| III. Choir | 9th Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Throne of the Saints |
Saint Madim, the Throne of the Beatitudes, reaches from creation to the Throne of God and lifts the redeemed, saved soul up to the Heart of its Lord and God. This too is order and structure according to the will of God, to lead the creature created by God, which has prepared itself in faithfulness to all the written and unwritten laws of God’s love, wisdom and justice (placed only in the heart of man), to the justification of the faithful servant and to the reward of eternal bliss. “God is faithful; He will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength, but in the temptation will also give you a good outcome so that you can endure.”
God wants all mankind to be redeemed and brought home but, (in contrast to animals), He has given man, created in His Image, free will. He does not impose His will on him as a law, but He does demand from man the responsibility for his free will decisions according to the measure of his knowledge. This is why the Lord wept over Jerusalem, because it recognised the will of God but did not accept it, “and for this they will come from the east and the west (the Gentiles) and be blessed with God,” because they sought the will of God according to the small measure of their knowledge and affirmed and obeyed it.