"Jesus spake of his death" - Most of Rich Men Go to the Hell from the Spirit World after Death

 

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Most of Rich Men Go to the Hell from the Spirit World after Death

It seems that one in thousand is to have near-death experiences, which is however smaller than the number of people infected by the corona virus. 

Their reports on their near-death experiences match the description about the spirit world by Swedenborg, an 18th century psychic who was allowed by Christ Jesus to see the afterworld while living in this world.

However, those who had near-death experiences just took access to the entrance to the spirit world.  They did not see the whole status of the the afterlife that comprises of the spirit world, Heaven, and the hell.  It is said that the spirit world is much more beautiful and clearer than this world.  So, they seemed to take it as Heaven.  Accordingly, their reports on near-death experiences are often taken as the proof that both the good and the evil will enter into Heaven alike.  However, according to Swedenborg, souls that have entered into the spirit world are separated between those going to Heaven and others going to the hell.  Therefore, the reports by those having near-death experiences just reveal the status of the spirit world before Heaven and the hell.

Swedenborg wrote that souls of evil men spontaneously choose the hell after death without being forced by the God.  The hell is not the place to punish evil men's souls for their sins after death in this world as some churches teach.  They choose and go to the hell from the spirit world on a voluntary base, since the hell looks so attractive to them.  Indeed, in the hell, there are no laws, worldly restrictions, and need to think much of the public image; in other words, souls of evil men can do evil as much as they like.  Accordingly, they will be 1,000 times or more violent, satanic, and harmful.  They execute their evil power to others who have also come to the hell from the spirit world after death.  Attacking one another with evil force and intent is a common practice in the hell, which also means suffering from others' attacks is also a common state in the hell.

Probably, in a near-death experience, the soul of a dying man must not see evil souls living in the hell, so that it thinks that the afterlife is so beautiful like a kind of Heaven.  Indeed, it is rare to find a near-death experience report that tells the horrible status of the hell.

Nonetheless, the spirit world is linked with the hell, so that evil spirits in the hell can come into the spirit world where spirits can sometimes communicate with souls of living men.  Therefore, it is dangerous for a living man to communicate with spirits in the spirit world, since an evil spirit can occupy the body of the living man through communications with him.  The evil spirit would try to destroy the man from the inside of his body and the mind after suppressing his soul.  For this reason, Swedenborg wrote that it was dangerous for a man to communicate with a spirit in the spirit world.  So, the spirit world is hidden from living people.  Swedenborg also wrote that if living men could see the spirit world, he would go insane.

Only those who have come so close to death to have near-death experiences or who have been allowed by Christ Jesus to see the spirit, like Swedenborg, should be able to safely see the spirit world.        

    

But, what is being evil, although Swedenborg simply wrote that evil men's spirits hate the light of the God?  They love violence, deceit, and dominating and harming others as well as seeing others suffering.

In my opinions, the state of being evil is represented by rich men who can be and continue to be rich while knowing other poor men suffering without money or being forced to reluctantly obey the rich men due to a lack of money.  In this context, being rich is tantamount to being evil.  Therefore, Christ Jesus said that rich men could not virtually enter into Heaven, which means that evil men could not bear the light of Heaven so that they chose to go to the hell. 

Nonetheless, Swedenborg wrote that he saw some rich men in Heaven.  And, it is thought that Swedenborg, an elite official and scholar of Sweden in the 18th century, was himself a kind of rich men.  Probably, those rich men happened to be or continue to be rich without knowing what states poor men were in.  Therefore, Christ Jesus did not say that poor men could not absolutely enter into Heaven, but for poor men to enter into Heaven is more difficult than a camel going through the eye of a needle.

That is why I am assured that most of rich men go to the hell from the spirit world after death in this world.       

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John 11, King James Version

10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

"the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force" - Warnings from Newton and Swedenborg

 

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Warnings from Newton and Swedenborg 

Swedenborg (1688-1772) who saw the spirit world or the afterlife while living in this world in the 18th century reported that he saw the spirit of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) in the afterlife and praised his sincerity.

