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120 GREAT TRIBULATION WHY GOD ALLOWS THIS TO HAPPEN? The Fathers struggled with this difficult question, here is what they tell us concerning this: Why then, you say, did God permit this to be? and what dispensation is this? And what is the advantage of his coming, if it takes place for the ruin of our race? Fear not, beloved, but hear Him saying, "In them that are perishing," he hath strength, who, even if he had not come, would not have believed. What then is the advantage? That these very men who are perishing will be put to silence. How? Because both if he had come, and if he had not come, they would not have believed in Christ; He comes therefore to convict them. 1 St. Irenaeus insists that the Tribulation is necessary for our salvation: And then he points out the time that his tyranny shall last, during which the saints shall be put to flight, they who offer a pure sacrifice unto God: ‘And in the midst of the week,’ he says, ‘the sacrifice and the libation shall be taken away.’ And for this cause tribulation is necessary for those who are saved, that having been after a manner broken up, and rendered fine, and sprinkled over by the patience of the Word of God, and set on fire [for purification], they may be fitted for the royal banquet. As a certain man of ours said 2 , when he was condemned to the wild beasts because of his testimony with respect to God: “I am the wheat of Christ, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God.” 3 Again St. Irenaeus comments on the necessity of the Great Tribulation: There shall be tribulation such as has not been since the beginning, neither shall be.” For this is the last contest of the righteous, in which, when they overcome they are crowned with incorruption. 4 1 St. John Chrysostom: Commentary on II Thessalonians 2 St. Irenaeus is referring here to St. Ignatius, who died as a martyr when he was thrown to the beasts 3 St. Irenaeus: Against heresies, Book V 4 St. Irenaeus: Against heresies, Book V
GREAT TRIBULATION 121 St. Paul, trying to answer the same question tells us: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. (II Th 2:12-13) The reason , then, is the damnation of the non believers, who “believed not the Truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” As for us, the elect, chosen by God from the beginning, this will lead to our salvation. St. Augustine, commenting on St. Paul’s words has this to say: God shall permit the devil to do these things, the permission being by His own just judgment, though the doing of them is in pursuance of the devil's unrighteous and malignant purpose, “that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” 1 HOW TO SURVIVE THE GREAT TRIBULATION? Here is what the Bible tells us in this regard: PATIENCE: “In your patience possess ye your souls.” (Luke 21:19) “He that endureth to the end shall be saved.” (Matt 10:22) Patience is a very important virtue especially in the last days, when “the love of many shall wax cold,” (Matt 24:12) and when faith will be weakened (Luke 18:8). It is for this reason that we should exercise ourselves in this important virtue. So, if God allows problems to befall you, and it seems that no solution is in sight, rejoice as St. Paul tells us, “but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience.” (Rom 5:3) UNDERSTANDING THE SCRIPTURE: When the Lord commanded us saying, “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand 1 Augustin of Hippo: City of God
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THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION SPOKE
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ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION 3 before
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THE SIGNS OF HIS COMING 1 The revel
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING 15 learned, and
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