"when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did" - Threefold Souls Going to the Hells Nowadays

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Threefold Souls Going to the Hells Nowadays  

Thee is traditionally a thought called promotion of poor and pure life in Japan. 

This thought resembles the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ to encourage poor, pure and pious life.  Indeed, traditionally Japanese have thought that money is something dirty and menial.  However, modern Japanese look loving money like anybody in the world.  But, as Japan had been governed by the samurai (warrior) class for hundreds of years but not by the merchant class, the thought of respecting poor and pure life once prevailed deeply in the Japanese society.    

To understand the Japanese culture, you have to appreciate the thought of promotion of poor and pure life.  And, to understand the Lord Jesus Christ, you have to appreciate His teaching of encouragement of poor, pure, and pious life.

Indeed, if you live according to this Jesus' teaching, you will never sell your soul to Satan so as to get money and acquire wealth.  However, modern science and technology have introduced very convenient, comfortable and pleasure-producing environments.  To have such life, people need and want money.  And, to get money and acquire wealth, people do not mind selling their souls to Satan.  So, this human world has come under Satan's influence.

This trend seems to have been intensified since the Industrial Revolution launched in the late 18th century in England.  But it should be noted that Isaac Newton who lived in the early 18th century predicted that the material civilization should collapse around 2060.  What's more, Swedenborg who was allowed to see the spirit world in the 18th century wrote that the Last Judgement was carried out in the spirit world in the 18th century and its effect should appear in the 21st century or so in the human world.

Indeed, modern people measure the global temperature rise in comparison to the global temperature in the world before the Industrial Revolution.  This Revolution should be the starting point of rise and collapse of the modern human material civilization.  And, the God allowed Newton and Swedenborg to deliver warnings to the mankind just before the Industrial Revolution.

In addition, according to an unusual Japanese who claimed that he had seen and entered into the spirit world for more than 40 years since he was a late teenager, human souls who go to the hells have increased threefold compared to those who went to the hells 100 years ago.  It is unknown why he was allowed to see and enter into the spirit world like Swedenborg in the 18th century.  He is an ordinary man.  But he once earned about 30 million dollars through his real estate agency business.  He wrote that he lost a half of the amount of money due to falling to victim to a scam and he spent the rest of money for his volunteer activities.  Indeed, he must live a poor and pure life nowadays after writing a few books on his experiences in the spirit world.

What has concerned to me is that it was 100 years ago that the Holy Mother appeared in Fatima, Portugal, to deliver warnings to people through little children.  The children told that the Holy Mother lamented so many souls going to the hells after death in this world.   

Anyway, it is no wonder that a Japanese who loves poor and pure life is allowed to see the spirit world although outwardly his life looks foolish.                      

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John 6, King James Version
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.
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.

"and continued all night in prayer to God" - Light and Minds Linked with the Spirit World

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Light and Minds Linked with the Spirit World 

The speed of light is constant if observed and measured by anyone moving at any speed.  This is called the principle of constancy of light velocity.  But, it suggests that light is an entity not in this material world but in the spirit world.

The relationship between this material world and the spirit world never changes no matter if a man in this material world moves at any speed in this material world.  Heaven a man imagines in this world at any speed never moves.  If a man imagines Heaven while walking or in a jet plane flying fast, Heaven never moves.  Likewise, light never changes its speed even if observed or measured by a man walking or in a jet plane flying fast in this world.  This means that light is essentially a phenomenon in the spirit world but its shadow is projected from the spirit world to this material world.   

Moreover, according to Einstein, energy (E) in this world can be expresses as E = MC^2 with mass (M) of a material object in this world and square of light speed C^2 that is a phenomenon in the spirit world.  This equation means that a phenomenon in the spirit world, which is light (C), can influence this world by delivering material energy (E) through a material factor of mass (M).  

In addition, there is another special phenomenon in this material world that is called the human mind that has no mass like light but works at the light speed or more.  So, it is natural to think that the human mind has some relationship with the spirit world like light.  The speed of the mind work never changes even if a man moves at any speed, walking or in a fast jet plane, like the speed of light.  And, as light has a relationship with energy in this world, the human mind can have a relationship with energy in this world.

So, a man with supernatural power or spiritual power to cause a paranormal phenomenon should be able to put his mind in a special state.  Then, his mind should be able to work on a material object to deliver energy like E = MS^2 with S as a spiritual quantity of a state of his mind.  But, this S, namely the spiritual quantity of a state of the mind, should vary according to each man.  The higher one's S is, the more he can perform a miracle.       

So, some people should be born with high spiritual quantities of their minds.  Others might try to enhance their spiritual quantities of their minds through ascetic training or religious training.  This is why there were some Buddhist monks or Shinto priests in Japan who performed miracles with their spiritual power.  And, people like Yuri Geller should have special constitutional spiritual ability with higher S in their minds.   

However, it is not yet clear how to measure the spiritual quantity of one's mind.  None can see how pure or great other man's mind is spiritually.  An outwardly poor, little, and weak man might have a very pure or great mind spiritually.  He might be able to cause a miracle like the Lord Jesus Christ.

Anyway, light is an example of phenomena that links this material world with the spirit world.  And another example should be our minds or souls.

More importantly, it is assumed that this material world where we live was created from the spirit world through words and notion of the God who must have used spiritual energy, light, and His mind work. 

Indeed, the Gospel reads as follows: And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not (John 1).  The material world should be dark without light from the spirit world.  The mankind should live in darkness without a spirit/soul coming from the spirit world to generate the human mind in the material world.

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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.

"there abide till ye depart from that place" - Can Spiritualism Save the World?

 

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Can Spiritualism Save the World?