Swedenborg wrote about the Last Judgment being conducted in the spirit world in 1757.  And he expected that this Last Judgment in the spirt world should affect the human society in this world centuries later.  On the other hand, Newton predicted after years of study on the Bible that the end of the world might start after 2060.

The 18th century is the time when the Scientific Revolution had already started and the Industrial Revolution is happening in England.  Swedenborg often traveled to England from Sweden to learn science and write his books on spirit matters.  His original writings are now kept in the British Museum.

According to Swedenborg, there have been the Last Judgment three times in the history both in the spirit world and the human world.  The fist happened when the Great Flood that Noah experienced occurred.  The second was when Christ Jesus first came to this world.  And the third occurred in the spirit world while Swedenborg was spiritually observing it.  Each Last Judgment was conducted to purify the spirit world and save good spirits from evil spirits.  They influenced the human world, too, although the human beings have not been exterminated. 

Anyway, the modern human society is supported by modern science and technology started with Newton and other scientists since the middle of the 17th century.  While science and technology has developed drastically without interruption to date, effect and influence of the Vatican, Protestant churches, etc. has dwindled.  In this environment, people have come to stick to material desires and forget spiritual matters.  People have come to regard everything spiritual and religious as superstition or a moral lesson.  But when near-death experiences were studied and reported publicly by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Raymond Moody, etc. after WWII, their books received a great response from public, since their works reminded them of importance of the spirit world and the afterlife apart from teachings of traditional religions.

Swedenborg and Newton were credible and responsible persons.  And, the human world today looks no better than a faithless world with so many people brainwashed by money and chasing material happiness in this world without regarding salvation of their souls in this world and the afterlife.  Therefore, the spirit world or the afterlife must be full of evil souls to whom greedy people have turned to after their deaths in this world.  As so many evil souls have come to the spirit world or the afterlife from this human world, the God should execute the Last Judgement sooner or later in this world like the way He conducted in the spirit world.  This Corona pandemic must be a warning to it.

According to Swedenborg, in the first Last Judgment, evil spirits that had come to emerge in the spirit world after the era of Adam were wiped away, and in the second Last Judgment the spirit world with full of evil spirits and Satan causing confusions there were suppressed by Christ Jesus.  In the third Last Judgment, it is said that bad influences from rotten and degraded churches and priests were cleared in the spirit world.

As today's worship of money and rampancy of materialism driven by modern capitalism and commercialism can be thought as a result of rotten and degraded churches and priests, the third Last Judgment is really needed in this world like it happened in 1757 in the spirit world.

We may see the result around 2060 as Newton predicted even if the human history is not ended due to the third Last Judgment.  As for my opinion based on inspiration, the near future will not be so tragic, but the remote future of the mankind looks dim.

Nonetheless, if we are accepted in Heaven through the spirit world after death in this world, we can get eternal life regardless of whatever status this human world will be in, according to Christ Jesus.     

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Matthew 11, King James Version

10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

"I send my messenger before thy face" - Eternal Life is the Most Valuable Thing

 

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Eternal Life is the Most Valuable Thing

Eternal life is the most valuable thing that men can obtain.  Even if his life in this world can be extended one more year, a rich and old man with a severe illness would pay one million dollar or more to a medical doctor, a man with super-natural power, a saint, etc. in charge.

But what is the eternal life?

46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life. (John 6)

17 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17)

Eternal life belongs to the God.  And, the God gave Christ Jesus the power to give eternal life to men.  And, eternal life means to know the God and Christ Jesus or it is given to a man when he sees the God and Christ Jesus.  But, Christ Jesus said that any man who believes in Him should be given eternal life.  This is one of core creeds of Christianity.

In addition, Swedenborg, an 18th century psychic, wrote that everybody's soul has eternal life since it had come from the God who had eternal life.  In deed, every report of men who had near-death experience showed that every soul could enter into the spirit world after death in this world.  So, it seems that everyone has eternal life in his soul that can live forever in the spirit world or the afterlife regardless of whether or not he believes in the God or Christ Jesus.

