{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">If, then, the whole earth has been cursed in the deeds of\r\nAdam and of those who died in him, it is plain that all parts\r\nof the earth share in the curse, and among others the land of\r\nJudæa; so that the words, “a good land and a large, a land\r\nflowing with milk and honey,” cannot apply to it, although we\r\nmay say of it, that both Judæa and Jerusalem were the shadow\r\nand figure of that pure land, goodly and large, in the pure\r\nregion of heaven, in which is the heavenly Jerusalem. And it\r\nis in reference to this Jerusalem that the apostle spoke, as one\r\nwho, “being risen with Christ, and seeking those things which\r\nare above,” had found a truth which formed no part of the\r\nJewish mythology. “Ye are come,” says he, “unto Mount\r\nSion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,\r\nand to an innumerable company of angels.”<a id=\"r1472\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1472\"><sup>[1472]</sup></a> And in\r\norder to be assured that our explanation of “the good and large\r\nland” of Moses is not contrary to the intention of the Divine\r\nSpirit, we have only to read in all the prophets what they say\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_452\">452</span>of those who, after having left Jerusalem, and wandered astray\r\nfrom it, should afterwards return and be settled in the place\r\nwhich is called the habitation and city of God, as in the words,\r\n“His dwelling is in the holy place;”<a id=\"r1473\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1473\"><sup>[1473]</sup></a> and, “Great is the Lord,\r\nand greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain\r\nof His holiness, beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole\r\nearth.”<a id=\"r1474\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1474\"><sup>[1474]</sup></a> It is enough at present to quote the words of the thirty-seventh\r\nPsalm, which speaks thus of the land of the righteous,\r\n“Those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth;”\r\nand a little after, “But the meek shall inherit the earth, and\r\nshall delight themselves in the abundance of peace;” and again,\r\n“Those who bless Him shall inherit the earth;” and, “The\r\nrighteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.”<a id=\"r1475\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1475\"><sup>[1475]</sup></a>\r\nAnd consider whether it is not evident to intelligent readers\r\nthat the following words from this same Psalm refer to the pure\r\nland in the pure heaven: “Wait on the Lord, and keep His\r\nway; and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land.”</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VII.","Chapter XXIX."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-506"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"31030ed8175e9ab21ca7435140060de5451b5d16a728647c8f1664c3f762f69b","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"HEB","chapter":12,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Heb. xii. 22","verse":22,"verse_end":22}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1472","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1472","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1472\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1472\">1472</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Hebrews\">Heb.</abbr> <abbr title=\"twelve\">xii.</abbr> 22.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1472","text_sha256":"7c94aaa5a02fd9d018ad572bd86c9aef8e8629812bee4eab3bca291bc6a393bd","verified":false,"work_id":null}