GRM 50.4
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
«Who is the most clever?»
«Him.» It is the frail little fellow who does not want war.
«What is your name?»
«Joel.»
«A great name! He says: “… let the weakling say: ‘I am strong’”. But strong in what? In the Law of the true God, to be amongst those whom in the Valley of Decision He will judge to be His saints. But the judgement is already near. Not in the Valley of Decision, but on the mountain of Redemption. There, the sun and the moon will grow dark with horror, the stars will tremble and shed tears of mercy, and the children of Light will be judged and separated from the children of Darkness. And the whole of Israel will know that its God has come. Happy are those who will have recognised Him. Honey, milk and fresh water will descend into their hearts and thorns will become eternal roses. Which of you wants to be amongst those who will be judged saints of God?»
«Me! Me! Me!»
«Will you love the Messiah, then?»
«Yes! Yes! You! You! It’s You we love. We know who You are! Simon and James have told us, and our mothers have told us. Take us with You!»
«Yes, I will take you if you are good. No more bad words, no more arrogance, quarrels, no answering back to your parents. Prayer, study, work, obedience. And I will love you and come with you.»
The children are all round Jesus. They look like a gaily-coloured corolla around a long, deep-blue pistil.
Detail
Contextualization: Jesus is with children and is asking them questions.
Annotation
Book of Joel
Jl 4, 10-18 : "Forge swords from your plowshares, and javelins from your pruning hooks; let the weak say, 'I am a brave one!'" Make haste and come, all the nations around, assemble here. Lord, bring down your braves!
Let the nations wake up, let them go up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat (whose name means "The Lord judges"), for it is there that I will sit to judge all the peoples around you. Throw the sickle: the harvest is ripe; come and tread the vintage: the press is full and the vats overflowing with all the evil they have done! Multitudes and multitudes more in the Valley of Judgment; the Day of the Lord in the Valley of Judgment is at hand! The sun and moon are darkened, the stars have withdrawn their brightness.
From Zion the Lord roars, from Jerusalem he gives voice. Heaven and earth are shaken, but the Lord is a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the sons of Israel. You will know that I am the Lord your God, who dwells in Zion, his holy mountain. Jerusalem will be a holy place, and strangers will no longer pass through.
On that day, new wine will flow from the mountains, milk from the hills. All the streams of Judah will be full of water; a spring will gush forth from the House of the Lord and water the ravine of the Acacias.