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Thursday, 29 August 2013

Christianity in the Land of the Rising Sun

            In the mid fifteenth century the Jesuits arrived on the Island of Kyushu.
Japan today, has one of the smallest numbers of Christian followers among
Southeast Asian nations. Only 1%, small compared to Korea whose followers
are in 40% range.

Of the hundreds of missionaries that had committed their lives to spreading the
Message of Yeshua. I've wondered, of no fault, to the Japanese, or Christians who
came to spread the Master's Message. Why so few,  respond to the Master.
 
Kiyoshi-San (Clip 1 - Homeless in Tokyo), knows why.  He has met the Master.

22 Jesus also told them other parables. He said, “The Kingdom of Heaven can be
 illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son. 
 When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. 
But they all refused to come!
“So he sent other servants to tell them, ‘The feast has been prepared. The bulls and 
fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!’ But
 the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, 
another to his business. Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed 
them.
“The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn 
their town. And he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, and the guests I 
invited aren’t worthy of the honor. Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone
 you see.’ 10 So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, 
and the banquet hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing
the proper clothes for a wedding. 12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without
wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply. 13 Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his 
hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth.’
14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”  ~ Matthew 22:1-14 NLT

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