The fulfillment of eternal things through daily life
He who begins to build this tower, as if starting with the foundation, should complete the building as if placing a crown upon the roof, lest he suffer shame before those passing by, who are accustomed to mocking those who have not completed the citizenship they undertook.
A connection can be made to 'Lead me from the face of the enemy' (Ps 60:6b) and 'You have led me in a straight path thus'; 'You have led me from the face of the enemy' has become my hope, but also a tower of strength in leading me from the face of the enemy. The hope of the saints is the true and unshakeable Savior, as Paul says, 'Jesus Christ of our hope' (1 Tim 1:1), and the prophecy upon him is that they hope in him; for he himself, having been foretold, shall be the expectation of the Nations. Someone, having been perfected in holiness for the ages in that dwelling, signifies 'Who shall dwell in your holy habitation?' (Ps 60:7); for this is the same eternal one in the tabernacle, the Lord, and not man. Although such a tabernacle does not possess the perfection of the Holy of Holies, there is no state with it surpassing the rational ones in which they shall be in Father and Son, but rather in the Trinity. Therefore, it is said to dwell for the ages, but not to reside in the dwelling. He who has become in this dwelling shall be covered under the shelter of the wings of God.
For he says, 'You are very rich, and you provide great gifts' (Ps 60:7), rather, by freely giving to perfect men the becoming of your sons, you have given them an inheritance. For although it is expected to be given according to the resurrection in the future age, it is nonetheless being given in a favorable way to those who are being led according to the time what is necessary. And to those who fear his name, God has given an inheritance (Ps 60:8). If there is a difference between those fearing God and his name, and those believing in him and in his name—since it is often said that those made intimate by the approach of God, those united to him, the God, are inferior—it is seen that the inheritance is given also to those fearing God; for if grace has been increased to the inferior, much more to those who have ascended far above. Whoever obtains the interpreted gifts, what kind of king is he, according to what is signified regarding the God-fearing ones as they were a Kingdom...
A beloved, a holy nation. By this signified thing to reign, and the apostles, expecting, say to the Corinthians, 'You reigned without us, let us also reign with you.' To the reigning which has happened, there is added by the Lord, 'day by day occurring.' For it is necessary from a preceding state of light to a transition into another likewise, so that the eternal things, concerning which it is said, 'And I remembered the eternal and meditated upon them' (Ps 103:2), might be fulfilled from that which is named of the days. And the life of the days is extended by taking them day by day, as generations of generations before God.
Who will seek out His mercy and truth? Often, of the divine teachings, His mercy is joined with the truth of God. For since to know clearly and purely the truth of God is not possible for one surrounded by human weakness, from this there is a need of the mercy of God in order to understand the truth. This contributes to the fore-set purpose, that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. For first, it is necessary to be saved by the mercy of God, so that subsequently the knowledge of the truth may exist. For the salvation of men is the work of the mercy of God. 'For God sent His mercy and His truth,' and the following.
Since in whom I have found a thankful reception from You, I will sing in Your name, praising through works, thoughts, and good words the prophecy of You called upon me (Ps 60:8); and with this I will repay day by day, just as Jacob says, 'If God gives me bread to eat,' and the following, 'all things to me shall be mine if I tithe them to You' (Gen 28:20-22). For before these words it is brought forward, 'Jacob made a vow,' saying, 'If the Lord be with me,' as 'I will tithe them.' And also to say 'repaying prayers day by day' and 'singing in the name of God unto the age of ages,' for the one singing in the name is the one being praised, to extend into the coming age; but the one repaying the prayers, it is as if the time being fulfilled of the days is being completed; it is not that which is delayed by each individual's life. Since we are not in this life, we shall repay the prayers, so that we also may sing unto the age of ages in the name of God.
