"because his hour was not yet come" - Use Minds Not to Earn Money but to Realize Peace

 

A Pacific Ocean Coast around Tokyo

Use Minds Not to Earn Money but to Realize Peace

One has to use his mind to be successful in anything, like earning money.  Even a medical doctor uses his mind to cure a patient with his medical ability and knowledge in addition to applying medical devises and drugs.

So, it depends on one's mind whether he can succeed in anything or how much he will be successful.  Therefore, some people have trained themselves spiritually or in a religious manner to increase the power of their minds.  Some religious men even try to see the afterlife by enhancing their spiritual ability.  But, it is still unknown how the mind specifically works or functions in various situations.  So, some people might think that the best way is to sell their souls to Satan and be taught by Satan any tricks and dirty skills.    

However, Christ Jesus never taught people how to use their minds to earn big money or cure their diseases.  Instead, He taught people to love the God and the poor.  And, Christ Jesus told that only poor men could enter Heaven after their death and could live happy forever there.

Compared with any worldly happiness in this world, happiness in Heaven should be far greater beyond comparison than any happiness in this world.  The happy life the richest man in this world can enjoy should be nothing when compared with any humble happiness the least man in Heaven is allowed to enjoy.  In other words, the richest man in this world should look like a homeless in Heaven while others are enjoying life worth trillions of dollars or more.  

So, Christ Jesus actually taught the way to use one's mind to be ultimately successful in one's life including his life in this world and after death in the spirit world.  What is the ultimate success in one's life?  It is to be accepted in Heaven and given eternal happiness and life.  And, the God loves the poor and poverty, so that men must love poverty and the poor so as to be accepted in Heaven by the God.

One has to use his mind to be poor, which is a conclusion.  And, Christ Jesus told the way to become poor: Give your own money to the poor.  It means that Christ Jesus told the way to become ultimately happy, although in the afterlife: Give your own money to the poor. 

However, it might be a little difficult for men to understand why the God loves poverty and the poor.  Or, rather, it might be impossible for men to realize happiness in Heaven.  But, they can understand the worldly happiness that can be bought by big money which can be earned through Satan's teaching.  But, if you have the eyes with which you can see the afterlife or the spirit world including Heaven and hells, you will do anything to enter Heaven.

As people cannot see the afterlife or the spirit world including Heaven and hells, they are used to think that they have to earn money as much as possible while they are living in this world, since there is no assurance of existence of Heaven.  Or, they may think that even if there is Heaven, they might be accepted in Heaven no matter how rich they have become in this world.  And if there is no Heaven, it is stupid not try to be rich as much as possible while they are living in this world.  And, in the world full of this kind of people, there cannot be true peace.  Indeed, this world full of this kind of people should be corrupted and debased to any degree as we see the world now.      

Therefore, Christ Jesus never told how to use minds to earn money.  But, He seems to have actually taught how to use minds to cure diseases.  In any case of His healing patients, He seemed to have used his belief in God.  Actually, Christ Jesus told a man whose disease was cured by Him that his belief in God had saved him.  The sure way for spiritual healing or healing through supernatural power should use one's own belief in God.

This good lesson can apply to the current world situation.  Peace in the world cannot be achieved through economic power or military power that can be acquired with money.  But, we should use our mind with belief in the God.  The whole world today is sick.  And the best way to cure this disease of the earth is for people to use their minds praying for achievement of peace based on their belief in God.  That is why Mother Mary in her apparition told so many time to pray to the God as much as possible.

Indeed, without work and functions of minds, you cannot even pray to the God.  And, in this case, Satan should also feel at a loss.  But, if nobody can think that he should sell his soul to Satan to become materially happy, the world might not become more deteriorated to the degree that the whole world will be a hell.

Anyway, we have to thank the God since He has given us freedom to use our own minds in whatever ways we choose.

     

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John 7, King James Version

28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

"Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught" - Suffer WWIII or Love Poverty

 

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Suffer WWIII or Love Poverty

Love poverty and be poor by giving money to the poor under the belief that the poor can enter Heaven after death.  This is the core teaching of Christ Jesus.

But, Satan tells men to love money and wealth and be rich as much as possible by even selling your souls to Satan so as to enjoy rich life in this world.

Indeed, when you earn much money and accumulate wealth, you have to accept evil to larger extent as you acquire more wealth.  For example, you will accept one evil thing to earn $1,  You will accept 100 evil things to earn $100.  You will accept 10 thousands evil things to earn $10 thousands.  You will accept one million evil things to earn $1 millions.  And you will accept more than 100 million evil things to earn more than $100 million.

