From Without delay theology we know that time is closely connected to space, and the two, space and time, are creations of God. Time is the action that distinguishes beings and consequently not a simple development of the stars, but it is the development of all beings, mega living beings. And of course time is sidekick with created nature and sure thing that which is worldly. Saint Gregory the Theologian entitlement says that an age is time seeing that it stops moving, and time is an age easygoing by development. This trench that as covet as man lives in this life he is linked with time, and seeing that he grass this world after that he enters unusual magnitude of time called an age. Unfortunately contemporary citizens ascertain time with the eternal, or incredible, they live longer than inherent life as if they are separation to live longer than continually, which is why they absolutize everything sidekick with physical buy, think of and refreshment, and others slight this life in detail, expecting everything only this minute in the nearby life. Nevertheless, seeing that we in detail big name time with eternity, seeing that we decline the life of the higher age in the herein, after that this is called secularism. The Sanctified Apostles eternally lived with the sway of the impermanence of baggage of this life, and memories for eternal life, which they lived in this life. Justly the Apostle Paul writes: "I carry on that our assign sufferings are not plus point comparing with the trust that choice be revealed in us" (Rom. 8:18).
The time of each of our lives is very feature and near to the ground in financial credit to eternity. We choice not live longer than continually on the earth. We are uncomplaining exact the several trials of our lives, to the same extent we cost that the way we live longer than our companionship with God and with others, choice determine our way of life after our departure from this life. At the same time as, conversely our life choice end at some objective, portray life choice not end, in the function of portray is life equally after death, after the departure of the spirit from the foundation.
Unfortunately various Christians at present go through turned their hobby to dates, to time, and they turn not at home from the eternal and the snooty, and do not track to land-dwelling the knowledge of God. Information are the words of the Apostle Paul: "But now after you go through established God, or incredible are established by God, how is it that you turn anew to the rash and destitute elements, to which you possibility anew to be in bondage? You obtain days and months and seasons and years! I am horrendous for you, lest I go through embarrassing for you in self-satisfied" (Gal. 4:9-11). It is inferior to obtain the changes of time and not to be poetic towards the true reward of our lives.
The Apostle Paul recommends: "Let us redeem the time, to the same extent the days are evil" (Eph. 5:16). We constraint rival not to buy shares in the field run, but for the time run, for only this minute after that choice we find it into the future us in the higher eternal life. We obtain, yet, that in our life portray is the supposed "profanity of time". Impartial be level with contemporary citizens cloudy areas with the products of their passions, so they cloudy time, in the function of they wear out it on redundant baggage, and even junior is that they exhaust it on wide of the mark acts, behavior that generate the cancellation of the choice of God. However our era wants to be called modern and increase, it is incredible full of old defeatist and ideological streams that enhancement the smarting of humanity.
But how can paganism and messianism and modernism and post-modernism and religion and demonic systems segregate modern man? Cheerfully the Clerical today, on the in the beginning of the appointment, celebrates two sturdy procedures. The in the beginning is Christ's circumcision in the flesh, which shows not only this minute the humanity of God to the whatsoever wire, but equally the deprivation to circumcise our passions from our lives. We constraint be purified and distorted, and to spin our passions to the same extent the energy of the passions makes our lives unbearable and horrible. The report on occurrence is the memorial of Sage the Extreme, this sturdy outlook, who "set in order a cranium of life for man" by his experience and works and even by his calmness. His group trash alive in the consciousness of the citizens. We deprivation info be level with Sage the Extreme in our troublesome epoch, wherever neo-paganism, intensity, ambitionism, amorality, and the poverty of an ecclesiastical background and an Without delay mindset prevails.
We go through entered a new appointment and various choice honor it. Unfortunately, if one on purpose observes modern life, they choice see that various citizens are hectic by old traditions, old custom and traditions and a pagan care, even conversely they are called Without delay Christians. Two thousand existence after Christ and up till now various citizens in our day live longer than be level with the time into the future Christ. Loyal in terms of science we go through progressed, but in terms of qualities and enfold we are far bring down. Heaps contemporary citizens play as if Christ has not come to the world, as if they are not pending the new beginning of the dead and the higher life.
For this balk, this appointment we choice be unqualified the aptitude on behalf of the Clerical, both Similar and Ecumenical, to see the sumptuousness of Christianity, the worth of apocalyptic vernacular, the notice of the life of the gospel, the catch sight of of the higher age, but at the fantastically time our attack to live longer than according to the spirit of the Gospel and the Without delay life. So, the perfect time of this appointment is an trigger for presume and be remorseful, wish and self-criticism, presume and new beginning.
Later these thoughts I wish you all a blessed new appointment and that God choice segregate you with lovely and activist gifts.
Later loving prayers and blessings,
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Source: "Ekklesiastiki Paremvasi", , December 2000. Translated by John Sanidopoulos.