230    The Bible and the Future of the World 

The Faithful Seek Jesus 

    When Jesus was twelve years old, he went with his parents to Jerusalem 

for the feast of Passover. After the feast, He stayed behind while His parents 

began the journey home. Mary and Joseph sought Jesus among the 

company on the journey. 

     ... and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking 

him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the 

teachers, listening to them and asking them questions; and all who heard 

him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.  (Luke 2:45 47). 

    On the Day of Repentance, and in the time which follows, the Church 

will be like the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, seeking Jesus anxiously. 

  `Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.'   

(Luke 2:48). At that time, Jesus will do as he did in the temple of 

Jerusalem He will teach. Notice that Jesus was asking the teachers of the 

temple questions. This is a time honored method of teaching. Jesus was not 

asking questions in order to learn something. He was asking questions as a 

way to teach. So too, will the Church and the faithful increase their teaching 

of the Church and the world at that time. 

The Day of Healing 

     On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and 

the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.  

(Zech 13:1). 

    On one particular day, the Day of Healing, many persons throughout the 

world, Christians and other faithful servants of God, will be healed in their 

souls; they will be cleansed from sin. And many faithful souls will be healed 

of physical injuries, diseases, and impairments (cf. Lk 17:19; Mt 11:4 5). 

Many people will be healed both in body and in soul. People will 

understand that Jesus heals soul, spirit, and body.

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    When Jesus healed a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath, the 

scribes and Pharisees  were filled with fury and discussed with one another 

what they might do to Jesus  (Luke 6:11). In the same way, when God gives 

this great gift of spiritual and physical healing to the world, many who have 

rejected God's gifts will plot against faithful Christians, against the Church, 

and against all who love God. 

    God's Holy Infallible Scripture says that a fountain of cleansing will be 

opened on a particular day. The phrase  shall be ... opened  means that the 

opportunity to be cleansed continues beyond that one particular day on 

which it begins.