However, Swedenborg wrote that every soul that entered into the spirit world was requested there to enhance itself to ascend to upper levels closer to the God; evil spirits of evil men could also enter into the spirit world but they gathered themselves in places as far as the God to avoid the light of love and goodness emitted from the God, which was called the hells.

Nonetheless, the God has the power to destroy Satan and those in the hells as Matthew 10 reads:

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.

Put simple, if we believe in the God and Christ Jesus, we would not be put into the hells, so that we should not be destroyed by the God, obtaining or securing eternal life of our souls.

So then, what should we do to prove that we believe in the God and Christ Jesus?  By reading the Gospels straightforwardly, we have to conclude that we have to be poor as much as possible to prove our belief in the God and Christ Jesus.

Therefore, we have to say that only poor men can acquire eternal life in Heaven while rich men go to the hell to be destroyed by the God.

 

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Matthew 11, King James Version

9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find" - Socrates and Christ Jesus Claimed Not To Fear Death

 

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Socrates and Christ Jesus Claimed Not To Fear Death

Socrates (470-399 BC) said that there were two possibilities about what would happen after death. 

One is complete nothingness like sleep without a dream.  Another is transition of one's soul to another world or life after death.

He argued that whichever happened after death, it was better than continuing life in this world with bad incidents day after day and bad dreams night after night.  Socrates also stressed that people did not have wisdom of ignorance while they were afraid of death they did not understand although he admitted that he did not completely understand death.  So, Socrates said that he had at least wisdom of ignorance. 

Socrates also said that especially good-natured people should not be afraid of death, since gods would surely accept them in the afterworld.  Accordingly, Plato, one of followers of Socrates, developed his philosophy based on the notion that human souls should enter into the afterworld.

However, this notion that human souls would enter into the afterworld after death in this world did not save the world.

Then, 400 years after Socrates, Christ Jesus came to this world telling people that everybody could enter into the spirit world after his physical death in this world but only souls of poor men could be accepted in Heaven while those of rich men should go to the hell.  

In other words, Christ Jesus came to save this world by saving poor people, since rich people did not have any requirement that this world should be saved.  So, Christ Jesus tried to save this world by giving assurance to the poor that their souls would be surely accepted in Heaven in the spirit world after their death in this world.

In this regard, Christ Jesus' claim that He had been dispatched by the God to the human world is critical, since the God created the spirit world and the physical human world.

Put simply, if we admit the existence of the God, we have to admit and believe what Christ Jesus said about what would happen to men after their death in this world.

If Socrates had believed in the God, the sole creator of the universe, he should have clearly said that men, poor and rich alike, should enter into the spirit world after death.  So, nobody should be afraid of death, he must say.

But, Christ Jesus must have thought that saving this world meant saving poor people.  And, to save the poor people, He told them that they could surely be accepted in Heaven, where they would be happy, through the spirit world after their deaths in this world.

Anyway, the greatest figures both in philosophy and religion in Europe assured that men, especially poor men, should not be afraid of death.             

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Luke 11, King James Version
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.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

"When he had heard therefore that he was sick" - Live Poor, Die Poor, and Get Accepted in Heaven to be Given Eternal Life

 

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Live Poor, Die Poor, and Get Accepted in Heaven to be Given Eternal Life

Christ Jesus told a rich, young man that he had to sell all his possessions to others to earn money and give the money to the poor and then he should follow Him in order to be accepted in Heaven and given eternal life.

Matthew 19
16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

This incident simply tells that no words can be trusted but only concrete actions are needed to show one's faith.

You may say that you are following the words of the God, but you cannot prove that you are following the words of the God without selling your possessions and giving all the money obtained from the transaction to the poor.  

If you sold your possessions and gave all the money obtained from the transaction to the poor, you would be poor, too.  But, by this act, you can accumulate treasure in Heaven and obtain eternal life.

Therefore, being poor must be appreciated more than witnessing for compliance with the teaching of the God.  It means being rich is supported by some serious evil, but being poor means a lack of the serious evil.  There must be something important that can be found and understood only when we get poor.  

Anyway, the world poor men see is different from the world rich men see.  And, the world poor men see should be akin to the world Christ Jesus saw.

