2.2. The Thousand-Year Kingdom of the Saints
All the earthquakes that shook the foundation of My church through time were written on earth and in heaven, but on earth it was written one way, and in heaven it was written another way. Man wrote on earth, and in heaven the heavenly powers wrote, and this is how it was written in heaven, for the foundation and the Christian flock have always endured fierce storms, weather without sun and moon, for storms and pain have arisen from the pagan enemy, the antichrist, and heresies of all kinds have crept in to strike at the truth established by the saints for the walking of the shepherds of the flock and for the vigilance on their part so that My flock may walk on a pure and unadulterated path. Oh, but it was not so, for the shepherds did not watch, since they have established one over the other over the flock, and not at all through the work of the Holy Spirit, Who, reveals from God the course of everything, for I, the Lord, have said from the beginning: «I will be with you until the end of time», (Matth: 28/20) and My work is the spirit of testimony, the spirit of prophecy through the church, the spirit that steers the ship of Christ through the waves.
For a thousand years, the holy fathers fought at the cost of their lives against any attack by heresies that emerged as if from the ground against the flock’s walking, and My saints victory on the side of Christ, and the sun rose again and the meadow turned green again, oh, and the Christian flock had food from above.
excerpt from The Word of God from the First Sunday of Great Lent, of Orthodoxy of March 24, 2024
The young confessor Demetrios is celebrated in heaven among the martyrs, the one who did not hide before the pagan kings in his time and proclaimed Me as his God when the rulers of the pagan time gave to be torn apart all those who were found with My love in them and among them.
In all the times I have had some of those who loved and confessed Me and this happened because those, who encouraged one another against the unfaithful ones, understood God, oh, but now it has not been seen such power of faith and love of God; however, behold, such times were also necessary because faith in Me had to be strengthened so that a Christian people may be preserved for Me through time and that I may have at the end of the battle against unbelief, to have a ministering and confessing church through its holy witnesses for Me and through the signs beyond nature when I, the Lord, worked through them to put to shame the unbelief of the proud who wanted to be strong gods; however, the young David killed God’s enemy with just a small pebble. Oh, and thus the heathen kings were put to shame through those who loved God on earth, and the Christian flock now has great intercessors in heaven, and faith and its gifts are to be nourished and stirred up and this makes the remembrance of Christ’s confessors and they are intercessors and supplicants in heaven for the followers, and behold, there is one church, only one, there are not many, and if there are, they are something else, they are strays from the flock and it is written about them in the Scriptures that they will arise to deceive many;
excerpt from The Word of God for the rulers and peoples who are at war, at the Feast of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius, the Myrrh Giver of November 8, 2022
I am dwelling within you with the saints, people of My coming. Among them, there at his feast the Saint apostle Stephen, who saw the heavens open and Me on the throne, and My glory surrounding Me, for the testimony of My saints is the spirit of the prophecy, as it is written. Oh, how shall those, who hear and see from God, not prophesy? Who can close the mouth and the eyes of those who hear and see? Not even the stones that crushed him, being thrown at him by the killers, not even they could close the mouth of My confessing apostle, and who judged according to justice like God over those who were unfaithful, and there are not words or speeches whose voice are not heard, but on the contrary, their proclamation has reached all over the earth, and their words to the margins of the world, for they were written and they are, and up to this day they have been confessing and cannot be hidden, because I have given to the saints thrones of justice and judgment for justice, and the lawlessness cannot be hidden from its judgment, for the saints have judged it in their own body, in their soul, in their spirit and heart, in which God’s kingdom has dwelt at large on earth, and My saints have got a royal robe, the robe of King’s sons.
I am giving voice to the apostle Stephen, for he is at his feast among the saints, and the ruler of the world has been judged on earth as many times as My saints have been judged, for those, who have judged them on earth against God’s justice, have touched the light of My eyes, they have touched My saints, and the reward of the killers is mourning and gnashing of teeth, there where they have piled up the reward for their works; however, I have remained with My saints, and they will reign with Me as King’s sons, and My kingdom with them is endless. Amen.
excerpt from The Word of God at the feast of the Saint Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen of January 9, 2012
I had among people the bishop Spyridon, the holy and great one in his life, in his heart and deed, and many miracles and signs, which I was doing for many by his faith, by his union with Me, made the rulers of the church of that time to set him as a bishop and to work with God for men, and he received so and worked so, with great gentleness, with great love over all the men’s bitterness, and there was no man to come back from him without receiving his salvation. I am sitting with him at the table into your midst, My people, and he is bowing much before My work with you, and with him he has companions, the holy fathers, the fighters for the spirit of the truth, which was one over the church in their time, and the whole spirit of Babylon was taken out of the church and there was light, and the bishop Spyridon, in the midst of the churchly assembly, was cutting the whole wandering that might have appeared, and he worked great miracles and overcame everything into My name; moreover, this bishop did not have much education, but who else was more than him a dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, the worker of signs and miracles, which one has not heard of?
