2022/07/25

49. Salvation of Evil Spirits

God, who calls himself "I AM," created everything granting spontaneity by his word "Let there be" (cf. Genesis 1). When a living thing dies, "Let there be," which has been keeping its life alive, accomplishes God's will and returns to him. For man, on the other hand, unlike other creatures, after granting the spontaneity, "Let there be," God breathed into him the breath of life, the will of God. It is with his knowledge (cf. this blog № 41). Therefore, when a person dies, his will is separated from his "man's knowledge" that decays together with his body, and it can follow the Word "Let there be" returning to God. "Man's accidental information," which in the Bible is called by the name of the serpent or dragon, when taken up by a man and stuck to his will as his own knowledge without distinction, makes him satanic. Therefore, many people are apt to personify evil, but evil is the work of the living human being. If a person who has become satanic dies, the "accidental information" stays closely attached to his will as his own knowledge. So, his will remains on the earth without being drawn to "Let there be" and becomes an evil spirit. His will that has become an evil spirit suffers and attaches itself to a living person and tries to liberate itself by killing the person and dying again. In the Gospel, the evil spirits who encountered Jesus said, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" (Matthew 8:29). In this scene, Jesus allowed the evil spirits to enter the swine as they wished and gave them the chance to die again (cf. Matthew 8:30-32; Mark 5:11-13; Luke 8:32-33). The disciples could drive away evil spirits that had attached themselves to others by the authority given to them by Jesus. But only God can give death to evil spirits. On the Cross, Jesus drew all men to himself (cf. John 12:32). In particular, he drew the wills of evil spirits and the other dead who remained in the world until his appearance and took them with him at his death. That is the time that the evil spirit said, "the time." Jesus prepared to continue this work of God's salvation in his future when God would be present on earth as the Body and Blood of Christ and would die by being eaten by Christians. When Jesus spoke of the parable of the weeds, he compared man’s will to wheat and "man's accidental information" to weeds (cf. Matthew 13:24-30). The two are separated from each other by "the reapers." "Man's accidental information," which had stuck to one's will even after his death and made him an evil spirit, is pulled away from his will and bundled up to be burnt. Jesus entrusted the continuation of God's salvific work to the Holy Spirit sent in his name and to believers. When the believers eat the Holy Eucharist in the Mass, it dies, and the Word "I am" (John 8:58) returns to God. At this time, the Word, as Jesus did on the Cross, takes with him one by one the evil spirits that died and remained on earth and the other spirit that was wandering on earth as well. Thus, the blessedness of "those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb" (Revelation 19:9) will become everyone's. Therefore, just before receiving the Holy Eucharist, the believer must declare clearly in front of the dying Holy Eucharist by the words revealed by the Heavenly Father to Peter: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16) (cf. this blog № 32).

Maria K. M.