Greek
τοῦτον τὸν πύργον ὁ οἰκοδομεῖν ἀρξάμενος ὡς θεμελίους η δη τεθεικέναι τελειωσάτω τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ὡς καὶ στεφανὴν ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ δώματι, ο πως μὴ αἰσχύνην ὀφλῇς πρὸς τῶν παραπορευομένων εἰωθότων ἐπιχλευάζειν τοῖς μὴ εἰς τέλος η ν ᾑρήσαντο πολιτείαν α γουσιν. ∆ύναται ἀναφορὰν ε χειν εἰς τὸ ̓Απὸ προσώπου ἐχθροῦ καὶ τὸ ̔Ωδήγησάς με εἱρμῷ τοιούτῳ· ̔Ωδήγησάς με ἀπὸ προσώπου ἐχθροῦ ἐλπίς μου γεγενημένος, ἀλλὰ καὶ πύργος ἰσχύος πρὸς τῷ ὡδηγηκέναι με ἀπὸ προσώπου ἐχθροῦ γέγονάς μοι. ἐλπὶς τῶν ἁγίων ἀληθινὴ καὶ ἀδιάπτωτος ὁ σωτήρ, ῃ φησι Παῦλος Καὶ ̓Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῆς ἐλπίδος ἡμῶν, καὶ ἡ προφητεία ̓Επ' αὐτῷ ε θνη ἐλπιοῦσιν· αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ προαναφωνηθεὶς ε σεσθαι ̓Εθνῶν προσδοκία. Παροικεῖ 115 δέ τις τελειωθεὶς ἐν ἁγιότητι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ σκηνώματι, ο δηλοῖ τὸ Τίς κατασκηνώσει ἐν ο ρει ἁγίῳ σου; αἰώνιον γὰρ τοῦτο ταὐτὸν ο ν τῇ σκηνῇ Ην ε πηξεν ὁ κύριος καὶ οὐκ α νθρωπος. πλὴν εἰ καὶ ου τω τελειότητος ε χει ἡ τοιαύτη σκηνὴ ὡς καὶ Αγια ἁγίων ει ναι, ἀλλ' ου ν ἐστιν μετ' αὐτὴν κατάστασις ὑπερέχουσα τῶν λογικῶν καθ' η ν ε σονται ἐν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ, μᾶλλον δὲ τῇ τριάδι. διὸ παροικεῖν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀλλ' οὐ κατοικεῖν ἐν τῷ σκηνώματι ει ρηται. ὁ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ οι κῳ γεγονὼς σκεπασθήσεται ἐν τῇ τῶν πτερύγων τοῦ θεοῦ σκέπῃ. 624a Ps 60,6b 624a Πλούσιος γὰρ ω ν, φησίν, καὶ μεγάλας δωρεὰς παρέχεις, μᾶλλον δὲ χαριζόμενος τοῖς τελείοις ἀνθρώποις τὸ γενέσθαι σου υἱοὺς κληρονομίαν αὐτοῖς δέδωκας. εἰ γὰρ καὶ προσδοκᾶται δοθησομένη κατὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι αἰῶνι, ἀλλά γε τῷ η δη ηὐτρεπίσθαι δέδοται τοῖς εἰς αὐτὴν κατὰ καιρὸν τὸν δέοντα ἀχθησομένοις. Καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸ ο νομα αὐτοῦ ὁ θεὸς κληρονομίαν ε δωκεν. ἐάν τις ῃ διαφορὰ φοβουμένων τὸν θεὸν καὶ τὸ ο νομα αὐτοῦ, πιστευόντων αὐτῷ καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, ἐπεὶ πολλάκις ει ρηται ὑποδεεστέρους ει ναι τοὺς οἰκειωθέντας τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ προσηγορίᾳ τῶν ἑνωθέντων αὐτῷ τῷ θεῷ, ο ρα ὡς καὶ τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸν θεὸν δέδοται ἡ κληρονομία· εἰ γὰρ τοῖς ὑποδεεστέροις ὑπῆρκται ἡ χάρις αυ τη, πολλῷ πλέον τοῖς ὑπεραναβεβηκόσιν. 