Finally, the society where people love and pursue money and wealth gets deteriorated and corrupted.  And, the elite in the society will be controlled by Satan.  Over presidents and prime ministers in nations and presidents and chairpersons of companies, Satan presides.  The whole world will be hells. 

Since the appearance of Christ Jesus 2,000 years ago, the world has become rich and richer.  The mankind has not set effective restrictions on activities to increase wealth and money, in order to foster love to the poor and restrict human desires.  In reality, even people today think that it is not bad or sinful or it is good or worth praising for a man to earn money and keep wealth as much as possible making his life richer.

After the Industrial Revolution starting in the later 18th century in England and expanding in all the world in subsequent centuries, GDP of the world has continued to skyrocket exponentially.  It also means the number of rich men has never ceased to increase at a rapid space.  The whole human world has draw apart from the teaching of Christ Jesus.  Indeed, WWI occurred in 1910s and WWII started in 1939.  But people brainwashed by Satan could not do away with wars.  Even today, the dark shadow of WWIII is hanging over the mankind.  It is highly possible that WWIII would be triggered in the early 21st century.  

Indeed, Mother Mary must have seen so many rich men falling into the hells through WWI and WWII, so that she has started to frequently appear to children and young people who have still pure minds in apparition and has given warnings to people that a decisive moment is coming when the God should punish the mankind. 

Of course, wars are started by men. But, if the God would not send His angels to stop wars, men should suffer more tragedies.  And, when a war that should lead to WWIII in the early 21st century happens and the God would not send His angels to stop the wat, WWIII should surely occur sooner or later.

The God has given warnings enough to the mankind through Mother Mary.  The God has allowed Christ Jesus to prevent occurrence of WWIII many times in almost 80 years after WWII, but there must be the limit in His patience.  We had better prepare for the coming WWIII. 

It means that we have to give up desires to be rich and cut the connection with Satan, so that we have to discover the true meaning of poverty and love the poor.  In other words, to prevent demise of our civilization, we have to love poverty and the poor.

So then, we will be able to solve every problem that our material civilization has generated in these 2,000 years, including world wars, climate changes, economic crises, etc.  Finally, we have to chose facing WWIII or loving poverty.        

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John 7, King James Version

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

"But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?" - A Doctor of Engineering believing in Supernatural Power

A Doctor of Engineering Believing in Supernatural Power

A Japanese professor in engineering found that everybody had supernatural power when he was a child when Uri Geller came to Japan in about 1970 to exhibit his supernatural power and skill to bend a spoon without physical power.

He made a survey and found that more than 1,000 children living around his university had the ability to bend a spoon with their supernatural power.  But as these children grew older, they accepted social commonsense that metal spoons cannot be easily bent with supernatural power.  As a result, they lost the ability.

The professor Kazumi Masaki (1916-2002) came to believe existence of supernatural power.  He also encountered phenomenon that a pearl appeared in food such as a canning or a plate.  In one occasion, alcohol appeared in a bottle and it continued to appear till serving 100 more people.  Even wooden statutes of gods of Buddhism and Shinto appeared nowhere to his room.  As Masaki was a doctor of engineering, he scientifically measured and checked such phenomena.   But, he had to admit such phenomena.  So, he came to believe spiritual power.  And, Masaki came to observe many miracles.

One day, his guardian angel told him that although he had been destined to die around the age of 60 or so, as he had done many hidden good things, his life duration would be extended.  Indeed, Masaki made about 3,000 inventions and was awarded patents by the Government.  But, he opened all the patents, allowing free use of them.  Indeed, such a professor is rare.

He further pursued spiritual matters to come to believe that he was once a priest in Atlantis.  But, more interestingly, a spirit told him that there was a planet with high civilization between Jupiter and Mars.  But as residents there failed to manage their energy system, the planet exploded and its fractures became satellites around Jupiter and Mars.  Yet, some of the residents had built UFOs before the tragedy and could escape the planet.  They reached the earth some 400 million years ago.  As at the time there were no civilized creatures on the earth, their souls got into other animals and plants.  After the mankind emerged started to evolve, their souls moved to the inside of the mankind.  He thought that was why there were so many mean men like animals among the mankind.

It is a little surprise that a doctor of engineering believed in existence of spirits and experienced many miracles such as advents of pearls, wooden statute of gods, etc.  And, souls of the mankind might have been originated in an unknown planet that had been once existed between Jupiter and Mars but vanished through explosion 400 million years ago.  But, it seems that we cannot deny that each man has hidden spiritual ability.

