Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 13:47-53

What we see happening today is what will happen on the last day. Whatever happens today should make us aware of the end time. Reality today is a reminder for tomorrow. Natural events are reminders of the things to come. People who are worried about the next world should not in any way run away from the reality.

The happening of the last day is very much in control God. God has his assistants (the angels) to assist him. Even though the good and the bad live together in this world they will be separated. God and bad do not co-exist in the next world. Good has its own place and the bad has its place.

இன்றைய உலக நிகழ்வுகள்தான் நாளைய நிகழ்வுகளுக்கு முன்னோடி. இன்றைய நிகழ்வுகளுக்கு நாம் பாராமுகம் காட்டக்கூடாது. இறுதிநாட்கள் இறைவன் கையில் உள்ளது. இன்று நன்னையும் தீமையும் ஒன்றாயிருந்தாலும் இறுதிநாளில் பிரிக்கப்படும்.

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 11:19-27

Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus. These three were also friend of Jesus. Jesus visited them often and probably as often as he visited Jerusalem. He never stayed in Jerusalem and even when he had to be in Jerusalem he stayed at Bethany the village of these three. Bethany was about two to three kilometers from Jerusalem.

Martha is the first woman disciple to make such a belief statement on Jesus (Samaritan women also made a similar statement in chapter four). As Peter had made a statement regarding Jesus so here Martha makes. Martha statement makes known to the people some of the major factors of faith in Jesus. She believed that Jesus was the Messiah; he was the son of God and she also made that Jesus was the expected one. Martha also got the best statement form Jesus: (“I am the resurrection and the life;).

மார்த்தா இயேசுவைப்பற்றிய பல உண்மைகளை வெளிப்படுத்துகிறாள் (இயேசுதான் மெசியா என்றும் இறைமகன் எனவும் வெளிப்படுத்துகிறாள்): இயேசுவையும் வெயிப்படுத்த வைக்கிறாள் (உயிர்த்தெழுதலும் வாழ்வு நானே. என்னிடம் நம்பிக்கை கொள்பவர் இறப்பினும் வாழ்வார்).