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00:00How are you, my dear brothers and sisters? It's a pleasure to greet you again in this very interesting
00:23Following in Paul's footsteps, seeking to be an apostle like him, a disciple like him, seeking
00:31that our lives truly reflect the Christianity from which we have received
00:36grace and love have been present since our baptism, but particularly on the day we decided
00:42As we saw in our last course, we decided of our own free will to be witnesses
00:49of the Lord, and we are looking a little at the topic of eschatology, how Saint Paul sees it, how he presents it
00:57Saint Paul addresses the topic of eschatology, that is, what we expect at the end of our lives, and
01:05We have seen some very important points, so now let's touch on some elements that I think will help.
01:11To broaden this vision a little, I mean, I'm going to try to use as a point of reference, or rather, as
01:18The backdrop is everything we've already seen, which is good, so I hope I've been able to explain myself well.
01:24Because, as I said, it's a complicated topic. Let's review the main texts now and... well, give
01:31Some notes that may help us to understand not only Pauline eschatology
01:40but to encourage us to participate in it, which is what's important; this is what we hope for at the end of
01:46Our life, our entire course, is oriented towards that, as we said before, we're going to try to
01:54To know in depth what God has promised to all those who serve and love Him, this is what
02:02that God wants you and me to receive, and so let's talk a little bit about the parochial grace of our Christ.
02:09Lord Jesus Christ, and well, let's start by saying that the glorious coming of Christ is what we
02:19We call it paruchia; with it, we definitively enter into the kingdom if this
02:30It is the promised home for us, the paruch, what God has prepared for you, for me, and well
02:37Let's begin by saying that the word parucía is a word that comes from Greek and means
02:44The same thing, that is, it is the same to say arrival as coming; however, in biblical texts this word
02:53It always refers to the second coming of Christ; we have seen it appear four times in the
03:02The first letter to the Thessalonians, which deals with it most extensively, presents the first idea that Saint Paul offers us.
03:09In his letter to the Thessalonians, which as I was saying is the first one related to the Paruchia, he
03:15The act of waiting, that is, waiting for Jesus to come from heaven, in 1 Thessalonians we can read it
03:23Next chapter 1, verses 9 and 10, and it says this: if you would like to join us in your Bible, it says
03:31They themselves tell of us, how we came to you, and how you converted to God after
03:41having abandoned idols to serve the living and true God and thus await his son Jesus who is to
03:50We can see in the coming from heaven of the one who rose from the dead and saves us from the coming wrath.
04:00This text, as Saint Paul already speaks, is always mixed with the kerygma; we can never...
04:06Separating will always speak of salvation, will always speak of what God has done through
04:13Jesus Christ in us, but for this, what is said here in this text is very important.
04:19Thessalonians, we have already turned away from our former beliefs; this is conversion.
04:27This is what we have already done since last year when we looked at the Jordan River, where we...
04:34Like the rich young man who didn't want to give up, we have given up everything; we have accepted
04:42From the Lord, the one we have to leave behind everything that does not belong to him, yes, that is, in this text
04:48We see the firm belief that Christ's promise to return completely permeated all thought
05:00The evangelization in the first community, along with this, is expressed as the topic was just mentioned.
05:09The query is not the query concerning the death and resurrection of Christ, that is, it will never be
05:15Separated, as I was saying earlier, that is to say, the one who is to come is the same one who died and who now lives because
05:22Throughout the centuries, the theme of resurrection must always be present because that is what
05:28We too hope that just as he rose again, so too will you and I one day rise again, if he so wills.
05:36to leave us in his resurrection a clear and evident sign of what our life will be like, so that we would not doubt
05:44He did this also with his most holy mother; he also resurrected her and took her to participate in the kingdom of
05:53The heavens, body and soul, as has been said, that's how our life would have been, I think he was commenting on it.
06:01In some previous episodes, if we had not fallen into original sin, then
06:07We would pass away, we would die, we would immediately resurrect; how things would be, we don't know because they didn't happen.
06:14Yes, but this is the reality: to die and rise again, just like Christ. That's why it happens continuously, whether from one place or another.
06:23Whether discreetly or emphatically, the apostle lets us see this theme; now, this avenue is the one that leads us
06:32It will wash away, and here's an important term: the coming wrath. This term sounds strong to us, and it doesn't.
06:40We might think that God, in his infinite love, could experience anger; however, this
06:49expression and therefore this is what this expression needs to be understood and understood well from the
06:57The concept of the Old Testament refers to the purifying action that God will perform in his
07:04We can see how, when—I'll put it this way—God's wrath was unleashed upon the people
07:12He had that vision of purifying it, given all these actions where they were led by their enemies.
07:21Well, exile, etc., all this was to purify them and to make them understand that they cannot
07:27to be serving two or more gods and that they cannot be unfaithful to the Lord, you have that
07:35Then Jesus comes and uses these words from the Old Testament, Paul, to focus us on what...
07:45Through this death and resurrection, through this whole process that we live through, he has purified
07:53our lives and this is what has saved us from experiencing at a certain point a
08:00eternal and definitive form a purification that would no longer be so much a purification but would be
08:07You can already participate directly in hell, but pay close attention, this has to do with actions that
08:15We make the people interpret it as if God performed it upon us, but they don't remember.