Christ Jesus had supernatural ability, too.  But, it is not only his supernatural power that established Christianity but his authority over mankind given by the God.  Indeed, the God is the God even in Jupiter and Mars.  But, we the human beings might have more supernatural power that we think we have, since our sols might have been originated outside the earth even if in this solar system.  

          

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Luke 7, King James Version

24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

"out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts" - Prayer in Preterit Tense

A Public Park around Tokyo

Prayer in Preterit Tense

A Japanese doctor found and believed existence of spirits and the spirit world.  He even cured his own diseases by using his spiritual power and lived till over the age of 100.

Nobuo Shioya (1902-2008) once in his 20s  performed spiritual healing in the University of Tokyo Hospital and a patient was cured, but he was forced to leave the Hospital due to performing an unauthorized healing method.  Afterwards, he freely pursued spiritual matters and held a seance many times in Tokyo while working as a physician.  He became a successful medical doctor managing his own clinic. 

He found that breathing was a key to life, so that he formulated a controlling method of breath with ethically cleansed mind for promoting health.  But, he also formulated a way to have one's wish come true.      

According to his theory, one has to ask God anything as if it were already accomplished.  One has to use preterit tense when praying to God.  And then it would come true.  Christ Jesus indeed said that when one prayed, he had to believe that it had already come true:

24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. (Mark 11)

So, if many people in this world prayed for peace to God, thinking that peace already came, peace would surely come in this world. 

At one occasion In 1950s, Shioya communicated with his own guardian angel who predicted that a great tragedy should fall on the mankind 60 years later.  He then thought and replied that it would be after his own death.  The angel said that yes, it would be.  Indeed, Shioya died in 2008, and in 2011, the Fukushima nuclear accident occurred, and in 2022, the Ukraine war started.  We are really proceeding to a global natural crisis or WWIII.  Although Shioya was not a Christian, he noted various Christian prophecies including warnings by Virgin Mary in her apparition.  So, even a Japanese spirit who worked as guardian angel for a Japanese doctor gave a similar warning.  We had better believe it. 

It is said that many patients recovered after practicing his method.  Shioya himself cured his disease by applying his own method to live until the age of 105.  When he prayed for longevity to the God when he was 60 or 70 years old, Shioya must have thought that he had already lived over 100. 
　
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Mark 7, King James Version

18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 

19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 

20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 

22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 

23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

"being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children" - The Crises in the Scale Once in 2,000 Years to Come Soon

 

The Crises in the Scale Once in 2,000 Years to Come Soon

Since the middle of the 19th century, Virgin Mary started to give warnings on decisive punishment to be given by the God on people who had sold their souls to Satan so as to earn money and acquire wealth.  At the same period, the so-called spiritualism movement started to diffuse in the U.S., England, France, etc. and even in Japan, although it was in the 18th century that the great Swedish psychic Swedenborg wrote many books about his spiritual experiences.

Virgin Mary appeared in the apparitions in La Salette, France in 1846; Lourde, France in 1858; Fatima, Portugal in 1917; Garabandal, Spain in 1961 to 1965; Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1981 to date, etc. and even in Akita, Japan in 1973.

Virgin Mary had also often appeared to encourage people to have faith before the middle of the 19th century, but it seems to be after the middle of the 19th century that She started to deliver specific warnings about coming punishment on the mankind from the God.  According to her warnings, the end of the time is coming so close.   

It should be also noted that the 18th century great scientist Isaac Newton found after his diligent study of the Bible that the end of the world should start after 2060.  Swedenborg wrote that he had met with Newton in the spirit world to find that Newton had been a faithful man.  Swedenborg also wrote that he had seen the last judgement being executed in the spirit world and he thought that the effect of the last judgement in the spirit world should be seen in the human world two to three centuries later. 

Therefore, everything points to this era, the early 21st century as the period of the prelude to the decisive punishment by the God on the mankind.  The time of "the end of the time" in the Virgin Mary's warnings seems to mean the period after WWI through WWII to WWIII but not the time of the human history.  The God would not wipe out the mankind; instead He would stop material prosperity the mankind has been enjoying since the start of the Industrial Revolution launched in the 18th century in England. 

While development of science and technology was further spreading through Europe and America after the 19th century, Virgin Mary started to give warnings to the mankind through visionaries who were mostly children and teenagers, and the spiritualism movement was intensified and promoted by psychics and interested learned people.  

Indeed, as Virgin Mary predicted, WWI occurred in 1914; WWII occurred in 1939; and WWIII is now expected to start in the early 21st century or in 2020s at the earliest.  The current war between Ukraine and Russia might lead to WWIII. 

From the historical view, it had been 2,000 years from Abraham to Christ Jesus, and it was 2,000 years from Christ Jesus to the present days.  There is no wonder that Christ Jesus comes to this world again. 

