My Word is Lasting And Sturdy Since It Was Spoken. The word Blessing actually consists of two syllables, namely bene (good, noble) and dicere (words, or words). Luke, 21:29-33

My Word is Lasting And Sturdy Since It Was Spoken. The word Blessing actually consists of two syllables, namely bene (good, noble) and dicere (words, or words). Luke, 21:29-33

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The word blessing comes from the Latin word benedict.  This word actually consists of two syllables, namely bene (good, noble) and dicere (words, or words).  Thus benedict (blessing) means good words or words.  One who blesses means to say kind words, noble words.

 Words can bring blessings to others or they can be curses.  Depends on what comes out of the mouth, good or bad.

 If we had to choose, I'm sure we would choose to speak well.  We will be happy to hear people say good words from others, so other people will certainly prefer to hear good words from us, not swear words or words of reproach.

 Jesus reminds us that the heavens and the earth will pass away but His words will not pass away.  We believe and believe that the words of Jesus are living words, words that lead us to salvation.  His words are words that bring us to the blessing of goodness and of course, saving goodness.

 Facing the end of time, no one knows when the time will be, so Jesus invites us to have a firm guide and grip, namely His own word.  The words of Jesus we find mainly in the Scriptures.

 My question is, how close are we to the Bible?  Knowing the words of Jesus presupposes that we often read the Scriptures.  How can we possibly understand His word if we have never come into contact with the Scriptures?

 Heaven and earth will pass away, the Scriptures will pass away but the word in them will never pass away.  The love of Jesus is a guarantee and proof.  His word is eternal, still firmly in effect just as it was since it was first spoken.

 Jesus is now invisible, but His Word lives and works in those of us who desire and believe in Him.  Therefore, blessed are those who listen to the word of God and are diligent in carrying it out.

Jerusalem, the holy city, where the Jewish people gather every year, is now prophesied to be destroyed by foreign occupation.

Jerusalem, the holy city, where the Jewish people gather every year, is now prophesied to be destroyed by foreign occupation.

The holy city of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, the holy city, where the Jewish people gather every year, is now prophesied to be destroyed by foreign occupation.  The Jews will no longer control Jerusalem, it will be the foreigners who will occupy Jerusalem.  Even Jesus asserted that those who would occupy Jerusalem were nations that did not know God.  Thus, Jerusalem, which had been the religious center of the Jews, would become a pagan place.  Previously it was also prophesied that the temple would be destroyed, not one stone would rest on another stone.

 That is the old Jerusalem, the Jerusalem that only relies on the beauty of the physical building.  Jesus came and promised the coming of a new Jerusalem, which was Himself the one who brought salvation.  The old Jerusalem will be destroyed and their identity will be lost.  The new Jerusalem will rise and gather all the nations, not only the Jews but anyone who will come and accept God's offer of salvation.  The new Jerusalem will not only bring together one nation but an entire nation.  The new Jerusalem is not just the beauty of the temple building but the majesty and majesty of the crucified Christ.

 We live in the new Jerusalem.  It is also necessary to have a lifestyle that is in accordance with the new Jerusalem.  Old Jerusalem emphasized rules and laws.  The main rule and law in the new Jerusalem is the law of love.  The law of love is fully in Christ Jesus, the Son of the living God.  The law of love is no longer written in stone or inscriptions but is engraved with gold ink in the Holy Body.

 We eat the Holy Body every time we celebrate the Eucharist.  Thus we become the dwelling place of the Law of Love itself.  Our bodies become a field of struggle to implement the law.  That is the new Jerusalem, where we express and embody the law of Christ.  It is we who become the law of love with the main basis being Christ.  The new Jerusalem becomes a field for us to be good Samaritans.  Making all people neighbors is the newness of the old Jerusalem.  Precisely because of worship, a believer must dare to act like the good Samaritan.

 This is what we prepare to welcome Him who will come at any time.  Perseverance in prayer and at the same time persevering in making others for others is a concrete form of preparation for each of us.  By doing so, we will survive the lion's den and live to proclaim God's great and wondrous works.

Mount Tabor At the top is the Basilica and the Franciscan monastery. On this mountain stand three chapels dedicated to Jesus, Moses and Elijah. During the Crusades, these three chapels were combined into a beautiful basilica.

Mount Tabor At the top is the Basilica and the Franciscan monastery. On this mountain stand three chapels dedicated to Jesus, Moses and Elijah. During the Crusades, these three chapels were combined into a beautiful basilica.

Mount Tabor 

Mount Tabor is located in the north of Israel.  Precisely at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of ​​Galilee.  Now the Peak can be reached by vehicle, but in the past visitors had to reach it by climbing 4,340 steps.

 

 At the top of this mountain is the Basilica of the Transfiguration and the Franciscan monastery.  On this mountain stand three chapels dedicated to Jesus, Moses and Elijah.  During the Crusades, these three chapels were combined into a beautiful basilica.

 The Transfiguration of Christ is the event where Jesus is glorified on a mountain and meets Moses and Elijah.  His face was radiant and full of glory.  This is the pinnacle of the spirituality of Jesus.  On this occasion, three of His disciples, namely Peter, James and John, were with Him.  The light of glory that shone from the face of Jesus taught the disciples that the sad event that would be experienced by Him would lead them to victory, glory, that behind insults and insults there would be glory that would strengthen them in their lives to follow the Master.

 Chapel of the Ascension of Jesus to Heaven

The Mount of Olives became the place where Jesus sent His disciples throughout the world to bring the good news of the gospel to all nations.  The Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.  (Acts 1:8).

 At the top of this hill is believed to be the site of Jesus' ascension to heaven.  In 376 a rotuda was built and in 438 an oratorium and monastery were added.  During the Crusades, the warriors erected an octagonal church with columns supporting the dome.  The dome is open, beneath which is the rock that according to legend Jesus stepped on and left footprints before ascending to heaven.  Every year before commemorating the day of the Ascension of Jesus, OFM monks hold a festive service here.