"because the harvest is come" - The Spiritual World outside the Physical World

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The Spiritual World outside the Physical World

Plato described, about 400 years before the appearance of Christ Jesus, the Myth of Er where the afterlife was depicted, which is one of early reports on near-death experiences (NDE).

Er died in a battle, but he was revived on his funeral-pyre and told others of his journey in the afterlife, "including an account of reincarnation and the celestial spheres of the astral plane. The tale includes the idea that moral people are rewarded and immoral people punished after death." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_Er)

Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321) also wrote the Divine Comedy, a long Italian narrative poem, displaying the state of the soul after death, presenting "an image of divine justice meted out as due punishment or reward, and describing Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy).  William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) also wrote Hamlet, his masterpiece, handling ghosts, showing his interest in the spiritual world.

In addition, Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 – 1772), a Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic, wrote many books on the afterlife, Heaven and the hell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Swedenborg); and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) presented Faust, a tragic play, focusing on human souls, the devil, Heaven, etc. 

In Gospels, Christ Jesus seems to take it as read that the soul of a man goes into the spiritual world after his physical death in this world.  Therefore, the European Christian civilization and culture are based on the notion that a man has a soul that will live in the spiritual world after his biological death in this world. 

Therefore, there is no wonder that Eben Alexander III (1953 -), an American neurosurgeon and author, wrote a book on his near-death experience that happened in 2008 under medically-induced coma when treated for meningitis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Alexander_(author)).

"Alexander's second book, The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife, was published in October 2014, where he again asserted the existence of an afterlife and that consciousness is independent of the brain. Alexander framed his observations with quotations from spiritual teachers and paired them with the recent work of scientists with the aim of bridging religion and science." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Alexander_(author)#Proof_of_Heaven)

There are many people who experienced near-death-experiences in the world.  According to recent research, 40% of Americans have experienced near-death experiences at the point of death or under critical conditions.　Most of contents of their experiences include peaceful access to the spiritual world but they were told to return to this world and thus they were revived.  Interestingly, most of them did not face judgement by the God.

Anyway, as the critical era as to whether the mankind can be allowed to avoid the end of the world seems to come closer in the 21st century, information on near-death experiences, Heaven and the hell, the God and Satan, etc. must be all the more focused on.  More and more people should be given such information by the God, Angels, etc. 　　

In my view, Satan should also interfere with this trend, sending false prophets and sorcerers with evil spirits.  People should be confused or brainwashed with wrong images of the spiritual world.  Otherwise, some people should all the more stick to atheism. 

However, as everyone believes that he has a mind in addition to his physical body, there is no wonder that there is the spiritual world outside the physical world where we are living. 

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Mark 4, King James Version
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

"I that speak unto thee am he" - Corona-Pandemic Came from Cupidities

 

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Corona-Pandemic Came from Cupidities

According to Emanuel Swedenborg (8 February 1688 – 29 March 1772), a Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic, who became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758), diseases of human beings can be explained as follows:

CONCERNING DISEASES. ((All diseases, with man, exist from no other source [than that just described], and very many only from cupidities, as for instance, from excessive indulgence of various vices, and from the number of them, as from the various bodily delights from lascivious practices, and from anxiety about the future. These are the real causes of all diseases. Nor is death itself from any other source, than by reason of sin. These things vitiate the blood: when this is vitiated, they obstruct and choke up the very small vessels - wherefore diseases break out. Hence it is that diseases correspond to those spheres which are from hell. If mankind had lived in a state of good, then a man would wane, even to the utmost feebleness of age; and then, when the body could no longer minister to the internal man, that man would pass away from its earthly body, without disease.)) (

https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/spiritual-diary-ebook.html, 4592)

Although he did not especially mention infectious diseases by viruses, all diseases must include such infectious diseases.  It is not clear how infectious diseases by viruses are related to human cupidities such as desires for wealth or carnal desires, but this corona-pandemic was generated in the world seeking for wealth and worldly pleasures. 

If the mankind had been engaged in pursuing justice, welfare, promotion of peace and environment preservation, and love of humanity, they should have put all resources to disease eradication and succeeded in creating veritable panaceas or medical treatments.

The the total amount for medical expenses in the world in 2016 was about 7.5 trillion dollars, while total amount of military spending in the world in 2019 was about 1.9 trillion dollars.  In addition, the market scale of entertainment service and leisure industries in the world is about 1.5 trillion dollars; and the total market scales of food and beverage industries in major 34 countries in 2015 was about 8 trillion dollars.

Therefore, the mankind are spending medical expenses almost equal to costs for foods and beverages and twice larger than military and entertainment expenses combined.

However, to conquer all diseases, it seems necessary to cut military and entertainment expenses as much as possible and further introduce more healthy foods and beverages.  And, more importantly, men should adapt a new religion, philosophy, and mind sets on their life to decrease material cupidities as much as possible.  　

