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00:00Okay, so we're back again to this interesting chapter we're seeing about the paruchia,
00:25the return of our Lord that will give us definitive entry, body and soul, into heaven.
00:32We know that it exists when we die, well, it's difficult to explain, but we could talk about a first paruchia.
00:38This really brings us to a complex topic that has to do with the eternity of God,
00:44which we cannot understand and in which we are immersed.
00:49Then we enter into the eternity of God, and there we enter into a situation where we have to necessarily resort to the word.
00:58and see what Jesus primarily tells us, but then see how the first community understood it
01:05so that we too can get an idea of what this demonstration will be like
01:11And what will it be like, especially as Saint Paul says, for those who are alive?
01:16Paul thought he would be alive when the Lord came, but he wasn't; he died many years ago.
01:24And we, well, it seems to me that we will not see the glorious coming of our Lord either.
01:31No one knows the day or the hour, but there is a first paruchia, an encounter with Jesus,
01:37a death that places us already, that is, places the soul, but the soul within us as well,
01:46It places us as persons before the Lord in his mystery of eternity.
01:52But anyway, I won't complicate this further, the issue is already complicated enough.
01:58Now, as for the time when this paruching was to come,
02:03What he's saying now, the apostle initially thought it was something immediate,
02:12that he himself would be alive to participate in it, wouldn't he?
02:17So, they thought they were going to see it coming from the sky, right?
02:21And that's how it is, like what I was just saying, right?
02:24Well, I'll keep you posted on my notes here, and sometimes I get a little ahead of myself, okay?
02:29That is, therefore, if we look at 1 Thessalonians, chapter 4,
02:34He truly believes this.
02:36Let's read verses 15 through 17 so you can see what the first community thought.
02:41Therefore, we tell you this by the word of the Lord.
02:50I mean, I want to stop here for a moment.
02:53By the word of the Lord.
02:54In other words, there's a revelation there.
02:57There was a revelation from God to Paul, yes?
03:00In this verse 15.
03:02In other words, I'm not telling you this because that's what I believe.
03:05Because that's what I hope for.
03:07because I think that's how it's going to be.
03:08No, that's how it's going to be.
03:11The word of the Lord, what he has received by revelation,
03:14We know that he has been instructed directly by the Lord,
03:19although we know that the community also participated in part
03:22And that is precisely why he had to go to Arabia for some time.
03:27to understand, to comprehend, and to be evangelized.
03:31But there's a revelation, isn't there?
03:33Okay, I'll continue with the text.
03:36Says,
03:38I tell you this by the word of the Lord.
03:41That we, those of us who are alive
03:44and that we may remain until the coming of the Lord,
03:48We will not precede those who have already died,
03:51to those who have already fallen asleep.
03:52That's what they called death, right?
03:54For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout,
03:59with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God.
04:02And the dead in Christ will rise first.
04:06Look, the dead will rise first.
04:09And then we, those of us who are alive and remain,
04:14We will be caught up together with them in the clouds,
04:19to meet the Lord in the air.
04:22And there we will be with Him forever, eternally.
04:26What a beautiful text!
04:29And if you notice, we're talking about the outburst.
04:33Do you notice?
04:34Do you remember what we were saying a moment ago about this topic?
04:37What did our Lord tell us about one being taken and the other left?
04:43Yeah?
04:44It will be taken away.
04:46In other words, he's talking about this final, definitive moment.
04:50in which some will be taken to heaven
04:53and the others will be left to go the way they chose,
04:58which will be eternal separation from God
05:00and that is what we call hell.
05:04Yeah?
05:04This idea of seeing Jesus resurrected,
05:10to see Jesus return, not resurrect, return,
05:13It was something He firmly believed.
05:17Yeah?
05:18And the first community too.
05:21We can also see that there are different texts,
05:24But for example, in the letter to the Corinthians,
05:27in the chapter, the first one, in chapter 15,
05:30In verses 51 to 52, we read the following.
05:34Join me in your Bible, please.
05:39So I'll tell you a mystery.
05:43Not all of us will sleep.
05:45Do you notice?
05:45Not all of us will sleep.
05:46The word "sleep" was used to refer to death.
05:52In other words, it's like falling asleep.
05:53In other words, nobody exists for Pablo, death does not exist.
05:57Not as a separation and annihilation.
06:01So, we fell asleep, right?
06:03We fell asleep in the Lord.
06:05That's what it was called back then.
06:08It says, I continue with the text, it says,
06:10No, not all of us will sleep, but we will all be transformed.
06:15In a moment, in the blink of an eye,
06:19to the final trumpet.
06:21For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable.
06:27And we will be transformed.
06:31Wow!
06:32How awful!
06:34We will be transformed.
06:35In other words, he truly believes that he will not have died when the Lord comes in glory.
06:45That's how we see it, isn't it?
06:47Not all of us will sleep.
06:49He really thinks he will see it the same way as they did, as he said in the letter to the Thessalonians,
06:57with all the signs and omens that will precede it, as in the Gospel of Matthew.
07:02And this was a real expectation, especially because Jesus had said so.
07:10He had said so.
07:11Matthew includes this expression in chapter 16 of his Gospel, in verse 28.
07:17He says about this, he says,
07:20Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death.
07:25until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
07:28In other words, there is an expectation that Jesus will return just as they saw him.
07:41But in glory.
07:43Remember that they had already seen it when the Gospel was written.
07:46Many of these things already contain these elements of the resurrection.
07:51Whenever we read the New Testament, we cannot ignore that everything is polarized by the resurrection of Jesus.
