1379Chapter XXXII.—In that flesh in which the saints have suffered so many
afflictions, they shall receive the fruits of their labours; especially since all creation
waits for this, and God promises it to Abraham and his seed.
1381Chapter XXXIII.—Further proofs of the same proposition, drawn from the
promises made by Christ, when He declared that He would drink of the fruit
of the vine with His disciples in His Father’s kingdom, while at the same time
He promised to reward them an hundred-fold, and to make them partake of
banquets. The blessing pronounced by Jacob had pointed out this already, as
Papias and the elders have interpreted it.
1384Chapter XXXIV.—He fortifies his opinions with regard to the temporal and
earthly kingdom of the saints after their resurrection, by the various testimonies
of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Daniel; also by the parable of the servants
watching, to whom the Lord promised that He would minister.
1387Chapter XXXV.—He contends that these testimonies already alleged cannot be
understood allegorically of celestial blessings, but that they shall have their
fulfilment after the coming of Antichrist, and the resurrection, in the terrestrial
Jerusalem. To the former prophecies he subjoins others drawn from Isaiah,
Jeremiah, and the Apocalypse of John.
1390Chapter XXXVI.—Men shall be actually raised: the world shall not be annihilated;
but there shall be various mansions for the saints, according to the rank allotted
to each individual. All things shall be subject to God the Father, and so shall He
be all in all.
1392Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
1393I.
1394II.
1395III.
1397IV.
1398V.
1399VI.
1400VII.
1401VIII.
1402IX.
1403X.
1404XI.
1405XII.
1406XIII.
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