Diseases ultimately lead to death.  In this sense, diseases must be handled spiritually.  And to clean up and purify the environment where diseases are generated, men should be first sublimed.   For this purpose, reading Swedenborg might be useful, as reference, as well as the Bible, since he saw the spiritual world while living in this world. 

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John 4, King James Version
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

"those which were possessed with devils" - No Religions Accept Fatal Viruses

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No Religions Accept Fatal Viruses

It is 1,000 years ago that the Japanese Buddhism entered into a new era setting a frame work leading to today's Japanese spiritual paradigm.

Genshin (942 – July 6, 1017), also known as Eshin Sōzu , was the most influential of a number of scholar-monks of the Buddhist Tendai sect active during the tenth and eleventh centuries in Japan. Genshin, who was trained in both esoteric and exoteric teachings, wrote a number of treatises pertaining to the increasingly popular Pure Land Buddhism from a Tendai viewpoint, but his magnum opus, the Ōjōyōshū ("Essentials of Birth in the Pure Land") had considerable influence on later Pure Land teachers such as Honen and Shinran. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genshin) 

It was the pre-Crusader era in Europe when the Caliphate of Córdoba, an Islamic state, ruled by the Umayyad dynasty in Iberia collapsed.  In this period, as a Danish prince, Cnut won the throne of England in 1016, in the wake of centuries of Viking activity in northwestern Europe.

Buddhism was imported to Japan through China and Korea before the 6th century and adopted by the Imperial court, encouraging building of Buddhist temples in Nara, Kyoto, etc., but the religion was mostly revered, studied, and practiced by noble people and elites of Japan.  But, around 10th century, many monks started to make Buddhism prevail in ordinary people in society.  Genshin was one of such progressive monks.

Genshin is still well known as a pioneer monk who contributed to foundation of Pure Land Buddhism that is still a major sect of Buddhism among Japanese people.  So, images about Heaven and the hell for Japanese people of today are still based on Genshin's Ojoyoshu.

To write the Ojoyoshu, Genshin studied various Buddhist sutras and collected descriptions about the pure land and the hell, which he introduced in the Ojoyoshu.  Those descriptions about the pure land and the hell were a kind of real, and people believed the content of the book, whose influence can be even seen today.  The book, the Ojoyoshu, was introduced to China to help revival of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty of China. 

In the Ojoyoshu, Genshin encouraged people to chant the name of the Buddha while imaging the state of the pure land.  He also encouraged people to do good in order to be admitted into the pure land.  Even a sinful man could be accepted in the pure land only if he repented and prayed to the Buddha.  It is not known how Genshin himself saw the pure land and the hell, but his description was compelling. 

Even today, images a Japanese would see in his near-death experience are mostly influenced by the content of the Ojoyoshu or by contents of Japanese Buddhist sects in the 'Jodo' line based on the Ojoyoshu.

So, the paradigm of Christian Heaven and hell and the encouragement of good in Christianity can be easily understood by Japanese, since they are parallel with the images of the pure land and the hell and teachings depicted by Genshin 1,000 years ago.  

If a Japanese thinks that Heaven and the hell or the spiritual world exists, it is not only because he blindly accepts Christian teachings, but it is because he can find similar teachings and images in traditional Japanese Buddhism.  Therefore, it is likely that Heaven and the hell or the spiritual world exists, although Buddhism regards the Buddha as the highest personality both in this world and in the spiritual world.

In addition, the concept of Satan or Evil One is also found in the Japanese Buddhism as a false god that hinders people from accepting and following the Buddha.

As the crisis leading to the end of the world is near nowadays, the God should invoke spiritual tradition of every tribe and religion in the earth so that the mankind can conquer the crisis and survive for future centuries.  And, it is lucky that Japan as a member of leading G7 countries share a similar concept on Heaven and the hell with other members that are all Christian.

Anyway, no religions accept fatal viruses that would cause the hell in the earth.

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Matthew 4, King James Version
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

"Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh" - The Corona-Pandemic, a Warning just before the Preparatory Period prior to the Crucial Year of 2070

 

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The Corona-Pandemic, a Warning just before the Preparatory Period prior to the Crucial Year of 2070

In 1995, Japan suffered a big earthquake around Kobe City, west of Osaka and Kyoto, resulting in more than 6,000 deaths.

In 2011, Japan suffered again a big earthquake and huge tsunamis around Sendai City and the Fukushima Prefecture, north east of Tokyo, resulting in more than 20,000 deaths and missing persons in addition to the Fukushima Nuclear accident. 

In 2020, Japan was attacked by the corona-pandemic, resulting in about 9,000 deaths and postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which is still going on as of April 2021.  

It is 16 years from 1995 to 2011, and 9 years from 2011 to 2020.  So, it is assumed that another tragedy might happen in 2024, since it would be 4 years from 2020 to 2024.  Indeed, 16 is a square of 4, 9 is a square of 3, and 4 is a square of 2.  The series of crises in Japan looks like following the series of year gaps in squares of 4, 3, and 2.

