Great Construction

Will There Really Be a Third World War?

     I receive many queries along the lines of the title of this essay, and I am sure there is nothing that everyone in the world wants to know about as keenly as this issue. Depending upon how the situation is viewed, it seems as if World War III could occur and then, it also appears that it will not happen. It is a problem of great proportions, and the situation is inevitably muddled. That is because the issue is conceived completely in materialistic terms, which is not unreasonable for people today, but as one involved in religion, I would like to render an opinion of the spiritual aspects.
     I advocate that the end of the old civilized world is near and that in its place will be born a new, civilized world. There is no other course but to believe since it is the program designated by God. The import of this is that it is sufficient to believe that a third world war would be a most significant event in this program. Such declaration, however, is not being made for the first time. Two thousand years ago Christ said that that the end of the world would come and also that the kingdom of heaven was approaching. Furthermore, not only did Christ prophesy the second coming, Jewish sacred texts as well foretell that the Messiah will descend in the future and that the world will be saved. If these prophecies are to be believed, then what should naturally come will come. To describe what will come in specific terms, the new world is one where the evil world of the ugly and dirty will be destroyed, and in its stead will be born a clean and beautiful world replete in virtue. For such to come about, it is only natural that the dirt and pollution of the sin and impurities which human beings have committed and which have accumulated for thousands of years be cleansed. “Sin and impurities” refers naturally to all forms of ugliness and the time for that great cleansing has drawn near.
     This great cleansing will be carried out as all that presently remains of the old civilization, that which has no utility because it is dirty and impure, will be destroyed, and as the dirty and impure is reduced to ashes will inevitably be annihilated erroneous academic learning and thought, and religions whose roles have ended, that which has no usefulness in the future. What was brought forth for this most important role is the atomic bomb. There is most likely nothing else that can be of such use in the performance of swift destruction. To see that awesome power is to understand how it will work. Thus it can be seen that World War III will certainly occur and that it is probably a consequent fate that great global destruction cannot be avoided. What could be more obvious than all the energy and resources that the United States and the Soviet Union expend to obsessively produce a wide array of atomic weapons. This evidence speaks to nothing other than the prediction related above. What, however, everyone probably wants to know is the timing. I am aware of the timing but as it is not the proper time to make it public I must ask all to wait. I can say this much, however. That is, that when the book I am now composing, Creation of Civilization, has been completed and distributed throughout the world, after a little while will begin the last judgment.
     At this point, an essential piece of advice must be given. When I talk about great destruction, I refer not only to that of material substances. Human beings full of uncleanliness will also be liquidated. This is the most frightening. Therefore, the volume Creation of Civilization is a warning of God so that as many as possible of those who have the fate to perish may be saved. Creation of Civilization is nothing other than the bible for the twentieth century. Of course, this very bible is the sacred text of Jehovah, the father in heaven, so it is truth itself. If the preceding is to be believed, the attitude to be held regarding a third world war should naturally be apparent.

Chijōtengoku, Issue 40, page 5, September 25, 1952
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