"which shall be fulfilled in their season" - Appearance of a Great Saint in a Crisis such as this Pandemic

 

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Appearance of a Great Saint in a Crisis such as this Pandemic

It is said that a great saint appeared when the world was in a crisis.

Christ Jesus appeared 2000 years ago when the Jewish world faced a crisis of a possible war with the Roman Empire.  Moses appeared when Jewish people faced a crisis of extinction through slavery in Egypt.  Abraham appeared when the ancient kingdom of Ur was being destroyed in the Mesopotamia.   

Now, in the early 21st century after 2000 years of Christ Jesus, whose era had been 1300 years after Moses who had appeared 700 years after Abraham, the mankind and especially the U.S. are facing a crisis due to the corona-pandemic and the division within the nation and the society.

But can a great saint today appear in the world or the U.S.?

A crisis often causes madness or an abnormal psychological state in the society or the world.  This corona-pandemic, the political and social division in the U.S., and the dangerous rise of economic and military power of China have posed a great risk to the world and the U.S.

Usually such a situation leads to a competition or battles among mad parties rather than between a sound party and a mad party.  But,  a great saint such as Christ Jesus has finally fixed the situation.  Without such a great saint, the world or the society would start to get degenerated through such a crisis.

In this context, it can be said that if the U.S. society cannot produce such a great saint in this political confusion triggered by Trump, it might politically or socially undergo regression.  Or if the world cannot produce such a great saint in this international confusion triggered by China, it might enter into a more dangerous era as the world after WWI and the Spanish Flu had led to the rise of Nazis and the outbreak of WWII.

A crisis in civilization or the world must be triggered by battles among mad parties.  A crisis that might cause the end of the world should occur in such a situation.  China seems to become one of mad parties as it generated this pandemic, in addition to various reports of its negligence of human rights and Christian values.  But the U.S. might be also at the brink of political disruption, which would make it unable to effectively cope with the threat from China.

When darkness and desperation were so deep and strong, a great saint such as Christ Jesus appeared to save not only local or limited people but also eventually the human civilization and the world.

If Biden is not such a saint, we have to further wait and see the right time.  But, in my feeling, this 21st century is a decisive time in terms of avoiding the end of the world, which is predicted in the Bible.

If a great saint such as Christ Jesus appears in the world or the U.S. in the early 20th century, the mankind would be able to survive this century and subsequent centuries or next 2000 yeas.  But, in the worst case, WWIII would occur involving China, the U.S., etc.

Anyway, 2000 years have already passed since Christ Jesus.  Anything historically decisive can happen in the world.  We may be facing the decisive era like Jewish people after WWI and the Spanish Flu had faced the early 20th century or the era of Nazis and Hitler. 

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Luke 1  King James Version
19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.

"nor of the will of man, but of God" - Punish the World with Corona-Viruses for its Collective Responsibility

 

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Punish the World with Corona-Viruses for its Collective Responsibility

The corona-pandemic has taken on and killed about 2 million people in the world until now, but malnutrition kills more than 9 million children every year before their reaching 5 years old in some statistics.  According to a UN statistics, 820 million children in the world are in the state of starvation in 2018. 

Malnutrition can be identified as an underlying cause for shortened life. 70% of childhood deaths (age 0–4) are reportedly due to diarrheal illness, acute respiratory infection, malaria and immunizable disease. However 56% of these childhood deaths can be attributed to the effects of malnutrition as an underlying cause. The effects of malnutrition include increased susceptibility to infection, musculature wasting, skeletal deformities and neurologic development delays. According to the World Health Organization, malnutrition is named as the biggest contributor to child mortality with 36 million deaths in 2005 related to malnutrition. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of_death_by_rate)

This situation must displease God and make Him angry.  Malnutrition of children symbolizes corruption and debasement of the human civilization.

The responsibility of rich countries such as the US, EU members, Japan, China, etc. must be heavy.  Accordingly, the God must have decided to punish them with the corona-pandemic.  This is a religious view on the corona-pandemic.

Indeed, the richest country in the world, the US, is suffering the most damage with about 400,000 deaths.

Although the Spanish Flu of a century ago is said to have killed about 100 million people in the world, this corona-pandemic might not end till at least 9 million are killed, since more than 9 million children die every year for malnutrition. 

If you do not feel God's anger behind the corona-pandemic, you might not take serious this pandemic that has occurred in the middle of prosperity of the world with despotic China becoming a new global economic power in Asia following Japan, while China neglects human rights and democracy.  

