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Icon
depicting His Second Coming and the role of the Church
Have
you noticed how the Second Coming of Christ is depicted on the icons
of our Church?
If
you take a good look at them, you will see two rivers coming out of
the throne of God, both out of the same
throne! One is ultra-white, where the souls of the saved are to be
found, and the other is ultra-red, which is the “burning river”.
In this burning river we can see the souls of the condemned.
According to the teaching of our Church, this icon reveals the fact
that all of us are going to see God, but the difference will be in
how we are going to see Him, in which way…
So,
the
role of the Church is the following: to prepare us properly, in order
for us to be able to see God as ultra-sweet and unsetting Light, and
not as “devouring fire”.
Think of a blind person, and us walking him out in the sun, at noon.
Can he see? No, he can’t, but he feels the burning light and
suffers…
Suppose
the opposite, we have our eyes open, we enjoy the light and all of
God’s beauty. This
is the difference, and this is the work of the Church: to give us
what? Spiritual eyes… to give us spiritual sensors, in order to be
able, from this life here on earth, to enjoy God as ultra-sweet
Light!
f. Savvas Agioreitis
To be continued...
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