The Anointing and the Spiritual Dew
The sent-out fishermen and hunters in the crevices of the rocks are a symbol of those dwelling in the village of the hunters, for all dwell in Bethsaida, which is taken to be the village of hunters (Ps 149:9). 'I will clothe the priests of this Zion with salvation' (Ps 149:4). Christ has come as salvation for all, to seek and to save the lost (Lk 19:10). Regarding the presence of salvation and the clothing of it, it is written: 'Let my soul rejoice, for you have clothed me with a garment of salvation; they shall rejoice, and those who are holy of him shall rejoice in divine joy' (Ps 18:10).
There, in Zion, I will cause a horn to rise up for David (Ps 132:17). This horn of the kingdom is raised up by God in the house of David, according to what was said by the righteous: 'Raise up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David' (Ps 132:17). Prepare for this horn, Christ, who is found as a lamp, the Father running forward with his divine law for his visitation, for it is written: 'Your law is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths' (Ps 119:105). And John, until the law and the prophets, is a lamp being prepared for his own Christ, concerning that Savior. There is that lamp which is kindled and shines: 'Did you not desire to rejoice at the right hour in his light?'
These things being theologized concerning the one who came from the seed of David according to the flesh, his enemies shall clothe themselves in shame, desiring, if they were consumed by fire, to say 'that a child was born, a son was given to us' (Isa 9:6), not recognizing the beginning of his time, mocking shame more, saying 'what he embraces with other men does not have a life that has ascended far above.' Therefore also upon him his holiness shall blossom, as it is said in Isaiah: 'And a flower shall ascend from the root' (Isa 11:1), following which the flowers of the earth shall appear in our land; such flowers being present toward the blossoming of the holiness by the Lord. For this blossoming sanctifies those passing by it, which is the very holiness of God, a flower, or rather to say, 'I am a flower of the field, a judge of the valleys' (Isa 35:1). If the flower and the judge of the field and of the valleys do not do these things, it is not fitting that flowers should appear in our land, once God has caused his holiness to rise up upon the enlightened and those approaching the...
A blessed and spiritual feast. The beard is a symbol of manhood. The oil descends from the beard of Aaron onto the shoulder of his garment (Ps 132:2). Aaron represents the shadow of priesthood. His head, the original, is filled with the divine oil of the name of Christ, regarding which it is said, 'Myrrh, your name.' This oil descends upon the beard of each who is able to say, after surpassing the shadow, 'I have become a man,' opposing the infant. Such a man becomes an imitator having become like Him, regarding which it is written, 'Behold, a man, whose name is Dawn, and a man comes after me' (Ps 133:1).
However, even if the oil descends upon Aaron's head, it does not descend upon a random beard but upon the high-priestly one, and from there onto the shoulder of the high-priestly garment. Aaron's tunic does not merely bear a type, for it is the Lord's body, born of the Holy Spirit, according to what was said concerning the Virgin: 'For that which was born in her is of the Holy Spirit' (Matt 1:18). Regarding the mountains of Zion, you shall perceive the divine and universal Church, which is the high doctrines of truth, the ornaments of the soul, having seized the being of Mount Zion (Ps 132:3).
Upon these mountains descends a spiritual dew, regarding which Moses said, 'And I will come down as dew' (Ex 16:4), and in the prophet, 'For the dew from you is its essence' (Hos 14:5). From this heavenly dew, the habitation of the blessed shall be from heaven. This spiritual dew does not descend from random clouds, but from the celestial light of the one saying, 'I have come as light into the world' (John 8:12). For this light both dews and shines from above, and makes things to become in most piercing brightness.
All the servants of the Lord bless the Lord (Ps 133:1), not having stepped far from Him but approaching Him through wisdom. Therefore they have stood in the court of the Lord, firmly established in Him. And they have stood in the courts of our God. The courts of God are where those who fear Him stand, the God-breathed writings and the doctrines of truth.