But if Americans feel God's anger behind the corona-pandemic, they might think that the God caused this pandemic to put the end to Trump's presidency.  However, we should think that the cause of this pandemic does not lie only in Trump but also in this material human civilization represented by rich people like Trump.  

In other words, as people have sold their souls to Satan to earn money and get rich while neglecting starving children in poor countries, the God must have decided to punish the world for its collective responsibility for neglecting starving children.   

 

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John 1 King James Version
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

"into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" - Pious Weak Men vs. Worldly Strong Men

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Pious Weak Men vs. Worldly Strong Men

It is said that weakness of the God is stronger than human strength.

A faithful man would be lost in any worldly competition against worldly strong men, but eventually it would be revealed that the real winner is the faithful man.

Men with human strength, physical strength, intellectual strength, financial strength, etc. would surely win in this world.  But in the course of life along with the time and history, such a man would lose his advantage and his assets.  None can be a champion forever.  But, a faithful, honest, and righteous man would be appreciated eventually as time goes by and situations change.

It is because the God created this human world based on the principle of love.  And love will not allow a man to defeat others for any material benefits.  Therefore a man with faith and love cannot become a winner in any competition.

So, for a faithful man to be rich, he cannot be allowed to use his human strength, physical strength, intellectual strength, etc.  In this context, he has to be a weak man.  But eventually, he will become a winner as other men who have relied on their human strength would sooner or later lose their merits and advantage as time goes by.  Only a man who relies on God's love should survive over countless ordeals along with time.

So, followers of Christ Jesus must look weak in the worldly sense.  They have no physical strength, intellectual strength, financial advantage, and social merits but have only faith in Christ Jesus and the God.  

No excellent men even with various merits and strengths cannot completely cope with countless situations and changes of phenomena.  But faithful men can be helped by Christ Jesus who could handle every change of conditions in this world.

It is as if worldly strong men had the numbers above a million, a billion, or a trillion but faithful men have only index numbers such as 10, 100, or 1000.  But if Christ Jesus gave a base number, such as 10, for the index numbers those faithful men have, their numbers would be 10 to the Xth power, such as 10^10, 10^100, 10^1000, etc., which would easily surpass a million, a billion, or a trillion.

In this context, those who are weak following the God and Christ Jesus, with only the number of 10, 100, or 1000, are stronger that worldly strong men with the big number of a million, a billion, or a trillion, since the God or Christ Jesus would provide the base number to these faithful men having index numbers.

In this context, pious weak men are stronger than worldly strong men.            

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2 Peter 1  King James Version
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

"the Spirit like a dove descending upon him" - Theological Meaning in this Corona-Pandemic

 

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Theological Meaning in this Corona-Pandemic

It is said that there are 9 x 10^21 stars in the observable universe of the size of about 46.5 billion light years.  They were all created after the original state of the universe in the diameter of 10^(-34) cm before the inflation phenomenon and the subsequent Big Bang. 

Put simply, there was extraordinarily huge energy in the very tiny size of space, like trillions of trillions of the suns pushed into a gulf ball.  And, as the tiny space could not hold the huge energy, the space was rapidly expanded with huge heat discharged, resulting in the Big Bang explosion of the energy, leading to formation of materials and stars that can be observed today.

The point at issue is how such huge explosion of enormous energy could be controlled.  How could physical laws and mathematical theories be generated in this universe through such gigantic explosion of energy?  It is naturally estimated that there must have occurred great disorder and anarchy among the state of energy.  It cannot be expected that this process of generation of the universe would result in well-ordered establishment of galaxies, solar systems, planets, molecules, atoms, and elementary particles as well as various physical phenomena.  But, they have been surely realized with the current state of the well-organized universe.

If seemingly violent explosion of gunpowder resulted in a beautiful firework, we should know that engineers designed beforehand the firework with excellent pyrotechnics.  So, it is natural to assume and believe that the God had beforehand designed this process of generation of the universe.

And, it is also natural to think that according the design by the God, the earth was created in the universe, living things were created in the earth, and eventually the mankind was created among living things.

Now, the most critical question is how the God had designed the human mind, especially consciousness on good and evil or ethical judgment.  Furthermore, we might wonder how the God had designed the fate of the mankind and individuals.    

Put simply, the God might have designed the history of the mankind.  The end of the human world might have been decided from the beginning of this universe.  The moment the vacuum energy appeared from nothing into this world before the inflation phenomenon and the Bug Bang explosion, the fate of the mankind in the earth in this solar system of the Milky Way Galaxy must have been decided.   

Indeed, the God must have designed that Abraham was born circa 2000 BCE, Christ Jesus appeared circa AD 1, and the end of the human world should come about the 21 century or 2000s.         