In my view, the end of the century still continues since 1995 for Japan.  For the U.S., the end of the century seems to have started around 2001 with the 9/11 Attacks.  And, the U.S. underwent the 2007/2008 Financial Crisis and the 2020 corona-pandemic.  It is 7 years from 2001 to 2008 and 13 years from 2007 to 2020.  The series of crises in the U.S. looks like following a series of prime numbers in terms of the years interval.  Therefore, the U.S. might face a more critical crisis around 2039, since it is 19 years from 2020 to 2039 in a series of 7, 13, and 19.

For comparison with the 1st century when Christ Jesus first appeared in the human world, in AD 24 Christ Jesus was about 28, being prepared for His mission prior to being Baptized in the Jordan, and in AD 39, after the crucifixion and ascendance to Heaven of Christ Jesus, Paul had been converted on the way to Damascus and already started his mission.

So, between 2024 and 2039, Christ Jesus might come the second time and perform His second mission in this world, although we might not be able to realize it.

But, around 2070, a clear catastrophe to the world, such as WWIII, might happen, since the destruction of Jerusalem through the Roman-Jewish War happened in AD 70, which is 50 years later from now.

And, if the God decides to forgive and save the mankind, the human history should be allowed to continue through the 22nd century and thereafter, though, with a new mindset or notion about the God or the relationship between the God and men. 

In this context, this corona-pandemic might be an episode or a warning just before the preparatory period prior to the crucial event around 2070.   

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John 4, King James Version
19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

"To preach the acceptable year of the Lord" - Please Forgive our Sins and Save us from this Pandemic!

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Please Forgive our Sins and Save us from this Pandemic!

The God said to Moses:
14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you. (Exodus 3, King James Version)

If we trust in the Bible, the God actually spoke to Moses about 3300 years ago, saying that He described Himself as somebody that could exist only due to Himself alone. 

Everything and everyman that exist can only exist due to certain appropriate preceding conditions.  Everything exists due to certain appropriate physical or natural conditions.  Everyone exists due to certain appropriate biological and spiritual conditions.  But the God's existence does not owe itself to anything but itself or the God Himself.  Existence of anything depends on the God or His intention to allow such existence.   In this context, the God is equivalent to existence in logic or discussion.  

Above the concept of existence or non-existence, there must be some ascendant concept that the mankind cannot still understand.  And the God must be originally there.  It means that the God does not have to even exist, since He is above existence.  But the word "I am" implies that He decided to exist for Himself and execute the power of existence.

If this material universe had not been created about 13.7 billion years ago, which means that no mankind could be also created 250,000 years ago, the God should exit or more than exist.

With continuation of development of man's science, the mankind may understand and explicate all the wonders, mysteries and secrets of what can exist, but it must be theoretically impossible for us to know the full aspects of the God who is also above existence.

We think that the God somewhat resembles us, and thus we often think that the God should save us immediately if He finds we are at risk, in danger, or in a trouble.  If we have faith in the God, He should surely save us, but He might save us in a way and manner we cannot understand.  For example, He might not save our life in this world, but He might decide and plan to accept us in Heaven after our life in this world.

Therefore, men with faith in the God are not afraid of the corona-virus and other fatal disease germs and viruses.

In addition, traditionally it is thought that the God is the highest good.  We might have to think of the God from this point of view other than the point that the God has the power to save us in a predicament such as a pandemic.  

And in that case, we must have a wonder if the God would save us without a higher level of goodness or virtue the God should expect.  Indeed, it looks sure that the God would surely save the mankind from any pandemic immediately if all the mankind are good enough to rejoice the God who is also the highest good.  

Finally, all we can do is still pray to the God, saying, "Please forgive our sins and save us from this pandemic!"        

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Luke 4, King James Version
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent" - Some Significant Crisis should Happen in 2038, 2054, and 2072

 

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Some Significant Crisis should Happen in 2038, 2054, and 2072

It is reasonable to check what happened when Christ Jesus first appeared in the human world 2000 years ago, since 2000 years have already passed.

6 AD Herod Archelaus deposed by Augustus; Samaria, Judea and Idumea annexed as Iudaea Province under direct Roman administration, capital at Caesarea. Quirinius became Legate (Governor) of Syria, conducted Census of Quirinius, opposed by Zealots (JA18, Luke 2:1–3, Acts 5:37)

7–26 Brief period of peace, relatively free of revolt and bloodshed in Iudaea and Galilee

9 Pharisee leader Hillel the Elder dies, temporary rise of Shammai

14–37 Tiberius, Roman Emperor

18–36 Caiaphas, appointed High Priest of Herod's Temple by Prefect Valerius Gratus, deposed by Syrian Legate Lucius Vitellius

19 Jews, Jewish proselytes, astrologers, expelled from Rome

26–36 Pontius Pilate, Prefect (governor) of Iudaea, recalled to Rome by Syrian Legate Vitellius on complaints of excess violence (JA18.4.2)

28 or 29 John the Baptist begins his ministry in the "15th year of Tiberius" (Luke 3:1–2), saying: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (Matthew 3:1–2), a relative of Jesus (Luke 1:36), a Nazirite (Luke 1:15), baptized Jesus (Mark 1:4–11), later arrested and beheaded by Herod Antipas (Luke 3:19–20), it is possible that, according to Josephus' chronology, John was not killed until 36 (JA18.5.2)

Jesus begins his ministry after his baptism by John and during the rule of Pilate, preaching: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (Matthew 4:12–17). 

