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00:00How are you, my dear brothers and sisters? It's so nice to greet you! To begin this chapter 16,
00:24This is a very important section; we will now look at the topic of eschatology in several episodes.
00:34Christian, that is, our arrival, our final destination in heaven. And I believe that this...
00:40This is one of the very important topics that we must anchor in our lives, especially those of us who
00:46We have been following this course of St. Paul; we need to firmly anchor the topic of eschatology, because it is
00:53The destination, which must and can be none other than heaven. When we lose sight of this point,
01:01We will have no direction in life and with that we will be definitively losing everything.
01:07our life and in the teaching of the church, because all this is precisely oriented towards teaching
01:14of the church and everything we've been saying is oriented towards that omega point, heaven.
01:22The Gospels, and especially the Book of Revelation, show us that this end is the only important thing to have.
01:29to keep in mind in our journey through this world. There is a very important quote from Matthew in Matthew 16:26,
01:37which says the following. It says, then, what good will it be for a man to gain the whole world, but
01:47Does he lose his soul? Or will a man be given in exchange for his soul? With this text, Jesus indicates the importance
01:58to work for our salvation, to attain heaven. So, following in the footsteps of Saint Paul,
02:07By listening to all your advice for the various communities, we can have points of reference.
02:13We need to be clear so we don't lose sight of this guiding light that leads, and should lead, our entire lives. So now we will study
02:23This is called eschatology, which will help us approach the mystery of eternal life.
02:33And this, as you will see, is truly fascinating, because eschatology is the constant reference to a future
02:44absolute and transcendent, which is none other than God. And which leads us to take a certain form
02:53The full meaning and purpose of man, our ultimate meaning, the ultimate meaning of the
03:00history and even the cosmos. Everything is oriented towards this definitive end. The eschatological dimension,
03:09especially in the New Testament, it appears as a dynamic structure of the same historical being of
03:16man, therefore, who propels him toward a transcendent and wonderful destiny. This destiny has been
03:25promised by Jesus Christ himself to all those who, remaining faithful to his word,
03:32Live according to the Gospel and serve your brothers and sisters wholeheartedly. That is the direction we are heading. And this is
03:39The Way, the Gospel, and charity. Well, you might say, but what exactly is the Way?
03:49Scatology? It sounds kind of weird, doesn't it? This whole topic. Well, let me try to
03:55Let me explain, and I'd like to start by telling you that in theology, eschatology is the science that studies
04:04the ultimate destiny, not only of us, human beings, but of all creation. That is to say,
04:12What is the end of it all? What will become of everything we know as material?
04:21The word eschatology comes from a Greek word which is eshaton or hexaton, which means last or
04:32final. And also from the word logos, which means word or study or treatise. That is, it is the study,
04:41The treatise, the end of all things, or the last thing that will happen, or the last thing that will occur in everything
04:48creation. In this theological sense, we can say that different religions and in different
04:55Throughout history, each religion has had, and still has, a different eschatology that refers to what and how things should happen.
05:08to understand the end of human life and, more clearly, the end of all created things.
05:16Each religion has a different vision, a different eschatology. In our eschatology,
05:23Christian eschatology, we do not understand what the Israelites understood, from where our understanding originates
05:31faith, even though it certainly finds a connection with it. Why? Because it refers to the promised land,
05:40which was so important to her, to them, and to us, because it is the end of the people's journey.
05:48for the land. This is in our faith, through the revelation that Jesus Christ made to us and that God confirmed through
05:56through the other writings of the New Testament, for it leads us to understand this end of a journey
06:04in a slightly different way. For us, the end refers to what it tells us, in the first place,
06:13Jesus in chapter 24 of Matthew. There we find this first moment. In particular,
06:22We see only this final part of what is called the eschatological ending of Matthew, that is, it comprises
06:31practically all of chapter 24 and part of 25. Let's look at a small part of it, which is the
06:38verses 29 to 31. And it says the following.
06:44But immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
06:54light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then it will appear in the
07:05The sign of the Son of Man will appear in the heavens. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man.
07:13A man is coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and great glory. He will send his angels with a
07:24A great trumpet will sound, and they will gather their chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
07:35Another one. We can see in this little bit this great ending that Saint Matthew presents to us in this text, right? Like
07:45We see, this ending represents the Parousia of Jesus, that is, his return in glory, which, as will be said shortly,
07:55We don't know when it will happen. This wasn't told to us; we will always live by faith. Saint Peter will expand
08:03This knowledge comes from the divine revelation he has received, and we find this text in 2 Peter.
08:11Chapter 3. It says from verse 10 onwards.
08:16But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be destroyed.
08:24They will be destroyed with intense fire, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
08:34Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, notice what it says here,
08:41What kind of people ought you not to be in holy conduct and godliness? Hoping and above all
08:51hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens will be destroyed by fire,
08:58and the elements will melt with intense heat. But, according to his promise, we await new heavens and a
09:11a new earth in which justice dwells. We see then that in Christian eschatology,
09:18The entire cosmos tends to return to the nothingness from which it was created and where only God will exist.
09:28And all of us who have been saved in Christ and have been taken to heaven,
09:34We will live with Him eternally. However, and this is something to think about,
09:39Sadly, those who are separated from God will be separated from Him for all eternity.
09:48This, brother, is what we know as hell, which also has characteristics of eternity.
09:57Certainly we cannot understand this from nothing, nor can we understand this from infinity.
10:05Why? Because we are finite and we don't have the capacity to think about nothingness.
10:12Neither in infinity nor in eternity. We can talk about them and try to understand them with our own understanding.
10:20criteria that are far from what truly is and will be. But that is why the apostle Peter invites us to
10:29To lead an upright life, one that doesn't lose its charm, and in that way we can obtain the prize that
10:40Christ has prepared this for all of us. But anyway, let's leave this first moment here and see you in a...
10:47Another moment to continue our relationship. We'll be back.