NOTES for Luk 21:5-7
5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, |
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. |
7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? |
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The combined Gospel reading read today includes three passages from chapter 21 of the Gospel of Luke, in which the Lord speaks about the destruction of Jerusalem. On the one hand, Christ's predictions were fulfilled in full in AD 70, when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed by the Romans. On the other hand, in the reality around us in any age we see the fulfillment of what the Lord says: nation rises against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there are earthquakes and famine and other terrible events.
All this does not allow His prophecy to be referred only to the events of the year 70. One way or another, the death and destruction of which the Lord speaks are an image of the fate of the world that does not accept Christ.
In connection with this, it is important for us to notice that the hope of salvation is given to us by the Lord precisely in this terrifying prospect. Knowing everything that is happening and revealing it to the disciples, He says: by your endurance save your souls. Christ calls us not to be afraid, but to place our hope in God precisely amid the catastrophes of which we are witnesses.
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Readings for 17 December 2025
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