There are many who believe in the afterlife or the spirit world.  But, this world has not been improved.  Why is not the world improved while so many people believe in the afterlife or the spirit world?

The answer is that most of such people still want material happiness in this world even if there is the afterlife or the spirit world.  They think that their being materially happy in this world will not  hinder their enjoying happiness in the afterlife or the spirit world.  In other word. they think that they can be happy in this world and also in the afterlife or the spirit world, while our Lord Jesus Christ declared that the rich could not be accepted in Heaven.

Indeed. convenience, enjoyment, and pleasure the material civilization in this world gives people are so strong.  Therefore, people should try to enjoy them as much as possible while they are alive in this world.  However, the more people purchase material happiness, the less they pursue spiritual happiness promised in the afterlife or the spirit world.  In one case, a successful, rich, and elite man thought that he would see a god in the afterlife who gave him such fortune in this world.  But, the god he would meet in the afterlife or the spirit world should be Satan.  

In most cases, for a man to be socially successful and rich in this world, he should neglect poor and unlucky neighbors and lose fears to the God.  Instead, he should pursue money and revere wealth as a god, while money is another form of Satan.  Put simply, rich and elite men finally come to worship Satan as a god.  That is why the Lord Jesus Christ said that men should take money or the God.  Those who choose money that is another form of Satan over the God should be naturally rejected in Heaven.

So, a religious man who even believes in the existence of the afterlife or the spirit world but chooses money and wealth or convenience, enjoyment, and pleasure in the material civilization over the God at the bottom of his mind should go to the hells after death in this world.      

According to Swedenborg and other special spiritual people who have been allowed to see the afterlife or the spirit world while living in this world, only those who really love neighbors and the God are allowed to enter into Heaven regardless of their religions or status in this world.  Being altruistic seems to be essential qualification to be admitted into Heaven.      

Indeed, compared with spiritual happiness to be given in Heaven, any material happiness in this world should be nothing.  If people should realize this truth, none would pursue material happiness by neglecting poor and unlucky neighbors and ignoring the teachings of the God and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Yet, most of people are easily brainwashed by Satan, so that they pursue money and wealth to enjoy convenience, enjoyment, and pleasure in the material civilization, even if they believe in the afterlife or the spirit world.

For this reason, the Lord Jesus Christ said that if a repenting rich man came back from a hell to this world and told his families and friends not to pursue material happiness, money, and wealth in this world, it should be meaningless, since his families and friends could not abandon convenience, enjoyment, and pleasure in the material civilization.  The desire for enjoying material happiness is so strong.

So, spiritualism alone cannot improve this world.  It should be backed up by love to the God and neighbors or the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Otherwise, if the fear for the God became stronger than material desire, this world might be saved with more spiritual people backing away from money that is another form of Satan.     

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Mark 6, King James Version
7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

"he entered into the synagogue and taught" - Light between the Material world and the Spirit World

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Light between the Material World and the Spirit World

Light is an entity or a phenomenon on the border between this material world and the spirit world.

When this material universe was created, the spiritual energy turned to space, time, and the light from which other material elementary particles were made.

The principle of constancy of light velocity, meaning that the speed of light is constant when observed by anybody moving at any speed, shows that light also belongs to the spirit world.  Therefore, any observers of light who are moving at any speed find light moving at the same speed, about 300,000 km/sec.  Indeed, if an observer in this world is moving at any speed, the distance to the spirit world and the relative speed against the spirit world must be the same.  So, light should belong to this material world as a kind of shadow as well as the spirit world where it actually moves.

There is also a famous equation about energy and mass of material in this world: E = MC^2.  This equation means that energy in the material world is related to mass of a material in this world and the square of velocity of the light, an entity that also belongs to the spirit world.  It means that there is relationship of energy and force between this material world and the spirit world.

The energy of light without mass is expressed as E = h x (frequency of light).  Many men with spiritual ability and researchers of spiritualism often tell that minds have power in the form of wave motion.  And the mind has also no mass; it cannot be a material in this world.  In addition, the mind or the soul of a man is regarded as something having energy in the form of wave motion like light.  As light is related to the spirit world, it is natural to think that the mind or the soul is related to the spirit world, although it is confined in the human brain in this world.  

So, it is no wonder that some specific men can see the spirit world through special work of their minds or souls.

But, the best way to access and see or feel the spirit world should be through faith in holy and great spirits in the spirit world, although some people on their deathbeds sometimes see the spirit world through near-death experiences.  In deed, some Buddhist monks, Shinto priests, or practitioners of Shugen-do in Japan see the spirit world or communicate with spirits living in the spirit world.  

However, faith in the God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Mother Mary should more drastically allow believers to access and see or feel the spirit world.  One example is Swedenborg who lived in the 18th century like Isaac Newton who studied the sun light.  And another example is children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917; it is said that the miracle of the sun's dancing was observed at the time.  

Anyway we have to admit that there is the spirit world or the afterlife.  Properties of light must be the proof.  And we have to believe that our minds or souls in the human brains should leave the brains after physical death and enter into the spirit world or the afterlife. 

And, as light has energy and force effective in this material world, our minds or souls should also have energy and force effective in this world.  So, the Lord Jesus Christ must have caused various miracles through His mind or soul by using the spiritual energy.       

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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?

"A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country" - Material World vs. Spirit World

 

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Material World vs. Spirit World

Light has no mass but could generate energy as E = MC^2 according to  Einstein's theory in modern physics (E: energy; M: mass; c: light velocity).

The human body is made of mass and can produce various energy with its parts with specific mass.  And according to work of the mind, the fingers, hands, etc. of the human body can move based on energy produced by the work of the mind, while the mind has no mass like light. 