Put simply, all we can say is to be poor, live poor, die poor, and get accepted in Heaven so that you can be given eternal life by the God.  

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John 11, King James Version

4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

"say ye that the Lord hath need of him" - Eternal Life and Satisfaction after Death of the Poor

 

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Eternal Life and Satisfaction after Death of the Poor

To save the world, what should you do?  One of reasonable answers should be that we have to save poor people.  So, Christ Jesus tried to save the poor, the abused as well as the sick, which looks very reasonable.  But, most of poor people in this world are not scholars or knowledgeable and learnt persons, so that they cannot understand theology and other deep and complicate theories taught in universities or institutes of the Vatican, etc.  

Therefore, Christ Jesus simply told poor men that He had been sent by the God as it was proved by His performing miracles and healing the sick so that they should believe in Him.  Then, He declared that poor men could be accepted in Heaven to be given eternal life while it was almost impossible for rich men to enter into Heaven; they should go to the hell.       

It is assumed that all the poor men who heard this teaching of Christ Jesus were glad and rejoiced.  They should come to have no fear of death, since now that they knew that they would be welcomed in Heaven and became happy and fulfilled.

Therefore, followers of Christ Jesus have never ceased to grow in these 2000 years, since there have been poor people in any eras.  The religion Christianity, the Vatican, and other churches have been established on this teaching of Christ Jesus.

But, what should Satan do to prevent people from being saved due to the teaching of Christ Jesus?  Satan once failed to attempt Christ Jesus when He was conditioned to behave as a man 2000 years ago, and it could not completely kill Him on the cross as Christ Jesus was resurrected.  

Therefore, Satan must have taken more artful and slyer ways to frustrate the work of Christ Jesus since the establishment of Christianity.  It destroyed the Roman Empire that adopted Christianity as its state religion, corrupted the Vatican and its priests, brainwashed Martin Luther and his followers, and finally promoted negligence of Christianity in the minds of people who came to live in the era after the scientific and industrial revolutions, whose influence can be still seen in the world of today.  

And today, Satan seems to try to diffuse the notion that rich men can also enter into Heaven, so that men should enjoy wealth both in this world and in the spirit world.  Satan seems to try to brainwash men by telling them that there is no sin in earning money and acquiring wealth as much as possible even by selling part of their souls to Satan.

Indeed, it is true that souls of both the poor and the rich enter into the spirit world after death in this world.  However, because men cannot be rich without selling any part of their souls to Satan, being rich means being evil to any degree or more evil than being poor.  Therefore, it is very hard for rich men to be accepted in Heaven and given eternal life; they should naturally go to the hell in the spirit world; and they will be finally destroyed in the hell with Satan by the God. 

Put simply, Christ Jesus taught to poor people the very simple and understandable teaching: "Poor men should enter into Heaven after death to be given eternal life and satisfaction."  

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Mark 11, King James Version
11 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

"Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick" - A Revolution that Was Started 2000 Years Ago by Christ Jesus

 

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A Revolution that Was Started 2000 Years Ago by Christ Jesus

The Gospels and the teaching of Christ Jesus are based on the notion that men surely die some day in this world, but their souls continue to live in the spirit world.  However, the most unique part of the teaching of Christ Jesus is that in the spirit world, poor men can enter into Heaven to be satisfied while rich men should go to the hell.

If everybody believes in this teaching, none would become rich in this world and should be afraid of death in this world.  It is truly revolutionary.  Everybody should be content with his life in poverty without fear of death, since man's being poor is the requirement for his entering into Heaven.

So, true believers of Christ Jesus must be poor and have no fear of death as proven in the history.  But ordinary people might not believe that being rich means so evil that rich men cannot enter into Heave.  However, it should be understood from the view point that if a rich and faithful man sees poor men around him, he would give his money to them, so that he cannot continue to be rich.  There are more than millions of poor men in an ordinary country.  And to save all of them from poverty, rich and faithful men should give them all their wealth and assets and they will be poor eventually.  To neglect poor men is an act of evil that leads to the hell.

In this context, the most important teaching of Christ Jesus is that it is almost impossible for a rich man to go to Heaven and get eternal life.