Before Abraham, the Great Pyramids in Gaza were built around 26the century BC; the Creation of the universe was started in 3,760 BC  according to the Jewish calendar, and the Sumerian civilization was established around 4,000 BC.  It is thought that Abraham came from the Sumerian city of Ur.

So, when the Sumerian civilization collapsed around 2,000 BC, Abraham appeared.  When the Jewish kingdom around Jerusalem collapsed around A.D 1st century, Christ Jesus appeared.  Then, when this modern material civilization is going to collapse through WWIII, the climate change, environmental pollutions, etc. around the 21st century, there is no wonder that Christ Jesus comes to this world again.        

It means that the mankind is facing the big tragedy in the scale of 2,000 years in this century due to their unbelief.  It can be understood the reason why Virgin Mary has been delivering warnings on it since the 19th century.  But, as the Bible reads, if we repent and come back to the God, we will be saved.  Virgin Mary has said to pray more so that less people would fall into the hells and the God might make small the extent of the damage in the coming tragedy. 

However, it looks that too many people have sold their souls to Satan to earn money and accumulate wealth so as to be materially happy.  We have to stop it.  We have to try to become poor as much as possible or love poverty as the God and Christ Jesus do.  Then, we may get rid of Satan's traps.  No matter how crazy, it sounds, this is the surest solution for our civilization to be allowed to continue into the 22nd century onwards.

Anyway, we had better get prepared for crises in the scale once in 2,000 years to come soon.

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Matthew 7, King James Version

8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

"he was worthy for whom he should do this" - Secret of Prayer to the God

                                                 A Shrine around Tokyo

Secret of Prayer to the God

A Japanese medical doctor who died at the age of 105 in 2008 found power of prayer through his study of spiritualism.

He found that it is useless that a man prays to the God, wishing his dream to come true.   When a man prays to the God, he has to believe that his dream has already come true.

Indeed, Christ Jesus said:

24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. (Mark 11)

A Japanese inventor who died at the age of 86 in 2002 also fund power of prayer through his study of spiritualism.

He found that when a man forgets about the content of his wish for which he prayed to the God, it can come true. 

Indeed, Christ Jesus said:

36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. (Mark 14)

Therefore, when we pray to the God wishing our dream to come true, we have to believe that the God has already realized it.  But, the God should realize only what He approves because He knows what a man needs.

8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. (Matthew 6)

In this context, we have to pray to the God, wishing for peace in Ukraine, but we have to think that peace has been already realized  in Ukraine and forget about the war.  If the God thinks that the mankind need peace in Ukraine, peace should be realized there.

However, if the war in Ukraine belongs to some mysterious scheme of God, the war should proceed as He wishes despite our prayers.  

Anyway, if a man who has already sold his soul to Satan prays to the God wishing for anything, the God should not listen to him.  And, it is likely that a majority of people have already sold their souls to Satan even before the start of the war in Ukraine. 


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Luke 7, King James Version

7 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

"Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink" - Fatima through Medjugorje to Ukraine; Garabandal through Lourdes to Ukraine

 

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Fatima through Medjugorje to Ukraine; Garabandal through Lourdes to Ukraine 

The most important apparition of Virgin Mary should be Her apparition in Fatima, Portugal, 1917 where She delivered warnings on WWII and WWIII.

The next one should be Her apparition in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 1981 to date.

But, this series of Marian apparitions where Virgin Mary gave warnings on coming tragedies of the mankind expected to occur in the 21st century began in La Salette, France, in 1846 and continued over the miracle in Lourdes, France, in 1858.  One example of apparitions where visionaries looking at Virgin Mary were taken into video films is that in Garabandl, Spain, around 1961.  

But, how did Virgin Mary or Christ Jesus decide the places for apparitions?  Probably, it should depend on local situations where faithful children could be seen.  But, when we draw straight lines through these places, we may find other reasons.

The line starting from Garabandal to Lourdes and La Salette reaches the east part of Ukraine; the line starting from Fatima through Medjugorje reaches the immediately north of the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine, as seen in the above map.

So, we should conclude that the warnings by Virgin Mary are related to the current war in Ukraine and even Russia's occupation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014.

If the Russia-Ukraine war continues long, it can trigger WWIII between democratic countries and autocratic countries.  Russia will not be able to occupy Ukraine as long as NATO countries supply military equipment and ammunitions to Ukraine, so that Russia might expand the battle fields to neighboring countries of Ukraine to stop supply of weapons to Ukraine.  However, nuclear weapons will not be first used by Russia.  Probably this phase of expansion of the Russia-Ukraine war might be seen from 2022 to 2027.  