However, the modern science cannot identify or explain what the true origin of the mind is in terms of material aspects such as mass.

From a point of view in the universal scale, it is believed that materials such as elemental particles and other components of atoms with mass were made of light without mass in an environment with very high energy.

Put simply, this material universe where we live was created from light without mass and primordial universal energy.  And a human being is made of the mind without mass and the material body consisting of atoms.

The key to understanding the material universe and the human mind is realizing that energy and force beyond this material world exist and work.  Indeed, light is the key element in this material universe and had no mass.  The human mind is the key element in a human being and has no mass.  And, what has no mass should come from the spirit world.  Put clearly, this material universe and our minds should have been created from the spirit world. 

That is why the modern material science cannot identify and explain how this material universe was materially created.  In addition, the modern science of psychology and other natural science cannot identify and explain how the human mind was created and works.

Indeed, it is natural that the spirit world and the spiritual energy/force cannot be identified and elucidated with material science.  Truly, even if we cannot fully elucidate the origin of the material universe from a point of scientific view, it really exists; even if we cannot fully elucidate what our minds are and how they work in terms of scientific aspects, they exist and work.  What cannot be fully scientifically explained and elucidated can exist and work.  But, if we admitted the spirit world, we should be able to accept the fact that the material universe and our minds (souls) were created from the spiritual energy to content ourselves. 

Finally, we have to admit that this material universe was created from the spirit world and our minds (souls) were created from the spiritual energy.       

So, it is natural to think and believe that our minds (souls) should enter into the spirit world (the afterlife) after death of our bodies in the earth, a tiny part of this material universe. 

Based on this notion, we have to read the Bible and interpret the words and the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.

It should be blessing if you could see various spirits in this material world, but the Lord Jesus Chris meant that it was more blessing if you could have faith in the God without seeing them. 

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Mark 6, King James Version
2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.　　

　

"if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off" - From the Material World Through the Spirit World

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From the Material World Through the Spirit World

There have been some people who entered into the spirit world or the afterlife while living in this world.  Swedenborg was one of such people.  But, they entered into the spirit world or the afterlife with their living minds or souls.  It tells that a mind can work in the spirit world or the afterlife like in this material world.

Or it might be contrary.  A mind or a soul should be generated in the spirit world or the afterlife, but it surprisingly works in the brain of a man in this material world. 

Anyway, our minds or souls survive death according to testimonies of those who have had near-death experiences.  They saw the spirit world or the afterlife with their living minds in near-death states.  

So, the conclusion is that the key to realizing and understanding the spirit world or the afterlife is a man's mind.  Indeed, the spirit world or the afterlife is not a material world but the world that can be felt and lived by living minds.    

We might be surprised to know that our minds or souls also work in the spirit world or the afterlife.  But, angels, spiritual entities, etc. in the spirit world should be surprised to see that minds or souls could also work in men living in the material world.  

Anyway, the spirit world should come before that material world.  The God should have come far before men.

Therefore, it is no wonder that miracles or paranormal phenomena can happen even in this material world through minds of men such as the Lord Jesus Christ who are closely linked to the spirit world.  Even His followers with strong and pure faith in Him and the God are said to have been able to cause miracles or paranormal phenomena through their specific mind states.  

Even ordinary men without ostensible religious faith can sometimes cause miracles or paranormal phenomena such as spoon bending only if they have at the bottom of their hearts and minds strong and pure belief in possibility of existence of mysterious power.  

In this material universe it is said that unknown dark energy and material account for 95% of all.  Like that spiritual energy and work might account for 95% of the energy and work of our mind inside the brain.  We might consciously live only with 5% of potential energy and work of our minds in the brains.     

And, at the highest level or in the extreme case, our minds or souls can penetrate into the spirit world or the afterlife.  Through this process, some saints or men with the supernatural power should be able to take spiritual power, which surpasses physical laws, to this material world, causing miracles or paranormal phenomena.

So, miracles caused by the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Mary written in the Gospels should be taken as truth. 

Therefore, miracles should be common in the spirit world or the afterlife.  But, above those miracles, dignity and glory of the God should shine.  Indeed, it must be a long way from this material world to the Kingdom of the God through the spirit world or the afterlife.

       

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Matthew 5, King James Version
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

"he left all, rose up, and followed him" - Spiritual Energy = M x (Quantity/Quality of Soul)^2

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Spiritual Energy = M x (Quantity/Quality of Soul)^2

Light is not an ordinary object in the material world.  Its characteristics cannot be explained by the Newtonian mechanics.   Light must be related to the spirit world or the spiritual energy.  The principle of constancy of light speed symbolizes the characteristics of the light: Constancy of light speed means that the speed of light in free space has the same value in all inertial frames in the material world of reference.

Especially Einstein showed that energy and mass are different forms of the same thing in the equation E = mc^2.  This Einstein's equation shows that mass and energy are equivalent—so long as you multiply by the "conversion factor" of c^2 (the speed of light multiplied by itself).  Mass is a characteristic concept of matter in this material world, but light is related to the spirit world or the spiritual energy.

When the God created this material world from the spirit world with His words or notion, light should carry the spiritual energy to the material world, creating material time and space as well as mass of material matters.

The consistency of light speed means that light does move in the same dimensions as other matters move in this material world.  But, light generates energy in the material world through mass of other matters.  In other words, the spiritual energy should come from the different dimensions than those in the material world through light on matters in this material world.

Light has no mass in this material world.  Another element that does exist in this material world but does not have mass is our minds or souls.  Our minds and souls work like light in different dimensions than those for other matters.  So, in this analogy, the following equation should be possible: E = m x (quantity/quality of soul)^2.  It means that our souls can produce material energy through mass of matters in the material world.  It also means that a miracle or a paranormal phenomenon can happen in this material world through our soul power.  But, how quantity/quality of a soul should be measured is still unknown.  How to evaluate measured quantity/quality of a soul is also unknown.

