"Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name" - Fight against Satan like Christ Jesus!

 

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Fight against Satan like Christ Jesus!

Christ Jesus talked about the kingdom of God, the power of the spirit of God, and demons:

28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. (Matthew 12)

The circumstance where this word was issued is Israel of 2,000 years ago where the society was covered by the worldly values and people were absorbed in every worldly concern and worry.  Put simply, everyone was seeking material happiness and thus money, like the human world of today.  

The society opposite to such a world is the Kingdom of God where holy values are at the highest priority being governed by the Spirit of the God while Satan, devils, evil spirits, etc. are cast out of there.   And, it can be realized only by Christ Jesus, which is the basics of Christianity.  And, if we are sane, there is no reason for denying this Christianity launched by Christ Jesus as far as we love love more than hate, peace more than conflicts, truth more than deceits, and the God more than Satan.

But, if the Kingdom of the God is realized, none would follow Satan and there is none who should fall in the hell.  Satan should become of no use.  Satan should lose anybody or any souls that it can rule, occupy, dominate and make obey its evil power.  Therefore, it can be easily understood that Satan has made full efforts to stop the work of Christ Jesus.  These Satan's efforts resulted in the murder of Christ Jesus, but as Christ Jesus was the Son of God, He could resurrect and His soul just returned to Heaven or the God.  Satan must have simply increased the anger and wrath of God.  Therefore, Satan will be more severely punished by the God.  

Yet, crazy and cunning Satan tried to make as many people as possible fall into the hells and take them together into the final punishment by the God, namely the complete extinction.  In tis context, although it is laughable that Satan challenged the Son of God, Satan's desperate activities are the hidden theme of the Gospels.  And Satan is the hidden hero of the Gospels.

Indeed, in the Kingdom of the God, there cannot be any scenes where Satan can be assigned to any position.  And, this is the human world to be realized.        

But, as the mankind still stick to money, wealth, material happiness, selfish success, etc. following the teaching of Satan, the God should decide to punish the mankind in addition to Satan.  So, the God has not ordered His Son, Virgin Mary, His Angels, etc. to stop the corona-pandemic and conflicts among nations, including the war in Ukraine.  He might even allow the third world war to occur in the 21st century.

Truly, we are in a dangerous period of the human history, since the God must have been offended enough by Satan and the mankind who are still following Satan as if Satan is their god.  What we should learn in Gospels is the need to fight against Satan like Christ Jesus.

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Matthew 6, King James Version
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

"thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly" - Change the Concept of Values

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Change the Concept of Values

Everybody knows the power of Satan, namely money and wealth. It has not been changed even in these 2,000 years. So, when Christ Jesus taught that money and wealth are tools of Satan, everybody was astonished, since they revered money and wealth, namely tools of Satan, as if they had been gods.

So, when a rich young man who was almost perfect in terms of wealth wanted to be perfectly perfect, he came to Christ Jesus, a wise rabbi according to rumors.  The young man asked Christ Jesus what to do so as to be perfect.  Christ Jesus said to him to be poor, which could not be accepted by the young rich man, as the Gospel by Matthew described:

Matthew 19, King James Version

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

This saying of Christ Jesus requests people to choose money, wealth and material happiness in this world or glory in Heaven after death.  But, regrettably most of men have chosen money, wealth and material happiness in this world without believing glory in Heaven to be given to them if only they believe in Christ Jesus.  As a result, the human world is still full of troubles such as the war in Ukraine, the corona pandemic, murders in the U.S., etc. 

The current human civilization is built based on the concept of values where money, wealth, and material happiness in this world are given the highest priority.  It actually means that love to Satan is given the highest priority.  Therefore, people would accept any small evil, the middle size of evil, and finally any big evil as Satan wishes in order to obtain and keep money, wealth, and material happiness in this world.  But, there is Satan in the society belonging to this civilization.  And, Satan wants to bring as many people as possible to the hells after their death.

Put simply, indeed, entering Heaven after death is not easy.  It is not because you have to be rich as much as possible in this world, but because you have to be poor as much as possible while living in this world.

According the teaching of Christ Jesus, the hells in the afterlife or the spirit world should be full of rich, happy, and successful men who were rich, happy, and successful while they were living in the human world.  They should be all ruled and dominated by Satan in the hells.  They all hated light and love of the God in Heaven more than their fear of Satan, so that they voluntarily fell into the hells.

Those who were accepted in Heaven must not want to see the rotten human world, so that they would not come back to the human world.  On the other hand, those who fell in the hells must want to take other souls to the hells so that they can gnaw the new comers.  Therefore, spirits we, living people in this world, encounter should be mostly evil spirits from the hells.

Nonetheless, the God must be so merciful that He sent His Son, Christ Jesus, and Virgin Mary to the human world with some angels so as to save as many people as possible and prevent them from falling into the hells.

In Heaven, those who were poor, unlucky, unsuccessful, and unhappy while having lived in the human world must look so happy and glorious in Heaven after death in this human world.  This is the image we should have for Heaven.  Poverty is the sure ticket to Heaven.  Accordingly, we have to change the concept of values.     

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Matthew 6, King James Version

3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

"he entered into the synagogue and taught" - How to Unify All the Religions

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How to Unify All the Religions

The most important thing for any individual is death of his own.

Religions mostly teach people that there is the afterlife or the spirit world where they will go after their death.  However, religions usually also teach them that believers or good ones can be accepted in Heaven but non-believers or bad ones should fall into the hells.