But the God must be merciful and benevolent.  He must give enough warnings before the decisive incident leading to the end of the world for the mankind.  And, it is natural for us to regard this corona-pandemic as one of such warnings, since victims of corona-viruses are especially many in the Christian nations and regions such as West Europe and the U.S.

Therefore, we have to see any theological meaning in this corona-pandemic not only dangerous runaway of economic and military expansion of China, the most problematic non-Christian nation in the world.        

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Mark 1  King James Version
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

"I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all" - The Reason for and Source of Existence of Time and Space

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The Reason for and Source of Existence of Time and Space

What is the beginning of the universe?  Scientists have found that it began with the size of the diameter of 10 to the minus 34th power cm that expanded to the diameter of 1 cm from 10 to the minus 44th power seconds to 10 to the minus 33rd power seconds after the emergence of the energy that created this universe from nothing.  This phenomenon is called the inflation before the Big Bang of the universe by a Japanese scientist.

10^(-34) cm => 1 cm in the time period from 10^(-44) to 10^(-33) seconds

One thing to be sure seems that there is nothing in the space where this universe was created before the creation of this universe with the specific energy called the vacuum energy.

And every material in this universe, such as electrons, protons, atoms, etc., was created along with creation, expansion, evolution, and deployment of the universe from the exploding vacuum energy.  But what about all the laws of nature, mathematical theories, and every abstract, ethical and spiritual concept men have come to have?

For example, we can imagine and consider zero and integers.  Where were these concepts generated?  Did the vacuum energy create these numbers?  Or, was the vacuum energy created based on mathematical theories?  If so, what or who created mathematical theories before this universe was created from the vacuum energy?

In this context, we had better believe that the God created the universe with His words, including all the mathematical and physical theories.

For example, we may assume that before the creation of this universe, there are no numbers but zero.  But in the space before this universe, special abstract or mathematic energy should exist and work to gain their existence.  The mathematical energy sometimes reaches , say, 0.9999 but as it is less than one, it cannot get existence as an integer.  But after an infinite number of trials, it reaches 0.999...(infinite times of 9)..., then it is regraded as one due to a mathematical theory.  In addition, there is a theory of addition: namely 0 + 1 = 1.  This addition was applied to 1 + 1, resulting in 2.  Then, 2 + 1 = 3, 3 + 1 = 4, etc.  Finally all the integers had come to exist.  In summary, the creation of material universe was accompanied with this mathematical theory and others.  Ultimately, we have to assume that the God created this material universe with every abstract theory and concept like the case of integers.

If any energy such as the vacuum energy created this universe, without pre-determined scientific theories, the universe should show only chaos and must collapse soon after the generation of the material universe since it cannot sustain itself due to a lack of scientific theories and fixed laws of the nature.

Before the creation of this universe or our world, there must have words of the God or every mathematical, scientific, and ethical theory.  And it is most likely that this material universe was created from part of the spiritual world where the God had created every mathematical, scientific, and ethical theory.  In other words, this universe or our world is part of the spiritual world, including Heaven and the hell.  And if it is so, human soul can be linked to the spiritual space.  Therefore, it is natural to think that if a material human body dies, his soul can move to the spiritual world from this material universe.

In the spiritual world, space and time must be very different from that in this material universe.  The diameter of 10^(-34) cm, which is estimated to be the size of this universe when it was first created, might look like the diameter of about 13.7 billion light year or more, which is roughly the present size of the universe.  Or the present size (about 13.7 billion light year or more) of the material universe might look like 10^(-34) cm in the spiritual world.

Furthermore, in the spiritual world we may freely travel through time.  After death of an old man, his soul may freely go back to his young days in the spiritual world.

In this context, we have to assume that the God is the reason for and source of existence of everything, including time and space in addition to human souls.                   

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Romans 1 King James Version
6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

"And declared to be the Son of God with power" - For Survival in the 22nd Century

 

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For Survival in the 22nd Century

When Satan realized that the God especially chose Abraham 4000 years ago, promising that his offspring would be increased and protected, Satan started to attack and destroy Jewish people.

So, Satan tried to annihilate Jewish people in Egypt and Babylonia but only failed due to God's interference by sending Moses and other prophets.  Then Satan tried to use Alexander the Great to give Greek influence on Jewish people and Judaism, which it also failed.  

But when Satan started to use the Roman Empire to disperse and wipe out Jewish people by introducing wars between Jewish people and the Empire, the God found a real crisis on Jewish people who had been survived adhering to their ethical religion with faith in the one and only God.  So, the God sent His Son among Jewish people, which became the starting point of these 2000 year history.

