"Why are you afraid?"
"Do I not know when everyone's soul must be separated from their body?"
"Some young, some old; others somewhere in between."
"Some from c0vid, others from cancer, others from accidents, and from other things..."
Recently Christ appeared to a good Cypriot boy who later came to me and told me the following.
The Lord said to him, "Why are Christians nowadays afraid of the pandemic? Are they afraid of dying?"
"I, Myself, conquered death!"
"For what then was I crucified? And before that, why did I, as God, take on the human form?"
"And after that why was I crucified? For what reason did I die by such a death on the Cross?"
"So that I could conquer your death! So that I could conquer your sins!"
"So that I could conquer the devil, who causes mankind to suffer!" As the chanters recently sang:
"he who tormented mankind"
And You came, O Christ!
And Christ gifts Himself at every Divine Liturgy; "The Body and Blood of Christ, for the forgiveness of sins and for life eternal!"
Not for only 80 or 100 years!
Rather, for life eternal!
What will Mr Kinigopoulos do with his 100 years? Even with his 102 years which I wish him with all my heart?
What will he do with another 10 years, if he does not go to the life eternal? Tell me!
The years pass by quickly, and the time is coming when even those 100 years won't be enough for us.
Because man is tired, and he is thirsty for eternity. That is why he is insatiable, and those 100 years are not enough for him.
To prepare yourself for eternity, you must unite yourself with the Eternal Life; Who is Christ!
"I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live." (John 11:25-26)
And Christ said to this very pious Christian, "Why do people nowadays fear death, when I have already conquered death!"
Do you know how long biological death takes?
Two seconds.
You pass from one side of the river to the other. In the same way we have that little bridge here in Galata. It is so.
They are only two seconds!
During that short period of time in which the difficult separation of the soul from the body takes place... Life, Christ, is waiting for us on the other side.
"I am waiting for all of you, to gift you with eternal life; so that you all can rejoice in My Triune Light!"
Because the Light is the Father, the Light is the Son, and the Light is the Holy Spirit.
Why are you afraid?"
"Do I not know when everyone's soul must be separated from their body?"
"Some young, some old; others somewhere in between."
"Some from c0vid, others from cancer, others from accidents, and from other things..."
That which concerns all of us is eternal life. And it is for everyone!
Have you also thought about the eternal hell? Because that one exists as well!
It's a good thing that good priests still exist, who commemorate many names. And they constantly are doing 40 liturgies, memorial services, and they are lifting people up out of hell.
It is a good thing! But it is not a sure thing that we all have this kind of power.
Father Varnava, you should know that it depends on the individual priest, according to how pure his life is, so that he can take people out of darkness and put them into the light.
This is what the holy people teach us.
I will tell you one more thing and then I will close.
Christ said to this good Christian, "Death only lasts two seconds, and then I am waiting for you all, so that I can give you eternal life..."
"If you prepared yourselves, and if you cleansed yourselves from before."
"If you loved Me, and your enemies."
That pious Christian asked Him... And how wonderful it is to talk with Christ! ... And he said to Him, "My Christ, forgive me, I want to ask You something."
"Since You are the Eternal Life, You were crucified and died for us, and You Resurrected for us, why then does this death exist; of which we are afraid?"
Biological death temporarily separates the soul from the body, and at the Second Coming our soul and body shall reunite.
And how did Christ respond to Him?
"Listen, My brother, I could have also destroyed the biological death, so that you all would never die, however I also would have canceled out your free will."
"I want you all to choose Me, to prefer Me, to want Me, to love Me, to fall in love with Me. I want this thing!"
"That is why I left the biological death alone."
"During these few years, which you live on this earth... Even if they are 100 years they are few in number compared to the eternity that awaits you. ...You need to decide what it is that you truly want."
What do we want more? Eternal Life, or the insignificant life which we live here?
Do we want darkness or the Triune Light?
Do we want the pleasures of this life, or the pleasures and the delights of the Eternal Life?
Do we want Europe's atheistic academic knowledge, or do we want the knowledge of the Holy Trinity?
As you will hear in a few days, "The unapproachable Light was shown to the world."
"the veneration of the Trinity was revealed" (From the Apolytikion for Holy Epiphany)
Each one of us is put to the test; through sickness, through patience, by straying from the path, through poverty, through wealth; because even wealth is a trial.