"For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me" - This Century does not Look so Blessed and Bright

 

Mt. Fuji from around Tokyo

This Century does not Look so Blessed and Bright

Once in Japan, there lived a female psychic called Aiko Gibo (1932 - 2003) who often made a TV appearance through 1980's to 2000's, becoming so famous that she even acted with Uri Geller in a Japanese TV program.  She even went to the U.S. to see spiritually Marilyn Monroe in her last days.  In Paris, she saw the spirit of Marie-Antoinette.  Still today, she is regarded as one of great and successful psychics in modern Japan.

Aiko Gibo (https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E9%9C%8A%E8%83%BD%E8%80%85%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E7%94%9F%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8C%E3%81%A6%E7%94%9F%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A6-%E8%AC%9B%E8%AB%87%E7%A4%BE%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E5%AE%9C%E4%BF%9D-%E6%84%9B%E5%AD%90/dp/4061852973)

She had the ability since her childhood to see unseen spirits attached to people and tell future incidents.  But, she lived as a normal housewife without launching a religion or business to earn money, though she made TV appearances and wrote some books on herself and spiritual matters.    

She was a pious Buddhist and often tried to condole on dead souls in a Buddhist manner offering incense sticks.  Indeed, there are traditionally some psychics among Japanese shinto priests and Buddhist priests.  Spiritualism has been rooted in Japan and Japanese people for thousands years.  Even the Japanese imperial family has traditions and dignity based on myths with full of spiritual matters.  Indeed, Japanese people are so spiritual that they should be regarded as spiritual people in a Japanese sense, although they have traditionally accepted any non-nonsense religions such as shinto, Buddhism, and even Christianity.  The Japanese imperial family has their own version of shintoism.  The emperor is regarded as an descendant of a Japanese god.

And, Aiko Gibo predicted beforehand the occurrence of the great earthquake/tsunami in 2011 and the long-term government by prime minister Abe in 2010s who was unfortunately shot and killed in 2022 by a victim of a cult religion believed to be associated with Abe. 

Gibo also predicted that the end of the world would not come in July 1997, although it was widely believed in Japan that Nostradamus had predicted so.  But, she prophesized that there would occur in future a big tragedy where living men would envy dead men.  However, she did not clearly and specifically tell what the tragedy should be. 

She died in 2003 at 71 due to cancer of the stomach although she once prophesized in 1990s that a then popular TV announcer in Japan would die of cancer, which unfortunately came true. 

The ability to see and hear spirits of dead men and know future incidents is unique and shadowy for ordinary people.  But, Christ Jesus said to understand the fate of the world: 

54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the　west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? (Luke 12)

If Gibo lived today, she would be 90 years old, which is not so rare in Japan for women nowadays.  It looks like she left this world before a great tragedy begins.  Indeed, the 21st century began with the 9/11 terror attacks, suffered the global financial crisis, and continues to be inflicted with the corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine.  Indeed, if you could see the future, you might as well leave this world if it is so bad and horrible that you envy so much those who have already died.

So, this century does not look so blessed and bright.  We had better read the Gospels until the 22nd century comes.       

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Luke 11, King James Version
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.