As the Gospels revealed, Satan made full efforts to kill God's Son, Christ Jesus, which it succeeded, but Christ Jesus resurrected and started to establish Christianity.  Satan did not yet give up.  It brainwashed most of Jewish people so that they could not believe that the God had sent His Son to them so as to save them.  Satan succeeded in separating Christianity from Jewish people, but finally the Roman Empire adopted Christianity as its state religion.  Then, Satan helped other tribes defeat the empire and destroy Rome.  So, the Western Roman Empire collapsed, but Christianity survived with the Vatican.

Then Satan focused on corrupting the Popes and the Vatican.  But Protestantism appeared and separated from the Vatican.  Satan failed in completely corrupting Christianity.  Then Satan tried to brainwash some protestants even Christianity moved to Americas, the influence of which can be seen in the U.S. even today.     

But Satan succeeded in making Jewish people abhor and disbelieve Christ Jesus.  It also succeeded in making brainwashed Christians attack Jewish people, but it finally failed in making Hitler the king of Europe.  Satan also failed in making others who could not accept Christ Jesus as God's son, such as Muslims and Mongols, occupy Europe and hinder development of civilization based on Christianity.  Yet, Satan continued to corrupt Christians, Jewish people, Muslims, etc.

The current history is extension of this trend.  Indeed, there are still anti-Christian powers such as China, and corruption in the Christian-Jewish world is going on.  Satan is still trying to destroy the world established by descendants of Abraham.  Nonetheless, if a critical moment comes or a critical danger happens, it is expected that the God will send His Son again to the human world to save people from Satan.

However, as people have been brainwashed by Satan using money as its tool to the extent that cannot be accepted by the God in these 2000 years, the God might finally forsake the mankind.  This corona-pandemic cannot be regraded as the final act of the God on the corrupt mankind based on His judgment, but it must be a warning from the God.          

Christ Jesus said that men had to choose the God or money, and most of people today seem to choose money, a tool for temptation by Satan.  So, it is no wonder that the God got angry with men.  But, the God must surely give a warning before His decisive action.  This corona-pandemic must be one of such warnings,

The long battle between the God and Satan has continued to date.  We are at the final stage of this battle.  If we do not leave Satan and follow the God and Christ Jesus, we may not survive till the 22nd century.

In this context, the last challenge for the mankind should be abandoning money and introducing non-money economy or economy based on no money.  It is because money is a tool of Satan to corrupt and debase the mankind.  If the mankind should survive in the 22nd century, money must be a thing of the past in the 22nd century.

In the world ruled by Satan, a man cannot get even a dollar without selling part of his soul to Satan.  But, it is apparent that there is no money in the Kingdom of God.  There is no need for money in Heaven.  The God must abhor money.

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Rom 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

Rom 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Rom 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Rom 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

"having had perfect understanding" - A New Revolutionary Trend Expected after the Corona-Pandemic

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A New Revolutionary Trend Expected after the Corona-Pandemic

Between 1665 and 1667, the Great Plague struck England; accordingly Isaac Newton temporarily left Cambridge University to avoid the plague and study in his home to study calculus, optics, and the law of gravitation. 

In 1920, during the Spanish flu era, Einstein was awarded a Nobel Prize though the reason for the prize was not the discovery of general theory of relativity.

It is interesting that when the world faced great pandemics, scientists with revolutionary, as at the time, ideas were developing or achieving their work.

After the 17th century Great Plague and Newton's work, the Industrial Revolution occurred in England and subsequently in the world.  After the Spanish Flue and Einstein, technology continued to generate the era of electronics that has led to the current Internet age.

In this context, we might be allowed to expect emergence of a new era based on new science and technology after the current corona-pandemic.  But what will it be like?  

Apart from physics, the new trend of human science would focus on artificial intelligence.  And, highly-developed robots with advanced artificial intelligence might be invented. If the human beings go extinct due to other pandemics, etc., these robots would survive while inheriting the human civilization.  For example, the mankind might go extinct in the 21st century due to more fatal viruses, and in the 22nd century, only robots might live or work in the earth.

Theoretically, it is thought that it is possible to make artificial nerve cells in the brain of a robot, which should work like those in the human brain.  Such a robot would have a kind of mind, like the human mind, based on artificial intelligence embedded in its electronic brain or brain computer. 

