Fagin said as he pulled out a notebook as thick as a large dictionary from a leather bag beside him. It is a very modest notebook with a white cover, and on the cover is a line written in red pen: "Bible Notes." ”

A few people gathered around. Fagin opened the title page, and a line of words caught everyone's eyes: "I have not come to make peace on the ground, but to make the ground ...... with swords."

As several people know, this is a passage from the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible. Father Torres has put this sentence here, and it is clear that it has a deep meaning.

Turning back, there is a preface-like text, scribbled in a sloppy handwriting, and it is clear that Father Torres was very excited when he wrote these words.

"Just now while I was praying, a spark of thought suddenly appeared, it seemed to be just a flash, but it illuminated me all at once. No, it was not a spark, but a bolt of lightning in the dark night, enough to separate the heavens and the earth, or even a miracle, as God said: 'Let there be light'.

For many years, I studied the Bible and the writings of the theologians in the monastery, and I was little removed from the beautiful world that God had created. I gradually became separated from the world, and not only did I not care, but I even thought that the farther I was away from the crowd and the world, the closer I got to God. Looking back now, it's completely dizzy! It stenges of self-righteous, arrogant arrogance.

Inspired by that light, it occurred to me that there is no gap between the Bible and the world. The Bible is God's word, and isn't the world, God's creation? Just like if we want to understand a writer, reading his autobiography is certainly a quick way, but how can we think that just because we have read his autobiography, we no longer need to read his other works? How arrogant it is for a reader to claim to know everything about a writer just by reading the autobiography of that writer. And how can we say that just because we read the Bible, we can completely dismiss the whole world, God's most important creation? So, those who think they can close their eyes to the whole world with a Bible in their hands are guilty of arrogance.

We need to look not only at the Bible, but also at the world.

So I shared my thoughts with the abbot of the monastery. But he told me, 'Young man, your mind is dangerous, and one of your feet has stepped into the realm of heresy. Satan has come into your heart and bewitched you, so get rid of your anachronistic ideas and return to orthodoxy! ’

Then a phrase from the Bible popped into my mind: 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!' For you are like whitewashed sepulchres that look good on the outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all their filth. So you are righteous outwardly before men, but inwardly full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. ’

The word 'Pharisee' comes from the Old Hebrew word that we know means 'separation' and refers to people who have been separated from the world in order to maintain their so-called purity. They lived strictly according to the law of Moses and thought they were religious, but Jesus rebuked them in this way. Why is that? I was told that the Pharisees had good intentions to keep God's law and to keep their hearts pure, but then they strayed from the right path and became complacent, arrogant, and hypocritical.

But did the 'Pharisees' really stray only later? No, the seeds of arrogance and hypocrisy were planted at the time of the emergence of this sect, from the time they intended to separate themselves from the world created by God. For if mere separation is in accordance with God's will, why did Jesus come to earth, couldn't he go into the desert and never come back? And why did he take up the cross for those sinners? Doesn't this show that God's will is not willing to be separated from the world? So, when the Pharisee's arrow was shot, it was already off, only a little at first, but the further the arrow flew, the more and more obvious it became.

So I told the abbot that I was leaving the monastery and going out into the world. The abbot was furious when he saw that I had not heeded his admonitions, but this did not stop me from leaving the monastery......

In my wanderings around France, I noticed that France was increasingly separating into two worlds. One is a world of the poor, hungry and tired, living almost in hell with no joy or happiness at all. No, not almost living in hell, but hell is on earth. It is said that Dante once saw the gates of hell with his own eyes, and there was a terrible inscription on them: "Whoever comes in, give up all hope." "Hunger, cold, and suffering are not the greatest calamities of the poor, their greatest calamity is that they do not see any hope. Yes, hell is not far away, it is not underground, it is on earth.

What was Jesus' first miracle? It was at the marriage feast of Cana in Galilee. At that time, the master ran out of wine. Historians say that by the Lake Gnizales and in the vicinity of the lake, there lived extremely poor people, people who were unimaginably poor.

Then Jesus said to the servant, "Fill the jar with water, and they will fill it up to the mouth of the jar." And Jesus said unto them, Now scoop them out and give them to the stewards of the feast. And they sent it. When the steward tasted the wine that had been turned into water, he did not know where it came from, but only the servant who scooped the water knew. And the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom. Say to him, "Everyone puts good wine first!" Wait until the guests have drunk enough before putting the last one. You have saved the good wine until now.

At that time, Jesus' time had not yet come. But why did he perform this miracle in advance? Isn't it because of God's love? Whoever loves others will love their joys. This is the meaning of Jesus' first miracle when he came to earth, and it is the true meaning of Jesus' redemption – to bring joy to more people. This is true salvation.

The other world is the world of the nobility and the high clergy. Extravagant and lascivious, they lived a sinful life like Sodom and Gomorrah by stripping the poor.

Then I saw God's redemption and punishment – that was the revolution.

Revolution is salvation, salvation for those who are in hell. Just as Jesus was always with the poorest of the poorest. I realized that the history of the poor has a mysterious, spiritual connotation. The cry of the poor in our day is the voice of God that Moses heard in the burning bush. The poor burst onto the stage of history by declaring that poverty is not providential, but human, the consequence of an oppressive social structure that should be changed, that can be changed, and that the poor themselves are setting out to change. And this is liberation, or rather, salvation.

The revolution is also punishment, and those who have turned their backs on the masses, who have trampled under their feet those who are supposed to be brothers and sisters, killed them, eaten their flesh and drank their blood, were punished by God in this revolution, just as God had stretched out his hand against Sodom and Gomorrah.

I gradually understood the meaning of the revolution. Then I thought of this sentence from the Bible:

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. This is a sentence in the book of Revelation that describes the new world after the end of the world. I hadn't understood it before. But at this time, I finally understood what God meant. The revolution is full of pain, like the end depicted in the Book of Revelation, but it is only the end of the old world. The old world, the world of sin, will be smashed to pieces by the hammer of the revolution, and after the revolution, a whole new world will be unfolded before us.

In this world, the heavens and the earth are new, and the sea of classes that separates people and separates people from others will surely cease to exist.

I also saw that the holy city of the New Jerusalem, coming down from God and from heaven, was prepared like a well-decorated bride for her husband. ''I heard a loud voice coming out of the throne and saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men." He shall dwell with men, and they shall be his people; God himself will be with them and be their God. ”’

Yes, heaven, the real heaven, is not in the ethereal sky, it is on earth. Do not waste your energy searching for the curtain of God in the sky, the curtain of God is not in heaven, but on earth. As long as we destroy the old heaven and earth in the revolution, heaven will appear on earth, and God will live with us. Then 'God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor mourning, nor crying, nor pain, for the former things have passed away.' 'My friend, heaven is on earth. Revolution is the only way for heaven to come, revolution is salvation! ”

"No wonder Jesus said, 'It is harder for a rich man to enter heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.'" It is no wonder that in the earliest days, when Jesus was still alive, the saints who followed him gave up all their personal possessions. No wonder the Romans, the Jews, they were going to kill Jesus. The butcher said.

But Jesus could not be killed. Three days later, He was resurrected. Because the revolution cannot be killed, as long as there are people in the world who need salvation, the revolution will continue to be resurrected. This is the meaning of Jesus' resurrection, and this is the true gospel. "I think that if Jesus were alive today, at the dawn of this new century, he must be a revolutionary fighter." A warrior who preaches the gospel of the revolution in the new century and fights for it! ”

"Amen!" Everyone said together.