Музей форума дьякона Кураева (1999 - 2006)

Here I tried to translate first part of «The Fiery»; any suggestions or maybe corrections are welcome; here is an extract from it into parallel to the topic 34384 I've opened about 2 weeks ago:One of them is based on accepting Creator in Christ while another is based on creation, and even if says something about “accepting of Christ”, it does not differ Him from pagan “god”, no matter how it calls it “officially”, for «you will know them by their fruits»:The 1-st intrinsically tries to see in all Christ, and to serve Christ wherever it's possible, trying to see Him in every neighbor and every phenomenon of the world (as said in the Holy Scripture: «…as far as you've done it to one of these little ones, you've done it to Me»); while the 2-nd inevitably will try to see in all anti-Christ, and the whole world for it is no more than the medium out of which antichrist is due to come; from where is total suspiciousness, “witch-hunt”, tortures, prisons and concentration camps…For the 1-st the world is – potentially holiness as a medium of future TRANSFIGURATION till God will become «all in all», and the whole of creation (in Christ) will accept God; while for the 2-nd the world is by origin MEDIUM OF DAMNATION, for, besides being a “realm of king of this world” (i.e., devil), is in principle the medium out of which is due to come antichrist, out of where – you may shatter and break anything, stab and “prick” without any pity: who knows, maybe one of those “pricks” will hit directly in antichrist's heart?… And even if it will hit someone else's heart, “never mind”: for sure this heart won't be “Christ's” (you can't “stab Christ” in this way!), for He already came once and is NO MORE in this world till 2-nd Coming; — which is due to be the same way “free from any contradiction” as the 1-st, and the faithful will have no difficulty in recognizing this 2-nd, “as was with that 1-st”…Then, as far as antichrist himself is concerned, for this 2-nd type of Christianity he will be in all “exactly like Christ”, so that to distinguish them one from another is out of human abilities; if only … by some chance you ALREADY follow Christ like “a dog behind its Master”; “all other masters” may also be “very worthy and dignified people” (saying “right words”, etc…); but the Chance namely is that THIS ONE HAPPENED TO BE THE FIRST (on your way); and so – serving one's Master, dog barks at everyone else simply because “they aren't the First”, and even will bite to death if it's possible (for indeed, it's where the turn comes to “pierce and prick” everything hoping to hit antichrist!…) (being sure that “Christ will not suffer having already once suffered”!). There is no other way to “cling to Christ” (or “someone regarded for Christ”) in this case. Above such a “canine psychology”, Salvation is a “game of chance”, in this case, although “backed up” by a verse from the Bible: «Not you have chosen Me but I have chosen you». The Master has chosen you – you have to follow your Master; though following anti-Master may also think that they “follow Master”; it's OUT OF HUMAN POWER to distinguish the One from the other and saves only “Chance”, by a will of some chance, their “guess work” turned out as “successful”, they made “lucky hit”: maybe even having chosen Christ (or maybe “hitting directly in antichrist's heart”, as I said…).Diametrically opposite is this telling of Christ against antichrist, as well as the attitude to Salvation, for Christianity of that 1-st (previous) type, for it came out itself from the FIRE OF CONTRADICTION, and so Christ – is the Only One Who remained (did not burn)! Everything what was fenced-off in creation has burnt away, and only He, as Creator, remained! This Onlyness and Uniqueness of Christ is so much obvious here that NOTHING IS EQUAL to Him (and to it), for everything else is consumed by this fire! Also caught with hellish fire directly at our eyes is the antichrist, for such is completely fenced-off in creation: even what is engraved in his name: “anti-Christ” meaning that ALSO CHRIST he regards no more than for “someone fenced-off in creation”; – by this slandering the Creator as if He is too such a “fenced-out creature”, and there is NOTHING ELSE AT ALL except this inner-creational intestine fencing-off: “there is no God”! [I hope, every Christian will agree, this maxim reveals the greatest yearning of devil!] This is why for a Christian believing according the 1-st mentioned type, the antichrist is — purely spiritually — suffocating with stench of hell! Antichrist is disgusting in any respect and all through, as selfly-fenced-off godless creature who doesn't know at all anything except its own godlessness; though seducing and tempting by this whole world! Spiritually, he is unbearable!Though … the real horror is that for Christianity (or “what called as” Christianity) of that 2-nd type … ALSO CHRIST looks like that! This is why it has no hope, before antichrist, to “keep clinging to Christ” except by the means of that same “dog's behaviour”, though … NAMELY BY THIS, from the point of view of that 1-st Christianity, properly it … ENGENDERS antiChrist, or at least GIVES HIM PLACE: if “Christ” (or what you call as “Christ”) is “one certain side” in this world, WHERE IS the other; WHAT IS the other: is it not “anti-”(Christ)?!.. This is namely why the Christianity of this (1-st) type — giving at all NO PLACE to anti-Christ — does not exclude possibility to ESCAPE HIM AT ALL, together with all those evil and terrible things relating to him known as “apocalyptic”… The idea of “doomsday”, “The end of the world” is not very close to it, as it feels itself capable (for … having accepted Creator, what is impossible in Creator?!) to lead world to Salvation by the way of step-to-step transformations (and not through entire and total destruction), as even is mentioned by the Apostle about this “alternative” possibility: «Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed (transformed)…». It DOESN'T believe in death; it believes in LIFE! (For having accepted indeed King of it…)Continued – http://www.kmtn.ru/~inoe/fiery.htm