625a Ps 60,7.8 ̔Ο τυχὼν τῶν ἡρμηνευμένων δωρεῶν βασιλεύς τίς ἐστι καθ' ο σημαινόμενον ει ρηται περὶ τῶν θεοσεβῶν ὡς ει ησαν Βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ε θνος α γιον. τούτῳ τῷ σημαινομένῳ βασιλεῦσαι καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι προσδοκῶντες λέγουσι Κορινθίοις Χωρὶς ἡμῶν ἐβασιλεύσατε ι να καὶ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν συμβασιλεύσωμεν. τῷ ου τω γενομένῳ βασιλεῖ ε τη ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου προστίθεται, ἡμέρας ἐφ' ἡμέρας ἀγομένης. δεῖ γὰρ ἐκ προλαβούσης φωτεινῆς καταστάσεως εἰς ἑτέραν ὡσαύτως ε χουσαν μετάβασιν γίνεσθαι, ὡς ἐκ τοῦ τῶν ἡμερῶν ὀνομαζομένου συμπληροῦσθαι τὰ ε τη τὰ αἰώνια περὶ ω ν ει ρηται Καὶ ε τη αἰώνια ἐμνήσθην καὶ ἐμελέτησα. παρατείναι δὲ ἡ ζωὴ τῶν ἡμέρας ἐφ' ἡμέρᾳ προσλαμβανόντων ε ως ἡμέρας γενεᾶς γενεῶν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ. Ελεος καὶ ἀλήθειαν αὐτοῦ τίς ἐκζητήσει; πολλαχοῦ τῶν θείων παιδευμάτων α μα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ ε λεος αὐτοῦ συνέζευκται· μήποτ' ου ν ἐπεὶ τὸ γνῶναι ἀκραιφνῶς καὶ καθαρῶς τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ θεοῦ οὐχ οι όν τε περικείμενον τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην ἀσθένειαν, τούτου ε νεκα ἐλέου θεοῦ χρεία πρὸς τῷ συνιέναι τὴν ἀλήθειαν. συντείνει πρὸς τὸ προκείμενον τὸ θέλειν πάντας ἀνθρώπους σωθῆναι καὶ εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ σωθῆναι ἐλέῳ θεοῦ δεῖ, ι ν' ἑπομένως ἡ ἐπίγνωσις τῆς ἀληθείας ὑπάρχῃ. ε ργον γὰρ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐλεημοσύνης ἡ ἀνθρώπων σωτηρία· ̓Εξαπέστειλεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τὸ ε λεος αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. 626a Ps 60,9 ̓Επεὶ ω ν ἠξίωσα παρὰ σοῦ τέτευχα εὐχάριστος ου τω γεγονώς, ψαλῶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου, ὑμνῶν δι' ε ργων νοημάτων τε καὶ λόγων ἀγαθῶν τὴν ἐπ' ἐμοὶ κληθεῖσαν προσηγορίαν σου· καὶ πρὸς τούτῳ ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας α ηὐξάμην ἀποδώσω, ω σπερ ὁ ̓Ιακώβ φησιν ̓Εὰν δῷ μοι ὁ θεὸς α ρτον φαγεῖν, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, πάντα μοι ο σα ἐὰν δῷς δεκάτην ἀποδεκατώσω σοι αὐτά. πρὸ γὰρ τούτων τῶν λόγων φέρεται τὸ Ηυ ξατο ὁ ̓Ιακώβ, λέγων τὸ ̓Εὰν ῃ κύριος μετ' ἐμοῦ ε ως τοῦ ∆εκάτην ἀποδεκατώσω αὐτά. Ευ δὲ καὶ τὸ εἰπεῖν ̔Ημέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας τὰς εὐχὰς ἀποδοῦναι ψάλλειν τε τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ θεοῦ Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος, τῷ τὸ μὲν ψάλλειν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ ὑμνουμένου παρεκτείνειν ε ως τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος, τῷ δὲ τὰς εὐχὰς ἀποδοῦναι πληροῦσθαι ε ως ε τι ὁ ἐξ ἡμερῶν συμπληρούμενος χρόνος ἐστίν· ου τος δέ ἐστιν ὁ παραμετρούμενος τῇ ἑκάστου ζωῇ. ε ως ου ν ἐν βίῳ ἐσμέν, τὰς εὐχὰς ἀποδώσομεν, ι να καὶ ψάλαι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ θεοῦ
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