Gathers us All

Jesus gathers us all to Him.

45 Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. 48 If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come[a] and take away both our land and our nation.” 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year,[b] said to them, “You know nothing, 50 nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.” 51 He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, 52 and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.[c] 53 So from that day on they planned to kill him.54 So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim,[d] and there he remained with his disciples.55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify[e] themselves. 56 They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?” 57 For the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should inform them, so that they might arrest him.-John11:45-57

As I reflected, I believe that 'salvation' [indirectly mentioned] here and 'to gather into one the dispersed children of God' are accomplished by Jesus's death despite the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The salvation ["... so that the whole nation may not perish"] came in a different form - eternal life with God in Paradise. We may die here on earth, but our spirit will continue to live in God's dwelling place because Jesus' death opened the gates of Paradise for mankind once more. In fact, Jesus is the first of mankind to enter Heaven when He brought with Him our humanity when He resurrected and ascended to where He came from. Jesus still gathers us through the Catholic Church. All Roman Catholic Churches and chapels around the world speak, move and act as one. Same liturgy, same practice, same tradition, same sacrament, etc. I have nothing against the other Christian religions, in fact, I respect them too. However, because each of these Christian churches can interpret the Scriptures on their own, many men and women found churches of their own according to their interpretation and preference. But the question is, is human wisdom and judgment correct all the time?

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