The Thorns and the Flaming Sword
The Savior signaled the thorns, which grow together with the seed called by him, if the receiver does not receive this into depth. Verse 40. And he commanded the cherubim, and the flaming sword, the turning one, to guard the way of the tree of life (Gen 3:24). Didymus says: The sword is said to be turning, so that having turned from evil to the virtue of the man, it itself may turn, providing the entrance. If therefore to someone there becomes a longing for the entrance, through these he is led by the hand; through the former, the cherubim, who signify the knowledge of our glory, then you will follow, like a servant to a master. Verse 43. And I will withdraw my hand, and then you will see behind me; but my face shall not be seen by you (Ex 33:20). Didymus says: Both the worldly existence and the divinity are shown through the...
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ἀκάνθας ὁ Σωτὴρ ἐμήνυσεν, αἵτινες συμπνίγουσι τὸν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ καλούμενον σπόρον, ἐὰν ὁ δεξάμενος μὴ εἰς βάθος τοῦτον ὑποδέξηται. Στ. κεʹ. Καὶ ἔταξε τὰ χερουβὶμ, καὶ τὴν φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν τὴν στρεφομένην φυλάσσειν τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς. ∆ιδύμου. Ῥομφαία εἴρηται στρεφομένη, ἵνα στραφέντος ἀπὸ κακίας εἰς ἀρετὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ αὐτὴ στραφῇ τὴν εἴσοδον παρέχουσα. Εἰ τοίνυν τῆς εἰσόδου τινὶ γένοιτο πόθος, διὰ τούτων χειραγωγεῖται· τῶν μὲν χερουβὶμ, αἰνιττομένων τὴν γνῶσιν 39.1116 τὴν ἡμετέραν δόξαν, τότε σὺ ἐπακολουθήσεις, οἷα θεράπων δεσπότῃ. Στ. κγʹ. Καὶ ἀφελῶ τὴν χεῖρα, καὶ τότε ὄψει τὰ ὀπίσω μου· τὸ δὲ πρόσωπόν μου οὐκ ὀφθήσεταί σοι. ∆ιδύμου. Ἡ μὲν προκόσμιος ὕπαρξίς τε καὶ θειότης δηλοῦται διὰ τοῦ
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Didymus the Blind on the Octateuch.
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