Topical are called the modern events; those that are happening today or this time period.
These are events that start and end today or are in progress today, but have begun from the past; yesterday or even before that. And of course, the events of the past may affect us today, but we are judged on the basis of today’s reality and not the past.
Each one of us usually takes a salary not based on the past of our ancestors but on the basis of our present contribution in our work. This is healthy and effective for our personal and everyday life. And that is precisely the aspect of life Christ wants us to understand and apply, that is, life that responds to the actual reality and not to the imaginative one, so that the knowledge of the Scriptures can have a real effect and the presence of the living God can have measurable results in our everyday life.