The Manifestation of Christ and the Guidance of God
If you wish to handle these things spiritually, consider how, when God looks upon you according to 'Look upon me' (Ps 103:6) and 'The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous' (Ps 103:9), the earth does not stand firm but trembles as if darkening, as if the material world were to be cast away and pass awayt God, touching the evil powers because he sees the called ones in their pride, smokes them out, entering into them with a breath, as if into the punishment by fire.
Sing to the Lord, having the presence of the one existing not in voice but in thoughts; and I will sing also in perfect deeds to God, since I have the presence of the one existing, in which I partake of the one existing before the ages and who said 'I am the Being' (Ex 3:14). And conversing in a way pleasing and acceptable to God, I will say, 'Let my conversation be sweet to him.' For he himself says, having accepted the church, 'Your voice is sweet' (Ps 103:2).
Just as according to the history of Samuel ministering continually in the tent of meeting, he saw the face of God, so also those who continually and without interruption examine the dogmas of truth and having practiced the virtues, seek the face of God, desiring to see him with a pure mind. For the face of God is the character of the essence, being an icon of the invisible God; therefore also the one seeing it immediately sees God.
As for his mouth, to perceive his word, he has given you instructions and commands judged to be both law-giving and precise. Having said 'slaves of God from Abraham' because of the bringing in of the race from Abraham, and 'the chosen ones from Jacob' because they are his and bear his name, and 'an election from the nations' then received into an inheritance, their own Lord and God, he says that his providential judgment is such toward all men.
The number of a thousand generations is not said according to a multitude, but by the appropriation toward the unit, just as also in 'When the thousands are increasing', and 'What is good to me is the law of your mouth, surpassing thousands of gold and silver' (Ps 118:72). Because you are evil and yourselves are partakers of Christ.
We have become such through being made worthy of the appearance of the Son of God; for He is the Christ, the one who also spoke to them, and He himself, the Savior, teaches in the Psalms that Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day (Ps 104:12), and did rejoice. When did he not look up with his eyes and stand before God at the oak of Mamre? For then the Scripture says, 'God appeared to Abraham.' And these things, even if they are few, were necessary to be announced to the nations by those commanded there to do this.
Regarding Psalm 104:12a, 'brief' instead of 'few.' For the brief lies in respect to magnitude, but the few is arranged in respect to numbers.
Regarding Psalm 104:18-19, they humbled his feet alone, not binding his soul in shackles, but the soul having been made free from iron. For they, being surrounded by shackles, bear the affliction, having the soul bowed down by iron. But he endured this not unto all things; for he limits the end of the affliction, saying that he had held it fast until the word of God passed through; according to which, having been transferred from the prison, he became a fosterer and nourisher of all, having grasped the word of the Lord, kindling it to boil in the spirit and being filled with the divine light, with which also he is able to give the exhortation saying, 'Do not quench the Spirit' (Ps 104:20).
Regarding Psalm 104:20-21, and Joseph himself did not follow this doctrine; therefore, toward the causes, he says, 'Did you not send me here? For you indeed plotted for evil, but God plotted for good' (Ps 104:21).
Regarding Psalm 104:26, since not all are able to depart from the harmful ones by themselves and through themselves, God sends to those who are thus weak the ones capable of being guides and leaders of the way that carries toward the good. And the law of God through Moses and the high-priestly word through Aaron are not the same; the one forbidding the deeds, the other ministering to God on our behalf and distributing the graces from Him to us; they are the leaders whom they say, 'Let us flee Egypt.'
Regarding Psalm 104:37, but by upward movement, think how each of those in these guards, possessing health and strength, says, 'I am able to do all things in the one who strengthens me' (Ps 104:37), and enriching in...