While the historicity of the gospel accounts is questioned to some extent by some critical scholars and non-Christians, the traditional view states the following chronology for his ministry: Temptation, Sermon on the Mount, Appointment of the Twelve, Miracles, Temple Money Changers, Last Supper, Arrest, Trial, Passion, Crucifixion on Nisan 14th (John 19:14, Mark 14:2, Gospel of Peter) or Nisan 15th (Synoptic Gospels), entombment by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, Resurrection by God and Resurrection appearances of Jesus to Mary Magdalene and other women (Mark 16:9, John 20:10–18), Simon Peter (Luke 24:34), and others, (1Cor.15:3–9), Great Commission, Ascension, Second Coming Prophecy to fulfill the rest of Messianic prophecy such as the Resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgment, and establishment of the Kingdom of God and the Messianic Age.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Christianity)

Especially, about the crucifixion of Christ Jesus:

Scholars have provided estimates in the range 30–33 AD, with Rainer Riesner stating that "the fourteenth of Nisan (7 April) of the year A.D. 30 is, apparently in the opinion of the majority of contemporary scholars as well, far and away the most likely date of the crucifixion of Jesus." Another preferred date among scholars is Friday, April 3, 33 AD.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus#Chronology) 

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the U.S. has experienced the following major events:

2001: September 11 attacks in New York City; Washington, D.C.

2008: Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President and the 1st African American President of the United States.

2020: The corona-pandemic generated in China attacked the U.S., taking out almost a half million Americans.

By analogy with the first century, we are thought to be still in the brief period of peace.  However, we may face a drastic event as the era comes closer to 2030s when some potentially sacred and significant movement should happen, although it might not be the Second Coming of Christ Jesus but it must be an auspice of the drastic event. 

Indeed, after 60 AD:

66–73 First Jewish–Roman War: destruction of Herod's Temple and end of Judaism according to Supersessionism; Qumran community (site of Dead Sea Scrolls found in 1947) destroyed...

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Christianity)   

It is 7 years from 2001 to 2008, and 19 years from 2001 to 2020; therefore 37 years after 2001, that is 2038, 53 years after 2001, that is 2054, and 71 years after 2001, that is 2072 might be critical, since these intervals are of primary numbers. 

If Americans and other peoples do not fully repent, some significant crisis should happen in 2038, 2054, and 2072 with a more catastrophic event more devastating than the corona-pandemic.

As Christianity grew and expanded after the First Jewish-Roman War (66-73), the new era of the mankind based on the right and legitimate belief in the God should start over those difficult years in the 21st century, if the mankind are allowed to further develop and prosper through the next 2000 years.  And, we may need the Second Coming of Christ Jesus for this proceeding.

Indeed, only the power of Christ Jesus should defeat any fatal viruses that might be generated by some evil and mad people in the future.  We had better reflect on our vulnerability against some biological threats such as viruses.  Otherwise, robots without biological vulnerability might take over the world from humans.            

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Matthew 4, King James Version
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

"Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not" - Repent and Repair Defects of this Civilization so Vulnerable to Viruses

 

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Repent and Repair Defects of this Civilization so Vulnerable to Viruses

There are 7 billion (7 x 10^9) people in this world.  Each man has 37 trillion (37 x 10^12) cells.  And each human cells is supposed to have 10^14 atoms.  Finally, (7 x 10^9) x (37 x 10^12) x 10^14 or 259 x 10^35 (2.59 x 10^37) atoms work in men in the earth.  And, it is thought that all these atoms are the same in their structure and functions.  Or, more than 10 to the 37th power of atoms in this earth are used to make human beings, and all these atoms are the same.

If this universe was created by chance, it must be impossible to allow 7 billion people to live and exist with same 37 trillion human cells, each consisting of 10^14 atoms, although with some variations in terms of their functions controlled by genes and DNA in these cells.

This universe is systematically and scientifically built without mentioning human bodies, cells, and atoms inside them.

The possibility that this well harmonized and sophisticatedly built universe and human beings are created by chance as a result of random trials must be almost zero or zero as much possible as tomorrow will never come on April 15, 2021.   

So, it is natural and reasonable that somebody had planned and designed creation of this universe and human beings, and this somebody must be called the God but not Satan. 

By the way, if all the human beings died of corona-viruses, Satan could not find any souls to brainwash and make betray the God.  So, Satan should not annihilate human beings but want people to love and pursue money and wealth more than the God.  But, the God might put the end to the human history to stop Satan from interfering with God's plan for human beings if He gets angry enough at Satan and human beings.   