Anyway, the Lord Jesus Christ performed miracles through work of His soul.  Other saints or men with supernatural power put their souls in specific states to exert their supernatural power.  Even Yuri Geller concentrates his mind on a spoon when bending a spoon.  He should generate energy in the form of E = m x (quantity/quality of soul)^2 to bend a spoon.  However the Lord Jesus Christ must have had a far larger quantity and higher quality of soul, causing far greater miracles than simple spoon bending.

Anyway, other saints or men with supernatural power should also use their souls to cause various miracles.  They should obtain such power of souls through hard ascetic training, enhancing their levels of faith in the God or refining purity of their minds.  Otherwise, they should keep their congenital faith or purity of souls at a vey high level.         

       

In the equation of E = mc^2, the light speed "c" is well known as approximately 300,000 kilometres per second; 186,000 miles per second.  But in another equation of E = m x (quantity/quality of soul)^2, the quantity/quality of soul is unknown.  Anyway, there is no way of measuring the degree or quantity of faith in the God or purity of minds or souls.  

Yet, there is an expression in Japanese: sincerity can move heaven.  Somebody who has true sincerity in his mind should be able to use the spiritual energy as sown in E = m x (quantity/quality of soul)^2, which should surpass the physical law of E = mc^2. 

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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.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

"Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech" - The Spiritual Energy in the Material/Human World

 

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The Spiritual Energy in the Material/Human World  

This material world was created from the spirit world with spiritual energy through words or notion of the God as the Bible taught.

Indeed, some theories in modern physics such as the principle of constancy of light velocity and the existence of imaginary time at the beginning of the universe suggest that this material world was made of the spirit world with spiritual energy, which cannot be comprehended and explained by the human modern science.  

So, it is no wonder that miracles or paranormal phenomena can happen in this material world or the human world.  The spiritual energy or force should overcome laws of physics.  If such energy or force works in this material world, a man should be able to float on air or walk over waters like our Lord Jesus Christ.  Indeed, the Lord produced foods such as many breads and fish from nowhere.  So, therefore the Holy Mother could surely bear the holy child, Jesus Christ, through inspiration.  

Truly nothing is impossible for the God in the material/human world as well as in the spirit world.  That is why people have continued to intuitionally pray to the God for anything they wish in any human cultures or religions.  Truly for the creator of this material universe and the human world, who is the God, nothing should be impossible although men' ability is limited with restrictions of time, space, etc.   

But, some people with supernatural power or psychic power can perform miracles against laws of physics such as spoon bending, object attraction, or even levitation.  They should use the spiritual energy in this human world.  But, the mechanism of their use of the spiritual energy is not clear.  But, most of them respect the God, great holly spirits such as the Buddha, or their ancestors.  Indeed, their mind status, religious depth and purity, or inherent propensity toward the holy should allow them to use the spiritual energy.  Indeed, none can see how faithful the mind of others are. 

Put simply, if a man is appraised highly by the God, he might be allowed to use the spiritual power.  But, it is impossible for others to judge how much faithful a man who can use the spiritual energy is at the bottom of his mind or soul.

Yet, as the God used the spiritual energy through His words or notion, such men should also use their mind power to perform miracles.  So, some medical doctors admit that mind status of patients affect their recovery from diseases.  And, believers of a religion respect a leader or a guru with strong mind power.  People can accept the idea that power of our minds can cause miracles.

That is why our Lord Jesus Christ with great spiritual ability and power has been revered for so long.  His power should be working even after His death on the cross 2,000 years ago.  Other holy figures such as the Buddha, etc. should also have had great mind power.  They should be able to give the spiritual power to their followers living in this material/human world.  Therefore, some monks, nuns, and other religious people have been able to perform miracles through ascetic training or pure faith.  Some of them are called saints or sagas.  Indeed, the Gospels tell that disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ were given the spiritual or mind power to perform miracles.

Yet, even if you are not professional religious men, you might be able to use the spiritual energy to cause miracles only if the God allows it.  The minimum condition seems to have true faith in and fear of the God.  For example, Uri Geller must have true faith in holy spirits or the God, although people around him cannot see it.    

In Japan in early 1970s, when Uri Geller made a TV appearance to perform spoon bending, more than 10 thousands little children who saw the TV program started to bend spoons with their psychic power.  Little children with credulous minds watching Geller's performance on TV should have thought that they might have such power and they proved it.  Having nothing in their minds that could be obstacles in using spiritual energy should allowed them to use the spiritual energy.  Indeed, the Lord Jesus Christ said that we had to be docile or submissive to be admitted into the Kingdom of the God, which should mean to be able to use the spiritual energy.        

So, some researchers of the spirit world and psychic matters recommend people to pray to the God for peace in the world; then as a result of such prayers aggregated, peace should come to Ukraine and Gaza.  The spiritual power and psychic power invoked by billions of people should work to cause the miracle of stopping the war in Ukraine and Gaza.

Anyway, this material world and the human society are made of the spiritual energy that can supersede physical laws in the material world and laws of cause and effect in the human society.  The spiritual energy can overcome restrictions of time and space.  So, with the spiritual energy you might achieve peace in the world or bend spoons only if the God or other great holly spirits allow. 

However, Satan and other evil spirits can also use the spiritual energy to make people get astonished and follow them.  Those who can use the spiritual energy must face challenges from Satan and evil spirits, which is so dangerous that our Lord Jesus Christ carefully chose His discipled to be given the spiritual energy lest they might be made slaves of Satan.  Otherwise, the God gives ordinary people at most the psychic ability to use the spiritual energy that is only enough to bend a spoon.         