Therefore, the Pope and other leaders and priests of churches should tell people to be poor so that they can accept in Heaven.  This world should be the place to compete in terms of poverty.

When a man dies, his soul goes into the spirit world that is wonderful beyond imagination according to those who had near-death experiences.  But the light in the spirit world coming from Heaven is too bright so that souls of evil men avoid it and go down to the hell.  The souls of poor men who did not perform evil acts while living are rejoiced to see and receive such light, so that they easily enter into Heaven.

Anyway, being rich while so many around are poor is a state of evil, which should be taught in elementary schools. 

To have faith in Christ Jesus means to believe in his word that rich men cannot be accepted in Heaven but poor men can get eternal life in Heaven.

Rich men also mean the elite class, the upper-class people, happy people, successful people such as politicians, professors, priests, people in entertainment, medical doctors, lawyers, etc.  Their souls are all to go down to the hell after death in this world.

But poor and faithful men are to be accepted in Heaven and given eternal life and happiness in Heaven after death in this world.

This is a revolution that was started 2000 years ago by Christ Jesus; however, it is not yet accomplished. 

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John 11, King James Version

11 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

"the Gentiles had also received the word of God" - Living Swedenborg Entered into the State of Death

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Living Swedenborg Entered into the State of Death

Swedenborg, an 18th century scholar, elite bureaucrat, and psychic who saw and entered into the afterlife or the spirit world while living in this world, mastered the way to make his soul enter into the spirit world by making himself put into the state of death.

His way to put himself into the state of death is akin to the conditions of those who had near-death experiences.  It tells that when a man is dying, his soul can access to the spirit world.  And, as Swedenborg could freely realize the state of death, he could experience a kind of near-death experiences of those who were dying.

It is not clear how specifically Swedenborg put himself in the state of death where his body was almost dead, but his soul could return to his body from the spirit world after hours of an experience in the spirit world.  He used this method for decades until his death in 1772.  But, if anybody can master Swedenborg's way, he can see and have access to the afterlife or the spirit world.  It would be revolutionary for the mankind.

It may be similar to the way for spirit mediums to evoke spirits of dead men into their bodies.  But Swedenborg could enter into the spirit world and directly communicate with other spirits while keeping the consciousness and identity of his own spirt (to which his soul turned).  Indeed, he wrote that he had been allowed by Christ Jesus to enter into the spirt world and see the real state of the afterlife.  So, his way to achieve the sate of death while living might be extremely unique and divine so that none can imitate it.

Indeed, since Swedenborg's experiences, none has been able to perform successfully his method for the past 250 years except some people who happened to have particular near-death experiences.

In this context, the cases of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (1926 - 2004) and Raymond Moody (1944 -) are interesting.  Kubler-Ross could see and talk with spirts coming in front of her through a certain spirit medium or making her own efforts.  Moody succeeded in evoking spirits in a special room uniquely set up with a mirror to evoke them.  However, they ways to evoke and communicate with spirits have not widely accepted and scientifically proved effective. 

In this context, Christ Jesus must have been able to enter into the spirit world and communicate with spirits there.  Specifically, when he experienced punishment on the cross, he must have near-death experiences.  After near-death experiences, some people obtained some supernatural ability.  So, it is no wonder that Christ Jesus after the resurrection acted as if He were a spirt but sometimes as a physical man. 

Anyway, there must be a way for a man to have access to the spirit world unlike ordinary spirt mediums.  But, a man who has found it would probably make it secret from others.  On the other hand. Swedenborg wrote that it is sometimes dangerous for a living man to communicate with spirts because there are many evil spirts in the spirit world and that if an ordinary man sees the afterlife, he would go mad.  So, it might be safe to keep it as his own secret.

However, Swedenborg was permitted by Christ Jesus or the God to see and communicate with spirits.  He was protected by good spirits or angels in the spirit world.  Therefore, it is not recommended for ordinary men to try to take access to the spirit world without permission of the God.