And this robot would not have fear for death, since it has no biological body.  Therefore, robots would not have a religion without forming an image or a picture of the God, Heaven, the spiritual world, the hell, etc.  But they might continue to live, as least as robot society, till the end of the universe, conquering other planets and galaxies.        

However, the human history should end when the last surviving biological man dies.  Such a world of robots should have nothing to do with the mankind.  So, it is apparent that life and death is the most important issue for everyman.  But, as long as each of us belongs to the mankind, the human history is of our concern.  Even Newton and Einstein who should be now in the spiritual world must have concern over the human history and destiny.

Although our concern is our life and death as individuals rather than the end of the world, the human history cannot be neglected, since it should give true meaning, significance and value to our individual life and death, since the history should be manifestation of the will of the God.     

So, it is very unlucky to die due to the current corona-pandemic.  But, it will be extremely sad if the mankind go extinct in the near future due to more fatal viruses even if advanced robots, as successors to the mankind, take over the world after extinction of the mankind.

Anyway, we have to expect a new revolutionary trend to appear after the corona-pandemic.     

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Luke 1  King James Version
3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

 

"which shall prepare thy way before thee" - The Corona-Pandemic as God's Warning

 

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The Corona-Pandemic as God's Warning not from Satan

The themes of every religion are the battle between the God and Satan and salvation of human souls after their death. 

However, people first got afraid of ruthless power of the nature.  To be saved from the cruel nature, they started to rely on super powerful spirits they called gods.  But they also found more horrible power of evil directed to each of them by enemies among people themselves, so that to be rescued from evil and enemies they started to pray to their own gods.  And, people came to have fear against death, and they started to ask their gods to allow them to enter Heaven.  In this way, religion was invented with the concept of gods at its center.

Today, most of people have come to think that although there are many spirits, holy or evil, the only one God created this material universe and the spiritual world in addition to the human world.

Put simply, under the one God, the Creator of everything, there are many great spirits, which some people call their own gods, Angels of the God, Satan, devils, ill spirits under Satan, and various other spirits.

Since the God created the spiritual universe, Satan has been fighting against the God.  And since the God created this material universe and human beings, Satan has been trying to brainwash human beings by evil, which became the main theme in human religions.

The God expected human beings to fight against Satan and evil.  The God decided to allow men who followed His teaching and fought against Satan to enter Heaven.  The Bible and the Gospel stories on Christ Jesus should be read from this point of view.

In summary, this human world is the place for battle between those who honestly follow God's teaching and those who have been brainwashed by Satan. 

Satan uses money to brainwash men and capture their souls.  Indeed, most of men would sell their souls to get money and do whatever evil things as Satan wants.  It is symbolic that it is written in Gospels that Christ Jesus was betrayed by one of His disciples for money.

This human world is governed and ruled by elite men who got their positions, social statuses, and wealth by selling their souls to Satan, following Satan and doing, secretly or explicitly, evil thing.  Therefore, every human society is ultimately under the rule of Satan.  In human society, right and honest men who love God's teaching cannot be promoted.  Even in the religious world, true followers of the God cannot be accepted.  For example, a pastor who claims that the Pope or other religious elite should abandon and reject any money and wealth would be cast out from religious organizations and churches.

Satan has made Jewish people hate and deny Christianity.  Satan also caused discord and strife among Christians.  Satan brainwashed many rabbis and priests to love money and abnormality.  As even many religious professionals have been brainwashed by Satan, most of ordinary people have been easily brainwashed by Satan to love money, corruption, debasement, and abnormality.

By reading the Bible, we can learn how tenacious and obstinate Satan was attacking Christ Jesus.  The analogy of light and darkness is not figurative words.  There is real battle between good and evil.  Satan tried to kill Christ Jesus, as a man, and succeeded, which is the core story of the Bibles.

So, one of lessons from the Bibles is that anyone can be a victim of Satan, since Christ Jesus, the Son of the God, was killed through Satan's dark plot.  However, as Christ Jesus resurrected from death on the cross and succeeded in prevailing with His teaching to establish Christianity, it is apparent that Christ Jesus won and defeated Satan.     　         

However, Satan has survived these 2000 years, still brainwashing people with money.  Satan has taught people that there is neither Heaven nor the hell but just this world, so that people should earn money, while living in this world, to enjoy life as much as possible through any means.  As a consequence, brainwashed people would come to hate love and justice, attacking those who love the God.

When the God judges that the mankind has chosen money, wealth, evil, and Satan over the God after 2000 years since He sent His Son to the human world, He might finally put the end to the human history.  In this context, the 21st century must be the time of God's judgement.

So, it is natural to think that the God caused the corona-pandemic as a warning.  Therefore, in the worst case, the end of the human world is near. 