When Russia finally realizes that it cannot defeat Ukraine and NATO countries, it may accept defeat and Russian people might introduce fully democratic government.

But, meanwhile, China might try to expand its territory to Taiwan and beyond.  It might be the second Vietnam War for the U.S.  And, it might take a decade till China will finally accept defeat and its people will rise to introduce democratic government.

These processes will be included in WWIII.  Based on historical lessons, democratic countries will prevail.  But, the autocratic countries such as Russia, China, etc. might use nuclear weapons at the last phase of WWIII desperately.      

The mankind will have to face final wars, which should be called WWIII.  But, after WWIII, democracy will prevail in the world.  Russia and China will become fully democratic countries.  And, true peace will come on the earth.  The human civilization will further continue and develop into the 22nd century and more.

However, to avoid total nuclear warfare in WWIII, we have to pray to the God.  For this reason, we have to humbly listen to Virgin Mary and learn Her warnings.      

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Matthew 6, King James Version

22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

"for, behold, your reward is great in heaven" - Poor Men to Become Rich and Happy in Heaven

 

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Poor Men to Become Rich and Happy in Heaven

One of the most impressive teachings of Christ Jesus is as follows:

Matthew 5, King James Version

5 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 

However, this teachings is related to the state in Heaven of those blessed by the God. 

But, what does the expression "Blessed are the poor in spirit" mean?  It seems that regardless of whether a man is materially poor or rich, if he is poor in spirit, he is allowed to enter Heaven.

But, poor men whose spirits have been enriched by their faith and love to the God should be no more poor in spirit.  And, rich men whose spirits have become poor due to their selfish love and negligence of poor people should be poor in spirit.  But, the former cannot enter Heaven while the latter can, which is insane.  

Therefore, the expression "Blessed are the poor in spirit" should be simply "Blessed are the poor." 

From the beginning, Christ Jesus came to this world in order to save the poor but not the rich.  He taught truth, especially spiritual truth, mainly to the poor who could not read and write or who were too poor to have any means and time to learn religious truth.  So then, how would Christ Jesus use an expression that was so difficult that even today many scholars and religious experts are discussing and arguing about its true meaning?  His teaching to poor and unlearnt people of 2,000 years ago should be more simple like "Blessed are the poor."    

To show His love to the poor, Christ Jesus must have said, "Blessed are the poor."  But, who changed this expression?  Satan must have done it to confuse the followers of Christ Jesus.  Satan could not abolish Christianity, its churches, and its teachings, but it must have sneaked into editing, compiling, translation, etc. of the teachings of Christ Jesus.  And, this strange and difficult phrase must be an example of Satan's interference.  

Yet, when a man becomes poor, his mind sometimes becomes poor for he cannot show respectable manners and polite behaviors.  He cannot nurture a rich spirit due to poverty.  In this sense, poor men are the poor in spirit.  Nonetheless, a rich man who is selfish, lacks love to neighbors, becomes arrogant, and neglects the teachings of Christ Jesus and the God has a narrow and cruel mind that must look poor, but his mind is in fact rich with effects of enjoying many books of various fields such as religion and literatue, artifacts, entertainments, etc.  Therefore, a materially rich man whose spirit is poor is rare, since their minds are in full of luxuries.  

  

With this kind of interference by Satan, some people think that being materially poor is not a condition for entering Heaven.  They try to believe that rich men can also enter Heaven.

But, to be rich and keep wealth, men have to neglect the poor around them and accept any necessary evil, so that gradually they will accept any evil and make the poor suffer more.  Indeed, it cannot be possible that Christ Jesus accept rich men in Heaven even if he allows poor camels to enter Heaven.

The love to the poor is the essential part of the teachings of Christ Jesus.  The most critical condition for following Christ Jesus is to have love to the poor.  In this context, loving poverty is the key to understanding Christ Jesus.

Put simply, Heaven is full of poor men, and there must be no room for rich men.  Therefore, we have to become poor as much as possible while living in this world.  Christianity is a religion for poor men who are promised to become rich and happy in Heaven.

Love poverty and enter Heaven! 

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Luke 6, King James Version

20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

"where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" - Paris, Rome, Turin, Fatima, Lourdes, and Garabandal, All Connected

 

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Paris, Rome, Turin, Fatima, Lourdes, and Garabandal, All Connected

Rome is the center of religion in Europe as the Vatican is located there.  Paris is the center of culture in Europe as the Notre Dame Cathedral is located there.