It is so simple, but it looks that there are too many people who fall into the hells.  The key to understanding this situation seems to be existence of Satan.  Satan wants to make as many people as possible fall into the hells so as to rule and control them in the hells.  For this purpose, Satan would brainwash people by infusing the thought that there is no afterlife so that there will be nothing left for them after their death.  People brainwashed by Satan in this way should think that there is no afterlife so that it is foolish not to enjoy life as much as possible by earning money as much as possible.  Consequently, people will come to gradually neglect ethics and virtue if needed to make big money.  And in the long run, they will accept any evil in this human world.  

Or, Satan teaches people who believe in the afterlife or the spirit world that people will be happy there after death no matter if they are poor or rich in this human world, so that it is foolish not to try to be rich while living in this world.  They will believe that being rich or poor in this world will not affect their status in the after life or the spirit world, since being rich or poor in this world has nothing to do with being good or evil.  Consequently, people will come to gradually neglect ethics and virtue if needed to make big money.  And in the long run, they will accept any evil in this human world.

Indeed, people come to think that they are not doing evil things but are just trying to be rich, which will not hinder them from being happy in the afterlife or the spirit world.  They think that being rich is different from being evil.  But this is the effect of Satan's brainwashing them.  To be rich, one has to neglect others and accept any necessary evil.  Through this process, such people are destined to the hells in the after life or the spirit world as Satan wishes.  As a result, the hells in the afterlife or the spirt world are full of souls of dead rich men, which must sadden Lord Christ Jesus and Virgin Mary.

To correct this situation, Lord Christ Jesus came to this world to teach people that being rich is being evil so that souls of rich men fall into the hells.  This is so simple.  And, souls of poor men should be accepted in Heaven in the afterlife or the spirit world.  Therefore, people must be poor so that they can be accepted in Heaven after their death.  By this simple teaching, Lord Christ Jesus fight against Satan.  

Therefore, truth in this world is so simple.  The teaching of Lord Christ Jesus is so simple and easy.  But, being poor means that one has to avoid doing or accepting any evil that might lead him to the hells.  This is the core of the religion Christianity.  

Put simple, one may accept his death and the idea of the afterlife or the spirit world, but one will most probably accept the teaching of Satan that one can happily live in the afterlife or the spirit world after death regardless whether or not one has been rich while living in the human world.  But in truth, such a man will fall into the hells after death as Satan wishes. 

So, Lord Christ Jesus told that rich men cannot be accepted in Heaven but poor men can be.  It means that rich men are doing evil things but poor men are not.  In other words, although any men can enter into the afterlife or the spirit world, only poor men having done little evil things can be accepted in Heave. 

Life and death, being rich or poor in this world, good or evil, and Heaven or the hells are all interconnected.  Therefore, we may say that poor and faithful men can be surely accepted in Heave.  Yet, some rich men who have happened to be rich in this world by chance without doing evil things may be accepted in Heave, but I think the chance should be slim.  Anyway, it depends on God's judgement whether one can be accepted in Heave.  However, being or becoming poor in this world is a sure way to be accepted in Heaven after death according to Lord Christ Jesus.

Therefore, every religion should emphasize the need to be poor so as for one's soul to be saved in Heaven as Lod Christ Jesus told us.  And, if every religion shares this teaching (namely, "poverty is the key to entering Heaven after death"), all the religions can be unified.          

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Luke 6, King James Version

3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
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?

"sayest thou, Who touched me?" - A Japanese Traveler from Fatima to Medjugorje

 

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A Japanese Traveler from Fatima to Medjugorje 

A middle-aged Japanese man once travelled Europe from Fatima, Portugal, through Lourdes, France, finally to Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1990s while being guided, probably, by the Holy Spirit, although he was not a member of any Christian Churches in Japan.   

He just wanted to go and see the notable place for apparition of Virgin Mary, Fatima in Portugal, since he once visited Israel and Ephesus where Virgin Mary had reportedly spent Her last years.  But, he had no friends in Europe, and it was his first trip to Europe, although he had some money and time as he had worked in local municipality office in Japan for more than a decade and quit the job at the time.  

Although he could only speak English in addition to Japanese but not French and Spanish, he found many kind people in Fatima, Lourdes, and other places important for Christianity and its history.  They helped him understand past holy events in those sites and continue his journey in peace.  He only encountered pickpockets in Rome as a dangerous case.  He later recalled his journey as a very lucky one beyond expectations.

In Fatima, he met a kind French woman who taught him other various notable places for Christianity in Europe.  He decided to visit these places including the Cathedral of Turin, and on the way he met other kind Christians from whom he learnt the apparition of Mary in Medjugorje.  But, he continued his travel to Cairo, Egypt, to see a Christian church where Virgin Mary had appeared and had been taken in photographs.

After returning to Japan, he could not forget the story about Medjugorje.  So, he decided to go to Europe again.  Specifically, he came to Italy and finally reached Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina as he could luckily mingle with a group of Italian pilgrims going to Medjugorje by sea from the Italian Peninsula.  And, he could even talk to one of visionaries there.  He told her his travel through notable Christian sites in Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy.  And, he told her that he might write a book on this travel as well as the apparition of Mary in Medjugorje.  And then, She kindly answered his questions and allowed him to take pictures of her seeing and speaking to Virgin Mary in a place of the apparition.        

Although he could not see himself Virgin Mary in air, but he was sure that She appeared to the visionary, since the face of the visionary looked so real, absorbed, and sincere.  Later, after returning to Japan, he really wrote some books on his travel from Fatima to Cairo and finally to Medjugorje.  He wrote that his travel and encountering with good Christians in Europe were a kind of miracles.  He wrote that he had traveled as if having been guided and protected by Virgin Mary and other holy spirits.

