Luke
21:5-11
While
some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones
and votive offerings, Jesus said, “All that you see here–the days will come
when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown
down.”
Then they
asked him, “Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when
all these things are about to happen?” He answered, “See that you not be
deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has
come.’ Do not follow them! When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be
terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be
the end.” Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from
place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky.
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Reflection:
Are you
afraid of the end times?
Jesus
mentions destruction of all the beautiful structures that we see. Everything including
beautiful places of worship will be destroyed. This scenario is somewhat like
the end times already. But He also tells us do not be terrified (Luke 21:9), so
what would we do? Should we allow the signs of the end times to terrify us? Or
we hold on to Jesus who tells us, “Do not be terrified.” Of course we hold-on
to what Jesus tells us.
Earthquakes
and calamities with massive proportion are happening wars in different parts of
the world are also raging. But let us take this calmly for this is bound to
happen and let us not attribute these disastrous events to God as some would
do. God doesn’t want this to happen to us otherwise if he wanted us destroyed
God would have not sent Jesus to walk on this earth and die for us on the
cross.
There are
wars in different parts of the world because we humans create it. This is
brought about by our greed for power and resources. The same is happening with
our abuse of our environment.
There are
very destructive typhoons/hurricanes because of human’s unrelenting abuse of
its environment also. And what are the results? Massive destruction of lives
and properties which is actually preventable if we have compassion for our
environment.
In the
midst of these bleak signs of the times let us not forget to always call on Jesus
for He alone can give us peace of mind. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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