The temptation of the prophet, or the prophetess
Another temptation that I have experienced over time was that of the prophet, or the fact that I have to prophesy certain events in the future, such as the apocalypse (poorly understood by me at the time). I remember that 5 years ago I had created another blog, on which I wrote only alarmist posts, most likely to draw attention to myself rather than to the Lord Jesus Christ and Orthodoxy. Of course, I was not doing it consciously, but in my innocent unconsciousness, I believed that I was doing the right thing. Nothing could be more false, because it is written:
Matthew 7 3-4
You can see the speck in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own eye.
How can you say, “My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you don't see the log in your own eye?
One of the temptations that I experienced was that of opening the Bible. I remember that the night before, I had fervently prayed to the Lord to crucify my pride. Yes, a big mistake (I could even say stupid) because the next day, while at work, I started watching different videos on YouTube again (I was still searching for an understanding of what had happened to me), when, suddenly, I received a notification from a live video filmed in South Korea. The title of the video was very alarmist, as if it was about to happen (being about the apocalypse). Be careful, the video was from Korea, but the title was in Romanian, my native language.
For a moment, I panicked a little, but I said I would open the Bible and read what first appeared before my eyes (a big mistake, and a habit that I had read somewhere in other sects). Of course, I had opened the Bible somewhere in the Old Testament, and the first paragraph I read was bad (I don’t remember, but it was something about punishing sinners and the like). At that moment, I panicked a lot, and a whole bunch of negative thoughts started to fill my mind.
I couldn’t stand it at work anymore, and I went home. The whole way home, I was in panic and negative thoughts, and to top it off, an ambulance was constantly behind my car. After long attempts to get rid of those thoughts and panic, they stopped after I stepped on my heart and called a friend to pray for me. That was the moment when the Lord enlightened my mind and reminded me of what I had prayed for the night before: To crucify my pride.
I understood from this experience that I had to stop venturing into this idea of prophesying or considering myself above others. Of course, since then, I have completely given up that foolish habit of opening the Bible (basically guessing with the help of the Bible).
So, in conclusion, everything that had to be written, is written in the Holy Scriptures (Old and New Testaments), and if you ask me now, the apocalypse is not at all a bad event but means the appearance, the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ, in all His glory, at the end of the ages, therefore a good, warm, full of love and peace event. When will this event be? Only God the Father knows, so we do not have to make calculations, predictions, or I don't know what else.
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