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   Comment by young on 21 February 2008:

   “Thy kingdom come” means that we desire the Second Coming of Jesus.
   How do Christians to expect the Second Coming of Jesus and not feel anxious, nervous or fear?
   Should I ask myself if tomorrow is the Second Coming, what will I do now?
   Is this kind of question stupid?
   or this kind of question is really serious?
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   Comment by admin on 26 February 2008:

   the second coming is very misunderstood. it is a happy event. it is the end of suffering, the end of injustice. it is the resurrection of all people and the beginning of the paradise. but people , because they are psychologically ill, they stress to the side effects, like the coming of the antichrist , wars etc. but those things are gradually happening, during human history. the second coming of jesus Christ actually is every moment. specially in every liturgy. if we can see jesus christ in the face of our brothers, in the face of every man in the street, in any object, then the second coming is joy. we should not be afraid, but rejoice. we know that god is lover, not a judge in a high court.
   there is no question stupid, i think. specially this is a good question. if we live in fear we can not have the perfect love.
   NKJ 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
   and i recommend the excellent dialog about revelation in
   Belief or Nonbelief?
   Umberto Eco and Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini.
   Translated by Minna Proctor. Introduction by Harvey Cox, Professor of Divinty, Harvard University.
   thank you for your question. if you translate your question and my answer (….) in chinese i will upload it in the main articles
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   Comment by Translator on 27 February 2008:

   翻譯Translation（如有錯誤，請協助指正，謝謝）：

   Comment by young on 21 February 2008／ “Thy kingdom come” means……
   「願你的國來臨」指的是我們渴望耶穌第二次的來臨。
   我的問題是，基督徒在等待耶穌第二次來臨的時後，應該抱持怎樣的態度，才不會感到焦慮、緊張、害怕呢？
   我是否應該自問：「如果耶穌明天就來臨，我應該怎麼辦？」
   這樣的問題是愚蠢的嗎？
   還是，這是一個很嚴肅而且值得深思的問題呢？

   Comment by admin on 26 February 2008／ the second coming is very……
   耶穌的第二次來臨常常被我們所誤解。它是一個值得高興的事件。它是痛苦的止息，是不義的終結。是我們所有人的復活與天堂。但是，人們的心靈仍在生病，過度去強調反而造成了副作用，例如：反基督者的出現、戰爭…等，然而，痛苦的止息、不義的終結、復活…等在人類歷史中將會漸漸實現。耶穌基督的第二次來臨是漸進式的，每分每秒都在發生，尤其在聖禮儀當中。我們可以在教友們的臉上、在路人身上、每件事物上見到基督的容顏，這樣，基督的再來就會使我們滿心喜悅。這樣一來，我們就不會感到害怕，而是感到欣喜。我們知道，上帝是我們的愛人，而不是高等法院的法官。

   我想，世界上沒有一個問題是愚蠢的，而且，我覺得這是一個非常有意義的問題。如果我們總是活在恐懼當中，就無法擁有完美的愛。
   「在愛裏沒有懼怕；完全的愛能把懼怕趕出。因為懼怕隨著刑罰；懼怕的人是未曾得完全於愛裏的。」（約翰一書4：18）

   我還想推薦一本書，書名是：Belief or Nonbelief? 這本著作記錄了關於啟示錄的精彩對話，是由Umberto Eco和Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini合著，由Minna Proctor翻譯，由哈佛大學神學教授Harvey Cox導讀。

   感謝你的提問，如果能將你的問題和我的回答翻譯成中文，我會將它上傳到網誌，供大家閱讀。

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