(Nonetheless, when men are performing meditation like in Zen Buddhism or as followers of Ignatius of Loyola, their souls might get close to the spirit word.  But, in these cases, they follow strict instructions and rules of the relevant religions, so that they should be protected from evil spirits.)      

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Acts 11, King James Version
11 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

"A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho" - Our Having Conscience Proves that We are Spirits

 

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Our Having Conscience Proves that We are Spirits

The Gospels and the teaching of Christ Jesus encourage people to perform good deeds and avoid evil like other no-nonsense religions and saints.

One medical professor one day began to wonder why men have conscience while there seems no reason for biological existence for men in this world.  After studying near-death experiences and Swedenborg's case, he understood that conscience of men was given by the God in the spirit world but not generated through their living in this material world. 

Most men know that the God (if He ever existed), religions, and their traditional culture exhort goodness and love, but they sometimes cannot stop doing evil things secretly behind others to satisfy their desires toward money, wealth, higher positions, etc.  Indeed, for a man as a biological entity to pursue richer life in terms of biology, it seems to be advantageous to do any evil things to secure his own profits if he believes that there is nothing left after his death.  For a man to promote his own happiness to the maximum degree in this world, he would do any evil to maximize his profits by abusing and getting control over others and thus neglecting benefits and happiness of others without minding their pains and toils.        

However, if he thinks, even unconsciously, that there might be the afterlife and the spirit world where the God presides requesting good and love, he would hesitate to be as evil as possible.

According to the reports of those who had near-death experiences, the spirit world is full of love and goodness.  Their experiences match Swedenborg's experiences in the spirit world where he spent some time while living in this world.  The spirit world leads to Heaven where love and goodness are affluent, though there is the hell where evil spirits go and hide from the God.

Therefor, we have to conclude that goodness and conscience are not generated by biological entities of men in this material world but are given by the God through Heaven and the spirit world.

Christ Jesus indeed said that the God is love and also the Spirit.   Therefore, He said, men should love the God as spirits.

Put simply, our having conscience proves that we are spirits in our essence not only mere biological living things.  Therefore, there is no wonder that some people have near-death experiences or Swedenborg saw and accessed the spirit word as a spirit. 

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Luke 10, King James Version

30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

"this do, and thou shalt live" - The Place where Spirits of Poor Men are Welcomed

 

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The Place where Spirits of Poor Men are Welcomed

According to various people with psychic power who can communicate with spirits living in the afterworld or the spirit world, spirits of all dead men are allowed to enter into the spirt world unconditionally after their death but are required to educate and train themselves to ascend to higher levels in the spirit world so as to get closer to the God, which was however not told by Christ Jesus.

According to various people with psychic power, there are some levels and hierarchy in the spirit world.  At the lowest, spirits of evil men go and live doing the same evil things as those they did while living in the material world.  At the highest, the God lives surrounded by the highest angels.  And, each spirit of dead men wants to live as close as the God, so that it is required to enhance its mind of each spirit to be allowed to ascend the levels step by step.    

However, wisdom and knowledge held by spirits who were scholars, professors, church leaders, etc. are useless in the spirit world, according to Swedenborg.  Their wisdom and knowledge are not rooted in their inner minds but are only related to the outer material world.  Wisdom and knowledge effective in the afterlife or the spirit world should be all based on love to the God and neighbors.  

Therefore, spirits who love the God would spontaneously ascend the spiritual levels to get closer to the God as much as possible.  Spirits who love Satan would run away from light of the God as much as possible so as to hide in deeper levels, which should be called the hell.   

Anyway, according to Christ Jesus, the afterlife of the spirit world is the place where spirits of poor men are welcomed, consoled, and made happy by receiving love from the God.  They will want to be happier by receiving more love from the God, so that they will ascend the levels in the spirit world to get closer to the God. 

Put simply, structure of the afterlife or the spirit world was not mentioned by Christ Jesus, except that there are Heaven and the hell, but it is the place where spirits of poor men are welcomed, consoled, and made happy after death in this material world. 