However, the God would not so easily exterminate the human beings as He had created this universe and the mankind in such a refined and elaborated manner, although it might be a very easy trial for Him but it has give a chance to Satan to interfere with His some sacred plan.  What's more, He sent His Son to the human world for His love to the mankind.  It is unthinkable that the God cruelly intended to exterminate the mankind with this corona-pandemic in the early 21st century.

However, this estimation does not mean that the God is not angry at human beings for their rotten civilization, so that the God might try to persuade the mankind to repent and change their way to run and manage their civilization.

Indeed, the human civilization is still vulnerable to viruses, which means something is wrong in the current human civilization, so that we have to repent and repair defects of this civilization. 

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John 4, King James Version
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

"Know ye not this parable?" - 67 Generations have Passed since Christ Jesus with Corona-Virus Warning

 

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67 Generations have Passed since Christ Jesus with Corona-Virus Warning

According to Christ Jesus, 25% of people are ready for following Satan.  Another 25% of people opt for the worldly matters and systems more than God's words.  Another 25% of people love the riches and success in the world more than God's words.  And the remaining 25% of people love God's words to follow the God and set an example of followers of the God, influencing 100% of people in the next generation.

If this series of selection of people continues, there are always 25% of people in any generation who accept God's words and follow the God, although 75% of people in any generation do not accept or hold God's words to follow Him.

In this context, we had better think that only one among four people is allowed to enter into Heaven but other three go to the hell.  Or, four people will be divided into two groups.  And each group consisting of two is divided to two or separately.  And only one in a specific group is allowed to enter into Heaven.

The reasons why three of four people cannot enter into Heaven, but one in four can are (1) Satan directly brainwashes one, (2) the worldly power controlled by Satan dominates another, and (3) worldly desires pushed by Satan capture another, but (4) inherent love for the God makes the remaining one follow the God and help the mankind continue to survive. 

In other words, without god-loving 25% of people in the world, the mankind should perish.

So, it is recommended to teach children that three of four people they will meet in society would surely be condemned to the hell, but one in four might be allowed to Heaven.  The reasonable advice to good children is that a majority of people are bad, and a half of a half of all might be not so bad.

Even in the case of Christ Jesus, only a few among 12 disciples helped next generations carry the faith in the God and Christ Jesus through the Gospels.  And, 2000 years after the era of the direst mission by Christ Jesus, things do not seem to be much improved.  Or, the ratio of believers might be getting deteriorated.            

From a different view, 2000 years mean almost 67 generation of the mankind.  And faith is found only in 25% among every generation; therefore this succession of 25% through 67 generations results in 4.6 x 10 to the power of minus 41 or 4.6 x 10^(-41).

Indeed, as the world population is almost seven billion, 7 x 10 to the power of 9, or 7 x 10^9, the purity of faith must be almost 10 to the power of minus 32 or 10^(-32), which is almost nil or zero.  Consequently, it is no wonder that the God might put the end to the human history.

Conversely, if the corona-virus loses its harming power at the ratio of 25% per infection, it should be almost harmless after 67 generations of its continued existence.  Put imply, after infection to 67 people, the virus should lose its harming power.  If it takes two weeks for one infection (or one person), in 134 weeks or 2.8 years this pandemic should be ended.  So, this corona-pandemic must continue from January 2020 to September 2022.

Indeed, when everyone dies, no evil should exist in this world.  If the God wants Satan to be completely destroyed with extermination of the mankind, the human history might be said to have been doomed to finish at the proper time the God had originally set.  Anyway, 67 generations have passed, the time might really come.  We had better read the Bible as the corona-pandemic must be a warning.     

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Mark 4, King James Version
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

"the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain" - Wealth Making Men Blindly Content Leads to Fatal Crisis such as Corona-Pandemic

 

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Wealth Making Men Blindly Content Leads to Fatal Crisis such as Corona-Pandemic

If anybody of today met Satan who told them to give any wealth, success, and reputation only if he revered and followed Satan, probably he would accept and follow Satan to be rich and happy. 

Not believing in existence of the God, Satan, Heaven, the hell, etc. should not assure that such a person would reject such an offer of Satan who might disguise itself as a Lady Luck.

This issue has become so critical nowadays as the mankind have become so rich after 2000 years since the first appearance of Christ Jesus. 

(https://www.visualcapitalist.com/2000-years-economic-history-one-chart/)

The increase in wealth of the mankind suggests realization of not only rich life but a dangerous world.  It should be supported by development of science and technology.  The mankind should surely acquire dangerous weapons and other means strong enough to destroy the human civilization.  And this corona-pandemic suggests a possibility of biological weapons.

Development of medical science and biological science would surely bring about improvement of human health and welfare.  But, it might also accelerate danger of development of biological weapons or wrong application of such technology to the human body.

Although today men cannot yet create effective medicines to suppress any wrong viruses, such medicines, if any, must have unseen adverse effects.  Or men might find a way to handle human genes or DNA to be free from dangers such viruses should cause.  But such handling of human genes or DNA would lead to unforgivable interference with biological conditions of human beings. 