As the conclusion of his travel, he wrote that Virgin Mary is continuing Her plan that She started in Fatima in 1917 even in Medjugorje to date.  Virgin Mary is called the Queen of Peace, so that Her plan should be aimed at realizing peace on earth and saving people from wars, etc. as much as possible.  Indeed, as 2,000 years have already passed since the first coming of Christ Jesus, a great crisis or the end of time must be imminent.  She must have used even a Japanese traveler so as to spread Her work.

It was when the Yugoslav War was fought that the Japanese traveler visited Medjugorje.  And, today a war is being fought between Ukraine and Russia.  When Virgin Mary appeared in Fatima in 1917, WWI had been going to end and She gave a warning on then coming WWII.  Therefore, the apparitions of Virgin Mary in Medjugorje, etc. in these decades should be related to coming WWIII. 

In my feeling, WWIII will start around 2027 and continue for decades.  We should pray that nuclear weapons will not be used in the war and not many people will fall into the hells due to WWIII, because Virgin Mary should be tragically saddened in the case.


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Mark 5, King James Version

30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

"Levi made him a great feast in his own house" - The Apparition of Virgin Mary in Medjugorje is rather near Ukraine

 

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The Apparition of Virgin Mary in Medjugorje is rather near Ukraine

In 1846, Virgin Mary appeared in La Salette, France, and Lourdes in 1862.  Then, more than half a century later in 1914 WWI occurred where Europe experienced the largest destruction of its civilization that it never had. 

In 1917, Virgin Mary appeared in Fatima, Portugal, and then 22 years later, WWII occurred in 1939 following a prophecy given by Her to Lucia and other children.

Lucia, one of visionaries in Fatima, wrote another prophecy (probably about WWIII) given by Virgin Mary, and she asked the Vatican not to publish it until 1960 or her death.  John Paul II made it public in 2000, which however caused suspicions as the prophecy opened was not related to WWIII but to the past assassination attempt of Pope John Paul II in 1981.  And, in 2005, both Pope John Paul II and Lucia died, and the mystery on the prophecy remained to date. 

Meanwhile, Virgin Mary also appeared in Garabandal, Spain, between 1961 and 1965, delivering warnings and prophecies.  Further, She appeared in Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1981 to date, where Virgin Mary reportedly said that She was continuing her efforts for peace She had started in Fatima.   

The year 22 years after 2005 when both Pope John Paul II and Lucia died is 2027.  Therefore, WWIII may occur in 2027 as in the case of WWII (1939-1945) after Virgin Mary apparition in Fatima (1917).

Another reason for WWIII probably being triggered in 2027 is that it should occur during the papacy of the incumbent Pope Francis.  Conchita, a visionary in Garabandal, said that Virgin Mary told her a prophecy meaning that there would be only three popes after the then-incumbent Pope Paul VI "before the end of time."  And, the incumbent Pope Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI after Pope John Paul II after Pope John Paul I after Pope Paul VI.  And, "before the end of time" should mean "before the end of the time between WWII and WWIII."   This prophecy seems to match the Prophecy of the Popes by Saint Malachy: The last pope will be Peter the Roman.  Indeed, Pope Francis is the first pope calling himself Francis and also the first pope from the Rome-based Society of Jesus (the Jesuits).

On the other hand, Isaac Newton, a great scientist in the 18th century, wrote after zealous study on the Bible that the end of the world might begin after 2060.  Therefore, an era of military conflicts or WWIII might continue from 2027 to 2060.  In this case, if WWIII is not nuclear warfare, the mankind should suffer from decades-long predicaments.  But after 2060, the old political and religious regimes and systems should be ended, and a new era should begin.

It must be like the 1st century when the Jewish people were dispersed from Jerusalem after the fall of the Jerusalem Temple through the Jewish-Roman Wars around 73 CE, although the current mankind will not be exterminated.

Anyway, the frequent apparitions of Virgin Mary since La Salette should not be neglected.  Especially the apparition in Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be sincerely taken, since the place is rather near the Black Sea on which Ukraine is located.

 
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Luke 5, King James Version

26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

"The hour is coming, and now is" - The Creeds of a New Religion

 

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The Creeds of a New Religion

The creed of the new religion should be as follows: 

1. We believe in the afterlife as Christ Jesus assumed.

2. We believe in existence of the God and Satan as Christ Jesus assumed.

3. We believe that rich men fall into the hells after death as Christ Jesus taught.

4. We believe that poor men are accepted in Heaven after death as Christ Jesus taught.

This means that we all continue to live in the spirit world, namely the afterlife, after physical death in this world.  Therefore, we do not have to be afraid of death.

More importantly, we have to be poor to be surely accepted in Heaven.  We have to avoid making efforts to be rich as much as possible.

According to Christ Jesus, those who love justice and peace in addition to enduring poverty will be also accepted in Heaven.  And, to make it further sure, we have to have a honest faith in the God, our Lord Christ Jesus, and Virgin Mary, fighting against Satan, evil spirits, etc.  

But, trying to be poor as much as possible means fighting against Satan.  And, believing in the afterlife means to believe in existence of souls and spirits.  So, following the above creed is enough and sufficient.

 

The new religion based on the above creed should grow popular.  


