Quote from Beautiful Mind on 2025-11-29, 5:08 pm

All human beings regard the happiness of the family as the highest ideal and blessing. The happiness of a family that follows the world and the flesh is inevitable, yet the peace, harmony, and love for the happiness of the family—which inevitably becomes the root of sin—do not truly exist. Every human being grows up chasing desires that can never be satisfied. Thus, from a very young age, as soon as a child begins to recognize “this is mine” and perceives things as their own possessions, from that moment when they fight over toys with others, or take away, or are deprived of them, every human being alike begins to learn greed in the process of growing up.

Even between parents and children, parents wish for their children to do things in a certain way, and when they do not, parents unknowingly become angry or upset. Conversely, children, when their own will is not met, resent their parents, argue, or talk back. Likewise, between husband and wife, unlike during the period of romance, once married, each has expectations of what the other should do. When the partner does not meet those expectations, disappointment arises, that disappointment builds up into dissatisfaction, dissatisfaction grows into hatred, hatred turns into arguments and quarrels, and quarrels expand into divorce—this is today’s world. The peace, harmony, and happiness in the home taught by religion are fantasies like fairy tales. The discontent that continually arises in life inevitably piles up. The happiness and ideals born of lust, reflecting the insatiable desires of human beings, are nothing more than bodily demands. Such happiness, bound to the lust and greed that pursue the flesh’s unfulfilled desires, is nothing more than a fantasy for mankind—an illusion like a mirage in the desert.

In daily life, people often raise their voices in dissatisfaction toward parents, children, husbands, or wives. This is a capital sin (Romans 1:23–32). The happiness, peace, harmony, and tranquility of the family spoken of by pastors are fantasies that can never exist in human beings who follow the instincts of the flesh driven by insatiable desires. According to the demands and desires of the flesh, people live swayed dozens of times a day, their moods rising and falling, often irritated and angry, or repeating quarrels and disputes. Such human love is always a calculated love, swayed by feelings, emotions, and circumstances—completely different from the unshaken love of Christ. The love and happiness of mankind, grounded in such human affection, are always corrupted, changed, and betrayed according to unsatisfied desires. Yet Christianity and all religions alike teach about family happiness and love within an illusion and fantasy that can never be real for people enslaved to bodily desires. In reality, even the families of those who teach live amid constant quarrels, small and large, according to their own desires, tastes, moods, and emotions.

Will you choose such a fairy-tale-like family love of mankind, or will you choose the beauty of God’s love, filled always with abundant liberality, overflowing gratitude, and love that never shakes or changes? Have you not seen that Christ came precisely to shatter the family that cannot help but be shaken?

 

For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not....(Lamentations 3 : 33~41)

 

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.(Psalms 66 : 10~12)

 

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.(2 Samuel 7 : 14~15)

 

It is Christ, who is God, that shatters the peace of the family which stands in opposition to the holiness of God’s will—the will to grant us the divine nature of the cross’s love, fitting to lead to salvation. The justification of those who belong to the world and the flesh, who cannot but continue in sin, is none other than the peace of the family. Therefore, the lusts of the flesh, belonging to blood and body, are not fitting before the God of love. The excuse of a life spent chasing the world and the flesh, endlessly repeating sin, is none other than the so-called happiness of the family, born of unsatisfied desires.

 

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.(Matthew 10 : 34~38)

 

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:(Luke 12 : 51)

 

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.(Luke 14 : 26~27)

 

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.(Matthew 19 : 29)

 

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.(2 Timothy 2 : 4)

 

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.(Jeremiah 8 : 8~12)

 

Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.(Micah 3 : 5~6)

 

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.(John 18 : 36)

 

Let me first speak about Abraham. First, Abraham left his father Terah because his father served idols.

 

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.(Jeshua 24 : 2~3)

 

Second, Abraham said to King Abimelech that Sarah was his sister and gave his wife to him. Now, think about how Abraham must have felt at that time. To place one’s beloved wife in the hands of another man is truly a matter that wounds one’s pride, bringing humiliation and contempt, and he had to endure all those emotions. No one would think that such a thing was easy. Moreover, God tested Abraham—who was the greatest figure of his time—by commanding him to give his wife to Abimelech. It was not that Abraham offered her on his own; rather, God said to Abraham, “Give your wife.” And in the account, when Abimelech the king sought to take her, God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and rebuked to him,

 

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.(Genesis 20 : 1~18)

 

(Verse 18 may the error of translation.)

 

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.(Genesis 26 : 6~11)

 

Because of Sarah, Abimelech gave Abraham an enormous amount of wealth as the price for his sin. In those days, when many thieves killed men in order to seize their property, Abimelech, in order to protect Abraham and Sarah, proclaimed throughout the land that Abraham was a messenger of God. In this way, Abraham and Sarah were kept safe from thieves. God, through this entire process, provided a safeguard to protect Abraham and Sarah.

