115. But is this the only place where we
read of “substance”? Hath it not also been said in
another passage: “The gates of the cities are broken down,
the mountains are fallen, and His substance is
revealed”? Nahum ii. 6.—The LXX.
shows—“πύλαι τῶν
πόλεων
διηνοίχθησαν,
καὶ τὰ
βασίλεια
διέπεσε. καὶ
ἡ ὑπόστασις
ἀπεκαλύφθη.” The Vulg.—“Portæ fluviorum
apertæ sunt, et templum ad solum dirutum. Et miles captivus
adductus est.” R.V.—“The gates of the
rivers are opened and the palace is dissolved, and Huzzab is uncovered,
and it is decreed; she is uncovered, she is carried away,”
etc. What,
does the word mean something created here also? Some, I know, are
accustomed to say that the substance is substance in money. Then,
if you give this meaning to the word, the mountains fell, in order that
some one’s possessions of money might be seen.