وجبـــــــة روحيـــــ(†)ــــــــــة يوميـــــــــة

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

In St. Matthew's Gospel, chapter 24, verses 30 and 31, it is written: "And they will seethe Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. "We observe here that the angels are His, the Kingdom is His and the elect are His, and this cannot apply to a human being or any created being whatsoever.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

The angels belong to God alone because the angels are the angels of God, and we have discussed this issue before here on st-takla.org in other pages. The Psalm says: "Bless the Lord, you His angels" (Ps. 103:20), and also: "Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers aflame of fire" (Ps. 104:4); (Heb. 1:7); "For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. They shall bear you up in their hands" (Ps. 91:11,12); (Matt. 4:6). The Lord Jesus Himself says: "He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments. I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels" (Rev. 3:5). God is the One who sends His angels, as the Prophet Daniel says: "My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths" (Dan. 6:22).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

How can the angels be God's and Christ's at the same time unless the Two are One? We have a good testimony at the end of the Book of Revelation: "And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place" (Rev. 22:6), and in the same chapter: "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things" (Rev. 22:16). Also compare with the first verse of the Book of Revelation.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

The kingdom is God's kingdom, and in the Lord's Prayer we pray to the Heavenly Father, saying: "Your kingdom come" (Matt. 6:10). The Apostle says: "God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory" (I Thess. 2:12); (Jas. 2:5). The Lord Jesus Christ says: "My Father's kingdom" (Matt. 26:29); (Matt. 13:43), and the term "kingdom of God' appears in various verses, among which are: St. Luke's Gospel, chapter 13, verses 18, 20, 28 and 29.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



Nevertheless, the Lord Jesus Christ declares that the kingdom belongs to Him, saying: "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom" (Matt. 16:28). This is concerning the spread of His kingdom on earth. And concerning the end of this age, He says: "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire" (Matt. 13:40-42).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



Regarding the kingdom of heaven of Christ, the Apostle says: "I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom" (2 Tim. 4: 1). About this heavenly kingdom, the Penitent Thief said: "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom" (Lk. 23:43).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III




Daniel the Prophet was most probably referring to the kingdom of heaven when he spoke about Christ, saying: "His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed' (Dan. 7:14). These terms were only used for God, the God who lives forever, the Most High and steadfast God forever (Dan. 4:3,34); (Dan. 6:26).

Therefore, the kingdom is God the Father's kingdom and Christ's kingdom. What, then, is the conclusion? Who, except God alone, can talk of His kingdom like this: A spiritual kingdom on earth, an everlasting kingdom in heaven, a kingdom which will not pass away, a kingdom which will not be destroyed, a kingdom in which the angels and the elect are His (Matt. 24:31)?

[Mary Naeem]

أبنى الغالى .. بنتي الغالية
إن أحضاني مفتوحة لكم إن كنتوا تائبًين ورافضًين لخطاياكم
فمهما كنتوا ضعاف وقبلتوا الخطية بإرادتكم
بل وتلذذتوا بها، ثم انتبهتوا بعدما تذوقتوا مرارة السقوط،
فعدا سريعًا بخوف ودموع، فتنالوا مراحمي وتعزياتي

[Mary Naeem]

القديس بطرس العابد

[Mary Naeem]

عندما أعطي أدهشكم بعطائي