2022/10/10

60. Jerusalem Part 2

Jesus commanded his Disciples, "Seek his kingdom" (Luke 12:31), and assured them that "it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom" (Luke 12:32). As we have discussed, the Holy Spirit provided Christians with three opportunities to fulfil these words. First, to continue the training of daily reciting and hearing the Revelation of John – the worldview of Jesus Christ is infused into the faithful's realm of the unconscious (cf. blog № 36). Second, to attend the Mass – the reading of the Gospels and the Holy Communion strongly affect the senses of the faithful, giving them the experience of union with Jesus that the Apostles had at the Last Supper (cf. blog № 32) and making them realise their role worthy of the name of Christ (cf. blog № 49). Third, to receive the formation of the Holy Spirit – the faithful's realm of consciousness, connected to the no information of God, is nurtured to conform to the Father's providence and is prepared for the third mystery of the Incarnation, in which they collaborate with the Holy Spirit (cf. blog № 38). Thus, the faithful will realise that the Kingdom of God has become of the Christians when they work in concert with the Holy Spirit. These three opportunities correspond to the description of the holy city Jerusalem descending from heaven in Revelation 21. First, "And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb" (Revelation 21:14) refers to the worldview of Jesus Christ that the twelve Apostles had – the city wall represents the training of Revelation. Second, "The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its breadth" and "its length and breadth and height are equal" (Revelation 21:16) describe the flat expanse of the Mass and its three-dimensional space – the appearance of the city represents the Mass. Third, "And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl" (Revelation 21:21) – the "pearl" alludes to the Holy Eucharist, and so, the gates represent the formation of the Holy Spirit. These coincidences suggest that the holy city of Jerusalem is a prophecy of the Kingdom of God, which will appear when the Holy Spirit and the faithful work together (cf. Revelation 21:9-27). Previously, I wrote that when a Christian who seeks the Kingdom of God lives the daily routine of going to the Mass, the path he follows brings the last supper of Jesus to the 'present' and makes the "remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19) a reality again. It corresponds to the description of the ever-living city in the following 22 chapters: "Then he showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There shall no more be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall worship him; they shall see his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads. And night shall be no more; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they shall reign for ever and ever" (Revelation 22:1-5).

Maria K. M.