"the rough ways shall be made smooth" - Now in the most Decisive Era in these 2,000 Years

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Now in the most Decisive Era in these 2,000 Years

According to the Gospels, there shall occur sooner or later great crises on the mankind when extinction of the mankind might happen, and the era of the great crises seems to be now, the 21st century, as seen in the current pandemic and the war in Ukraine or as predicted by some notable persons in the history.    

Mark 13
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

As the world is proceeding to the critical year of 2060, predicted by Newton as the year when the end of the world might start, the global situations should get dangerous and more dangerous than ever.

Swedenborg, a great scholar and psychic in the 18th century, also wrote that he saw the last judgment in the spirit world in the middle of the 18th century whose effect should reach the human world a few hundreds years later.  Therefore, a great tragic event would come around the middle of the 21st century.

Put simply, we are now in this movement in the human history toward the tragic great event around 2060.

In reference to the first century,  Christ Jesus was executed on the cross in A.D. 30 and the Jewish-Roman War was set off in A.D. 66, resulting in disperse of Jewish people from Palestine and Jerusalem till the 20th century.

So, in my prediction, something devastating should happen around 2030, and the world will further accelerate its movement to the fatal 2060 when the situation of the world should change from a rather normal and relatively peaceful state to a crisis-stricken phase.  However, people in the world will repent and Christ Jesus should come to the human world again to save the world.

But, we have to pass through severe eras.  And, now 2020 is not so far before 2030.  Then, we will have to face a grave trial around 2030.  Subsequently, we will proceed the way to the dangerous era around 2060.  If we fully repent in the fatal era after 2060, the God will surely send Christ Jesus to the human world to save the mankind.  And then, the mankind will be able to enter into the 22nd century without extinction, and they might be allowed to further continue their civilization in the next centuries or the next 1000 years or more.

So, the current war in Ukraine can be seen as the beginning of a prelude to the great trial around 2030 that should be the starting point to the start of the end of the world around 2060.

In my prediction, through the critical and fatal era starting from 2060, all the advanced countries in America, Europe, including the EU and Russia, and Far East, including Japan and China, as well as developing countries in the Islamic regions should be tarnished, collapsed, or deprived of their powers.  

In summary, the mankind is now in the most decisive era in these 2,000 years since the execution of Christ Jesus on the cross and the disperse of Jewish people in the first century.  We will be able to pull through this difficult century with help from Christ Jesus eventually, but the world will not be the same as before, good or bad.               

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Luke 3, King James Version

2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

"they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy" - How to Address the Corona-Pandemic and the Ukraine Crisis

 

Mt. Fuji from around Tokyo

How to Address the Corona-Pandemic and the Ukraine Crisis

Faithful people might wonder why the God would not stop the occurrence and expansion of the corona-pandemic.  They might even wonder why the God does not interfere with the Ukraine crisis caused by the Russian military invasion.    

Indeed, 100 years ago, World War I and the Spanish flu occurred, giving a great alarm to the world entering into the era of further development of science and technology.  However, the mankind continued development of their civilization in the conventional manner despite the great alarm given by the God in the early 20th century.

So, we had better think that the God has already given a chance for repentance in these 100 years, but the mankind has not sufficiently responded to the alarm from the God and has not fully repented and improved themselves.  Therefore, we should realize that we are under the anger of the God. 

Through the current corona-pandemic and the Ukraine crisis, many people will be further victimized.  However, Christ Jesus taught that those who are poor, faithful, and righteous would be accepted in Heaven after their death in this world.  Nonetheless, there is a prophecy that there surely will happen a tragedy in the human world where living men should envy, due to their extreme pain, dead men in the future.    

The point at issue is fault and negligence of men while they were given a great warning by the God.  The mankind has greatly developed science and technology in the past century, and their material desires have also increased and expanded, abusing such science and technology.  Money has become the object of men's veneration, and people are seeking money as if they believe in a religion called Material Desire.  But, according to Christ Jesus, money is a tool of Satan.  Too many people have sold their souls to Satan to earn money and more money.  As the mankind has obtained science and technology at a dangerous level where they have become so powerful that they can destroy the human civilization, the God should start to interfere with the human world.

In other words, if the mankind really repent in the current corona-pandemic and the Ukraine crisis, the merciful God should allow the mankind to continue their civilization.  Therefore, to address the current and future crises falling on the mankind, we have to abandon material desire and belief in money.

If rich men die in these crises, they should go to the hell while being rejected from entering into Heaven.  But, only when people stop following Satan, they will come to have this right conviction.  Put simply, when people try to become poor and poorer so that they can be accepted in Heaven after their death in this world, the current and future crises would be solved.  Until people realize this truth and get conviction of Satan's traps, the God would probably leave them pursuing material desires while suffering various tragedies such as pandemics and wars.        

 

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Revelation 3, King James Version

3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

"he entered again into the synagogue" - The Ukrainian Crisis Could be Part of the End of the World

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The Ukrainian Crisis Could be Part of the End of the World

Christ Jesus once mentioned the end of the world:

Matthew 28
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

This must mean that there will be the end of the world. Otherwise, He should not have used the words "the end of the world." But, Christ Jesus said not to be troubled if we face a war.　　 

Matthew 24
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

In the past, there were many wars, but the world could continue to go on, develop, and prosper over wars.  However, now it is in the early 21st century, and we are in the era when it is no wonder if the last judgment or the end of the world should come at any time.  

By good fortune, the War on Terror that started at the beginning of the 21st century has been almost suppressed.  The tension between the U.S. and China has not yet been close to a real war.  So, although the world has been under the corona-pandemic in these years, the world has enjoyed peace and prosperity nowadays.  But, suddenly, Russia invaded Ukraine for a reason that cannot be justified by common sense.  

This war in Ukraine launched by Russia will end sooner or later, or probably before the fall of this year.  But, other wars will happen after this Ukrainian crisis in this century.  And the history should come close to the end of the world, although I believe that the mankind can survive this century of crises.

The focus is how we will conquer the coming crises or how we will be saved from the possible end of the world.  But, in the 22nd century, the mankind and the world should be drastically changed, so that the Bible would have to be revised.

Yet, the mankind will have to suffer enough in the 21st century till they are saved from the fatal end of the world.  And, this crisis in Ukraine must be part of this suffering.       

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Mark 3, King James Version

3 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.