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DESCRIPTION:THOSE WHO SEARCH FOR THE TIME \nOF CHRIST’S COMING\nFrom a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria6\n◊◊◊\nObserve how… He cried unto the multitudes\, saying; “When you see a cloud\nrising out of the west\, straightway you say that rain comes; and it is so. And when\n[you see] the south wind blowing\, you say there will be heat: and so it is.” For men\nfix their attention on things of this kind\, and from long observation and practice\ntell beforehand when rain will fall\, or gusts happen of violent winds: and one\nespecially sees sailors very skillful in this matter. Well therefore\, He says\, well\nwould it become those who can calculate things of this sort\, and… fix the\npenetrating glance of the mind also upon matters of importance. And what are\nthese? The law showed beforehand the mystery of Christ; and that certainly He\nwould shine forth in the last ages of the world upon the inhabitants of the earth\,\nand submit to be a sacrifice for the salvation of all… \nBut against those\, who\, in the greatness of their wickedness\, have scorned\nHis goodness\, and rejected the Saviour\, there is decreed wrath and misery; and\, as\nit were\, a winter of torment and punishment\, from the blast of which hard will it\nbe to escape. For\, as the Psalmist says; “Fire\, and brimstone\, and the whirlwind\, is\nthe portion of their cup.” And why so? Because they have rejected… the grace that\nis by faith; and therefore the guilt of their sins cannot be wiped away\, and they\nmust bear\, as they deserve\, the punishment due to those who love sin. For…He\nsaid; “Verily I say unto you\, that if you believe not that I am He\, you shall die in\nyour sins.”… \nBut those who are in Christ by faith\, escaping from the pollutions of sin\, are\nnot only not full of shame\, but have that boldness which becomes those who are\nfree. It was their duty\, therefore… as being possessed of understanding\, and able\nto discern the face of the sky and of the earth\, to examine also things future\, and\nnot to let those tempests escape their observation\, which come after this world.\nFor there will be the south wind and rain: that is to say\, fiery torment. For the south\nwind is hot: and the infliction of that punishment is vehement and inevitable\, like\nthe rain falling upon those overtaken by it. They must not\, therefore\, let the time\nof salvation pass by unnoticed: that time in which our Saviour came\, and at which\nperfect knowledge of the truth reached mankind\, and the grace shone forth which\npurifies the wicked… \nNow all of us\, without exception\, upon earth are guilty of offences: he who\nhas a suit against us and accuses us is the wicked Satan: for he is “the enemy and\nthe exactor.” While therefore we are in the way… let us deliver ourselves\nfrom him: let us do away with the offences of which we have been guilty: let us\nclose his mouth: let us seize upon the grace that is by Christ\, which frees us from\nall debt and penalty\, and delivers us from fear and torment: lest if our impurity be\nnot cleansed away\, we be carried before the judge\, and given over to the exactors\,\nthat is\, the tormentors\, from whose cruelty no man can escape… who will exact\nvengeance for every fault\, whether it be great or small. \nFar removed from this danger are those who search for the time of Christ’s\ncoming\, and are not ignorant of His mystery\, but well know that the Word\, though\nHe be God\, has shone forth upon the inhabitants of earth in likeness as one of us\,\nthat freeing them from all blame\, He may bless with exceeding happiness those\nwho believe in Him\, and acknowledge Him as God… \n6 St Cyril of Alexandria. Patristic Bible Commentary. Accessed Online:\nhttps://sites.google.com/site/aquinasstudybible/home/luke-commentary/cyril-on-luke-12
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