However, Turin is more important as there is the holy shroud with the image of Christ Jesus on it.  Or, Fatima is also more important as Virgin Mary appeared there to give warning to the mankind.  In addition, Lourdes is also more important as Virgin Mary caused a miracle to heal people.  Furthermore, Garabandal is notable for Marian apparitions like those in Medjugorje, the state of whose visionaries was recorded in videos. 

These locations can be connected through red lines in the Marian apparition map as below. 

Turin is on the line connecting Paris and Rome.

Garabandal is on the line connecting Paris and Fatima.

Lourdes is on the line connecting Fatima and Turin and the line connecting Rome and Garabandal.  

In this context, the 2019 fire of the Notre Dame Cathedral is symbolic for the fate of Europe, since the corona-pandemic and the Ukraine war began after 2019.  These tragedies are related to the warning delivered in Fatima or Garabandal.  It is also notable that Virgin Mary specifically mentioned Russia in her warnings in Fatima.

Visionaries in Garabandal were told by Virgin Mary that there would be a great warning that would be seen by everybody before occurrence of a great miracle or tragedy.  The 2019 fire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris seems to match this prophesy as a great miracle, although the date of the miracle is still in mystery.  

Europe is based on Christianity, and Christianity is mainly based on miracles.  Lourdes is the place notable for its healing waters given by Virgin Mary.  The apparitions of Virgin Mary in Garabandal is also notable for the prophecy on the Great Warning and Miracle.  Fatima is well known for the prophecy of WWI, WWII, and probably WWIII.  The shroud of Turin is so important as the Gospels, since it shows the image of Christ Jesus.  And, they are all connected through the above red lines.

Put simply, the 2019 fire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is a warning of coming of a great disaster like WWIII in Europe.  And, this WWIII might be triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  The Vatican and Christianity should be gravely influenced by WWIII.

Indeed, the 21st century will be a decisive century for the mankind like the 1st century.  We had better pray to the God so as to send Christ Jesus again to the human world and save the civilization from coming WWIII.  

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Matthew 6, King James Version

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

"Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God" - The Lines Connecting the Major Marian Apparitions

 

The Lines Connecting the Major Marian Apparitions

The key places of Marian apparitions in these centuries have been connected as seen below with red lines, although these lines are somewhat rough.

(https://www.206tours.com/map/)

These lines are concentrated to Fatima:

The 1st Line: Fatima => Garabandal => Paris 

The 2nd line: Fatima => Lourdes => La Salette => Turin

The 3rd line: Fatima => Assisi => Medjugorje

The Marian apparitions in Fatima began in 1917; it began in Garabandal in 1961; and it began in Rue du Bac, Paris, in 1830.  

The Marian apparitions in Lourdes began in 1858; it began in La Salette in 1846; and the Shroud of Turin has been well known since 1578.

Assisi is famous for Francis of Assisi (1182 - 1226) who is one of the most venerated religious figures in Christianity; and the Marian apparitions in Medjugorje started in 1981 and has continued to date.  

But, the center of this network should be Turin, Italy, with the holy shroud is placed, since the image of Christ Jesus is on the shroud of Turin. 

In summary, the present crises in the world should be regarded as manifestation of warnings of Virgin Mary in recent centuries that were started in La Salette in 1846.  

However, it should be also noted that, in 2019, while Notre-Dame of Paris was undergoing renovation, its roof caught fire and burned, which must be a warning to the current war in Ukraine.  And, the incumbent Pope is named in honor of Francis of Assisi, and he has been the head of the Vatican since 2013, a year before Russian invasion of the the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine.　

Paris is the center of Europe or the E.U.  Its symbol is the Notre-Dame cathedral.  But it was burnt in 2019 just before the corona pandemic and the Ukraine war.  And, the current Pope is called Francis as he honors Saint Francis of Assisi.  Indeed, this network of Marian apparitions implies the current situations in the world.

Put simply, these lines connecting the major recent Marian apparitions and the key places for Christianity must be related to the fate of Europe, the Vatican, and the Christian communities.

Therefore, the prophesies issued by Virgin Mary in Fatima should be checked again, since She specifically named Russia in Her warnings in Fatima.  It should be furthermore related to the Third World War.


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Luke 6, King James Version

18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

"his disciples went down unto the sea" - G7 Countries, Russia, China, etc. Would Engage in Coming WWII

 

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G7 Countries, Russia, China, etc. Would Engage in Coming WWIII

In the 20th century, Virgin Mary appeared in the human world sometimes specifically in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917; in Garabandal, Spain, from 1961 to 1965; and in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 1981 to present days. 

It was at the last phase of WWI when the apparitions occurred in Fatima.  And, WWI was ended soon after the apparitions and WWII began as predicted by Virgin Mary.