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John 5, King James Version

21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

"immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay" - Satan is the Common Enemy for Everyone

 

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Satan is the Common Enemy for Everyone

About two-thirds of Americans believe in the afterlife.  And 77% of Americans believe in the God or gods.  However, crimes on assets occur in a ratio of more than 20,000 cases per 100,000 people in the U.S. every year.  

This fact tells that the notion that there is the afterlife or the spirit world is not enough to prevent people from falling into crimes.

People should also believe that only poor and faithful men can be accepted in Heaven while rich men should fall into the hells after death in this world as Christ Jesus told people 2,000 years ago. 

Indeed, the core of the teachings of Christ Jesus is that rich men cannot enter Heaven but poor men can do after death in this world.  If people believe in this teaching of Christ Jesus, this world should become a place for competition for poverty.

However, since the beginning of material civilization thousands of years ago, men have pursued wealth to be happy in this world.  This is the main cause of problems, pains, and unhappiness for people in this world.  But, Christ Jesus came to this world to tell people the truth that rich men could not enter Heaven when their souls entered into the spirt world after death in this world.  This teaching is so revolutionary that people who first heard these words were astonished, but many of them accepted it.  Christian churches of today should also be based on this revolutionary teaching. 

In this sense, Christianity should be a religion where poverty is pursued rather than a religion to make people rich and happy in this world.  Men should be poor in this world but happy forever in the afterlife or men should fall into the hells forever after having rich and happy life in this world for some decades.  In other words, men should take eternal life and happiness in the afterlife or temporary happiness in this world.

If men are not brainwashed with money by Satan, men should naturally and rationally take poverty in this world and eternal life and happiness in the afterlife rather than luxury life or happiness in this world but pains in the hells in the afterlife.     

So, Satan who arouses material lusts in us is the common enemy for everyone.  Or, if you want money to be happy in this world, you have been already brainwashed by Satan.  Every religion should teach people that their enemy is Satan who makes them pursue money and wealth in addition to happiness, higher status or power of domination in this world.

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Luke 5, King James Version
22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

"when he saw him, he fell at his feet" - Toward the New Civilization in the 22nd Century

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Toward the New Civilization in the 22nd Century

Since the middle of the 19th century through WWI and WWII in the first half of the 20th century, the world came into the era of global crises leading to, at worst, a fall of the human civilization.

Some religious people would rather think that the era of the last judgment and the end of the world came.  It is no wonder, since 2,000 years have already passed since the first coming of Christ Jesus.  Indeed, 2,000 years after Abraham the Jewish people were expelled from Palestine through the Jewish-Roman War although Christ Jesus came to the human world 60 years before the War.  The present people might lose their civilization through pandemics and wars in the 21st century as the history gave a warning.  But, how has the God given warnings to the human beings?

From the spiritual point of view, the first warning seems to have been given by Swedenborg, a notable 18th-century Swedish psychic who was allowed to see the afterlife, as he wrote that he had seen the last judgment being conducted in the spirit world around 1760.  He thought that the effect and consequence of this last judgement in the spirit world should appear in the human world 2 to 3 centuries later.  

Secondary, Newton, a notable 18th-century British scientist, concluded after his hard study of the Bible that the end of the world would start after 2060.  By the way, when Swedenborg met Newton in the afterlife or the spirit world, the Swedish psychic found that Newton was a sincere man and was near Heaven.

Third, the prophecies of the Irish saint Malachy, the 12th century bishop who predicted all the popes, predicted that the last pope would be Peter the Roman:
"Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills [i.e. Rome] will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End."

And, the incumbent Pope Francis seems to match Peter the Roman, since he is the first pope who has adopted the name of Francis like the first pope Peter and he is also the first pope from the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) whose headquarters is in Rome.  

Fourth, Virgin Mary who appeared in the apparition seen by Conchita in Garabandal, Span, around 1960 told her that before the end of time there should be only Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul I, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.  The end of time should mean the time of the era since the middle of 19th century when Virgin Mary started to appear to give warnings in La Salette, Lourdes, Fatima, Garabandal, Međugorje, etc.  Therefore, the start of the end of time after the middle of 19th century to the present day should begin during papacy of Pope Francis.

So, this era began with the last judgement having been conducted in the spirit word as the God allowed Swedenborg to see around 1760.  As the spirit world showed great muddle due to commingling of evil spirits, the God decided to tidy up the environment in the spirit world by driving evil spirits to the hells.  But, as more and more human spirits coming to the spirit world after their death in the physical world went into the hells, Virgin Mary must have been saddened, so that She decided to give warnings in apparitions mostly seen by children to the human beings.  That is why such apparitions have been reported so often in these decades.   

Apparitions of Mary (https://www.206tours.com/map/)

This is extraordinary.  We have to listen to Virgin Mary.

In my feeling, the third world war will occur in this century, or probably in 2020s at the earliest, since Pope Francis at 85 seems not to be able to keep his papacy for decades more.  The war should be between democratic nations led by the U.S., G7 countries, etc. and autocratic nations such as China, Russia, etc.  The war will be won by G7, but the world structure established by G7 and the Vatican should be crumbled.  The result of the war should be so grave that not only the economic and political regimes but also the religious system should undergo great transformation.  Christianity should become more spiritual.  People will come to understand the spirit world and the afterlife more clearly.

In the 1st century, after Christ Jesus left the human world around A.D. 30, the Temple of Jerusalem fell around A.D. 70.  In the 21st century, the human world might see WWIII around 2030, and the human world might start to disintegrate around 2070.  However, Christ Jesus might come to the human world to save the mankind and its civilization, so that the human history will continue in the 22nd century and further on.         

