist, although He had the ability to invoke spirits and talk with them: 

Mark 9, King James Version

2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

Even followers of Christ Jesus were to receive sprits:

Acts 2, King James Version

17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

So, it cannot be denied that sprits in the spirit world can communicate with men living in this world especially if allowed by the God.

Besides, Christ Jesus did not even teach how to communicate with spirits of the dead.  Indeed, there are Satan, evil spirits, etc. in the spirit world, too.  It means that if a man could communicate with a dead man's spirit freely, it does not necessarily improve his life as well as his soul or spirit.  Rather, there can be confusion.  And evil men would abuse this ability to cheat people for earning money or other profits.

The emphasis in the good news brought by Christ Jesus is put on the declaration that there is life after death and poor, faithful men can be accepted in Heaven.  For example, Swedenborg could communicate with spirits in the spirit world almost freely, but it was Christ Jesus that had allowed him to exercise this ability.  But, other spirit mediums now and in the past who gained some money or other profits by practicing communications with dead men's spirits have not been supported by Christ Jesus.  So, we cannot trust 100% of their acts.  Therefor, communications with dead men's spirits or seances should be hosted or provided by Christian priests or clergymen.

In this context, we had better think about why the Vatican has not promoted publicly this ability for communications with spirits in the spirt world.  Maybe if each individual starts to communicate with the spirit of Christ Jesus, none might turn to the church any more. 

Not all the spirits of dead men should not live happily and peacefully in the spirit world:

Matthew 13, King James Version

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.   

Evil men also die.  Their spirts in the spirit world should go down to the hell and finally get vanished.  There must be austerity even in the spirit world.  Unless spirit mediums are guided by Christ Jesus, angels or holy spirits, we cannot be sure that they are not influenced by Satan, evil spirits, etc.  

 

It is unlikely that a spirit in the spirit world would tell how to make fortunes and big money to a spirit medium. 

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John 6, King James Version
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

"he liveth unto God" - Pray to the God for Protection from Satan

A Shinto Shrine around Tokyo

Pray to the God for Protection from Satan

According to a Japanese expert of Tibetan Buddhism, there had been a school for study of spiritualism before Buddhism came to Tibet.

From a point of view of Tibetan Buddhism, it is said that the supreme truth is generally called the god, Brahman in the Indian philosophy, and nothingness in Mahayana Buddhism.  Therefore, the Buddha who got enlightenment about the supreme truth was neither another God nor someone opposite to the concept of the God as the creator of the universe and everything in a Jewish or Christian sense.

The Buddha accessed the God who was regarded as nothingness through his own way that was discovered after stopping hard ascetic training over years where he had almost starved to death.  Put simply he found that everything comes from nothingness and nothingness can be found in everything.  Emptiness has no power and potential, but this nothingness has power and potential.  Therefore, we may also regard the God as nothingness or the supreme truth.

The God is the source of existence of everything, including Himself.  But, the God was perceived as nothingness or the supreme truth by the Buddha.  All schools of Buddhism established and learnt in various Asian countries after the Buddha are based on this basic notion of the Buddha.  In this context, Buddhism is not so remote from Judaism and Christianity, although nothingness or the supreme truth seems to lack something akin to humanity or personality.  On the other hand, Christ Jesus called the God as the Father in Heaven. 

According to the modern physics, everything in this universe can be reduced to light or pure fundamental energy.  Even time and space must be generated from this fundamental energy in physical vacuum.  This physical vacuum can be regraded as part of nothingness.  So, for us to see the God, we have to go through this material universe, the origin of material and energy, and nothingness, and finally to the source of existence of everything.  If we reach the close vicinity of the God, we cannot be ourselves anymore but part of nothingness, which seems to be the aim of the Buddha.  So, the Bible tells that a man cannot continue to live after he sees the God.

From the spiritual point of view, above the material universe there is the spirit world; above the spirit world there is Heaven; and above Heave, there is the direct domain of the God.

You may deny all of these theories including the God; so then you will really die to a naught while you cannot understand why and how you came to exist and live in this world.  A soul that cannot accept spirits, truth, or the God might be rejected from going into the spirit world after his death in this world.

So, we can understand how generous the God is as He sent his Son Christ Jesus to this world to make us confirm that there are life after death, Heaven, and the God.

However, there is one big problem.  Satan does not want us to understand the supreme truth and love the God.  Evil, hatred, and darkness in mind are effective weapons for Satan.  In addition, it is thought Satan is a product of insanity against perfect integrity of the God.