Finally, believing in the Lord Jesus Christ means believing in the spiritual power He has.  We have to start to believe that this material/human world was created from the spiritual energy in the spirit world through word/notion of the God.      

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Genesis 5, King James Version
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

"He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father " - Fear the God to Avoid WWIII

A Sinto Shrine around Tokyo 

 Fear the God to Avoid WWIII

If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and believe that there is the afterlife where your minds or souls continue to live and work, you still might not want to die or get killed with any kind of fear.  

Indeed the fear to death is so strong that one might try to survive through any means.  However, the Lord Jesus Christ told not to fear death but fear the God who can destroy the bodies and souls in the hells:

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.  (Matthew 10)

Although physical death in this world is not real death of souls or minds, souls or minds after entering into the afterlife should be accepted in Heaven or fall into the hells.  If not accepted in Heaven where eternal life can be given, souls or minds should go to the hells to be completely destroyed by the God, which is true and decisive death.

So, the fear you feel when thinking of death in this world reflects the fear of the death you might face in the hells in the case of falling down to the hells in the afterlife.  Therefore, to get rid of the fear of death in this world, you have to have assurance that you will be accepted in Heaven after death in this world.  For this purpose, you have to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and follow His teaching as much as possible.

Indeed, it is so horrible to be destroyed by the God in the hells, since there will be nothing after the death in the hells.  Satan and evil spirits will also be destroyed by the God in the hells someday.  There will be nothing left after their death.  Souls and minds of those who have followed Satan will share the same fate.  The fear of death we feel in this world should be caused by Satan or evil spirits as they fear of their own death in the hells. 

But most importantly the Lord Jesus Christ told to fear the God.  The God can give any one who died, was killed, or killed some body eternal life in Heaven or completely kill his soul in the hell.  The fact that there is the afterlife does not mean anything if your soul is to be killed in the hell.       

And, it is said that as so many souls fall into the hells, the Holy Mother Mary has sympathized with people, so that She made appearance among people to give warnings.  Mary's apparition has showed that people have still a hope of salvation.  She should want to save people from falling into the hells after death in this world to be completely killed in the hells.

But, those who do not fear the God must not listen to the Holy Mother.  After Mary's apparition in Fatima more than a century has passed.  In this period WWI and WWII occurred.  But, the mankind has still survived.  Yet, WWIII should surely make the God angry.  He should punish the mankind.  Through the coming WWIII, many people will be killed to go to the spirit world and the hells where they will be completely killed by the God, since they have ignored the warnings of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Mother Mary.

Therefore, we have to fear the God more than our death and paints in this world...   

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John 5, King James Version
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.
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.

"when Jesus was passed over again by ship" - As Lambs Among Wolves

A Shinto Shrine around Tokyo
 

As lambs Among Wolves

To follow the Lord Jesus Christ is not easy, which He well understood, so that He said beforehand that the His followers should be, so to speak, lambs in society full of dangerous people like wolves.  But the Lord Jesus Christ also told His followers how to live lives:  

3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.　　(Luke 10)

The world is full of people without faith in the God, acting like wolves to the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ who should look like lambs to wolves.  It is very dangerous, since lambs life is always at risk.  There should be no room for lambs to enjoy their lives laughing, joking, and fooling around.  

But, there could be those who love peace without behaving like wolves.  In that case, the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ are recommended to pray for peace for  them and stay there with them to take foods they offer.  In this way, the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ strengthened those with love to peace and spiritually helped them.  And, as such work is a kind of labor, the followers should be allowed to accept foods they offer.  In this way, Christianity prevailed over 2,000 years to the state we see today.  

But, these passages tell what is the most important in a large scope should be peace and that at an individual level should be health.  Peace and health are keys to well beings of people.  In addition, promoting peace and health can be regarded as good and sacred work, so that those who provide them are worthy of receiving foods in return.  Being Christians should mean to be such workers. 

In this context, the world still needs such Christians.  Especially in 2020s, the corona-virus pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza emphasize such needs.  Even without going out to people in such needs, followers of the Lord Jesus Christ can perform such good and sacred work, since such work is essentially spiritual.

Conversely, the present situations in the world tell how small the number of true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ is.  Indeed, if billions of Christians in the world prayed to the God for peace in Ukraine and Gaza, many children and women should be saved.

The situation also suggests that there are only few followers of the Lord Jesus Christ who need foods to be offered in return to their good and sacred spiritual work.  Christians today look too rich to go out seeking foods in return to their good and sacred spiritual work.  This situation is debased compared to that 2,000 years ago.  Indeed, without such followers 2,000 years ago, we should not exist now.

We should abandon purses and bags with money in them so as to become followers of our Lord Jesus Christ.             

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Mark 5, King James Version
15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
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.

"Till heaven and earth pass" - Worship the God in Spirit or Truth

 

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Worship the God in Spirit or Truth

The God is not a living being or a living object as the Lord Jesus Christ said.

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

The spirit is explained as "the force within a person that is believed to give the body life, energy, and power."  So, the spirit is not a mind, but the mind looks like the only means to approach and use a spirit.

When we think with our minds to get our hands up, our hands which are material objects move upward according to our thinking with our minds.  The mind can control material objects, though through complicated biological, chemical, and physical processes.  And, according to work of our minds or thinking, judgment, or likes dislikes with our minds, we act and live so as to move our bodies which are material objects, building our lives.  As everybody knows, our minds can control our bodies which are material through our lives in the human world which is the complicated system consisting of material matters and human mind works.  Indeed, to live is to use our minds in material environments surrounded by other men living with their minds.