But, the human civilization in the 22nd century should be different from the present civilization.  For example, people would be no more afraid of death, since they all believe the existence of the afterlife.  They will no more seek wealth and happiness in this world, but try to be accepted in Heaven after death.  The new civilization should be built around the new commonsense that human spirts continue to live in the spirit world after their physical death in this world.  I really hope that none will try any more to earn money as much as possible even by selling their souls to Satan.    

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Mark 5, King James Version

22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

"the Father loveth the Son" - Spirits Generate Minds but Flesh are of No Use

 

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Spirits Generate Minds but Flesh are of No Use 

Christ Jesus once clearly mentioned spirit in comparison of flesh:

(John 6)

62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

The human mind is based on the physical body but it is also linked with the spirit.  But, it is not easy for us, the modern humans, to clearly recognize that there are spirits in or under our minds.  However, we have to admit that our life does not depend only on our bodies, since we live guided by our minds.

We can also think of the God who has no physical body although He can have it as He wishes.  As the God is a spiritual entity, we can be also spiritual entities.  And, if we admit that we are also spiritual entities, we have to admit that the words delivered by Christ Jesus are spirit, since they give life to us and Christ Jesus is linked to the God.  In other words, we have to understand our being spirits as we can think of the God who is spiritual existence.  Through connection with the God, we can clearly recognize that there are spirits in or under our minds. 

First of all, everybody should admit that he has the mind as well as the body.  The body is made of atoms, cells, and organs, which work based on the law of nature and do not produce the mind although they may provide special conditions on which the mind can be produced and work.  We had better think that our minds are generated through work of our spirits.  In this context, we or our minds came from the spiritual world.  And we or our minds should go to the spirit world after termination of our physical life.  What gives meaning to our life should be spiritual matters such as words of Christ Jesus.

In other words, we can only understand words of Christ Jesus from the spiritual view point.  And, the Bible should be read from the spiritual view point.

Therefore, we have to understand that Christ Jesus especially told about our life in the spirit world after our leaving this world through physical death.  And, Christ Jesus said that spirits of rich men cannot enter Heaven but those of poor men can.  All of His teachings should converge on this teaching, since it is purely spiritual.      

In other words, Christ Jesus as the Son of the God assured that spirits of poor men can be accepted in Heaven no matter how unhappy they are while living in this world.  Everything related to flesh or elements in our physical life in this world is not useful in the afterlife.  But, words of Christ Jesus are effective in the spirit world where our spirits will go after physical death in this world.

As a consequence, we have to try to be poor as much as possible while living in this material world so that we can be accepted in Heaven after physical death in this world.  Probably, the more we earn money in this world, the more we should be drawn to the hells.

But, those brainwashed by Satan with money should hate this teaching of Christ Jesus.  And, those who first followed Christ Jesus but eventually realized the true meaning of Christ Jesus would like to betray Him.

Finally, if we admit that we have spirits and Christ Jesus taught us in terms of spiritual truth, we have to believe that poverty in this world should be the key factor for our being accepted in Heaven when our spirits go into the spirit world after bodily death in this world. 

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John 5, King James Version

17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

"glorify your Father which is in heaven" - The Spiritual Dimension Shows Truth

 

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The Spiritual Dimension Shows Truth

There are three dimensions in this universe in terms of space.  And, there is another dimension called time in this universe.  But, one more dimension exists in the human minds, which is called spirit on which minds work.

So, we live in the universe with the five dimensions related to space, time, and spirit.  Usually, science or material science such as physics, chemistry, etc. deals with only issues related to space and time.  Or, a robot controlled by a computer and energized by electricity but without human spirit cannot be a human being who should be controlled by spiritual power.  Put simply, a human being is existence in the spiritual dimension more than the dimensions of time and space.

From this notion, we can deliver a truth that the core of a human being is its spirit, and therefore after physical death in the domains of time and space a human being can continue to live in the spiritual dimension.  And his mind working on his spirit will continue to live or work on his spirit after physical death in this world.  If you die due to the corona-pandemic or the war in Ukraine, your spirt continues to live in the spiritual dimension called the spirit world.  This explains the state of near death as reported by those who had near death experiences.  They observed their dying bodies from the outside of their bodies.

Admitting the spiritual dimension is natural and reasonable because those who deny existence of their spirit are denying it by using their minds working on their spirit.  It is tantamount of denying existence of one's mind while using his mind and thinking in his mind.  Such a person should be called a fool. 

When a man prays to the God, he usually asks a change in situations where he lives.  Or, more specifically, one prays to the God so as to change his material situations.  But, people usually do not understand spiritual truth in material situations.  Even if the God responds to one's prayer to change material situations and He approves it, the result might not be clearly seen in material situations.  The effect of God's response might be only seen in the spiritual dimension.

If a virus or an enemy soldier is going to kill you and you pray to the God to save your life, your body may be simply killed but your spirit should be surely accepted in the spirit world or Heaven.  In this case, will you think that the God did not respond to your prayer?  The true answer to your prayer should be found in the spiritual dimension.     

Apart from individual life, it is interesting to see how the God should respond to wishes of the mankind.  If the mankind wishes continuation of its civilization, the God should spiritually respond to it.  If all the members of the mankind got rotten and debased, the God might lose His love to the mankind.  If He let the human civilization continue, there would be only an increase in the number of people falling into the hells.  To stop such a trend, the God might simply exterminate the human civilization so that none will fall into the hells any more.   In terms of spirit, the God can save the mankind from falling into the hells by exterminating the mankind.  This must be called the last judgment and the end of the world.

