What matters now is that we partake in what God is doing in our time and fully understand all things (Mt 13:51). It is of utmost importance to correctly place the biblical prophecy of the Old Testament with respect to the fulfillment in the New Testament. There are more than 800 quotations from the Old Testament in the New Testament, 186 of them just from the Psalms alone. Of the 52 parables presented by our Lord, 40 are related to the Kingdom of God – 7 of which are found in Mt 13. He asked His disciples, “Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.” This beatitude was also meant for them: “But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see …” As it was at the first coming of Christ, so it is now, before His Second Coming. “And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.” (Lk 24:44-45). Likewise, all things that have been promised to the Church must now be fulfilled. Blessed are the eyes that see, and the ears that hear, and the hearts that believe it. Amen.

What matters now is that we partake in what God is doing in our time and fully understand all things (Mt 13:51). It is of utmost importance to correctly place the biblical prophecy of the Old Testament with respect to the fulfillment in the New Testament. There are more than 800 quotations from the Old Testament in the New Testament, 186 of them just from the Psalms alone. Of the 52 parables presented by our Lord, 40 are related to the Kingdom of God – 7 of which are found in Mt 13. He asked His disciples, “Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.” This beatitude was also meant for them: “But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see …” As it was at the first coming of Christ, so it is now, before His Second Coming. “And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.” (Lk 24:44-45). Likewise, all things that have been promised to the Church must now be fulfilled. Blessed are the eyes that see, and the ears that hear, and the hearts that believe it. Amen.