     

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Mark 1  King James Version
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

"shall the prince of this world be cast out" - The More Money Is, The More Viruses Are

 

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The More Money Is, The More Viruses Are

Money represents the worldly political and economic system.  With money, one can buy anything priced.  Money has strong power and effectiveness, and it is not asked usually how you get or earn money.  Money was not invented or given by the God.  On the contrary, Christ Jesus said to choose the God or money.  Put simply, explicit hatred against money is the most unique and significant teaching of Christ Jesus.

Money, wealth, happiness, and success are major elements denied by Christ Jesus.  The God loves the poor, the deprived, the sick, and the failed.  The less you have money, the more you are loved by the God and Christ Jesus.

If all of one's neighbors are kind and the social system is based on love, one does not need money.  On the contrary, if one has big money, he does not need neighbors' love and he would not mind social system based on love.

If you think you cannot take others into confidence, you would rely on money.  If you have big money, you might find no need to take others into confidence.

Put simply, money ultimately denies love.  So, Satan uses money as an effective tool to brainwash people and capture their souls.  Men brainwashed by Satan would ultimately do anything to get more money.  And as Satan has made brainwashed people built society according to its will, one cannot get any money, even one dollar, unless he sells his soul to Satan.

Indeed, in the Bible, there are descriptions of Christ Jesus earning money and spending money.  Ultimately, people have to abandon use of money in society.  Economy in the world should be rebuilt on the principle that money should not be used.

Ideally, everyman should get everything he needs for free.  Economic activities in society should aim at other objectives than making profits.  There should be no competence for money.  And, people should eventually forget about what money is.   

At least, there is no money in Heaven or the Kingdom of the God.  Probably, in the hell, bad souls are fighting one another for money that is no use even in the hell except as something causing the fight.         

Therefore, the current world with full of money looks suitable for proliferation of corona-viruses, although this corona-pandemic seems to be part of God's warning to the mankind.   Maybe the more money is, the more viruses are.

Anyway, the God knows what we need before we ask it from Him.

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John 12  King James Version
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.
34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

"But rather seek ye the kingdom of God" - This Pandemic: the Crucial Moment for the Mankind Facing God's Judgment

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This Pandemic: the Crucial Moment for the Mankind Facing God's Judgment

It can be thought that the current corona-pandemic was caused due to anger of the God.

This human society and human civilization have collapsed so much that the God has shown His displeasure.  So many people have sold their souls to Satan to get money and material wealth and happiness.  Accordingly the God has sent the Angel of Death with corona viruses to the human world.

Otherwise, this rotten human society under influence of Satan has harmed, attacked, tormented, afflicted, and damaged true believers of the God and true followers of Christ Jesus, so that the God must have decided to punish the whole human society.

If a man was infected by corona-viruses, he would not show symptoms only if he has true faith in the God.  If a man showed symptoms, he would not suffer an advanced disease only if he has true faith in the God.  If a man suffered an advanced illness, he would not die only if he has true faith in the God.  If a man died from the corona-pandemic, he would be allowed to enter Heaven only if he has true faith in the God. 

According to this theology, Satan wants people to further prosper and pursue more wealth so that they would love money more.  If all the mankind died down due to pandemics, Satan would not be able to tempt, brainwash, and capture human souls any more.  Annihilation of the mankind, if it ever happens, must be an act of the God but not of Satan.

However, the God is merciful and benevolent, He would not at once wipe out the mankind if He gets so angry.  The God must give enough warnings to the mankind and chances for repentance.  And, it is natural and reasonable to think that this pandemic is one of such warnings and chances.

However, unless the mankind reflect on their conducts and regret their attitudes, the real end of the world should happen in near future.  Indeed, if new viruses 100 times worse and more fatal than the current ones should be generated, the real end of the world should come.      

Otherwise, we should think that the God has waited for 2000 years after the crucifixion of Christ Jesus, the Son of the God, by the mankind, and the time must be coming for the God to judge on the human beings.  The God would rather exterminate the mankind before Satan tempts, brainwashes, and captures all the mankind with power of money.

In this context, the current pandemic is not a simple episode in the human history but must mean the crucial moment for the mankind facing God's judgment.    

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Luke 12  King James Version
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

 

"except he first bind the strong man?" - To Suppress Corona-Viruses, Read the Bible and...

 

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To Suppress Corona-Viruses, Read the Bible and...

Christ Jesus healed and cured many diseases and invalids, according to the Bible:

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.

How could Christ Jesus perform these medical acts without using medicines and medical devices without mentioning modern medical technology?