You may think that it is a kind of jokes.  But, angels in the spirit world may think that the God has saved the mankind when he sees the God exterminating the human civilization, since no more men would fall into the hells.

In this context, we have to regard the coming WWIII as an occasion to see the judgment by the God in the spiritual dimension.

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Matthew 5, King James Version

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

"it was Jesus, which had made him whole" - Warnings of Virgin Mary against Coming WWIII

 

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Warnings of Virgin Mary against Coming WWIII

Now, it seems that the human history has entered into a critical period where even continuation of the human civilization is at risk, since it is 2,000 years since the first coming of Christ Jesus while Christ Jesus came to the human world 2,000 years after the era of Abraham.

However, the God loves the mankind so much as to send Virgin Mary to the human world for delivering warnings especially since the middle of the 19th century as follows:

Our Lady of La Salette 1846 Mount Sous-Les Baisses, La Salette-Fallavaux, France

Two shepherd children reported seeing an apparition of Mary, who was weeping because of the disrespect shown to the Lord's Day and to the Lord's name. She entrusted one secret to each of the two children, which they wrote down and delivered to Pope Pius IX.

Our Lady of Lourdes

The Immaculate Conception 1858 Lourdes, France

A 14-year-old shepherd girl named Bernadette Soubirous reported seeing Mary appear to her while she was out gathering firewood in the countryside. Mary identified herself as "the Immaculate Conception" and told Bernadette of the location of a spring, promising miraculous healings from its waters. Since 1862, over sixty medical cures associated with Lourdes have been certified as "miraculous" by the Catholic Church, which established its own Medical Bureau in 1883 to review and evaluate claims of cures. An independent study of cures published in 2012 concluded that some of the cures were "currently beyond our ken but still impressive, incredibly effective, and awaiting a scientific explanation."

Our Lady of Fátima

Our Lady of the Rosary

The Immaculate Heart of Mary 1917 Cova da Iria, Fátima, Portugal

Three shepherd children reported seeing apparitions of an angel (who identified himself as the Guardian Angel of Portugal) followed by apparitions of Mary. Mary revealed to the children three secrets: first, the reality of hell and the means of saving people from it through personal sacrifices and Acts of reparation; second, a prediction of future upheavals (beginning with World War II), the spiritual means of ending them (a Consecration of Russia and Communions of reparation on First Saturdays), and a prediction of an eventual "triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary"; third, an obscure vision of future persecution of the Catholic Church. The apparitions culminated with the Miracle of the Sun, an astronomical phenomenon witnessed by a crowd of approximately 70,000 people, and even by others located miles away.[26] All nine popes since the apparitions – Benedict XV, Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis – have indicated their belief in the authenticity of the apparitions. Pope John Paul II credited Our Lady of Fátima with saving his life after he was shot in Rome on the May 13 feast day of the apparition in 1981, and donated the bullet that wounded him to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima.[27] In 1925, eight years after the Fátima events, Lúcia, then Sister Lúcia, reported another set of related apparitions, which became known as the Pontevedra apparitions.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Garabandal 1961-1965       San Sebastián de Garabandal, Cantabria, Spai 

Four girls reported seeing apparitions of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The girls heard Mary predict a forthcoming "Warning" from God, apparent to the whole world, that will precede a "Great Miracle." If these do not result in the conversion of the world, a great Chastisement will follow. 

Our Lady of Akita 1973 Yuzawadai, Akita, Japan

Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa reported seeing a statue of The Lady of All Nations illuminate and reported hearing messages, even though she was deaf. The same statue also miraculously wept, a phenomenon repeated on 101 occasions and broadcast on Japanese national television. The messages were apocalyptic in nature, warning of coming calamities if mankind is to not repent. One such prophesy stated,

If men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, ... the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Each day recite the prayer of the Rosary. With the Rosary pray for the Pope, bishops and the priests. The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, and bishops against other bishops.

Our Lady of Medjugorje

The Gospa Queen of Peace 1981–present Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary to six children in Medjugorje, beginning in 1981, have received significant attention due to the numerous miracles that large crowds of pilgrims report experiencing on an almost-daily basis, including dramatic conversions, visions, rosaries turning to a gold color, astronomical phenomena like the Miracle of the Sun, etc. The alleged apparitions are also notable for their duration, having been occurring continuously for almost 40 years. The apparition messages contain five main requests: first, to pray the entire Rosary daily; second, to fast on Wednesdays and Fridays; third, to attend Mass as often as possible; fourth, to go to Confession at least monthly; and fifth, to read the Bible daily. The alleged apparitions were vigorously opposed by the local bishop, Pavao Žanić of Mostar-Duvno. Various commissions appointed to investigate the apparitions did not come to a definitive conclusion and left the events open to further study.[93] On March 17, 2010, the Holy See announced it was taking over formal investigation of the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje, with Cardinal Camillo Ruini heading an investigatory commission that ran from 2010 to 2014.[94] Pope Francis authorized official church pilgrimages in 2019, but without making any declaration on the alleged apparitions themselves.

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

Until the La Sallete apparition, the Marian apparitions had been aimed at increasing faith in a general way, but since La Sallete, Virgin Mary started to deliver warnings against coming fatal situations in the world leading to the end of the world. 

Indeed, Swedenborg, a notable psychic in the 18th century, wrote that he had seen the last judgement being executed in the spirit world around 1760 so that its effect would appear 2 to 3 centuries later in the human world.

