Glory be to Jesus Christ!
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Today's reading is preceded by the one referred to at the following link:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/18022023.html
1 Thessalonians V, 2 - 'ἡμέρα κυρίου' - 'emera kyriou' - the Day of the Lord
- here the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in glory.
1 Thessalonians v, 4 - 'ἡμέρα' - 'emera' - 'day'.
1 Thessalonians 5:5, 8 - 'ἡμέρας' - 'emeras' - (of) 'day'.
1 Thessalonians V, 8 - 'ἡμεῖς' - 'emeis' - 'we'.
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The Apostle Paul calls for sobriety, vigilance, and expectation of the Second Glorious Coming of Jesus Christ.
Just as the Lord Jesus Christ said that His Coming in glory would be unexpected, so Paul repeats this thought here.
For more on Christ's words, please refer to this link:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/23092023.html
Luke XVI, 3 - 'ἐμοῦ' - 'emou' - 'me'.
The Parable of the Ruler of Unrighteousness is read and Jesus begins to explain it.
It is a difficult parable to understand.
But it can be understood if we pay attention to Jesus' explanation - the ruler forgave some of the debts of his master's debtors and showed them mercy. Christ wants the faithful to show mercy to other sinful people so that sin becomes less
.
And the very name steward of unrighteousness
implies that everything that is good and worthy in a person is not their own, but has its origin in God. It is God who gives a person certain gifts, and only then does a person accept something truly good, have something truly good. And in this case, each person appears like a steward - they manage, but not what is their own, not what belongs to them wholly. Therefore, they manage not their own wealth, but what God gives them
. And since this wealth is originally God's, a manifestation of God's generosity, the person has it as if unrighteously
, i.e. undeservedly, as a gift from God. This is a state of formation, when a person has not yet become what they will be, when there is no manifest, final Kingdom of God. And when the Kingdom of God comes, after the Second Coming of Christ and the general resurrection of the dead, then the person will cease to be a steward
but will become what they have become by God's grace and their freedom.
To the Apostle and Evangelist Matthew:
For more frequent readings from the Apostle, please refer to the link:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/13082023.html
For the Gospel reading that tells about Matthew's vocation by Jesus, please refer to the following link:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/08072023.html
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!