But, our Lord Jesus Christ did not say to worship the God with our minds but with our spirits.  Then how should we use our spirits?  Of course, through a special way of using our minds, since the only way to access and use our spirits is through our minds. 

For this purpose, followers of Christianity, Buddhism, and other authentic religions are taught to manage their minds so that they can use their spirits.  Indeed, to enhance the level of mind works is the basic and ultimate goal of such religions.  Not through wealth, happiness, or physical power, men can attain this goal.  Only through spiritual training or spiritual practice, men can raise the level of their mind work.  For this purpose, various religious rituals or patterns have been designed and decided.  To believe in a religion means to follow such unique rituals and patterns.  But, our Lord Jesus Christ did not specify any concrete ways or particulars in worshipping the God.  To worship the God, men should worship Him in spirit, since He is a spirit, which is the only requirement requested by our Lord Jesus Christ. 

So, there are many arguments and theories about minds, spirits, souls, and bodies.  For instance, a mind is thought to be generated in a part of the body, that is a brain, through work of a soul that is another form of a spirit.  If a mind ceased to exist in the body, a spirit could generate another mind in the spiritual body in the spirit world.  As long as a spirit is alive, another mind with the same memory can be generated, so that there is no death for a man through this material world to the spirit world.  The lead role is played by a mind.     

Everyone knows that it is his mind that enjoys happiness and satisfaction.  Even if two men have the same amount of money in the same material and social status, one may feel happy but the other might not.  So, people naturally come to focus on their minds.  Some men should find that there is something from which their minds are generated; they may call it a soul or a spirit.  They may think that they have made a historic discovery.  

But, our Lord Jesus Christ told 2,000 years ago to worship the God in spirit but not only with a mind.  When worshipping the God, men should naturally think of the God or put the God into his imagination.  But, it is not enough, according to our Lord Jesus Christ.  Worshipping the God should be made not only with our mind work but in our spirits which allow our minds to work.

From the beginning, this material world, the human world, and the human beings were created from the spiritual energy in the spirit world through the power of His idea or notion.  So, human spirits came before human bodies and human minds.  Spirits are entities originally created in the spirit world.  So, to worship the God in spirit should mean to worship the God as if being in the spirit world.  

Without leaving everything material and worldly, one cannot enter into a state of being in spirit.  So, it is useless and meaningless to pray to the God for material or worldly matters.  Our prayer to the God or worshipping the God should be related to spiritual love, truth, and faith in the God, since life in this world is meaningless in the spirit world.  The prayer that the God may save our life in this material world is therefore meaningless.  A spiritual entity in the spirit world must not perform such prayer or worship the God in such a manner.  They should pray to the God in terms of spiritual love, truth, and faith in the God.

We should not imagine the God as somebody with infinite power in this world.  But, we should realize in awe that our existence is meaningless to Him unless He has love to us and we have love to Him, since we are no essential entities for His glory.  To judge or measure power of the God, say, as infinite or more than infinite is itself a kind of blasphemy.  We are not in such a position to judge or measure the God.  A spiritual entity in the spirit world should not even try to judge or measure power of the God.

Therefore, worshipping the God in one's spirit should mean worshipping the God in the utmost fear.  And, this fear should teach us what is allowed in our prayer to the God.            

Anyway, asking the God for life prolongation is meaningless, since our life continues as a spirit in the spirit world after death in this material/human world.  So, what should we ask the God for?  At least, a spiritual entity in the spirit world should ask the God not to let it fall into the hells.    

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Matthew 5, King James Version
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
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.

"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you" - Spiritual Ability

 

Spiritual Ability

With strong faith, one can see what ordinary people cannot see and one can hear what ordinary people cannot hear.

13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: (Matthew 5)

In old days, say 2,000 years ago, there must have been many who could see and hear what spirits did and told.  They should have easily understood what the Lord Jesus Christ meant in His teaching, since His teaching was almost related to spiritual matters.

But as time went by, this ability to see and hear spiritual matters was lost.  With development of material civilization, people did not need spiritual ability to see and hear spiritual matters.  Products of the material civilization gave people more convenience, amenity, and pleasant sensation.  Material civilization came to satisfy desire of people.  People did not have to have strong faith to get spiritual satisfaction but had to have money and wealth to buy products of the material civilization so as to satisfy material desire.

In this trend, as the material civilization has developed so much, people have lost the ability to spiritually see and hear spiritual matters.  Although authors of the Gospels seem to have the spiritual ability to spiritually see and hear what various spirits did and said, readers have lost the spiritual ability so that they cannot understand what the Gospels tell.

So, when the authors of the Gospels wrote that Satan had done something against the Lord Jesus Christ, today's readers should take it is as a figurative phrase.  The truth of the fight between the Lord Jesus Christ and Satan cannot be understood by such readers of the Gospels.

In the spirit world, as Swedenborg wrote, what a spirit wishes would soon be realized.  Nothing is impossible in the spirit world.  But anything that is not realized through faith in and love to the God is meaningless in the spirit world.  So, those who want material things even in the spirit world should go to the hells spontaneously.  But, those who want truth and love of the God should come close to Heaven.

Those with the spiritual ability even in this human world should be able to see various evil spirits in addition to holy spirits working in the human world.  Without being contaminated and debased by the material civilization, such people with strong faith should be able to see the real spiritual situations in this world.  They should naturally ask the Lord Jesus Christ and the God to save them from Satan and evil spirits.

Only those with the spiritual ability can understand this theory.  Those without such ability should neglect this theory as a trick statement.

But, even without strong faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His God, some honest and pious people might have such spiritual ability.  You cannot judge people based on whether they belong to Christian churches or not.  The spiritual ability others have cannot be easily seen from the outside.