It should be also noted that Issac Newton, a great scientist in the 18th century, wrote after his long devout study on the Bible that the end of the world might start after 2060.

Therefore, it is reasonable that Virgin Mary changed her stance since the La Sallete apparition in 1846.  Truly, since then, the world has been moving through WWI, the Russian Revolution, WWII, the Chinese Revolution, the cold war, the Vietnam War, the wars between Israel and Islamic countries, the Persian Gulf War, the War on Terror, and the current Ukraine War.  Probably, WWIII should be imminent.      

It can be understood by seeing the human world still being ruled by Satan.  Satan has used money to brainwash people so that they accept evil and more evil for money, success, happiness, etc. in a gradually ever increasing degree.  Today, people are revering Satan as if it were a god.  Yet, Virgin Mary has authority and might to drive Satan and evil spirts out of the human world.  But, as so many people or an ever increasing number of people have died to enter into the spirit world and finally fall into the hells, She must become so sad.  She wants the mankind to avert the fatal fate, although the God looks determined to punish the mankind with Satan.  

So, the third world war looks unavoidable.  Nuclear weapons might be used.  Hundreds of millions of people might be killed worldwide.  And, so many people will fall into the hells.

Nonetheless, if we fully read the Bible, prey to the God, and act faithfully to Christ Jesus and Virgin Mary, we will be saved by Christ Jesus in His second coming and the human civilization will continue beyond the 21st century.  The mankind will face the 22nd century of glory, breaking off the relationship with Satan as Virgin Mary wishes...  

 

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John 5, King James Version

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

"they forsook all, and followed him" - How to Prepare for Coming WWIII in a Decade

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How to Prepare for Coming WWIII in a Decade

The passages in the Gospels where Christ Jesus talked about spirits are as follows:

(John 3)

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

This might refer to metempsychosis where a man is born into another body after bodily death in this world.

Indeed, the Buddha is said to had repeated many time metempsychosis until he reached enlightenment so that he did not need to be born again as he awoke to ultimate truth.  Indeed, in the areas where Buddhism is believed and practiced, people usually accept the idea of metempsychosis.

In the U.S., two thirds of Americans believe in existence of the afterlife; a quarter of Americans believe in metempsychosis.  They are rather spiritual people.   

However, billions of years later, the solar system will collapse; the earth will be no more an inhabitable planet.  The mankind will surely go extinct someday in this universe, say, trillions of years later at most.  There will be no more metempsychosis.  However, after this material universe disappears, the spirit world should remain.  Therefore, those who are allowed to enter Heaven will live forever.  But, those who go to the hells will be surely destroyed there with Satan, which is the second death.

Anyway, if you believe in existence of the afterlife, you do not have to be afraid of death.  But, many people should die in pains and agony if WWIII or nuclear warfare should occur.  But, it is said that Virgin Mary cried when She saw the fate of the mankind that they should undergo WWIII or nuclear warfare.

According to Virgin Mary's warnings and Malachi's prophecy, WWIII or nuclear warfare will occur during the papacy of Pope Francis.  As he is now age 85, the fatal war will happen within 10 years or so.  The current war in Ukraine should be a prelude to WWIII.  And if nuclear weapons are used in the war, millions or hundreds of millions of people might be killed.  This tragedy might happen in 2020s.

In WWII, tens of millions of people were killed.  And, probably many of them went to the hells.  Watching it, Virgin Mary was saddened so much.  She must not want to see again such a tragedy, so that She has continued to appear in apparition before some people in these centuries, delivering various warnings.      

Anyway, we have to prepare for coming WWIII.  For this purpose, we should pray to Virgin Mary, Christ Jesus, and the God, since our prayers should reach them.  We should not increase the number of nuclear weapons, but increase the number of our prayers.  Truly, prayer has power.

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Luke 5, King James Version

8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

"The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day" - WWIII will Start within a Decade or before 2032

 

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WWIII will Start within a Decade or before 2032

According to Malachi's prophecy, the last pope before the end of times (before WWIII since the time must have started with WWI ) is predicted to be "Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills [i.e. Rome] will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End"

The point at issue is whether or not Pope Francis is the one.  The answer seems to be that he can be.

Peter the Roman means the first pope based in Rome.  

And, Pope Francis is the first pope who has named himself Francis.  He is also the first pope from the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) whose headquarters is in Rome. 

In this context, Pope Francis is the first pope, as St. Peter, though from the Jesuits based in Rome, who is also the first pope with the name of Francis.  

In reference to other prophecies delivered by Virgin Mary to visionaries, such as Conchita in Garabandal in early 1960s, of her figure or image in air, the third world war will start in the papacy of the so-called last pope or Pope Francis.  As Pope Francis is now 85, it is expected that WWIII will start within a decade or so or before 2032.

This war will be fought by ten kings (in Virgin Mary's prophecy in La Salette in 1846) or ten countries such as Russia, China, G7 countries including the U.S., etc.  And G7 countries will be gravely damaged even if they win the war.  Our hope should be that Russia, China, and other autocratic countries will be democratized after the war.  Then, we may proceed peacefully to the 22nd century. 

We had better read the Bible in a more spiritual manner.

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John 5, King James Version

7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

"My name is Legion: for we are many" - La Salette in 1846 through Fatima in 1917, Garabandal in 1961, Akita in 1973, and Medjugorje in 1981 to date

 

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La Salette in 1846 through Fatima in 1917, Garabandal in 1961, Akita in 1973, and Medjugorje in 1981 to date

In 1917 toward the end of WWI, Virgin Mary appeared to Lucia and other two children in Fatima, Portugal.  It was the era of Pope Benedict XV about whom Malachi's prophecy described "Religion destroyed." 