Now the mankind have obtained wealth over restriction set by Christ Jesus.  This level of wealth can be only obtained by selling men's souls to Satan, which Christ Jesus did not.  Based on such wealth, men should create dangerous technologies.  For example, as stated, the mankind might start to handle genes or DNA, which might lead to biological crisis if used by evil men or terrorists.  The mankind might develop computer systems that can efficiently handle monetary economy with a possibility of global economic destruction if used by evil men or terrorists.

So, today with this dangerous level of wealth, any crisis can happen.  And, this corona-pandemic is a warning.  It is symbolic that this pandemic was first generated in China getting rich with its GDP increasing.

With unforgivable wealth and success, men would have a desire to be further richer by use of their wealth, in which they would break restrictions set by the God.  In this scenario, men would finally face an unexpected tragedy, which means that the end of the world should come.

This pandemic, where tiny viruses generated in China have attacked the global civilization in such a large scale, is really a warning to the mankind whose wealth has explosively increased in these centuries.        

The fatal crisis or the end of the world should really come when and where people, being content with and blind due to their wealth, never dream of it, like none could expect the corona-pandemic in 2020.

  

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Matthew 4, King James Version

7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

"Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey" - Not Fighting Satan must Mean Betraying the God

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Not Fighting Satan must Mean Betraying the God

It is true that Christ Jesus talked about fear of death, soul, and the hell:

Matthew 10, King James Version

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

His words also imply existence of the God and Heaven.

Followers of Christ Jesus is enemies of Satan who hates the God and Christ Jesus.  Accordingly Satan tries to kill followers of Christ Jesus.  But it cannot kill the souls of the followers of Christ Jesus.  However, the God or Christ Jesus can destroy bodies and souls of followers of Satan in the hell to erase their existence and annihilate them.  And Christ Jesus would say that they should not have been born.

This might look like a fantasy, but to believe in Christ Jesus and the Bible means to believe his words.

Conversely, if we follow Christ Jesus and get saved by Him, our bodies and souls should be allowed into Heaven. 

However, Heaven is not a material world like the hell is not.  We cannot see the God and Heaven in the same manner we see material things and phenomena.  Even when we die, we can preserve our souls.  Even Satan can stop our souls from entering into Heaven.  We, each, will have the spiritual body and soul after death.  Even Satan cannot kill our souls, but the God can destroy bodies and souls of followers of Satan in the hell.  

So, if men could actually see the spiritual world, they should all follow the God and leave Satan because of the fear of being annihilated by the God in the hell.  However, it seems that the God does not want men to see the real states in the hell and accordingly follow Him due to the fear.  But the God seems to see us follow Him without seeing the actual states in the hell.

Those who can live forever in Heaven and others who are destroyed to be nothing in the hell are very different.  Followers of the God and other followers of Satan are very different.  The God and Satan are very different from each other.   Heaven and the hell are so different from each other.

The important issue is that Christ Jesus recommends us to fear the God.  If we are not 100% completely following the words of the God, we cannot claim that the God should love us, save us, and give us happiness, fortunes, and money.  Instead, we should think that the God might be angry at us because of our insufficient belief.

Indeed, we have no qualification and right to demand good treatment from the God.  We have nothing to offer to the God in exchange.  But, as Satan is an enemy of the God, our fighting Satan must please the God.  So, Christ Jesus said not to be afraid of Satan but have fear of God.

In this context, the God might have created men as Its soldiers in fight against Satan.  So, not fighting Satan must mean betraying the God.  If we love money more than the God as we are brainwashed by Satan, we should be annihilated to be nothing in the hell.    

This is a reasonable understanding of the words of Christ Jesus.      

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John 4, King James Version
6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

"as he sowed, some fell by the way side" - God's World, the Spiritual World, and the Human World

 

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God's World,  the Spiritual World, and the Human World

The most important issue for the mankind is whether the God can control everything in the human world as He wishes.  For example, if He can do, the God can at any time put the end to the corona-pandemic.  Or the God might have caused this pandemic for some reason.  Then all the mankind should do is to pray and ask the God to terminate this pandemic.

Based on the ideology of non-nonsense religions, such as Christianity, the God can do, since those religions are based on the belief that the God is almighty and is the Creator of the physical world and the spiritual world.  At least, in the Bible, it is written that the God can do anything the mankind cannot do.

In my view, the God had existed before anything that can exist started to exist due to the power of the God.  Or, from a human point of view, we might say that everything that can exist actually exists as the God wishes so.  Conversely, if the God had not wanted to exist, nothing should have started to exist.  The God is above existence.  He does not need to exist, but for certain reasons, He decided to exist.  And, subsequently, Angels started to exit, Heaven started to exist, the spiritual world started to exist, the physical world started to exit, the university started to exit, the stars started to exist, the earth started to exist, the living things started to exit, and finally the human beings started to exist with their minds that are linked to the spiritual world, in addition to Satan, devils, demos, evil spirits, the hell, etc.  And, most importantly, the human history started to exit, where the Son of the God came to appear 2000 years ago.  

