10. The Son of God then is Lord: He is
Lord, who was born in Bethlehem of Judæa, according to the Angel
who said to the shepherds, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
that unto you is born this day in the city of David Christ the
Lord Luke ii. 10, 11.: of whom an
Apostle says elsewhere, The word which God sent unto the children of
Israel, preaching the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ: He is Lord
of all Acts x. 36.. But when he
says, of all, do thou except nothing from His Lordship:
for whether Angels, or Archangels, or principalities, or powers, or any
created thing named by the Apostles, all are under the Lordship of the
Son. Of Angels He is Lord, as thou hast it in the Gospels,
Then the Devil departed from Him, and the Angels came and ministered
unto Him Matt. iv. 11.; for the Scripture
saith not, they succoured Him, but they ministered unto Him,
that is, like servants. When He was about to be born of a Virgin,
Gabriel was then His servant, having received His service as a peculiar
dignity. When He was about to go into Egypt, that He might
overthrow the gods of Egypt made with hands Isa. xix. 1. “Behold, the Lord
rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols
of Egypt shall be moved at His presence.” The prophecy was
supposed by many of the Fathers to have been fulfilled by the flight
into Egypt. Cf. Athanas. (Ep. LXI. ad
Maximum, § 4): “As a child He came down to Egypt,
and brought to nought its idols made with hands:” and
(de Incarn. § 36): “Which of the
righteous men or kings went down into Egypt, so that at his coming the
idols of Egypt fell?” On the passage of Isaiah see
Delitzsch, and Kay (Speaker’s Commentary).,
again an Angel appeareth to Joseph in a dream Matt. ii. 13.. After He had been crucified, and had
risen again, an Angel brought the good tidings, and as a trustworthy
servant said to the women, Go, tell His disciples that He is risen,
and goeth before you into Galilee; lo, I have told you Ib. xxviii.
7.: almost as if he had said, “I
have not neglected my command, I protest that I have told you; that if
ye disregard it, the blame may not be on me, but on those who disregard
it.” This then is the One Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the
lesson just now read speaks: For though there be many that are
called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, and so on, yet to us
there is One God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him;
and One Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through
Him 1 Cor. viii. 5, 6..