Глава 9. Заключение

56) This was what I had to offer you, lover of Christ, in brief, how much is needed for the initial image and outline of Christ’s faith and the divine coming of Christ to us. If this serves as a reason for you, read the Scriptures yourself and delve into their real meaning; then from what is said in the Scriptures you will learn more complete and clear details of what I have said; because the Scriptures were spoken and written by God through godly men; and I told your knowledge of love what I learned from the inspired teachers who read these Scriptures and became witnesses of the Divinity of Christ. From these same Scriptures you will also learn about Christ’s second, glorious and truly divine coming to us, when Christ will no longer come in humiliation, but in His glory, not in humility, but in His inherent greatness, He will come not to suffer, but to finally give everyone the fruit of His Cross, that is, resurrection and incorruption. And He is no longer judged, but He Himself judges everyone, “whatever anyone has done with the body, either good or evil” (2 Cor. 5:10), at His coming, in which the kingdom of heaven is prepared for the good, and eternal fire and total darkness for those who have done evil. For this is what the Lord himself says: “I say to you: from here on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven” (Matthew 26:64) in the glory of the Father. Therefore, the saving word prepares us for this day, and says: “Be ready” (Matthew 24:44), and: watch, for you do not know at what time it will come (Matthew 24:42). For, according to the words of Blessed Paul, “it is fitting for us all to appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that everyone may receive what he has done with his body, either good or evil” (2 Cor. 5:10). 57) But for the study and true understanding of what is said in Scripture, a good life, a pure soul, and Christ-like virtue are required, so that the mind, having succeeded in this, is able to achieve what it wants and acquire it, to the extent that knowledge of God’s Word is possible for human nature. For without a pure mind and without imitating the lives of the saints, no one will be able to understand the words of the saints. Whoever wishes to see the light of the sun will, without a doubt, wipe and make his eye clear, bringing himself to almost the same purity as what he wishes to see, so that in this way the eye itself becomes light and sees the light of the sun. Or, whoever wishes to inspect a city or country will, without a doubt, go to the very place to inspect it. So, whoever wants to comprehend the thought of theologians must first purify and whiten the soul with life, and by becoming like the saints in deeds, approach them, so that, leading the same way of life with them, understand what is revealed to them by God, and finally, as if uniting with them, avoid sinful dangers and fire for sins on the day of judgment, and perceive the blessings intended for the saints in the heavenly kingdom: “theirs, eye shall not see, and ear shall not see.” Hearing, and the heart of man did not sigh, what God has prepared for those who live virtuously, “and love” God and the Father (1 Cor. 2:9), in Christ Jesus our Lord. To them and with Him to the Father himself together with the Son in the Holy Spirit is honor, power and glory forever and ever! Amen.