Christ Jesus just directed His mind to a sick man, showed His compassion and mercy, and certainly wished recovery of the man, which made the man well.  Or when a sick woman touched a fringe of His clothes, Christ Jesus felt power going out of Him to cure the woman, and she was cured the moment.  

However, it is said that even followers of Satan or devils can perform a magic to cure a sick man, effect of which, though, should not last long.   

For a sick man to be cured, his body must function well; his internal organs, nerves, bloods, etc. must correctly function; his immune systems must work normally; and his brain must not be troubled.  So, Christ Jesus must have been able to achieve setting these physical elements of a sick man to the normal status by outputting power to the man, which can work on those elements of his body.

Usually physical objects cannot be moved by psychic power.  It is common sense that a mountain cannot be moved by power of prayers or faith.  However, to the contrary, Christ Jesus said that a mountain could be moved to another place if a man wished so with sufficient faith without doubt.  It is opposite to teaching of modern science.  Physical entities are only influenced by physical power whether is kinetic, electro-magnetic, chemical, etc.  But, what has created physical elements in this universe?  Faithful men should answer that the God created them all.  And Christ Jesus said that the God is also spirit.  Therefore, put simply, as God's spiritual power created physical elements in the world, His spiritual power must be able to move them.  And, if a man has sufficient faith to be approved by the God and given part of God's spiritual power, he must be able to move a mountain with the spiritual power.

As Christ Jesus must have such spiritual power, He could work on every necessary part of the sick man's body to heal and cure him.

In summary, if one believes that the God created the whole universe and human bodies with His spiritual power, he can heal and cure a sick man through his spiritual power with his faith strong, pure, and deep enough to be accepted by the God, since every physical element in this universe, including human bodies, was made based on God's spirit.

Satan with strong spirit, no matter how evil it is, may also work on physical elements in this world and in human bodies.

And modern science has not been developed to the level where scientists can discover how God's spirit worked to create this whole universe.  And even if they should find truth of the creation of the universe by the God, it is a different matter to have faith and part of God's spiritual power.

Finally, we should try to have faith in Christ Jesus and the God to be given spiritual power enough to move a mountain and cure the sick.  However, it still depends on the God that even such a faithful man can effectively exercise such spiritual power.  

 

Anyway, Christian missionaries and Jewish people have never all died out and disappeared through many pandemics in the human history.  As Chinese, Hindus, Arabs, Africans, etc. have also survived through various ages of crisis, there must be many people with any type of faith, apart from what religion they believe in, that can be accepted by the God.

To suppress corona-viruses, which are also physical entities like other living or half-living things, we should read the Bible, purify our minds and souls, strengthen immunity, and activate necessary genes in cells.         


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Matthew 12  King James Version
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

"If then God so clothe the grass" - The God Gave No Prophecy on Jesus like 2020 Pandemic

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The God Gave No Prophecy on Jesus like 2020 Pandemic 

Why cannot Judaism accept Christ Jesus if not Christianity and its doctrine?  This is the most important issue for the mankind in the last 2000 years.

Why do Judaists deny, dislike, and doubt Christ Jesus so much?  Even Christians are taught to love enemies, including Judaists, by Christ Jesus and the Bible.  However, holy books of Judaism, such as the Talmud, teaches Jewish people that Christ Jesus was a failed rabbi and Christianity is a false religion.

From the crucifixion of Christ Jesus to the Holocaust in WWII in 1940's, Judaism had denied and despised Christianity, teaching Jewish people hatred or contempt for Christianity, although Christianity prevailed in Europe and America where most of Judaists and Jewish people lived.     

It is indeed an act of madness for Jewish people to believe hatred and contempt for Christ Jesus and Christianity taught by Jewish rabbis and Judaism, while they have to live in the world led and controlled by Christians.  For Jewish people to live, they have to communicate and deal with Christians in good faith.  But their religion, Judaism, teaches them that Christ Jesus was a failed rabbi or a fake messiah and Christianity is a fake religion.  Put extremely, if Jewish people were a majority in Europe and America, they would stand before Christian churches to shout at them, "Fake religion!"  However, as Jewish people are a minority, they would only keep silent to Christianity.

This abnormal state had continued for 1900 years with some violent backlashes from Christians.  But, Judaism has never changed its doctrine and policy.  It is as if Judaists were laughing at, cursing, and despising Christians, while they are feeling power of Christianity and Christians as proven through the history.