08:01These are not notes they were taking while Jesus was preaching.
08:07No.
08:08This is what they, together with the Holy Spirit, came to understand from the Lord's revelation.
08:17But it is already polarized by the resurrection.
08:21Then they saw him in glory.
08:25And that's how they expect to see it coming.
08:27And so they hope that we too will be transformed.
08:32As Saint Paul says, with a glorious body.
08:36With a body that is no longer corruptible.
08:40But a body, and when I think about it, believe me brothers, I can't believe it.
08:47I can't believe it because it's something beyond imagination.
08:51While it is true that Saint Paul takes from the Gospel of Matthew, as we were saying earlier,
09:00Jesus' warning about being prepared.
09:03Do you remember what we said about Matthew 24?
09:07He also makes a continuous call for vigilance.
09:13Particularly in the Letter to the Thessalonians, where he deals insistently with this subject.
09:18Let's look at chapter 5, verse 1.
09:21In it we find the following words of the apostle.
09:25Regarding time and timing, brothers,
09:30We don't need you to write to us.
09:34There is no need for me to write to them.
09:36You yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord
09:39He must come like a thief in the night.
09:42If you look closely, it precisely captures the words of the Master.
09:47Like a thief in the night.
09:49Jesus will say, because if a person knew what time the thief was going to come and rob them,
09:54Well, he would be prepared and wouldn't allow them to make a hole in it.
09:57It isn't true?
09:58Then, it uses this same expression.
10:02He will come like a thief in the night, without warning.
10:08And well, this warning from Saint Paul is more important today than it was in his time.
10:14Since today we know for sure that we don't know the day or the time.
10:20In other words, we can't say start tomorrow before I die.
10:22No, we don't know when.
10:23And, therefore, according to what Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew,
10:30The sign that the Paruchia is already here is precisely that there will be no sign.
10:38That's why people say, no, it's the end and all these signs.
10:42So, no, there will be no sign.
10:44There will be no sign.
10:46When everything is peaceful, when everything is going well, he will come.
10:51Look at what Jesus himself tells us.
10:54Let's read chapter 24, verses 23 through 27.
10:58Join us in your Bible.
11:03The Lord says.
11:05So, if someone tells you, look, here is Christ.
11:09Oh, there it is.
11:12Don't believe it.
11:13For false Christs and false prophets will arise.
11:18And they will show great signs and wonders.
11:22And that's how to deceive people.
11:26If possible, pay attention to what it says, even to the chosen ones.
11:32See, I have told you beforehand, says the Lord.
11:36Therefore, if they tell you, look, he is in the desert.
11:40Don't go.
11:42Or look, he's in the inner rooms.
11:46Don't believe them.
11:48For as lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west,
11:54This is how the coming of the Son of Man will be.
11:56In other words, totally unexpected.
11:58We don't know when, it will suddenly appear and it will all be over.
12:04Imagine, brother, that they catch you off base.
12:08And in this I always set the example for them.
12:12We like to play baseball.
12:14In others they played or have watched baseball being played.
12:17Those who steal the base.
12:20They wait until the ball is in play and then try to run from one base to the other.
12:25And they hope that the one who has the ball doesn't return it and doesn't make a mess of things.
12:31But what if they do it?
12:33We are playing between one confession and another.
12:37We play at, well, no, let's see when it's our turn.
12:40And what if you get the nomination?
12:42And maybe not see it coming from the sky.
12:45A car accident.
12:50When?
12:51Today?
12:52We don't know.
12:54We can't take chances and expect that when the Lord comes everything will be ready.
12:59We don't know when.
13:04This topic is so important to me that I would like to elaborate on it a little.
13:07And let it be clear that eschatology will come for us.
13:13Whether we die or the Lord returns to complete the story.
13:20However, we cannot know the day and time that this will happen.
13:27We don't know and we won't know.
13:30That is why we, as disciples of the Lord, must always live in grace.
13:36And so, obviously, we should always be prepared for this moment.
13:43Which surely, brothers, must be the most glorious.
13:48The most wonderful thing in our entire lives.
13:51Sometimes, at funerals, I say, for all those who are found in grace.
13:58It is the most fortunate moment of his entire life.
14:01She will meet Christ definitively and live eternally with Him.
14:09But for those who have renounced grace.
14:12For those who have taken the path of sin.
14:15That has sustained itself in Him.
14:19It will be the most terrifying day of his entire existence.
14:22Because there's no going back, brothers.
14:26There is no going back.
14:28That day it all ended.
14:32That day your life ended, and with it the opportunity to save yourself.
14:39I tell you, I almost got away with it.
14:43But you are doomed.
14:46I say almost because I was going to confession tomorrow, but you didn't.
14:49They offered me a course, a retreat.
14:54And I said, I'm going next month.
14:56And you didn't go.
14:59I almost got away.
15:00You are doomed.
15:03What better way to put it, phew, I almost got myself killed.
15:08If it hadn't been for my brother, my friend, insisting that I go on this retreat.
15:12Because I decided to change my life.
15:16Because I read this book.
15:18Because I heard this humility.
15:20Phew, if it weren't for that, I would have been doomed.
15:27Don't risk it.
15:29And you have made a choice for Christ.
15:32Stay there.
15:34Be a faithful disciple.
15:35And your life will end.
15:37And it will be the most glorious day of your entire life.
15:40But fine.
15:42We'll be back in a moment.
15:43Because of this fascinating topic of our encounter with Jesus Christ in heaven.
15:48Until then.
15:48Thank you!
15:49Thank you!