So, you should not be proud if you can only see value of money and wealth, which every servant of Satan can.  In other word, the spiritual ability to see the difference between evil and holy should be more valuable in the spirit world where everyone goes after death in this world.                  

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Matthew 5, King James Version
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.

"immediately the man was made whole" - Who Can Have Supernatural or Spiritual Power?

Pacific Ocean Cost around Tokyo

Who Can Have Supernatural or Spiritual Power?

There are some people with supernatural power or spiritual power.

In Japan, there have been scores of persons who are said to have such power since modernization of the country in the late 19th century to the present day through WWII.  Some of them have launched new religious bodies or became famous in the society.  Yet, the nation with respect for science has not encouraged people to try to cultivate and develop such power and ability.

And, it does not mean that a man with such power and ability can be a billionaire or a great political leader.  Most of then have lived simple or humble lives. 

For example, it seems that humble and nameless Christian monks or nuns could have such power or ability.  But they would not advertise their power and ability to keep a state of tranquility of life.

Indeed, it seems that there are tens of thousands or more people who have such power and ability but who keep silence on their power and ability in Japan alone.  When Uri Geller came to Japan and made TV appearance in early 1970s, tens of thousands of children who saw Geller's performance on TV started to show their supernatural power to bend spoons.  Little children without doubts especially seemed to be able to exercise such power and ability.  

So, faithful religious people or children with pure minds seem to have such power and ability.  No one can see how much faith others have or how much pure minds children have.  Yet, religious men with pure and strong faith at the bottom of their minds seem to have more chances to exercise their supernatural power and ability than others.  And, little children without influence of commonsense or worldly wisdom seem to have more chances to exercise their supernatural power and ability than grown-ups. 

From the point of view of spiritualism, a man's mind is based on his soul that is linked with the spirit world.  As the spiritual energy can flow into the material world and the human world, if a man's mind is strongly connected to his soul, he can easily use the spiritual energy through his soul even without being conscious.  Little children's minds should be strongly connected to their souls so that they can easily use the spiritual energy.

But as others cannot see the mind state of a man with supernatural or spiritual power, it is hard to tell how much faith or purity a man has to have so that he can exercise such power.  A man of religion who has a high status in his religious body might look so enthusiastic in his practice of religion, but he might love things in this world more than paradise or Heaven.  Such a man cannot have supernatural or spiritual power.  But a man of religion in lower status who humbly and quietly live his faithful and pure life can have such power although he does not like to advertise such power. 

Even an ordinary man who lives his humble and quiet life might have strong, deep, and pure faith in the God might have and exercise such power and ability as his mind is strongly connected to his soul linked with the spiritual power.

Therefore, it is difficult to apply scientific methods so as to analyze behaviors and mind states of men with or without supernatural power and spiritual power.

Yet, it looks plausible that men who love strong material desire and pursue material happiness cannot have such power.  Only the God knows in what state a man's mind is.  And a man who has strong compassion to the poor, the sick, and the weak and has strong respect for and faith in his ancestors and deities of his religion might have and exercise such power.         

Supernatural power and spiritual power must come from the spirit world.  For a man to have and exercise such power, he must have a mind set or a mind state that can strongly connect to the spirit world through his soul.  And only the God knows what a man thinks in the bottom of his mind.

A great eminent religious man might have little faith in the God at the bottom of his mind, but a low-keyed ordinary man might have strong and pure faith in the God at the core of his mind.  The God should surely give supernatural or spiritual power to the latter.  

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John 5, King James Version

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.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
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.

 

”when he saw Jesus afar off” - The Spirit World and This Human World over the Dead

 

Around Tokyo with Mt. Fuji in Sunset Glow

The Spirit World and This Human World over the Dead

When a man dies even in Ukraine or Gaza, his soul (with his mind) continues to live in the spirit world but not in this world.  So, although his family members and friends should be sad, his soul does not feel grief. 

It is because human bodies and souls (with his minds) were created through spiritual energy like everything in the material world was.  Dead human bodies just turned to another form of materials but human souls returned to the spirit world where they had been originally generated.  A man's soul is separated from his body that is essentially material when he dies.  The mechanism of materials going back to the spirit world is different from souls going back to the spirit world as a spirit.

So, sadness felt by others seeing their friend being dead is not absolute, although from the human point of view such sadness is acute.  Even the Lord Jesus Christ tried to bring his fried back to life, although He knew that His friend could continue to live as a spirit in the spirit world.    

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But it does not mean that life in this world is essentially meaningless.  The life in this world with the body and the soul has its specific value not possessed by the soul as a spirit in the spirit world.  So, sadness to see one's family member or friend being dead in this world should not be made light of.  The dead man consisting of his body and soul is no more in this world but his soul continues to live as a spirit in the spirit world.  Yet, it is natural and meaningful for others to feel sadness seeing their family member or friend being dead.

If the spirit world is complete, the God must not have created the material world and sent human spirit to the material world or into the human body in this world.

However, living men often regard this material world as the only sure world, while neglecting the spirit world.  Even science in this world cannot be effective in dealing with the spirit world.  It is absurd to claim that what deficient science cannot prove should not truly exist.

The spirit world is superior and this material world including the human world is subordinate.  However, the spirit world itself is not complete and perfect for some aim related to the human beings, so that the God created the material world through spiritual energy and put human spirits as souls into the human bodies.

Related to the aim, we have to grieve to see our family member or friend being dead like the Lord Jesus Christ.

Nonetheless, the God must not feel sad to see anyone being dead in the human world.  In addition, Satan must not either.  Yet, a true religious man like the Lord Jesus Christ who understands the spirit world should also feel sad to see anyone being dead in the human world.  

