時空孰重 Space or Time, Which is More Important?

《原罪系列 V》
主題：時空孰重（路17:26-37）

我們的信仰，包括了「在起初」天主創造天地萬物，並且「在世界末日」，天主子要重臨，審判生者死者。所以基督信仰與相信有輪回的東方宗教有所不同，是有始有終的，而不是沒完沒了的循環！雖然身為天主子的耶穌基督已經否定了揭示末日的可能性（谷13:32），但很多人仍鍥而不捨地搜集資料，進行運算，想破解「世界末日」的密碼！

承接昨天的福音，今天的「他們」（路17:37）是指耶穌的門徒（17:22）。他們相對地聰明得多了。不要奇怪為甚麼耶穌正在舉諾厄和羅特的例子，來說明末日會出現在不為人所期望的日子，「消滅所有的人」（17:27; 29）的時候，門徒竟然聰明地問「主，在那裡呢？」（17:37a）！在時間和空間的兩個維度之間，既然師傅已經否定了在時間維度可以找到答案，門徒便聰明地另闢蹊徑，嘗試從空間維度找線索！耶穌的答案：「在那裡有屍體，老鷹就聚集在那裡」（17:37b），卻是另一個啞謎！不要灰心，因為只要方向正確，還有破解的希望！

親愛的兄弟姊妹！雖然不可以知道世界末日在甚麼時刻出現，但有一件事情是可以肯定的。末日的出現有一定的起承轉合過程，會有開始、有起點：例如諾厄建造方舟的地點，羅特居住的索多瑪城等、有發展、最後完成。至於維持多久則尚未可知。但找到起點對我們是有利的！起點在哪？「有屍體，有老鷹」的地方就是！讓我們多讀【聖經】，努力破解吧！
天主保祐！

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生命恩泉
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[Original Sin Series (V)]
Theme: Space or Time, Which is More Important? (Luke 17:26-37)

“In the beginning”, God created heaven and earth and “At the end of the world”, the Son of God shall return to judge the living and the dead are among the articles of faith we believe in. Different from eastern faiths which believe in re-incarnation, Christianity believes in a beginning and an end instead of endless cycles/spirals! Although the Son of God Jesus Christ has declared the impossibility of revealing the end of the world (Mark 13:32), many people still invest their whole life collecting information and computing to crack the “End-Time” code!

Following the gospel passage of yesterday, “They” (Luke 17:37) refers to Jesus’ disciples (17:22). They were smarter. Do not wonder why they were so smart as to ask “Where, Lord” (17:37a) when Jesus was quoting the stories of Noah and Lot to illustrate that the end-time would come at the unexpected day “to destroy them all” (17:27; 29). Between the dimensions of time and space, since the Master has denied the possibility to find the answer in the time dimension, it was smart of the disciples to try another path in the space dimension! Jesus’ answer: “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather” (17:37b) is yet another enigma to crack! Don’t be discouraged because when the direction is right, there is hope for cracking this code!

Beloved brethren! Although when the world ends is an unknowable mystery, there is one thing for sure. The end will be a process in time, with a beginning, a starting point such as the location of the Ark which Noah built, or Sodom where Lot lived; an unfolding and a finale. As for how long this process takes is yet another unknown. But finding the starting point is advantageous for us! Where is it? It is “The body, the vultures”! Let us study the Bible harder to crack it!
God bless!