08:24As we have said repeatedly, the wages of sin is death when we follow a
08:30pattern of behavior that leads to death; we can say God has condemned me and it is not true
08:38We condemn ourselves; that purifying action of God happens during our lives, all these
08:47Let's not dwell on the insecurity we're experiencing today; everything we're going through is part of a process.
08:53to realize that we have abandoned God and that we have to return to Him because otherwise you are
09:00These actions will lead us to death, and it's not that God hasn't done something to remove those things from us.
09:07thoughts to rid ourselves of this behavior, unless we have stubbornly clung to it.
09:14Following this line of thought on purification, we find many testimonies in the eschatological part of Saint
09:21Matthew, which we were already reviewing at the beginning of this session, we see how all those signs are leaving
09:29because the stars and all these elements that will preside over the coming of the Lord are elements
09:36Purifiers that invite us to change our lives will be God's final exercise in all of this
09:43which appears in the Gospel of Matthew, but today we also have many exercises, many elements
09:50As I was saying earlier, the issue of insecurity, the issue of a distorted economy, well, all of this...
09:57The issue of distorted sex life—in short, all these are elements that should concern us.
10:04Pay attention and say, "Hey, you're being abused, you're walking down the wrong path. God is through it all."
10:12This terrible situation is seeking to purify us; we can understand it as in the Old Testament it has been overturned
10:20His anger is upon us, and that is why, as it was said in the Old Testament, He has let our enemies
10:25They take control of us, but that's not how it is; we have decided to abandon the path of
10:34The truth is, the path of justice, with this we can understand, brothers, it must be said this way, not everyone...
10:43They will save, as many people mistakenly believe. Look, let's go to the wake. It's my turn, maybe it's yours, I mean, in the
10:52Funeral masses are funeral masses we hear as if to encourage the fingers the expression well but that's it
11:00Enjoying the presence of God in heaven, wow, this expression is very bold when we don't know if the
11:11the person's conscience was truly upright, that is, we cannot have any idea that their life was not
11:19It was very much in accordance with the gospel of the Lord, that is why in chapter 24 Saint Matthew already records
11:28These ideas, when Jesus, referring precisely to this end, says, let's look at Matthew 24, the verses of
11:36Pages 40 to 42 if you want to join us in your Bible
11:39It says then there will be two in the field, one will be taken and the other left; two women will be
11:50Grinding at the mill, one will be taken and the other left; therefore watch, for you do not know on what day
12:00Their Lord is coming, that is to say, the separated brethren, the Protestant brethren, say they speak
12:08From the rapture, so some will stay here on earth and others will go to heaven, and then he will enter
12:15The final judgment is not at the judgment when the Lord comes; some will be saved and others will not be.
12:23doing the same thing, but some will have one life and one conscience and others another, and this is what ultimately
12:31He will save us, but we cannot say that God did not seek to purify our hearts; we cannot say
12:36that God didn't try with everything He made around us and in our lives to prevent this from happening
12:44We decide our own end; this same idea also appears in chapter 13.
12:53from the evangelist where at the end of the fishing if when it is a parable chapter 3 is a chapter
13:01In a parabolic trough, the fish are separated into good and bad; the bad ones are collected and the good ones are collected.
13:10And the wicked are thrown into the fire, so this is in chapter 13 starting from verse 47.
13:18We found that, as you can see, it again puts us on alert against all the false beliefs that
13:25Everyone will be saved; this is not true, the Holy Scriptures say so, and we must avoid being like that.
13:33From the fish they throw into the fire, we must realize that God continues to call us and continues to follow us.
13:39inviting us, and that we truly have to change our lives, having made a choice for
13:44Jesus Christ doesn't mean we are already saved; it means we are on the path we have chosen.
13:50Through that action we have been delivered from the wrath of our Lord; in other words, all of this puts us on the right track.
14:00to achieve eternal salvation, therefore, although with a different image, Jesus presents us with this same idea
14:10of the final judgment in the parable of chapter 25 if from this same gospel of Saint Matthew in chapter
14:17From verse 25 onwards, verse 31 tells us about this selection that God will make, some going to heaven and others to the other heavens.
14:25Others, sadly, do not, my brothers, so that we cannot think that because we have this or that
14:33devotion or we have finished our course of open me we have already secured paradise we are not working
14:41I started working on it, I don't know, 40 years ago, now seriously, and I still don't have it.
14:49Our lives must be consistent with what we believe. Let us remember again the words of the apostle
14:58Paul gives them the Romans there in chapter 10 verse 9 and 10 says if you confess with your mouth Jesus by
15:08Lord, if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved, for with your heart...
15:15He believes in order to attain justice, and with his mouth he confesses in order to attain salvation, that is to say my
15:23Brothers and sisters, we must believe, but we must also confess; we must confess, that is, bear witness with our
15:32life of what we believe, otherwise we may have the fate of the unfaithful and end up
15:41Far from the Lord, but well, let's leave our reflection here. We'll continue in a moment. Thank you.
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