As for King Abimelech, although it was true that Sarah was called Abraham’s sister, by giving such favor to Abraham, Abimelech himself was blessed. It is recorded that, although as a king he had been most troubled because he could not bear children, God opened the womb so that he could have a child. For a king, the most important things are power and the children who can maintain that power. But Abimelech had no son. Yet, because of Sarah, God opened the womb and a son was born who could continue the king’s rule. Thus, it was a benefit both to Abimelech and also to Abraham and Sarah.

Third, Isaac also does the same. Yet the passage where God says to Abraham, “Give your wife to Abimelech,” has in fact been removed. It was not something Abraham did on his own; it was something God commanded him to do. In a word, it was a test. Then there is the account of him offering his son as a sacrifice to God. In other words, Abraham denied his father, denied his wife before God, denied his son, and thus became the father of all the earth and the model for everyone. Likewise, Job did the same. Job also came to deny even his children and wife before God. There is a reason God gave us these examples: because through blood and flesh we cannot obtain the Holy Spirit.

Blood and flesh are wrapped up socially and culturally as something necessary maintaing good life to us, as though the family is the source of all happiness, but within that family are the personal desires of individuals. Therefore, a happy and beautiful family cannot truly exist. Because of human desire, envy, jealousy, strife, lust mixed with lies and hatred—things that deserve the death penalty before God—are repeated until death.

And if you look at the life of Abraham, the life of Job, the life of Isaac, or the life of David and Moses, you will see much suffering, pain, sorrow, and tears within their hardships. Through this, we learn patience and self-control. Within this, we learn the tears that can love others, the pain that can embrace another life, and the sorrow that can show mercy to others. This is why, from birth, pain, sorrow, and tears inevitably exist in the world. God has necessarily made and given this to us because within it are treasures of love and compassion.

As a side note, I do not know if you have read the writing I wrote. As a child, at the age of eight, I once went up to the top of a mountain intending to take my own life and lived carrying that sorrow. This is why I know what the sorrow of the oppressed is, and what the sorrow of an orphan is.

 

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.(Isaiah 52:13~53:12)

 

This message symbolizes Christ. As you can see from the above, Christ was not born into a family among some brothers. That is an outright lie. He was not the son of Mary either. In fact, the content shows that His life was described as extremely desperate. In other words, it is recorded that Christ was so unattractive that those who looked upon Him were ashamed. He was cast away as an illegitimate child, beginning life as a beggar from childhood, living by begging for food. The Gospels that Mary be deified is entirely fabricated by Emperor Constantine. And the four Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—were not written by them at all, but were writings of Peter, altered to appear as though written by several people.(John was a real person, but Matthew, Mark, and Luke were fictional characters.)

Because so much of Scripture was deleted, those who altered the Bible created repeated accounts that appear as though multiple people had written them. From childhood, Christ endured every hardship that humans must face. Thus, through His tears, sorrow, loneliness, and pain, He taught us what love is and what mercy is. Surely, it was not only through the short suffering of the cross that He bore, absorbed, and understood all our suffering. From a very early age, He lived in poverty, in a lowly life, in cold, in pain, and in hunger. His life was so wretched from childhood that I feel ashamed even to describe it with my lips. I have lived in such suffering that it could be said I survived only because I could not die. For me, this is the greatest treasure.

When one’s own suffering, wounds, and tears become the fullness of love that understands, pities, and shows compassion to others, this value is deeper, broader, and greater than any joy or delight. But mankind, by nature, loves only their own joy and pleasure. They see sorrow only as sorrow, wounds only as wounds, pain only as pain, and tears only as tears. Yet being able to see another’s tears through one’s own tears, to embrace another’s pain through one’s own pain, and to have compassion on another’s sorrow through one’s own sorrow—this is truly the greatest treasure on earth. And I, too, desire to give you this treasure of love.

If you look with eyes of discontent, you will see only discontent. If you look through red-colored glasses, everything in the world will appear red. Today, the blind are leading the blind, not even knowing that judgment has already begun before their very eyes. Without experiencing sorrow, pain, tears, grief, poverty, and suffering, how can one ever gain the treasure of love and mercy? Where in this world can there be a value greater than the gratitude that follows love willing to give even life itself for the treasure of eternal life? Please, read again about my childhood—for the answer lies not only in Job, but in the lives of all the prophets, which, in the eyes of the world, were nothing but suffering itself.

 

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;(2 Timothy 1 : 7~8)

 

...And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.(Romans 8 : 16~17)

 

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.(2 Corinthians 1 : 4~5)

 

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.(Hebrews 5 : 8~10)

 

And Haggai, Judges, Esther, and the Song of Songs are books written by men; they are not the Word of God. Every part of Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation, is entirely connected in pairs, and within these connections the mysteries of God are hidden. But Haggai, Judges, Esther, and the Song of Songs bear the characteristics of human writings without containing the mysteries of God, and thus they are apocryphal books written by men. The Song of Songs, filled with licentious content, was written only to record why Solomon could not help but go to hell and to judgment. In fact, many scholars who study the Bible deeply, and even some pastors, regard the contents of these books as improper.