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Luke 10, King James Version
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

"What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light" - Poor Men Can Get Eternal Life but Rich Men Cannot

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Poor Men Can Get Eternal Life but Rich Men Cannot

Life after death or eternal life is the central issue of the New Testament as Christ Jesus focused on it:

John 5
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

It was also discussed by early followers of Christ Jesus, as life after death or eternal life must have been one of their main concerns:

1 John 5
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

On the other hand, those brainwashed by Satan often say that life is only once and one will turn to nothing after death, so that it is wise to enjoy life, while living in this world, as much as possible by earning money as much as possible even by selling one's soul to Satan.  However, Satan is not a simple man but a spiritual entity.  Believing in Satan means believing in existence of spiritual existence.  Therefore, it is irrational not to believe in existence of one's spirit after death.  

However, one may deny the existence of Satan and the afterlife while being brainwashed by Satan.  One can only believe in existence of this world and his existence in it while denying everything spiritual including the God, Heaven, Satan, the hell, the spirit world, the afterlife, etc.  When he is asked what he thinks about why and how this world was generated and he himself was born to live in this world, he may simply answer that he does not know or it is only by chance.  It is as if a big fool was denying everything but his own desire. 

But for poor men who have no hope of becoming rich or being relieved of any pains, the promise of eternal life can be the only hope he can have.  As such a poor man should see every evil being performed around him, he should also see Satan and its influence on people.  He should also know that he has to sell his soul to Satan and perform any evil thing to earn money or become rich.  If he cannot obey and follow Satan, he should remain poor but wish that he would be saved in the afterlife.  Accordingly, he should accept the teaching of Christ Jesus, since it gives him true hope.  Such a man would not say that life is only once so that he should be allowed to do anything or any evil to be any happy in this world.

Anyway, the eternal life or everlasting life is the largest wealth one can get.  And, Christ Jesus assured that poor men would be given it, since any man who accepts the teaching of Christ Jesus cannot help being poor.  In other words, rich men who deny the afterlife and reject the teaching of Christ Jesus cannot get the eternal life.  This is what was taught by Christ Jesus and thus should be the principle of the religion Christianity.     

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Matthew 10, King James Version
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
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.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

"for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord" - Christ Jesus Died around Rome at about 40 as a Poor Carpenter

 

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Christ Jesus Died around Rome at about 40 as a Poor Carpenter

We may wonder why Christianity grew and developed with its center at Rome in its early periods.  It could be Athens, Constantinople, Syrian Antioch, Alexandria, or Jerusalem.  It must not be enough to think that the reason is that St. Paul died in Rome as he was killed by Emperor Nero.

So, it is interesting that Florizel von Reuter (1890 – 1985) wrote that Christ Jesus died at the age about 40 near Rome while living as a carpenter after resurrection from the death on the cross.  Reuter, an American violinist, wrote the book The Master from Afar as he guided by a certain spirit.  This book described details of the last three years of Christ Jesus, which are briefly described in the Gospels.

According to The Master from Afar, Jesus survived as a big rain fell while He was put on the crucifix.  Roman soldiers were so embarrassed that they pulled Him down from the cross and left Him on the ground as they thought that He already died.  Subsequently, Jesus came back to life and ran away secretly through a port on the Mediterranean as He was afraid that Roman soldiers and the Jewish authority might accuse His relatives.  Finally, He found a job in a village near Rome as an old carpenter hired Him.  And, after death of the old man, Jesus took over his shop.  Before Jesus died, He happened to meet Peter and encouraged him to continue his work to preach His teaching.  And, when Jesus died, His spirit made a supernatural appearance in front of Mary of Magdala.    

The author depicted Christ Jesus as a social reformer with spiritual ability but not as the transformed God.  Therefore, this story cannot be accepted by the Vatican and other churches, but it gives some human insight into life of Christ Jesus as a man.  And it made it natural that Christianity grew and developed around Rome.  The spirit of Christ Jesus must have helped St. Paul live and work in Rome, though under house arrest.  From this point of view, it can be easily understood that Rome became the center of the early Christianity.

And, as Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire, Christianity could swiftly spread all over its territory and especially to the areas today called West Europe.  Indeed, the city Vatican must be close to the place where Christ Jesus died unnoticed by all as a plain man.

