Christ Jesus Expected Again to Suppress Evil Spirits and Satan
The Gospels clearly mention Christ Jesus fighting against evil spirits and Satan:
(Matthew 12)So, it is clear that when Christ Jesus came to this human world 2,000 years ago, it was widely observed that evil spirits and Satan captured human minds to occupy people and make them obey to Satan.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
The belief in Christ Jesus and Christianity should be based on this notion that human beings are targeted by evil spirits and Satan who wish to penetrate in minds and bodies of human beings to eventually destroy them. Indeed, Swedenborg, a notable 18th century psychic, wrote that many evil spirits were trying to find a chance to penetrate into a human mind to eventually destroy the human being.
Even today, some psychics in Japan claim that they can see evil spirits around men causing physical or spiritual pains or slumps and madness in men in addition to guardian spirits for them. They perform spiritual healings on such men and even establish new religions as founders of sects. Indeed, there are 300 to 400 new religions in Japan today, and the number of total members of these religions account for 10% of the whole Japanese population. (Japanese Christians account for only about 1% in the Japanese population.) The founders of such new religions often display their spiritual ability to see and judge evil or good spirits possessing their members or drive evil spirits out of them. Shintoism and Japanese Buddhism (including many sects), the two major religions in Japan, were established centering around the traditional sense of Japanese culture admitting existence of holy spirits and evil spirits (the Japanese imperial family is also based on this sense in the Japanese myth).
Eve, the knowledge about evil spirits and holy spirits, including Christ Jesus, in Christianity is sometimes introduced into creeds of those new religions in Japan, although they do not adopt or observe creeds of Christianity.
This situation in Japan alone tells that people are aware of existence of holy and evil spirits around them in their lives. Therefore, we had better assume that there are billions of people in the world possessed by evil spirits or Satan, although billions of faithful Christians, etc. should be protected by holy spirits or angels from evil spirits.
For example, reverence for money and wealth is seen in every country regardless of each culture or religion. It is a kind of global common religion. And, according to the Bible, money and wealth are tools of Satan to brainwash men. In this sense, human beings in the world are still under influence of Satan.
This situation in Japan alone tells that people are aware of existence of holy and evil spirits around them in their lives. Therefore, we had better assume that there are billions of people in the world possessed by evil spirits or Satan, although billions of faithful Christians, etc. should be protected by holy spirits or angels from evil spirits.
For example, reverence for money and wealth is seen in every country regardless of each culture or religion. It is a kind of global common religion. And, according to the Bible, money and wealth are tools of Satan to brainwash men. In this sense, human beings in the world are still under influence of Satan.
Therefore, it is reasonable to wish the second coming of Christ Jesus to the human world to suppress, clean up or drive evil spirits and Satan out of the human world. We should expect that it will happen sooner or later in the 21st century, since 2,000 years have already passed since the birth of Christ Jesus in His first coming.
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Matthew 2, King James Version
13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
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Matthew 2, King James Version
13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.