It was on October 18, 1961 that the first apparition occurred in in Garabandal, which was four days after the Cuban Crisis started with a possibility of leading to nuclear warfare between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.  

But, it was a month after Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded in 1981 that the first apparition occurred in Medjugorje.  Virgin Mary has continued to appear to visionaries of Medjugorje through the rest of the 20th century to date during which Lucia, a visionary in Fatima, and Pope John Paul II died in 2005 with Fatima's secret still mysterious behind.

The pictures of the Fatima's visionaries Lucia, Francis and Jacinta, aged from 10 to 7, shows their fear and sadness as they were shown the state of the hells by Virgin Mary and they were suspected of telling lies by the police and other adults putting them under death threats.  

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima)

But, four young schoolgirls in Garabandal, aged around 12,  showed raptures in their pictures taken while they were seeing a vision of Virgin Mary and infant Jesus. 

(https://www.homeofthemother.org/en/magazine/selected-articles/spiritual-life/4933-garabandal)

Furthermore, the visionaries in Medjugorje, aged between 10 to 16 at the time of the first apparition there, looked rather significant and interrogative.

(https://www.medjugorjehotelspa.com/en/history-of-medjugorje-the-first-apparitions/)

The content of messages of Virgin Mary to those visionaries is consistent: the warning to coming disaster on the mankind due to their lack in faith.  "As the mankind have been so rotten and debased, the God will punish them.  To avoid it and appease the God, Virgin Mary requested the mankind to pray more to the God, Christ Jesus, and Virgin Mary," said Virgin Mary.

It is also interesting that a visionary in Medjugorje said that Virgin Mary had once told her that Satan once came to the God and asked Him to give it Medjugorje, then Satan would give up the rest of the world, but the God firmly rejected it.  

We cannot think that these young people have told lies or seen similar phantoms.  If we think that they have been telling lies, we may as well think that the Gospels are telling lies about the God and Christ Jesus. 

Therefore, the only conclusion we may draw is the World War Three is coming soon, since Virgin Mary started to deliver warnings in 1917, continued it through early 1960's and intensified the warning since 1981 to date.  It is also interesting that Virgin Mary shows a sense of caution to Russia when we see the current war in Ukraine caused by Russian invasion.

Furthermore, in an apparition in La Salette, France, 1846, Virgin Mary gave a prediction to two children that 10 kings of the world would launch the final war.  It might mean that the G7 countries, Russia, China, etc. would engage in coming WWIII.   

Although most of people cannot see Virgin Mary in air, all the visionaries said that She was noble and beautiful.     

(https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%81%AE%E8%81%96%E6%AF%8D)

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John 6, King James Version

15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,

17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.

"That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him" - Fatima's Children in 1917

 

Fatima's Children in 1917

Apparitions of Virgin Mary have been reported in these 2,000 years, but the most famous one is the apparition of Mary in Fatima in 1917.

Our Lady of Fátima is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of God based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal. The three children were Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. The bishop of Leiria, José Alves Correia da Silva, declared the events worthy of belief on 13 October 1930.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima)

There are photographs of Lucia (10), Francisco (9), and Jacinta (7) taken in Fatima at the time.

 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima)

They look so gloomy with sadness and anger inside.  But, if you read a report on Fatima by Lucia, it can be understood.  These children were intimidated by the police and other adults around.  They were accused of telling lies.  They were told that they would be killed if they did not tell the truth, since the police and other adults did not believe that they had seen Virgin Mary.   

Therefore, these children aged between 7 and 10 years were under threat of death from infidels.  It is no wonder that they look so gloomy, standing before a cameraman.  This picture is of children under death threat rather than of children who were under the blessing of seeing Virgin Mary.

But they did not seem to be afraid of death.  Rather, they looked like wishing to go to Heaven as soon as possible, according to Lucia's report:

Then Our Lady spoke to us: “Do not be afraid. I will do you no harm.” “Where are you from?” “I am from Heaven.” “What do you want from me?” “I have come to ask you to come here for six months in succession, on the 13th day, at this same hour. Later on, I will tell you who I am and what I want. Afterwards, I will return here yet a seventh time.” “Shall I go to Heaven too?” “Yes, you will.” “And Jacinta?” “She will go also.” “And Francisco?” “He will go there too, but he must say many Rosaries.”

Remarkably, the three children immediately believed that the woman (Virgin Mary) who appeared before them in air was from Heaven with heavenly power.  But, Francisco and Jacinta died so soon, a few years after the apparition.  Yet, Lucia died in 2005 when Poe Jon Paul II died, leaving some controversies on secrets or prophecies of Fatima.