From contents of Judaism, Christ Jesus cannot be the God, the Son of the God, the messiah, or a great rabbi, which is the basic concept held by Jewish people.  Therefore, Christians who believe in and follow Christianity are fools or enemies of Jewish people, according to Judaism.

Put extremely, there would be no wonder if Nazis and Hitler had been Judaists, and victims in Auschwitz had been Christians, from this point of view.  Hatred and contempt in Judaism for Christ Jesus and Christianity are so strong and so deeply rooted.  However, after WWII, Judaists seem to well hide their hatred and contempt for Christians.   

Of course, Christianity is also responsible by adopting the Gospels where Jewish people are blamed for the crucifixion of Christ Jesus.  Those Gospels present an opinion against Jewish people.  So, some Christians who read the Bible might hate Jewish people who deny Christ Jesus, their God.

But, we have to remember that Satan has been working secretly behind the scene against Christ Jesus and the God.  So, it is natural that Satan brainwashed Judaists so as to hate Christ Jesus and Christianity.  Satan also brainwashed some Christians to abhor Jewish people.  Satan has made full efforts to make Christians and Judaists hate each other, which caused the Holocaust in WWII.

It is most likely that the God would say to its believers: "Do not think of other religions but concentrate on my teaching."  Indeed, the God has never directly said to any Jewish man that Christ Jesus was a phony man.  Put extremely, Jewish people should abandon some parts of its sacred books so that they would not hate and despise Christianity.

As the God did not clearly foretell that a big pandemic would occur in 2020, He had not clearly foretell that His Son would be born among Jewish people around AD 1.  But it does not mean that a big pandemic has not occurred in 2020, and the Son of the God was not born among the mankind around AD 1.     

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Luke 12  King James Version

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

"I have both glorified it" - Unification of Christianity and Judaism or the End of the World

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Unification of Christianity and Judaism or the End of the World 

Judaism is primarily the religion for Jewish people.  Judaism has been supported by Jewish people as it would give peace and prosperity to them.  Judaism never encourages Jewish people to pray to the God for peace and prosperity of other tribes and nations.

On the other hand, Christianity has been based on the teaching of Christ Jesus to love one's brothers, neighbors, and even enemies, including all the people in the world.  Therefore Christianity basically encourages its believers to love Jewish people, although its Bible can be read as blaming Jewish people and Jewish authority of 2000 years ago for the crucifixion of Christ Jesus.

However, Judaism has taught Jewish people that Christ Jesus was a failed rabbi and not the Son of the God, the messiah, or a great Jewish prophet.

This difference in their attitudes to the other rival religion is stark.  Judaism fundamentally regards Christianity as a false religion based on a man who was a so-called false god.  Christianity regards Judaism as its preceding religion to which Christ Jesus belonged.

In this context, it can be understood why the Holocaust in WWII occurred.  Since the crucifixion of Christ Jesus, Judaism had denied divineness of Christianity for 1900 years till WWII where millions of Jewish people were killed by Nazis and Hitler that belonged to the European Christian culture.  After the tragedy in WWII, Judaism seems to have stopped loudly and openly criticizing and denying Christianity and Christ Jesus, although it has never admits that Christ Jesus was a holy and sacred man.    

How can true believers of Judaism and Christianity stand this situation?  How can Jewish people stand the world where Christians in Europe and America are dominant, leading the world civilization.  How can Christians accept Jewish people who follow the religion where Christ Jesus is called only a failed rabbi?  

From a historical point of view, power of Christianity has been proved with success of Europe and the U.S. in leading and developing the world, although their activities have not been totally benevolent and based on love to neighbors.  If Christianity is a religion started by a failed rabbi or a so-called false Son of the God, the religion must have collapsed and faded away to oblivion in the 2000 year history.  

On the other hand, if Jewish people had not been especially and uniquely chosen and loved by the God, they should have collapsed and  faded away to oblivion in the 4000 year history.

The relationship between the God and the mankind or any individual is the most important thing for the mankind and each individual. We have to at least make it clear the relationship between Christianity and Judaism and God's intention to each religion.

If Judaism is correct, it is no wonder that the God might use the Angel of Death having corona-viruses to punish Christians and its civilization.  If Christianity is right, it is no wonder that the God might again allow a tragedy to happen in Jewish people in WWIII, like in WWII, where viruses and biological weapons are to be used like the corona-pandemic.  Or, the God might bring the end of the world, including Jewish people and Christians, in this century at the earliest. 

All the people, including Jewish people and Christians, should anew start to think about their relationship with the God.  They had better unify Christianity and Judaism or establish a new religion based on Judaism and Christianity.   

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John 12  King James Version
27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.