"Jesus also said to the crowds, “When you see cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain—and so it does; and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot—and so it is." (Luke 12: 54 - 56).
Jesus calls us hypocrites in today's Gospel for pretending that we do not notice that the world is changing rapidly and radically around us. St Augustine in his epochal prodigious work, THE CITY OF GOD expounds a Theology of History. In summary: Once upon a time, Rome was master of the world. After over 500 years of continuous power, the warning signs of decay was everywhere. People decided to ignore it. One day, the empire collapsed and tumbled down. For the next 100 years or so, the grief stricken Romans blamed Christianity for the tragedy. Since Rome fell in 407 AD, no world event similar to it has occurred.
Now we are at an inflexion point in history. We do not have any empires today. Are we going to witness the collapse of Christianity during our lifetime? Pray to be open to see the Signs of the Times. God entered a Covenant with the Israelites and they were unfaithful. Prophets after prophets warned them to come back to God. They refused. Their response to the prophets: "Your message is extreme. God could never possibly do what you are saying." One day, the northern kingdom was sent into exile and never heard of again. In 70 AD, Rome destroyed the southern kingdom and scattered the remaining population all over the world. In 1948, the state of Israel was formed. Today, the population of Israel is less than 3 million, a shadow of its former self. Nothing is impossible for God.
"You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time?" (Luke 12: 56).
Times and Seasons are God’s Appointment.
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