Shibata Sen’ichi Tatsunojo (柴田 専一 龍之丞, 1888 – 1956) In 1917 Shibata Sen’ ichi Tatsunojo reformed the order (Musashi Clan) as he joined the Salvation Army. He instructed the order to be a secret society for 50 years after his death. The granddaughter of Shibata Seb’ichi Tatsunojo is Shibata Kiyomi Suzak (柴田 清美 朱雀, 1951 –) ; our clan representative of the Musashi Shinobi Samurai Clan.
The Salvation Army Mission Statement: Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
The Ninpokan is the name of the Musashi Clan Ryuha of which the members are call: Christian Ninshidan. (see membership tab)
The Shinobi Defense Force SDF (a division of the Musashi Ninja Clan) is a non-dominational group that seeks to meet human needs of our membership and communities without seeking remuneration or acknowledgement. For those that are in need, we can provide services in these areas: 1) Psychological First Aid, 2) Christian Assistance and 3) Outside referrals to community based services. As a subgroup of the SDF we are researching areas that we can assist in fighting the forces of evil. Including Matthew 17:21 Evil forces: “this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
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A true lighthearted view of the Bible – by Brad Stine —
A classical teaching of Billy Graham** as true today as it was then:
New Life is Found in Christ.
We believe that God designed us for personal relationship with Him and healthy relationships with each other. The greatest first step you can take is to receive the love, forgiveness, and relationship Jesus is extending to you today! In order to experience the grace that brings you into relationship with God, you must be born again and have Jesus Christ as your Savior.
If you want to make a confession of faith and start your journey with God right now, all you have to do is repent of your sins and believe in Jesus as your hope for Salvation and everlasting life.
You can pray a prayer of salvation like this:
“Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name, Amen.”
If you have prayed this prayer, feel free to contact us and we will assist you in your Christian path; or contact a local Christan Bible based Church or Salavtion Army Group in your area.
** Billy Graham – From May 30 to June 3, 1973, an estimated 3.2 million people attended Billy Graham’s largest ever Crusade in Seoul, South Korea, with 1.1 million traveling—mostly by foot—to the final service on the airstrip at Yoi-do Plaza. Some 75,000 people submitted cards showing they made a decision for Christ because of that Crusade.
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LIFE AFTER DEATH:
- “In the life after death, what will we do?
- Will we work?
- Will any of the things we have today, like cars, be there?”
by: HUGH WHELCHEL
In order to answer the question, we need to clear up a few things.
Where Do Christians Go When We Die?
When Christians die, their souls go to heaven and their bodies return to the earth from whence they came (Gen 3:19). This heaven is not eternal; it is just a bus stop! It is where we go and wait for God to finish the work he is doing in our present age. In this heaven, we won’t have physical bodies; we will be more like the angels (Mark 12:25). This heaven is not our final destination. We will stay there until the final resurrection. Then our souls will be united with our resurrection bodies and we will live in a physical new earth forever.
Scripture teaches when Christ returns, there will be a general resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked (Dan 12:2). At that time, the spirits of the saints who have returned from heaven with Christ will be reunited with their resurrection bodies (1 Cor 15:12-57). Following this resurrection, there will be the final judgment where Christ will stand as judge over all those who lived on the face of the earth. Believers will be judged righteous not because of their acts, but because they are clothed in the righteousness of Christ.
We see references to this in both the Old and New Testaments (Isa 65:17-19, Isa 9:7, Isa 11:6-9, Rev 21:1-5). Our resurrection bodies will be physical bodies but not like the ones we have today (1 Cor 15), and we will dwell in a physical new earth, a place where there is no sin. The Bible does not speak at length about what these bodies will be like, but we do have a description of Jesus’ resurrection body. People touched him; he ate a piece of fish (Luke 24:37-42). This is not a new teaching; the Church has taught this for 2,000 years.
Will We Work There?
It is also clear from the Bible that we will work in the new earth. Work was something Adam was made to do: “God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it” (Gen 2:15).
Many believe that work is a curse, but the reality is that God made work, and it was part of the very good earth before Adam’s fall from grace. It is only after Adam’s sin that work is cursed; it is the curse that makes work often difficult (Gen 3:17-19). In another IFWE article, Russell Gehrlein writes:
In your job today, you will likely experience the “thorns and thistles” that have come as a result of the Fall; the reality is that work will be difficult until Christ returns. But what happens to work when Jesus comes back, and Adam’s curse from Genesis 3:16-19 is no more, as it states in Revelation 22:3: “No longer will there be any curse”?
In Revelation 22:3, when describing the “new earth,” it says “No longer will there be any curse.” The curse that came through sin was lifted because of Jesus. Though Adam had sinned, and because of his sin, all mankind was cursed, because Christ did not sin, yet died willingly anyway, he has provided a way for the curse to be lifted.
Russell goes on to describe what work will be like in the new earth:
Just imagine what our work could be like in the New Creation without the pain, frustration, stress, difficulty, unpredictability, sweat, and interpersonal conflict between sinners that we currently experience in our labor due to the Fall.
The possibility that there will be work for us to do is implied in the scriptures. The prophet Micah suggests that we don’t just lay down our weapons, we will pick up instruments of work: “They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Mic 4:3).
Michael Wittmer writes in his book Becoming Worldly Saints that God’s plan for the world’s future is not destruction, but restoration:
God did not say, “I am making new everything!” but rather “I am making everything new!” He does not promise to make new things to furnish the new earth, but to renew the things that are already here.
Darrell Cosden in his book The Heavenly Good of Earthly Work begins to address our last question: “Will any of the things we have today carry over to the new earth?”
Our sanctified imaginations can only suggest what we think God’s promise to make all things new might mean… There will be, no doubt, some specific products of our work that through judgment will be transformed and incorporated into the “new physics” of the new creation. I am quite hoping that Handel’s Messiah will be regularly in concert in the New Jerusalem.
Paul Stevens, in his book Work Matters: Lessons from Scripture states one thing he knows for sure. The work that we do in this restored, sinless world will be important to God and fulfilling for us because this is what God originally intended.
That is something to look forward to.