Indeed, this picture shows sadness and astonishment of Jacinta and Lucia after Virgin Mary showed them the state of the hells.

We should take seriously these apparitions of Virgin Mary, sine She seems to want to save the mankind from the hells.  Probably many people would fall into the hells in the coming World War Three. 

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Mark 6, King James Version

14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

"he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve" - Followers of Christ Jesus can Heal the Sick and Drive Out Satan

 

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Followers of Christ Jesus can Heal the Sick and Drive Out Satan

Christ Jesus could heal the sick and drive out evil spirits from men.  In addition, He gave this power and authority to His disciples.  Subsequently, His teaching has been preached globally, leading to establishment of a religion called Christianity.  Therefore, we might be allowed to expect that leaders of Christianity has still kept this power and authority:  

Luke 9
9 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.

Therefore, if people ran to churches to be saved from the corona pandemic, there should be no wonder.  If leaders of churches in the world came to war-damaged places like Ukraine to save people, there should be no wonder.  But, in reality, such phenomena have never happened.  The pope in the street of New York or Shanghai?  The Cardinals in towns in Ukraine?  No shadows of the Pope or the Cardinals are now seen there to our disappointment.     

Now, six million people have died globally due to the corona-virus, and six million people have fled from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion.  Christ Jesus, if He was still in the human world, should have sent His disciples, such as the pope and the Cardinals, to the coronavirus or war-damaged places such as New York or Shanghai, or Ukraine.     

So, I want to recommend sick people suffering due to the corona-virus or its after-effects to pray to the God or Christ Jesus with the Bible in their hands.  I want to recommend Ukrainian people suffering due to the Russian military invasion to pray to the God or Christ Jesus with the Bible in their hands.  Or, they might as well pray to Virgin Mary, since She has been giving a warning of Russian evil forces in Her apparitions in Europe in these decades.   

According to the Gospels and the words of Christ Jesus, souls of men will surely enter into the spirit world after death in this world and continue to live as spirits.

Especially, the souls of poor men are accepted in Heaven after death in this world to live there forever happily.  This is really a piece of good news.  Therefore, poor people don't have to be afraid of the corona-virus or the Russian military invasion.  Indeed, there must be no diseases or damage from war in the spirit world or Heaven.  

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Luke 6, King James Version

9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

"Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost" - The Issue More Important than the Problem of Life and Death

 

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The Issue More Important than the Problem of Life and Death

The Bible mentions the change in the state of a human body as follows:

1 Corinthians 15
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

This argument deals with the most important issue for a man, namely his death and afterlife.  Men might wonder if there is really the afterlife or the land of the dead.  The answer is clearly Yes, which should be accepted by all the followers of Christ Jesus. 

The soul of a man continues to live over his death in this world as a spirit in the spirit world called the afterlife or the land of the dead.  But he will have no more a natural body but a spiritual body.

So, it is a surprise that there are still many people in this world who wonder whether there is the afterlife or the land of the dead.  Indeed, every elementary school should teach children that they do not have to be afraid of death since there is the afterlife.

But, there is another most important issue: good or evil.  This issue is also the most important thing in the afterlife as well as in this world, since a man is destined to go to Heaven or the hell depending on his being good or evil.  Good ones go to Heaven and evil ones go to the hells. 

But how can a man be judged to be good or evil?  The judgment adopted by Christ Jesus is based on whether one is poor or rich, so that poor men can be accepted in Heaven while rich men fall into the hells.   

Anyway, we should worry about whether we are poor enough or sinfully rich.  We should no more worry about whether there is the afterlife or not.  Indeed, every respectable religion teaches not only existence of the afterlife but also a need to be good.  Truly emphasis should be laid on a need to be good in the afterlife as well as in this world.

But, those who were poor while living in this world would be accepted in Heaven as faithful and good ones so as to be able to live happy forever in Heaven.  Yet, those who are not truly faithful and good even if they happened to die as poor men in this world must not be able to stay in Heaven even if they are once accepted in Heaven.

Therefore, there are only the two types of men: those poor and thus good to be accepted in Heaven and others evil and rich to fall into the hells.  Christ Jesus never told people to become rich so as to be saved, since rich men cannot be ultimately accepted in Heaven. 

However, as this world is still ruled by Satan, almost everybody reveres Satan as a god who teaches him that he has to earn money no matter what evil things he has to do.  Those who were brainwashed by Satan and cannot get rid of the brainwashing should seek for and keep money and wealth till their death, and they will surely go to the hells.    

If there is the afterlife, it is meaningless as long as you fall into the hells.   

 

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John 6, King James Version

9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.