86. Then follow the words: “That
they may see My glory.” Here too He did not say:
“that they may have My glory,” but “that they may
see” it. For the servant sees, the Lord possesses; as David
also has taught us, saying: “That I may see the delight of
the Lord.” Ps. xxvii. 4. And the
Lord Himself in the Gospel has revealed it, stating:
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see
God.” S. Matt. v. 8.
“They shall see,” He says; not “They shall sit with
God upon the cherubim.”