In today's first reading, Dt. 4: 32-34, 39-40, Moses asks the people whether, "ever since God created man upon the earth, did anything so great ever happen before? Was it ever heard of? Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of fire, as you did, and live? Or did any god venture to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, with strong hand and outstretched arm, and by great terrors, all of which the Lord, your God, did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?"
The answer for us is "yes!" God took the entire world for Himself, snatching it away from Satan's kingdom when, on Calvary, the Son of man, God's Son, was crucified, died, was buried and rose from the dead, when the earth quaked and was covered with darkness and the Son of God prayed: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing," when He turned to His mother and John, saying: "Woman behold your son; son behold your mother" and a new community was formed, a community of believers; when Jesus said to His Father "It is finished," and our salvation was secured, Satan's head crushed. Jesus now sits at the right hand of His Father in heaven as He awaits the destruction of evil in this world and all become subject to the One True God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit., when the unity of the Trinity will be realized on earth. At that point, Jesus will hand over the Kingdom He established on earth--a Kingdom of love, justice and peace--to His heavenly Father and ours.
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