The popes in the era before and after WWII were described in Malachi's prophecy as "Intrepid faith" and "Angelic faith."  Then, when Pope John XXII died in 1963, Conchita in Garabandal, Spain, heard a voice of Virgin Mary:

“After this pope, there are only three left. Then [it will be] the end of times.” Soon after, the Virgin Mary specifies that even though she says that only three are left, there will be another that will “govern the Church for a very short time,” which is why She does not include him on the list. (https://www.garabandal.it/en/documentation/going-deeper/1290-the-three-popes-and-the-end-of-times-in-garabandal)    

In Malachi's prophecy, Pope John XXII (1958-1963) is described as "Shepherd and sailor; Pope Paul VI (1963-1978) as "Flower of flowers"; and John Paul I (1978.8.26ー1978.9.28) as "Of the half moon."   

And, more importantly, Virgin Mary also told Conchita at the time that there were only three popes left and then it would be the end of times.  As John Paul I was omitted for the above reason, only Paul VI, John Paul II (1978-2005) and Benedict XVI (2005-2013) should take the papacy before the start of the end of times, which means that the end of times should start during the papacy of incumbent Pope Francis (2013-). 

Indeed, the descriptions in Malachi's prophecy are vague after John Paul II (From the labour of the sun / Of the eclipse of the sun) and Benedict XVI (Glory of the olive):

In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.

Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills [i.e. Rome] will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes)

However, in one interpretation the descriptions in Malachi's prophecy about popes have changed after John Paul I (1978.8.26ー1978.9.28) as "Of the half moon" from direct attributions to popes to global circumstances around popes.  The era of John Paul II (1978-2005) was also an era of Japan's advancement after WWII from a defeated nation to the status of No.2 country in the world in terms of GDP and its economic doldrums through the end of the 20th century to be superseded by China around 2010.  In deed, John Paul II visited Japan in 1981 as the first pope who has ever visited Japan whose national flag symbolizes the red sun.

As for Benedict XVI (2005-2013; Glory of the olive), during his papacy, Obama became the U.S. President as the first black American, whose color of the skin can be described as "the olive" since his mother was Swede.  

In this context, the descriptions about Peter the Roman, supposed to be the last pope, should be interpreted as that when these things are finished, G7 will be destroyed.  It should mean that the current global system centered around G7 (the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan) should be destroyed, which suggests the World War 3 should occur in the era of the last pope, Peter the Roman.

Or, more specifically, autocratic countries such as Russia and China suppressing Christians should fight a global war against democratic G7 where people can freely believe and practice Christianity.  And, it will be when Peter the Roman is the papacy.   Indeed, this must have been prophesized in various warnings given by Virgin Mary from La Salette (France), Fatima, Garabndal, Akita (Japan) to Medjugorje (Bosnia and Herzegovina).  Specifically, in La Salette in 1846, Virgin Mary predicted that the last war would be fought by ten kings in the world, which should mean that G7, Russia, China, etc. should be involved.

Therefore, our concern should be whether Pope Francis is the last pope, Peter the Roman.  Pope Francis is from Argentina but of Italian origin, first since John Paul I who was omitted in the early warning by Virgin Mary given to Conchita.  But, he was old at 85 now, since he was born in 1936.  It is expected that his papacy would continue for the next decade at most.  Nevertheless, the current war in Ukraine might lead to WWIII during the papacy of Pope Francis.  In this case, the "end of times," thought to be the end of the era since the middle of the 19th century through WWI and WWII to the last world war WWIII, looks so imminent.

From the beginning, Swedenborg, an eminent psychic in the 18th century, wrote that he had observed the last judgment being performed in the spirit world around 1760 and its effect should appear in the human world 2 to 3 centuries later, meaning the middle of the 21st century.  Also, Newton, an eminent scientist around the 18th century, predicted that the end of the world would start around 2060 based on his intense study of the Bible.  And then, Virgin Mary started to appear in various places such as La Salette and Fatima, delivering warnings about the crucial moment in the fate of the mankind.  So, everything spiritually meaningful in terms of the fate of the mankind and the last judgment converges on the current ear of the early 21st century. 

However, as the "end of times" can be thought to be the end of the era since the middle of the 19th century through WWI and WWII to the last world war WWIII, it should not necessarily mean the end of the mankind or the human civilization.  The human civilization should further continue for at least next 10,000 years, as a Japanese psychic saw spiritually in Giza, Egypt, in 1990s, in front of the Great Pyramid built about 5,000 years before, thinking about the future of the mankind in comparison of ancient Egyptians, although she told that human beings living 10,000 years later looked so different from the current ones.  

Therefore, all we should hope is that the mankind will be forgiven their sins by the God, Christ Jesus, and Virgin Mary through the "end of times" in this 21st century and allowed to continue their civilization with new faith after their repentance.  Regardless of whether or not Pope Francis can be regarded as Peter the Roman, we had better be prepared for WWIII and the subsequent era for repentance and establishment of new religion or introduction of more spiritual Christianity.    

Anyway, we should not neglect the extraordinary appearances of Virgin Mary and her warnings since her apparition in La Salette in 1846 through Fatima in 1917, Garabandal in 1961, Akita in 1973, and Medjugorje in 1981 to date.     

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Mark 5, King James Version

7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.