However, people must want to know how Christ Jesus secretly lived and helped St. Paul and other early Christians in Rome in the last nine years till his death.            

The background of the author Florizel von Reuter in terms of spiritualism is as follows:

During the 1920s his mother, Grace Reuter, developed apparent psychic powers by receiving supposed spirit messages through automatic writing. Florizel became closely involved with this and acted as a medium and as recorder of the findings, which were first described in The Psychic Experiences of a Musician (in Search of Truth) (1928) — with a foreword by writer Arthur Conan Doyle — and in its sequel The Consoling Angel (1930). These in particular described conversations with famous deceased musicians. His first important claimed contacts were Paganini and Pablo de Sarasate, and also the late Professor Heinrich Barth of Berlin. Messages were delivered through a type of planchette called an "Additor", used originally by his mother, and many of them were spelled out backwards.

He contributed an essay on "Nature Spirits" to the 1928 revised edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Coming of the Fairies, p. 156–157, and was associated with Baron von Schrenck-Notzing in a series of experiments with the Schneider brothers. 

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

According to the psychic in the 18th century Swedenborg, not all the spirits coming to this world or communicating with spirit mediums can be trusted.  There are many spirits that deceive spirit mediums and other people.

However, if the spirit of Christ Jesus appeared to a pious believer, we should trust in Him after confirming that He is from Christ Jesus without doubt.  

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Matthew 10

King James Version
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
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.

"how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!" - Poor Men's Souls Happy in the Afterlife

 

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Poor Men's Souls Happy in the Afterlife

What made them believe in Christ Jesus 2000 years ago, when there were no Gospels. complicated creeds, theological doctrines, church organizations, etc.?

Did Christ Jesus give big money to those poor people, so that they continued to appreciate and believe in Him for 2000 years?

First, Christ Jesus showed His heavenly power to heal the sick, even reviving the dead, and thus proved that He had come from the God.  Subsequently, He taught that the poor could enter into Heaven but the rich could not.

So, all the poor people 2000 years ago were rejoiced.  Their joy have continued till nowadays.  That is why the Vatican and other churches cannot neglect or deny poor people.    

On the other hand, those who became rich by selling their souls to Satan hated and suppressed the teaching of Christ Jesus.  Satan has used evil spirits and human followers of Satan to attack and harm believers of Christ Jesus.  If everybody believed in the teaching of Christ Jesus, none would try to be rich, since no rich men can enter into Heaven.  Accordingly, none would sell their souls to Satan.

In this context, the God used Christ Jesus to give people the notion that only poor men could be accepted in Heaven where they should be welcomed and satisfied.

However, Heaven is in the spirit world or the afterlife.  Essentially a man cannot enter into the spirit world unless he dies.  But, while living in this world, men have to be poor to be accredited with having qualification for entering Heaven.  From this point of view, true followers of Christ Jesus should be poor as much as possible while living in this world.

The background of this condition must be that there has been a war between the God and Satan through the spirit world to this world.  In the spirit world, no spirits need any money to buy foods, clothes, hoses, etc.  But in this material world, everybody needs money that is a tool of Satan.  To get money, men have to sell any part of their souls to Satan, so that they will be followers or servants of Satan. 

Therefore, it is a mystery that the God had created this material world where human beings with their souls inside were born and died.  But, after a man dies in this material world, his soul enters into the spirit world and can be further allowed to enter into Heaven unless he was rich while living in this world.  It is because being rich means selling his soul to Satan.

Anyway, as poor people believed that the God had sent His Son to this world to tell them that the poor could enter into Heaven to be fulfilled forever, Christianity was accepted by many and has continued even to date.            

Therefore, spiritualism handling spirits, the spirit world, and other spiritual things should reflect this teaching of Christ Jesus or at least battles between the God and Satan.

Satan would use evil spirits to give wrong images and notions about the spirit world to living people such that men can be rich both in this world and in the afterlife.  Accordingly there must be many souls who go to the hell after completing their rich lives in this world.  However, only poor men's souls can be happy in the afterlife or in Heaven. 

 

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Mark 10, King James Version

23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.