The Son of Man will come again

Jesus said to his disciples, “As in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man? The people ate, drank, married, and married until the day Noah entered the ark. Here the flood came and killed them all. As it was in the days of Lot: men ate, drank, bought, sold, planted, built, but on the day Lot left Sodom, fire, and brimstone fell from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be so on the day when the Son of Man will appear. Whosoever is on the housetop that day shall have things in the house, let him not go down to take them, and whosoever is in the field, let him not return. Remember Lot’s wife. He who seeks to save his life will lose it, and he who loses it will gain it. I tell you that night there will be two on one bed: one will be taken, and the other will be left. The two will grind together: one will be taken, the other will be left. “They asked him,” Where, Lord? ” He said to them, “Where the corpse is, the eagles shall be joined.”? Let’s look forward to our meeting with Jesus.

To many, their death sounds foreign, distant. Why? By thinking of it, we gain nothing; we lose nothing. Death is certain for each of us. In today’s Gospel, Luke tells us something grave: “He who seeks to save his life will lose it, and he who loses it will gain it” (Lk 17:33). Luke points out to the Jews, but also to us, some events of grace. The second warning is equally familiar and very instructive: “As it was in the days of Lot, men ate, drank, bought, sold, planted,… and destroyed them all” (Luke 17:28). -29). Both events speak only of the salvation of the pure and faithful to God. God will always find salvation for His faithful. He, who remains faithful to God, does not have to be afraid. One will not be able to get off the roof. He will not be able to return home even from the field. And he emphasizes it even more, when he points to Lot’s wife. One moment, one turn was enough, and she was punished. This will also be when the Son of Man comes to this world at the end of the ages.

We live as if it should happen now, and not in an hour, tomorrow … Although we live in space, we are talking about height, width, length, depth, and so on. Let us not ask where the last trial is to take place. The Lord Jesus tells us that the place does not matter. As vultures find their prey wherever they are, so God’s judgment will find people anywhere. Nobody can do it. This is to lead us to wait for this moment, not in fear but joy and hope. A believing Christian is not afraid to live in communion with Christ, nor of the day, nor the hour of his death, nor the Last Judgment. Even though we feel fear, Christ is our rebellion and security. After all, the Lord Jesus promised, “Everyone who confesses me before men …” (Luke 12: 8-9). Simultaneously, we feel that God has not forbidden us anything good here on earth. We should understand life on earth as something beautiful, but at the same time, we should give and to God what belongs to him.

People often misunderstand life and stick to the ancient Romans’ evil motto: “Carpe diem!” – “Enjoy the day!” This slogan destroyed the Roman Empire. And life understood in this way will also lead man to personal destruction for eternity. For us, however, it is true: Enjoy life, but do not insult, do not disgrace your God! Give to God, to your neighbor, and yourself what God desires, what He has commanded us to do, especially through His Son.