The sign of the Son of Man
I have a great example for the understanding of the teaching of today ; I have the hierarch Nicholas , on whom the Holy Spirit worked and confirmed him with this bearing of God gift , under which he sheltered and hid , for he humbled himself very much and in secret he gave help to the people tested by temptations and weaknesses , for the Holy Spirit is humble and He has life , work of grace and power to raise many from sin only in those who deny themselves and in those who are humble .
Oh , this is how I built My church in its beginning , and I put the Holy Spirit as sign upon it , Whom those who were baptized received in them , and who spoke then by the Holy Spirit and proved out their resurrection , God ’ s sons , becoming Christians with My name , and by this sign and work from above , they became the sons of the Father and My brothers .
You , those who find the Lord by the spring of this word , you should know , sons , that your purpose has to be this : to receive the Holy Spirit and to work within Him , for the Holy Spirit in the working man puts out the longing from those that are earthly and sees through man to those that remain , and then He works them , being separated from the spirit of the world .
Oh , let no one boast or believe that he can be a Christian anyhow if he does not receive the Holy Spirit Who proves him as God ’ s son . It would be enough deception for man , and it would be better for him to start with his seeking and receiving of the Holy Spirit , but without self-denial or without cross , oh , let no one follow My steps , for this is what I have asked from those who seek after the Lord , lest they may seek in vain if they start otherwise .
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… We are blessing with longing the feast of Epiphany and the gathering at the spring of those with the longing after Us and after Our citadel here , Son Jesus , but We are waiting for a new heaven and a new earth for this holy people like Us , for their resemblance with God moment by moment so that Our moment may come sooner , for the heaven is waiting and it will be to have Our day of the complete victory and the rest for it , My dear Son . Amen .
— Oh , My Father , You are writing Yourself with Me in the word on earth into My today ’ s book . We are preparing for the feast sweetly and the longing is growing , Father . I am submitted with patience and obedience in all things , as I was when I was a child and I was circumcised , according to the tradition of father Abraham and of his seed after the flesh , and then as I was submitted , at the age of thirty , to the law of the baptism with water , by the hand of John the Baptist , and when the Holy Spirit became a white dove and sat on My head , to the great confirmation that I am Your Son , and then You spoke from heaven for Me and told them to hear , to those gathered at Jordan : « He is My beloved Son , with Whom I am well pleased . Listen to Him !» ( See Matt : 3 / 16 )
Oh , the fulfilling of this exhortation is lost for those baptized with My name ; it has been lost , Father , the love of many , as it is written ( Matt : 24 / 3 , 12 ) 24 , the sign before My coming ,
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„ As he sat on the Mount of Olives , the disciples came to him privately , saying , “ Tell us , when will these things be ? What is the sign of your coming , and of the end of the age ?”
... Because iniquity will be multiplied , the love of many will grow cold . ( Matt : 24 / 3 , 12 )
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