Therefore politicians who cause a war such as one in Ukraine or Gaza should be close to Satan if they are not close to the God.           

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Mark 5, King James Version
5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
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.

"let down your nets for a draught" - more spiritual than material to survive for the 22nd century

 

A Shinto Shrine around Tokyo

More Spiritual than Material to Survive for the 22nd Century

The most important thing in life is not the matter between life and death but the one between good and evil as our Lord Jesus Christ taught through His mission in this world 2,000 years ago.

There is the afterlife or the spirit world where human souls go after death in this world.  Every soul of dead men continues to live in the spirit world, since souls are generated in the spirit world and come into this material world.  Souls of dead men simply return to the spirit world as told by Swedenborg (1688-1772) who were allowed to see the spirit world while living in this world in the 18th century. 

Therefore, our Lord Jesus Christ was not afraid of death, which should be the premise in reading the Gospels.  Then, what was He afraid of when He was about to be killed on the cross?  Jesus Christ was afraid of coming tragedies on the human world since they had sold their souls to Satan to kill Him as a human being.  The God would not overlook this atrocity.  Realizing the significance of people's blasphemy, Jesus Christ lamented the fate of human beings.  Someday the God should forsake the human beings, since they had sold their souls to Satan and helped Satan kill His Son, Jesus Christ.    

So, the Gospels or the New Testament should be read not as a tragic life of Jesus Christ but as historic evidence of how much evil thing human beings made so that they were destined to be forsaken by the God someday.  And this someday should be about to come after 2,000 years since the death of Jesus Christ as a human being on the cross.

It was 2,000 years after the appearance of Abraham to the first coming of Jesus Christ.  And, it is now 2,000 years after the death of Jesus Christ on the cross to the present day.  We cannot complain that the judgement of the God on human beings is too rash.  In the past 4,000 years, too many souls must have gone to the hells and too few souls must have been allowed to enter Heaven despite the emergence of Abraham and Jesus Christ.  There is no wonder that the God will forsake the human beings in the 21st century.

Now, human beings love money more than the God.  Their material civilization has been built mostly for pursuit of material happiness.  Most souls do not turn to the God even after death in this world.  They go to the hells in the spirit world seeking material happiness as they did while living in the material world.  Only minorities who loved the God more than money while living in the material world are allowed to enter Heaven to be given eternal spiritual happiness.

The God is almighty and perfectly good.  Therefore, men have to love truth of the God and be good as much as possible to be allowed into Heaven.   

The most important thing for human beings is not death or life in this world.  But, Heaven or the hells in the spirit world or in the afterlife.  And the difference of Heaven or the hells is decided according to good or evil they have made while living in the material world.  

The present material civilization is not based on holy goodness but on pursuit of material happiness that can be realized by money which is another form of Satan.  Therefor, it is assumed that the God will let the human beings see collapse of the material civilization in this century.  

However, if we abandoned pursuit of material happiness and money, our Lord Jesus Christ might come to the human world again from the spirit world to save the humankind.  We should be more spiritual than material to survive for the 22nd century and more.   

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Luke 5, King James Version
4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

"Satan cometh immediately" - How to Understand the Gospels

 

How to Understand the Gospels

The Gospels are the story of fight between the Lord Jesus Christ and Satan.

To understand the Gospels, we have to know that there is Satan in this world.  Satan wants to keep men away from the God.  Indeed, the richer men get, the less they think of the God but the more they think of material happiness.  Satan strengthens human desire for material happiness.  Especially money is the most effective tool for Satan to capture human minds and souls.

Elite people and rich people with worldly power and wealth are mostly virtually servants of Satan.  Therefore the Lord Jesus Christ fought Satan without use of worldly power and wealth.

Love to the God and neighbors and faith in the God are weapons the Lord Jesus Christ used in His fight against Satan.  He also used spiritual power to cure the sick and save the poor.  

Therefore, to understand the Gospels, we have to know that there is the spirit world over this material world.  The Lord Jesus Christ came from the spirit world, so that He could use the spiritual power.  Satan also came from the spirit world, but its power is far less that Christ's.  But, as the Lord Jesus Christ came to this human world as a man, Satan had a chance to attack the Lord Jesus Christ.

Taking a risk of being attacked by Satan, the Lord Jesus Christ had to come to this world so as to save men living under influence of Satan.  He taught how to fight Satan with love and faith.  When a man fights Satan with love and faith but not with worldly power and wealth, he can get a help and support from the spirit world, which is one of cores of the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ.           

The Lord Jesus Christ can easily defeat Satan in the spirit world.  But, ordinary men cannot use the spiritual power in the material world so that they can be easily controlled and ruled by Satan.  Therefore, the Lord Jesus Christ came to this world as a mere man to fight and defeat Satan.

Indeed, 2,000 years after death of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, His teaching still remains in the human world.  So, the history itself is the manifestation of the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Nonetheless, Satan has not given up in these 2,000 years.  Men have become more materialistic and tried to pursue material wealth.  They seem to choose material happiness realized by money and worldly power over love to the God and neighbors and faith in the God.

However, such blasphemy by men should not be accepted by the God.  Therefore, the world of today is at risk of being abandoned by the God.  Only the Lord Jesus Christ might forgive and save men.  This century really needs interference by the Lord Jesus Christ for men to further survive.

So, the issue is when and how the Lord Jesus Christ will come again to this human world.  Will He appear in Ukraine or Gaza?  Or will He interfere with the U.S. Presidential Election in this year?

Only we can do is to be awakened to the global situations and spiritual matters, since the Lord Jesus Christ must come again to the human world and exercise His power from the spirit world to wipe out Satan's influence on minds and souls of men.      

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Mark 4, King James Version
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.