Nineveh and waiting while sleep.

Hello my brothers in Christ, today I want to talk to you about Nineveh (Jonah 3: 1-10) and the length of time the 10 virgins slept waiting for the Groom to appear (Mat 25: 5).

Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to proclaim the Word of the Lord:

"Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown." (Jonah 3: 4)

The people of Nineveh including the king, repented of their evil ways and fasted so that God could forgive them... God, rich in mercy (Jonah 4: 2), changes His mind and didn’t destroy them (Jonah 3: 10).

The prophet Jonah was very angry, because God made him declare something that didn’t happen, you see, when a prophet of God speaks about future things, whether to alert the faithful and the unfaithful, it is expected that the revealed word gets fulfilled... I can only imagine the frustration of Jonah.

Jonah declared the destruction of Nineveh by God in 40 days, however, through sincere repentance, God had Mercy on them.

If we analyze these words of pure eternity and think this lightly, we could think that the Bible has fulfilled words and broken promises, but that is not the case... we see a prophet with his reputation in doubt, because the revealed word is not fulfilled.

But that's what God wants to tell us, that there is a reason, perhaps Saint Faustina comes to mind, when God couldn’t punish the world by her praying to His Merciful side, praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet? Exactly...

But Nineveh WAS destroyed much later, the generation which Jonah lived in was forgiven, but the following forgot God’s ways and the prophet Nahum announces its destruction (Nahum 1: 1-14).

“A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.... The LORD has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: "You will have no descendants to bear your name. I will destroy the images and idols that are in the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile." (Nahum 1: 1, 14)

Anyone who persists in their evil gets destroyed, God dilutes destruction when He sees sincere repentance, and often their true prophets have the problem that their prophecies are not fulfilled immediately or literally, but, seeing the vile sinful nature of men that challenges God in every turn, the pending destruction is inevitable.

For this reason, the Divine Mercy was given after 40 days, but one generation after, they didn’t remember God and His righteous ways, therefore the destruction came.

A prophet shouldn’t care how God does things, because the prophet’s sole desire is to please God, at crunch time, it could be something that makes no sense for the prophet, but eventually the revealed word NEVER lies, this are Words of eternal life which always finds fulfillment, and means something that God wants to teach us.

His Mercy was incarnate, His only begotten Son and after 40 days in the desert, like the penitent generation of Nineveh, His Holy purpose became known... through the Word Incarnate.

"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!" (Mark 1:15)

Many believed and Mercy was reached, some didn’t... 33 years after the death of Jesus parts of Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed by the Romans.

Christians should not be like the Jews who fell asleep, being foolish as the 5 foolish virgins, know this… it is inevitable, we will fall asleep like the 10 virgins did waiting for the Groom, but at least let us wait sleeping the same way the 5 wise virgins did.

Right now the Groom is taking long to appear, many including myself, suffers because Jesus is delaying His 2nd coming, but His prophets have declared, that the destruction is imminent and inevitable (John Paul II the Great is one example of many), that with sincere repentance, fidelity to the traditions of our Catholic Church, love and faith... we can wait for Jesus, with a lot of oil in our jars and lamps.

All virgins fell asleep and today we are sleeping with a global rampant apostasy all around us, even in the Church, from the top to the smallest in the clergy and laity...

Don’t lose hope... THE GROOM IS COMING, whatever the time He takes to come doesn’t matter, BE FAITHFUL, participate in the Sacraments as often as possible and pray the Rosary, the Divine Mercy chaplet, the St. Michael Archangel prayer and the crusade prayers... I recommend the breastplate of Saint Patrick to face and be protected from the spells of false prophets, in this age of falsehood.

Have much oil, as the days get darker and demons work harder for you and me to fall away...

IT IS THE TIME IN WHICH WE SLEEP WHILE WAITING FOR THE GROOM, but we can walk or run to the sacraments even sleepwalking, only through the grace of God.

HE IS COMING SOON, I HOPE THAT HE FINDS US PREPARED WITH MUCH OIL. Amen