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1000 Ps 103,32 Εἰ δέ σοι βούλεται πνευματικῶς ε χειν ταῦτα, ὡς α ν ἐπιβλέπῃ θεὸς κατὰ τὸ ̓Επίβλεψον ἐπ' ἐμέ, καὶ ̓Οφθαλμοὶ κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους, τούτῳ οὐχ ε στηκεν ε τι τὰ γήινα ἀλλὰ σκοτοδινῶντα τρέμει, ὡς ἀποβληθῆναι καὶ παρελθεῖν τὴν ὑλικὴν ε ξιν. ̓Εφαπτόμενος δὲ ὁ θεὸς καὶ τῶν πονηρῶν δυνάμεων διὰ τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν ὀρῶν καλουμένων, καπνίζει αὐτάς, ἐναύσματι η δη αὐτὰς ἐνιεὶς τῆς διὰ πυρὸς κολάσεως. 1001 Ps 103,33.34a Αισω τῷ κυρίῳ, τοῦ ᾳ σματος οὐκ ἐν φωνῇ ἀλλ' ἐν νοήσεσι τὴν υ παρξιν ε χοντος· ψαλῶ δὲ καὶ ἐν πράξεσι τελείαις τῷ θεῷ, ε ως ὑπάρχω υ παρξιν ε χων καθ' η ν μετέχω τοῦ ὑπάρχοντος πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων καὶ εἰπόντος ̓Εγώ εἰμι ὁ ω ν. Εὐπρόσδεκτα δὲ καὶ ἀρέσκοντα τῷ θεῷ διαλεγόμενος ἐρῶ ̔Ηδυνθείη αὐτῷ ἡ διαλογή μου. ου τω γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἀποδεξάμενός φησιν ἐν τῷ Αισματι τῶν ᾀσμάτων ̔Η φωνή σου ἡδεῖα. 1002 Ps 104,4b Ωσπερ κατὰ τὴν ἱστορίαν διηνεκῶς Σαμουὴλ ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου λειτουργῶν ἑώρα τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ πρόσωπον, ου τως οἱ συνεχῶς καὶ ἀδιαστάτως ἐξετάσει δογμάτων τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ πράξει τῶν ἀρετῶν ἐπιδεδωκότες σφᾶς διαπαντὸς ζητοῦσι τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν νῷ καθαρῷ βουλόμενοι. πρόσωπον δὲ θεοῦ ὁ χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεώς ἐστι, τυγχάνων εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου· διὸ καὶ ὁ ὁρῶν αὐτὸν εὐθὺς ὁρᾷ τὸν θεόν. 1003 Ps 104,5b Στόμα δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ νοήσαις, ο ς καὶ νομοθέτου καὶ ἀκριβοῦς παιδευτοῦ δίκην κεκριμένα παιδεύματα καὶ παραγγέλματα ὑμῖν δέδωκε. 1004 Ps 104,6.7 ∆ούλους εἰπὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοὺς ἐξ ̓Αβραὰμ διὰ τὴν ἐξ ̓Αβραὰμ καταγωγὴν τοῦ γένους καὶ ἐκλεκτοὺς τοὺς ἐκ ̓Ιακὼβ διὰ τὸ Αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπωνύμους ει ναι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκλογὴν ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν τότε προσληφθέντας εἰς κλῆρον ι διον θεοῦ καὶ αὐτῶν κύριον καὶ θεὸν ι διον τὸν θεόν, ο μως κατὰ πάντας ἀνθρώπους ει ναί φησι τὴν κρίσιν τὴν προνοητικήν. 