Jesus said to
his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the
Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up
to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them
all. Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking,
buying, selling, planting, building; on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and
brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all. So it will be on the day the
Son of Man is revealed. On that day, someone who is on the housetop and whose
belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise one in
the field must not return to what was left behind. Remember the wife of Lot. Whoever
seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save
it. I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one
will be taken, the other left. And there will be two women grinding meal
together; one will be taken, the other left.” They said to him in reply,
“Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures
will gather.”
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Reflection:
Are you
afraid of the end times? Of course, we all are, Jesus mentions frightening
scenarios in our gospel reading for this Friday. He mentions similar
destructive occurrence like in the days of Noah where everyone on the face of
the earth were wiped out except for Noah and his group.
The same
destruction happened in the place of Sodom and Gomorrah where the people there
became very sinful. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah committed despicable sins
such as sexual sins, thus earning the wrath of Yahweh.
Our own
respective end time will come to us; we cannot prevent this from happening for
this is the nature of our life. But then again, we hold in our hands what kind
of end time and life after our end time we would have. If it would be a hellish
end time or a heavenly and peaceful end time. What Jesus mentioned to the
disciples is a fair reminder for all of us to straighten our lives.
Let us leave
behind everything that makes and influence us to sin while we still have the
luxury of time . Let’s seriously reflect
on this call of Jesus to repentance, sin has done nothing good to us. It made
our lives miserable and if we would not leave it behind us it would further
make our lives more miserable until it completely destroys us. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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