Chapter XXXVI.—All Blessings are Given to Us Through
Christ.
This is the way, beloved, in which we find our
Saviour,
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even Jesus Christ,
the High Priest of all our offerings, the defender and helper of our
infirmity. By Him we look up to the heights of heaven. By
Him we behold, as in a glass, His immaculate and most excellent
visage. By Him are the eyes of our hearts opened. By Him
our foolish and darkened understanding blossoms
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up
anew towards His marvellous light. By Him the Lord has willed
that we should taste of immortal knowledge,
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“who, being the brightness of His majesty, is by so much greater
than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent
name than they.”
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For it is
thus written, “Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a
flame of fire.”
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But
concerning His Son
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the Lord spoke
thus: “Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten Thee.
Ask of me, and I will give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, and
the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession.”
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And again He saith to Him, “Sit
Thou at my right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy
footstool.”
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But who are
His enemies? All the wicked, and those who set themselves to
oppose the will of God.
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Literally, “that
which saves us.”
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Or, “rejoices to
behold.”
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Or, “knowledge
of immortality.”
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Heb. i. 3, 4
.
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Ps. civ. 4; Heb. i. 7
.
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Some render, “to
the Son.”
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Ps. ii. 7, 8; Heb. i. 5
.
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Ps. cx. 1; Heb. i. 13
.
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Some read, “who
oppose their own will to that of God.”