10. The true Christ, the Only-begotten Son
of God, comes no more from the earth. If any come making false
shows φαντασιοκοπῶν,
a rare word, rendered “frantic” in Ecclus. iv. 30: its more precise meaning seems to
be “making a false show,” which is here applied to a false
Christ, and again in § 14 to the father of lies who makes a vain
show of false miracles. in the wilderness, go not forth; if they
say, Lo, here is the Christ, Lo, there, believe it not Matt. xxiv. 23.. Look no longer downwards and to the
earth; for the Lord descends from heaven; not alone as before, but with
many, escorted by tens of thousands of Angels; nor secretly as the dew
on the fleece Ps. lxxii. 6. Cf. § 1, note 1.; but shining forth
openly as the lightning. For He hath said Himself, As the
lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, so
shall also the coming of the Son of Man be Matt. xxiv. 27.;
and again, And they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds
with power and great glory, and He shall send forth His Angels with a
great trumpet Matt. xxiv. v. 30.; and the
rest.