END TIMES Are these the End Times? The cultural and spiritual warfare that is taking place between the Christian West, and the Islamic Middle East, together with the extreme climate changes taking place around the world, have become a source of concern for many. Coupled with the polarization of the populous within the United States, and the mass apostasy from Christianity in the West, many Christians are now thinking we must be entering the period of the End Times. Yet when we consider the words of the Our Father, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, we must know, as Christians, that our prayers do make a difference. Just as the faithful of the Early Church looked at events taking place in their world as possible signs of the imminent Second Coming of Christ, they, nevertheless, kept their focus on the possibility that there could be a first resurrection, as described in the 20th chapter of the Book of Revelation, where the Church could experience a triumph, even in this world. It is this hope that must be the ground of our daily living, for as Christians we are not to be giving ourselves over to fate, but to the hope that comes from Christ. God IS in charge, and He is NOT bound by anything. When we pray, Thy will be done, we must mean it! With love in Christ, Abbot Tryphon Photo: David, a professional stone mason, is teaching Father Moses the art. This houses our first olive tree!
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 03:23:17 +0000
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