1005 Ps 104,8b ̔Ο τῶν χιλίων γενεῶν ἀριθμὸς οὐ κατὰ πλήθους ει ρηται ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν πρὸς μονάδα οἰκείωσιν, ω σπερ καὶ ἐν τῷ Χιλιάδες εὐθηνούντων, καὶ ε τι ̓Αγαθόν μοι ὁ νόμος τοῦ στόματός σου ὑπὲρ χιλιάδας χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου. 1006 Ps 104,10a ∆ι' ο ν ει πον α ν καὶ αὐτοὶ Μέτοχοι Χριστοῦ γεγόναμεν, α τε ἀξιωθέντες τῆς τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπιφανείας· αὐτὸν γὰρ ει ναι τὸν Χριστὸν τὸν καὶ αὐτοῖς λελαληκότα καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ σωτὴρ διδάσκει ἐν οι ς φησιν ̓Αβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἠγαλλιάσατο ι να ι δῃ τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν ἐμήν, καὶ ει δεν καὶ ἐχάρη. πότε ει δεν η ο τε ἀναβλέψας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ει δεν ἐπιστάντα τὸν θεὸν αὐτῷ πρὸς τῇ δρυῒ τῇ Μαμβρῇ; τότε γάρ φησιν ἡ γραφὴ Ωφθη ὁ θεὸς ̓Αβραάμ. καὶ ταῦτα ου ν, εἰ καὶε τερον, ἀναγκαῖα η ν ἀπαγγελθῆναι τοῖς ε θνεσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐνταῦθα προστεταγμένων τοῦτο ποιεῖν. 1007 Ps 104,12a Τὸ Βραχεῖς ἀντὶ ὀλίγων ει πεν. τὸ γὰρ βραχὺ ἐπὶ μεγέθους κεῖται, τὸ δὲ ὀλίγους ἐπὶ ἀριθμητῶν τάττεται. 1008a Ps 104,18.19 Τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ μόνους ἐταπείνωσαν, ἐν πέδαις τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ οὐ συνδεθείσης ἀλλ' ε ξω τοῦ σιδήρου γεγενημένης. ο σοι γὰρ δεσμοῖς περιβαλλόμενοι ἀγεννῶς τὴν περίστασιν φέρουσιν, καμφθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ σιδήρου τὴν ψυχὴν ε χουσι. τοῦτο δὲ ὑπέμεινεν οὐκ εἰς α παν. περιορίζει γὰρ τῆς περιστάσεως τὸ τέλος, εἰπὼν αὐτὴν κεκρατηκέναι μέχρις ου διῆλθεν ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ λόγος· καθ' ο ν ἐκ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου μετασταλεὶς κηδεμὼν καὶ τροφεὺς πάντων κεχειροτόνητο, τοῦ λογίου τοῦ κυρίου πυρώσαντος ἐπὶ τῷ ζέειν τῷ πνεύματι καὶ ἐξημμένον αὐτὸ ε χειν τῷ θείῳ φωτί, μεθ' ο καὶ τηρεῖν δυνατὸν παραίνεσιν λέγουσαν Τὸ πνεῦμα μὴ σβέννυτε. 1009a Ps 104,20.21 Καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ̓Ιωσὴφ οι δεν τοῦτο τὸ δόγμα· διὸ πρὸς τοὺς αἰτίους ε φη Οὐχ ὑμεῖς ἀπεστάλκατέ με ω δε· ὑμεῖς μὲν γὰρ εἰς κακὸν ἐβουλεύσασθε, ὁ δὲ θεὸς εἰς 215 ἀγαθόν. 1010a Ps 104,26 ̓Επεὶ μὴ πάντες οι οί τέ εἰσιν ἐξ ἑαυτῶν καὶ δι' ἑαυτῶν ἀναχωρεῖν τῶν βλαβερῶν, τοῖς ου τως ἀσθενοῦσιν ἀποστέλλει θεὸς τοὺς δυναμένους ὁδηγοὺς καὶ ἡγεμόνας τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς ἐπὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ φερούσης. εἰσὶ δὲ ου τοι ὁ θεοῦ νόμος Μωυσῆς καὶ ὁ ἀρχιερατικὸς λόγος ου σύμβολον ̓Ααρών· ὁ μὲν διαγορεύων τὰ πρακτέα, ὁ δὲ λειτουργῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῷ θεῷ καὶ τὰς ἐξ αὐτοῦ χάριτας διαπορθμεύων ἡμῖν· οι ς ἡγεμόσι χρώμενοι τὴν Αι γυπτον φεύγομεν. 1011 Ps 104,37 Κατὰ ἀναγωγὴν δὲ νοήσεις ὡς ε καστος τῶν ἐν ταύταις ταῖς φυλαῖς ὑγείαν καὶ σθένος ε χων ἐρεῖ Πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με, πλουτῶν δὲ καὶ ἐν
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