Of course, everyone of the human beings exists doe to this power of the God.  None exists due to his own power, capacity, or ability but by the power of the God or due to His intention.

It is easily understood that the nature moves as the God determined: the stars and the molecules move as the God wishes.  But, it is a little difficult that the human world and the minds of people can be controlled by the God.  Or the human history or any one's life can be controlled by the God.

However, the human world is based on the mass of the minds of all the people.  And every one has the free will.  Yet, it is not inconsistent that the God can control the human world and human minds and every one has freedom of thought and action.

If the  mankind finds reasons why the God has given freedom of thought and action to everyone, while the God can control the human world and everybody, they might simply try to follow the will and intention of the God.

Most importantly, it seems that Satan hates the God while it understands the reason why the God gives freedom of thought and action to the mankind in addition to Satan.  Anyway, Christ Jesus said to love the God as much as possible but not to be loved by the God as much as possible.  We have to love the God, but not to try to be loved by the God as much as possible, although we should be surely loved by the God if we love the God as much as possible.   

While we live in this human and material world, the spiritual world is a mystery.  But if we live in the spiritual world, God's world might be still a mystery, assuming that God's world is above the spiritual world that is above the human and material world. 

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Mark 4, King James Version
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

"I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him" - With the Faith like Immunity and Vaccine

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With the Faith like Immunity and Vaccine

If you are the only Jewish man in a Christian country, you might be afraid of being attacked by Christians around you, since you do not admit that Christ Jesus is the God.  But if you are the only Christian man in a Jewish country, you might be afraid of being attacked by Jewish people, since you believe that Christ Jesus is the God, which Jewish people deny.   

If you are the only white man in a black country, you might be afraid of being attacked by black people; if your are the only black man in a white country, you might be afraid of being attacked by white people.

If you are the only Chinese man in the U.S., you might be afraid of being attacked by Americans; if you are the only American man in China, you might be afraid of being attacked by Chinese.

Indeed, being only one person with a specific feature in an environment where no others share the same specific feature is dangerous even in terms of religion, race, and nationality.

However, how dangerous you are, if you are the only follower of the God, in an environment where all the others are followers of Satan.  In this context, the words of Christ Jesus should be understood:

"Luke 10: 3: Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves."

When wolves, namely followers of Satan find a lamb, that is, a follower of the God, they would attack and kill the lamb.  And, indeed, Christ Jesus was killed, though only for three days, by followers of Satan, in the shapes of Jewish and Roman authority 2000 years ago.

So, Christ Jesus knew how dangerous it was for a follower of the God to live in a society where all the citizens are only followers of Satan.  And, if there is no possibility that any followers of Satan in a city would repent and leave Satan, the God should immediately send a multitude of Angels of Death to the society to destroy it.

But the fact that Christ Jesus sent his followers to this world meant that there was a possibility that some followers of Satan would repent and leave Satan when they heard words of the God or Christ Jesus.  

If you are the only healthy person in corona-virus contaminated country, you might be afraid of being attacked by corona-viruses possessed by others.  And, if you are the only God believing person in a country controlled by Satan, you might be afraid of being attacked by other followers of Satan.  

Now, 2000 years after Christ Jesus, in democratic countries based on teachings of Christ Jesus, you can live in peace and safety, if you have a different religion, different color of skins, and different nationality.  You might not be afraid even of being attacked corona-viruses, since vaccination and other medical measures should be there widely provided.

But, wherever you may go in this world on the earth, an overwhelming majority of people around you might be followers or quasi-followers of Satan, while true followers of the God or Christ Jesus must be less that 10%.  So, we have to still remember the words of Christ Jesus: wolves are everywhere while you are lambs.  But, there are other encouraging words in the Bible: whoever upset you will be punished by the God.        

Finally, we have to go and live in the world where Satan has still an influence, following Christ Jesus, with the faith like immunity and vaccine. 

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John 3, King James Version
26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

"the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's" - Jesus Surrounded by Enemies Worse than Coronaviruses

 

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Jesus Surrounded by Enemies Worse than Coronaviruses

Not all the actions Christ Jesus did in His everyday life are recorded in the Gospels.  Not all the words Christ Jesus spoke are recorded in the Gospels.  And, not all the attacks Satan made to Christ Jesus are also recorded. 

Christ Jesus described in the Gospels was just walking, giving insight of life and the world, preaching about love of the God, teaching how to pray to the God, praying to the God, healing the sick, showing compassion to the poor, and fighting Satan.

He never relished a joke, enjoyed His meal, and talked about foods, clothes, places to rest, rumors about certain people, gossips and small talks, how to gain money and even what He was truly.  And, more importantly Christ Jesus never talked about His family.

So, we might be allowed to wonder what He was doing and what He was thinking in His everyday life.

