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(2 Tim. 1, 1–2, 8–18; Luke 19, 12–28) The parable of the ten men *29 depicts the entire history of mankind until the second coming of Christ. The Lord says in it about Himself that He goes through suffering, death and resurrection to the Heavenly Father to accept the kingdom over humanity, which is all His ancestral property. Those who remain on earth are divided into two halves: into slaves who enslaved themselves to the Lord through obedience to faith, and into those who do not want to have Him as king and work for Him, for the sake of their unbelief. Those who approach the Lord by faith, with a readiness to work for Him, are given the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the holy sacraments: this is mina - and every believer receives it for service in the circle of believers. When all of the human race who are able to submit to the Lord submit to Him, then He will come again as one who has accepted the Kingdom. His first task will be to judge the servants as to who has acquired what by this grace, and then judgment will follow on those who did not want to have Him as king, i.e. either they did not believe or fell away from the faith. Impress these truths in your mind and do not take your attention away from them, for then there will be a decision that you will not expect to change. Run away from disbelief; but do not believe idly, but also bear the fruits of faith. Having found you faithful in a few *30, the Lord will place you over many things (Matthew 25:21). To the synod. text: about ten mines. You might be interested in: