(The original blog in Japanese is here. 「小さな応援歌」)
When you become a victim of gang stalking or electromagnetic crime, the word "death" inevitably comes to mind. You worry about what will happen in the future.
It may seem absurd, but I believe that suffering has meaning. Suffering has a precious value and meaning. I want to think of those who have unfortunately become targets (including myself, of course) from God's perspective.
There are words like this in the Bible.
"Do not be afraid of men, for there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; what you are whispered to you, proclaim it on the housetops. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Fear him rather who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a pound? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's permission. Even the very hairs of your head are numbered. Therefore do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." (Matthew 10)
This is what Christ said in anticipation of the hardships that his disciples would encounter when they went out on missions, but it can also be applied to us.
"Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell."
After the death of our bodies, there is a second death. That is hell. Its opposite is heaven. Even though our bodies die, we will be rewarded according to how we lived before. Those who have suffered will be rewarded with peace. Christians believe that the death of the body is not the eternal annihilation of the self, but the gate to a new life.
Lazarus the beggar and the rich man are told by God in the afterlife.
"Child, remember that you received your good things while you were alive, but Lazarus received evil things. Now here he is comforted, and you are in agony" (Luke 16).
The rich man did not even look at Lazarus who was suffering at his gate.
Christ teaches that our ultimate goal is eternal life, which is to share in God's life. Believing in this unimaginable bliss, many people seek to overcome the sufferings of the world.
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( original japanese draft 10/28/2013)
Not for away, I plan to change the post date to the original post date.