excerpt from The Word of God at the feast of Saint hierarch Spyridon of December 25, 2011
I have groups of bishops in My coming to you, I am coming with them into the book of My word into your midst, and they observe a feast for My bishop who did great miracles while he lived on earth, the miracle worker, Nicholas. Oh, how much I prepared at that time the way of this vessel, useful to Me, to be born on earth and to make him into a light among people! His parents did not have any children because of the barrenness; however, I gave them this son and that is all, and immediately after he was newly born, he stood three hours on his feet when his mother bathed his body in his bathing suit and he confessed his standing then in the name of the Holy Trinity among people as a counselor, as a miracle worker and great savior of sins and needs of those in his time, who were gifted on My behalf with this lighter. I have shown great signs over the church and for the church, and I confirmed through him the meaning of the fasting days, for this child did not suck from his mother in the fasting days but only in the evening and only from the right side of his mother, and the fasting days had been for him a steadfast accomplishment until the end of his body. Having grown up, the submitted to the teaching of the Holy Scriptures and kept himself clean in his spirit and body, staying away in his way from the women, as he did not want someone to be held guilty on his behalf because of that, and in this way he always saw God, for he was burning within his spirit like God and was as humble as God, and he was God’s church both in the time of his youth and all his time on earth. I gave him his uncle, who was a bishop, as the counselor of his life, and he submitted to him in his entire humility, which he had in his nature even from his birth, for he had so much humility, so much cleanness, longing and fire in him, and this great lighter became like God and he saw God and his walking was great among people, kings and servants in his time, and great miracles were written on earth by his work with Me among people, for his mercy and compassion on people and his work for people were unequalled, and I, the Lord, am confessing him now and exalting him among the saints, for it is his day of memorial, and behold, the heaven has feasts and it spends in them, and by them one brings celebration on earth.
excerpt from The Word of God at the feast of saint hierarch Nicholas of December 19, 2011
I was rich because of my parents, and I had given to the poor of my wealth and then the king took it all away from me after he martyred me because I did not want to do his will and martyr the disciples after his will; but, on the contrary, I was teaching them what faith was, even more burning, and they loved You waiting for Your victory for them, as I waited, because the king put me in dungeon and You sent Your angel and at his sight my little heart startled looking at the crown of my patience, which You had sent me before my martyrdom, and when my time under the sword had came I raised my right hand for the first sword to mark me in my right side and to be like You by sacrifice, for I loved You with longing, and I wanted to do everything according to Your will and to show You my love, and after a while You showed me to the people and You glorified my body and gave it as a gift to the faithful ones, as a proof of my great love for You, my Lord and God, and behold, no one but the saints can give You the answer, those who loved You on earth having in them the wisdom of the cross, Your image and likeness on their way with You on the earth, becoming Your church, bearers of God among people and among kings.
excerpt from The Word of God at the feast of the great saint martyr Demetrius, the myrrh bearer of November 8, 2011
‒ Oh, glory to You, Lord, Who are, Who was and Who come, and I am asking You with my burning longing to work much, much, oh, Lord, until there will no longer be unbelief on earth, for the man troubled with his own things can hardly understand Your work of today, and only those who are free from sin can do more, as I could, as for Your sake, I had not loved anything else on earth, but I have loved only to confess You, only this I loved, and the king of that time put me to the torture because of his idols and because of his pride; however, my love for You and its works in me touched the hearts of many and touched the heart of the queen and she confessed Your name near me and she died together with me for Your confession, oh, and in this way those, who are written into Your book, are selected when the time of their election comes. This is how are supposed to understand those who are chosen for You more than the others, and this is how they are able to remain on Your behalf into the midst of an unfaithful people, as the people of humans is today on earth, Lord.
excerpt from The Word of God at the feast of the holy martyr George, the bearer of victory of May 6, 2010
– Oh, God of Abraham, of Isaac and Jacob! Oh, our Lord, of Your saints after Your coming down on earth, born of the virgin body of Your mother, the Virgin! Oh, our Lord, of Basil, Gregory and John, You are the God of the living ones! The man on earth does not speak with the dead when he speaks with Your saints, asking them for help in his sufferance and in his trials of life on earth. All of Your saints are alive, just as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are very much alive, and there would not be any other happiness on earth for man as then when he speaks with You and with Your saints. You are the living One and so are Your saints, who have taken their life from You. You, Lord, are so mysterious and so great within Your saints! You, Lord, are the power of Your fulfilling word, but the ruler of this age, satan, has blinded the man so much, and soon, soon, he will come to an end with his pursuit after men’s souls because of the spirit of envy in which he fell in the beginning when he fell from heaven through man, for the man built by Your hand became haughty at the beginning in such a way that he could not listen to You as You commanded him to obey, and by his disobedience the man fell from heaven and then the angel who served the man near him also fell, and once with him fell all his man-serving host, and since then he has been feeding with the spirit of envy against You, Lord, and since then he has been trying to draw the people to him and always to make his kingdom and with it to make war against you, but behold, You have armies of saints, and the prophets of all time have been Your dwelling places from where You have always, always spoken the word of Your victory against Your enemy, satan, to make him humble and to pull the man out of his dominion, out of his darkness, as You spoke to him two thousand years ago, a prophetic word through John, Your beloved one.
excerpt from The Word of God at the feast of the three holy hierarchs: Basil, Gregory and John of February 12, 2009