First of all, Christ Jesus knew that He was under attack by Satan, its devils, the Jewish authority, opposite priests of Judaism, and people brainwashed by Satan.  He must have been aware that spies and betrayers were everywhere, so that He must have been mostly silent.

On the other hand, what were the enemies of Christ Jesus doing except sending spies and betrayers around Him?  Christ Jesus was regarded as an enemy of the Jewish authority, Jewish priests, and Roman troops occupying Israel at the time.  They must have checked His family backgrounds, professional relationships, friends, and enemies.  They must have tried to buy or bribe some of His families, friends, and followers without mentioning Judas of Iscariot.

The consequences of their efforts against Christ Jesus might be even today seen among Jewish people.  And it should be reflected on the Gospels, so that people who became opposite to Christ Jesus due to Satan's efforts were omitted in the Gospels except Judas of Iscariot, etc.  In this context, it is assumed that Christ Jesus was betrayed by more people, including His families, friends, etc., than those described in the Gospels.  The Gospels should depict Christ Jesus narrowly avoiding attacks from everywhere in His human relationships, although they presented Christ Jesus peacefully and safely walking, talking, and preaching.  Christ Jesus was in the middle of battles with enemies sent by Satan.  

Therefore, we may understand why the Gospels do not describe Christ Jesus joking, laughing, and relaxing.  And there is no wonder if most of His families, personal friends, business associates, etc. sold out Him, so that there are no detailed descriptions about them in the Gospels.  

For example, even if Christ Jesus had had a wife or a girl friend, she might have sold Him, so that we may be allowed to think that there are no descriptions of Jesus' wife or girl friend as a result.  And that may be why there are no detailed descriptions of His physical father, brothers, sisters, and cousins and nieces except John the Baptist.  And in this case, compared with those hidden betrayers, the sin of Judas might be lighter.       

Put simply, the Gospels do not report how Christ Jesus was daily harassed, annoyed, and afflicted by evil people brainwashed and used by Satan as its subordinates for attacking Christ Jesus.   And those evil people might include His family members, friends, etc. whom the Gospels do not describe.

In this context, 50% of people who were close to Christ Jesus or who encountered with Christ Jesus might have been brainwashed and used by Satan as its subordinates for attacking Christ Jesus.  Enemies of Christ Jesus must be everywhere.  Christ Jesus must have been living all the time in circumstances surrounded by enemies worse than corona-viruses.  

But, the Gospels are presenting Christ Jesus as if He had been living in peace time for a certain care, so that even children can read the Bible.  We should not think that Christ Jesus preached in a leisurely setting and in an easy state.  He must have been always aware that Satan was waiting for its chance to harm or kill Him.  So, there must be more secrets in the Gospels yet uncovered.

 

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1 Corinthians 3, King James Version
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

"Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened" - Danger for the Mankind after the Corona-Pandemic

 

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Danger for the Mankind after the Corona-Pandemic 

According an old story related to Buddhism, complied about four centuries before the era of Christ Jesus, a field rat who was the Buddha in his previous life destroyed a wild dog that killed and ate other field rats.  

In certain woods, there was a wild dog who tried to gather field rats to eat them.  For this purpose, he pretend to be a saint.  So, he stood on his two legs instead of four.  When field rats saw the wild dog, they asked why he stood on two legs.  He answered that he was reducing the burden of the earth supporting his weight, because two legs instead of four would give less weights on the earth.

So, all the field rats thought that the wild dog was a saint and came to see him everyday.  But when they went back home in the evening, the wild dog attacked the last one of the field rats leaving for their homes and ate it.  Day after day, the number of field rats decreased.  So, the field rat who was the Buddha in his previous life suspected what had happened to those lost field rats.  

One day, he decided to leave the wild dog on his two legs as the last one.  And, the wild dog attacked the Buddha in life of a field rat.  The field rat found that the wild dog was just a pretender, so that the field rat struck back at the wild dog to bite it to death.  Although it is a little bloody, the story tells that the Buddha, as a field rat in one of his previous lives, killed an evil wild dog to save other field rats.

So, even centuries before the era of Christ Jesus in India far from Palestine, people knew that there was a false saint or Satan pretending to be a saint to gather people with a trick to kill them.

In the Bible, there is warning to a false prophet who would give false warning to people:
Matthew 24
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.         

Although nobody seems to have predicted this occurrence of the corona-pandemic,  if there had been any pundit who had predicted this pandemic before 2020, people might have been easily handled according to his intention as such a man must have gained a reputation.

However, after this corona-pandemic, people would be more afraid of another pandemic than before.  They might be psychologically unstable and get easily duped by false prophets, evil politicians, etc. offering false solutions to people's anxieties.  And, if Christ Jesus does not come as the second time to destroy them, people might be drawn to real danger of losing their souls.

Anyway, this corona-pandemic would open a new era where the fate of the mankind should get at stake.  Even after the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Hitler emerged, results of which people still do not forget.       

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Luke 3, King James Version
18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.