{"id":7691,"date":"2024-03-15T04:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T04:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/?p=7691"},"modified":"2024-03-15T05:01:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T05:01:26","slug":"holy-the-second-week-of-the-great-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/holy-the-second-week-of-the-great-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy: The Second Week of The Great Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holy: The Second Week of The Great Lent<\/strong><\/p>\n

Theological definitions of the word Holy stated in The King James Bible New Version are:<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01. Properly, whole, entire or perfect, in a moral sense. Hence, pure in heart, temper or dispositions; free from sin and sinful affections. Applied to the Supreme Being, holy signifies perfectly pure, immaculate and complete in moral character; and man is more or less holy as his heart is more or less sanctified, or purified from evil dispositions. We call a man holy when his heart is conformed in some degree to the image of God, and his life is regulated by the Divine Precepts. Hence, holy\u00a0<\/em>is used as nearly synonymous with good, pious, Godly. \u201cBe holy; for I am holy. \u00a0(1 Peter 1:16)<\/p>\n

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  1. Hallowed; consecrated or set apart to a sacred use, or to the service or worship of God; a sense frequent in Scripture; as the\u00a0holy Sabbath;\u00a0holy\u00a0oil;\u00a0holy\u00a0vessels; a\u00a0holy\u00a0nation; the\u00a0holy\u00a0<\/em>temple; a\u00a0holy\u00a0priesthood.<\/li>\n
  2. Proceeding from pious principles, or directed to pious purposes; as\u00a0holy zeal.<\/li>\n
  3. Perfectly just and good; as the holy law of God.<\/li>\n
  4. Sacred; as a\u00a0holy witness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Second Week of the Great Lent is named with this word \u201cHoly.\u201d \u00a0Saint Yared (Jared) in his Book of \u201cTsome Deguwa\u201d has given this name as a dedication of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\u2019s coming from the heavens accord the covenant to the first creation Adam, for the salvation and blessing of mankind and as exemplary for holiness in His Divine Wisdom of redemption.<\/p>\n

    The Divine Attributes of God are all holy and thus He told us, His creatures, \u201cBe holy; for I am holy.<\/em>\u201d \u00a0(1 Peter 1:16) This is His Own Divine Wealth but not given to Him by any. Holy Scriptures have become witness for this. As He is holy in His attribute, He is praised like, \u201cHoly Holy Holy.\u201d (Joshua 6:1, 3, 40:25, Revelation 15:4, 1 Samuel 2:2-3).<\/p>\n

    We as well praise Him saying, \u201cHallowed be Your Name\u201d just as His Holy Son thought us. He is the only One Who bestows holiness. The word \u201cHoly\u201d is given for Angels, Righteous people, Sacred place, Icons and Days of Feast, by the holiness from the Divine Attributes of God. This is known to be \u201cThe Holiness of Grace.\u201d<\/p>\n

    God\u2019s Holy words teaching us through the Apostle Saint Peter saying, \u201cbut as He who called you\u00a0is\u00a0holy, you also be holy in all\u00a0your\u00a0conduct,\u00a0because it is written,\u00a0\u201cBe holy, for I am holy,\u201d is the illustration of this notion. (1 Peter 15-16)<\/p>\n

    Saint Paul has said, \u201cGod did not call us to uncleanness,\u00a0but in holiness.\u201d (1 Thessalonians 4:6-8) These words of the apostle are the explanation of man created for holiness from the beginning. He has also thought the people of Ephesians saying \u201cBlessed\u00a0be\u00a0the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly\u00a0places\u00a0in Christ,\u00a0just as\u00a0He chose us in Him\u00a0before the foundation of the world, that we should\u00a0be holy and without blame before Him in love.\u201d (Ephesians 1:3-6)<\/p>\n

    God loves mankind dearly for He created the whole universe purposefully for him and \u201cto shine in the world as the pinnacle of His creation connecting the material world with the spiritual realm.\u201d (\u201cDoctrine of Creation\u201d course Module by Teacher Fikre Mariam, 2014) After God created the world, He created man providing all the significant things and placed him in heaven to live in holiness.<\/p>\n

    Unfortunate to Adam though, for he defied God\u2019s Law eating the forbidden fruit, who was condemned to live earthly life being sent out of heaven. To regain back his grace and holiness, The Holy Son Came Down from the heavens by humility from His Divine Glory and be born from Holy Mother Saint Mary. The Lord\u2019s Divine wisdom did not seize here nor did anyone or thing hindered His work of redemption.\u00a0 He was baptized, prayed diligently with prostration, beaten, mocked, and endured much more suffering and then crucified for taking back His first creation of mankind Adam, to his previous honor and holiness.<\/p>\n

    The personhood cleansed by the Blood Shed of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is the stamp of our salvation and key to the heavenly Kingdom. The path He paved for us whilst the apostasy age is the way of true life and holiness. He said, \u201cI am\u00a0the way,\u00a0the truth, and\u00a0the life.\u00a0No one comes to the Father\u00a0except through Me.\u201d (John 14:6) These words of our Lord are the clarification of the gate to God\u2019s Kingdom which is bestowed through the Holy Son\u2019s scarification for us upon the cross.<\/p>\n

    Dear Brethren! It is therefore important to carry the cross and live Christian life diligently to be cleansed from any curse and preserved from any harm in leaving holy life. Forefathers, Patristic Fathers, Righteous, Saints, Monks, Hermits and Martyrs all lived a holy life by carrying the cross enduring any misery on earth for the truth of God, sacrifice for their faith and religion. And were given the key to His Kingdom after honorably departing from this world escorted by Angels. We need to learn from the lives of children of God and inherit eternal life.<\/p>\n

    May God\u2019s mercy, safeguard and Holy Mother Saint Mary\u2019s intercession be with us, Amen!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Divine Attributes of God are all holy and thus He told us, His creatures, \u201cBe holy; for I am\u00a0holy.\u201d \u00a0(1 Peter 1:16) This is His Own Divine Wealth but not given to Him by any. Holy Scriptures have become witness for this. As He is holy in His attribute, He is praised like, \u201cHoly Holy Holy.\u201d (Joshua 6:1, 3, 40:25, Revelation 15:4, 1 Samuel 2:2-3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fasts","category-sermon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7691"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7701,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691\/revisions\/7701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}