It is said that Satan also attacked the Buddha, living 500 years before Christ Jesus, during his ascetic training, although Mahayana Buddhism established in the era when Christ Jesus came to this world told that Satan never appeared to the Buddha after he achieved the enlightenment.   Nonetheless, the original sutra of Buddhism before Mahayana Buddhism told that Satan appeared in the mind of the Buddha even after the Buddha achieved the enlightenment.

Finally, what is sure seems that the God is free from Satan, which implies that any man can be attacked by Satan unless he is perfectly protected by the God.  So, what we should do is to pray to the God for protection from Satan.           

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Romans 6, King James Version
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

"there arose certain of the synagogue" - Do Not Fear Death since There's Life after Death

 

Around a Humble Shinto Shrine in Tokyo

Do Not Fear Death since There's Life after Death

Christ Jesus said, as a matter of fact, that there are the God, life after death, and Heaven and the hell, though faithful poor people could enter into Heaven but evil rich people should go down to the hell to be reduced to a naught finally. 

So, every poor man should be rejoiced while every rich man should be alerted.  Therefore, the Gospels recording these words of Christ Jesus must be called Good News for poor and suffering people in this world in any eras in these 2000 years. 

Although the emphasis of these words is on encouragement and exhortation of doing good and living righteously, it also makes it clear that death in this world is not an end of one's life but one's soul would go on living in the spirit world and eventually enter into Heaven or fall down to the hell.

The assertion that one's soul survives death of one's body in this world is a revolutionary announcement, although some people must have felt so in any culture of any tribe, which led to creation of various myths and religions.  But, it was clearly confirmed by Christ Jesus who claimed that He had come from the God.  The significance of Christianity should lie in this point: You should die in this world but your soul would continue to live in life after death. 

However, if one knows, accepts, and believes in this truth, he does not necessarily come to live according to the words of the God and Christ Jesus.  Satan is also an inhabitant in the spirit world.  Those brainwashed by Satan should still stick to evil ways of life in this world and the spirit world, and thus there should be many evil spirits or souls in the spirit world like many evil men in this world.  Therefore, what is important in this world as well as in the spirit world is faith in the God and Christ Jesus.       

Nonetheless, poor people who have been suffering in this world due to poverty, inequality, helplessness, unkindness, negligence, cruelty, attacks from others, etc. should find light in the words of Christ Jesus, since death would relive them from pains in this world and promise salvation in Heaven. 

So, the slogan of Christian churches should be: Do Not Fear Death; You Continue to Live in the Spirit World and Finally in Heaven if You Believe!"

However, if everybody understands this truth and comes not to fear death, what will happen in the society?  Will suicide increase?  Will daredevil criminals increase?  Will most of people lose motivation to work hard for money and realize happiness in this world?  Maybe other unexpected phenomena occur in the society, causing an unexpected crisis in this world.    

In the worst case, everybody loses will of living in this world and tries to die as early as possible, or suicide terrorists might be drastically increased.  Or even ordinary people start to rush to suicide, leading to collapse of the society.  Indeed, the society must collapse, if everybody thinks that death is a shorter route to happiness.  Even Satan will be embarrassed because nobody wants money for which everybody is expected to do evil things following Satan, but everybody wants early death.

To prevent people from loving early death or committing early suicide, this truth that a man lives in the spirit world after death in this world may have to be covered and hidden from ordinary people.   So, some leaders might think that it should be obscured.  Churches might be stopped, by some leaders, from emphasizing this truth and spreading it in the society.  Consequently, this truth is told by priests, clergymen, etc. in a modest, ambiguous, or fairy-tale like way.  What churches want people to do is not to believe in life after death but to believe in churches whatsoever they preach.  If people realize this truth, they will go to the spirit world leaving churches in this world.  In addition, Satan does not want people to realize this truth and lose interest in money and wealth in this world for which they are expected to do evil things following Satan.

From the point of truth itself, it is desirable that every child should be taught in school that he will continue to live in the spirit world if he happens to die in this world.  But, if a man does not follow the God and Christ Jesus, he should face the second death or the final death in the spirit world or the hell, since the God can kill both souls and bodies of men in the hell.  Only faithful men can live forever in the spirit world or Heaven.

Put simply, faith is more important than death.  How to respond to the truth must be decided based on this belief.  

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Acts 6, King James Version
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.