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ἐν ταῖς τρυμαλίαις τῶν πετρῶν οἱ ἀποστελλόμενοι ὑπὸ κυρίου ἁλιεῖς καὶ θηρευταί, ω ν σύμβολον φέρουσιν οἱ τὴν κώμην τῶν θηρευτῶν οἰκοῦντες ̓Ανδρέας Πέτρος Φίλιππος· ου τοι γὰρ πάντες τὴν Βηθσαϊδὰ οἰκοῦσι μεταλαμβανομένην εἰς τὸ οι κος θηρευτῶν. Ταύτης δὲ τῆς Σιὼν τοὺς ἱερέας ἐνδύσω σωτηρίαν. σωτηρία δὲ πάντων ὁ Χριστὸς ἐληλυθὼς ζητῆσαι καὶ σῶσαι τὸ ἀπολωλός. πρὸς δὲ τῷ ει ναι σωτηρία καὶ ε νδυμά ἐστι, περὶ ου γέγραπται ̓Αγαλλιάσθω ἡ ψυχή μου, ο τι ἐνέδυσάς με ἱμάτιον σωτηρίου, ἀγαλλιωμένων καὶ τῶν ὁσίων αὐτοῦ ἀγαλλιάσει θείᾳ. ̓Εκεῖ ἐν τῇ Σιὼν ἀνατελῶ κέρας τῷ ∆αυίδ. τοῦτο τὸ κέρας τῆς βασιλείας ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἀνατέλλεται ἐν οι κῳ ∆αυὶδ κατὰ τὸ λεχθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ δικαίου Ηγειρε κέρας σωτηρίας ἡμῖν ἐν οι κῳ ∆αυίδ. ἡτοίμασε δὲ τούτῳ τῷ κέρατι Χριστῷ τυγχάνοντι λύχνον ὁ πατὴρ προτρέχοντα τῆς ἐπιδημίας αὐτοῦ θεῖον νόμον, περὶ ου γέγραπται Λύχνος τοῖς ποσί μου ὁ νόμος σου καὶ φῶς ταῖς τρίβοις μου. η καὶ ὁ ̓Ιωάννης, μέχρις ου ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται, λύχνος ἐστὶν ἑτοιμαζόμενος τῷ χριστῷ ἑαυτοῦ, περὶ ου ὁ σωτὴρ ̓Εκεῖνος η ν ὁ λύχνος ὁ καιόμενος καὶ φαίνων ου ἠθελήσατε πρὸς ω ραν ἀγαλλιαθῆναι τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ. Τούτων θεολογουμένων περὶ τοῦ γενομένου ἐκ σπέρματος ∆αυὶδ τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτοῦ αἰσχύνην ἐνδύσονται, θέλοντες, εἰ ἐγένοντο πυρίκαυστοι, Οτι παιδίον ἐγεννήθη, υἱὸς καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν, ου ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ω μου αὐτοῦ, αἰσχύνην πλείονα ὀφλισκάνοντες, ο τι τὰ αὐτὰ τοῖς α λλοις ἀνθρώποις ἀσπαζόμενος οὐκ ε χει τὸν ὑπεραναβεβηκότα βίον. διὸ καὶ ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἐξανθήσει τὸ ἁγίασμα αὐτοῦ, περὶ ου φησιν ἐν ̔Ησαΐᾳ Καὶ α νθος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης ἀναβήσεται, ῳ ἀκολούθως τὰ α νθη τῆς γῆς ω φθη ἐν τῇ γῇ ἡμῶν τὸ ει ναι α νθη τοιαῦτα εἰληφότα πρὸς τοῦ ἐξανθουμένου ὑπὸ κυρίου ἁγιάσματος. τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ ἐξανθοῦν ἁγιάζει τοὺς προσπελάζοντας αὐτῷ, αὐτὸ ο ν τὸ α γιον τοῦ θεοῦ α μα καὶ α νθος, ω στ' α ν εἰπεῖν ̓Εγὼ α νθος τοῦ πεδίου κρίνον τῶν κοιλάδων. ἐπὰν ου ν αὐτὰ ποιῇ τὸ α νθος καὶ τὸ κρίνον τοῦ πεδίου καὶ τῶν κοιλάδων, εἰκότως ὀφθήσεται τὰ α νθη ἐν τῇ γῇ ἡμῶν, ἐξανατείλαντος τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ ἁγίασμα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῷ πεφωτισμένους καὶ νεάζοντας ει ναι ἐπὶ τὴν μακαρίαν καὶ πνευματικὴν ἑορτήν. 1187 Ps 132,2 ̔Ο πώγων σύμβολον ἀνδρικῆς ἡλικίας. καταβαίνει δὲ τὸ μύρον ἀπὸ τοῦ πώγωνος τοῦ ̓Ααρὼν ἐπὶ τὴν ῳ αν τοῦ ἐνδύματος αὐτοῦ. ὁ ̓Ααρὼν πρόσωπον ε χει τῆς κατὰ σκιὰν ἱερωσύνης. ταύτης ἡ κεφαλὴ ἡ πρωτότυπος καὶ ἀληθῶς ἱερωσύνη πεπλήρωται θείου μύρου τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὀνόματος, περὶ ου ει ρηται Μύρον ο νομά σου. κάτεισι δὲ τοῦτο τὸ μύρον ἐπὶ τὸν πώγωνα ἑκάστου τῶν δυναμένων εἰπεῖν μετὰ τὸ ὑπερβεβηκέναι τὴν σκιὰν Οτι γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργη κατὰ τοῦ νηπίου. γίνεται δέ τις ἀνὴρ τοιοῦτος μιμητὴς γεγονὼς ἐκείνου, περὶ ου γέγραπται ̓Ιδοὺ ἀνήρ, ̓Ανατολὴ ο νομα αὐτῷ, καὶ ̓Οπίσω μου ε ρχεταιἀνὴρ ο ς ε μπροσθέν μου 250 γέγονεν. Ομως δὲ εἰ καὶ καταβαίνει τὸ μύρον ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ ̓Ααρών, οὐκ ἐπὶ τυχόντα πώγωνα ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀρχιερατικὸν κάτεισιν, ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ῳ αν τοῦ ἀρχιερατικοῦ ἐνδύματος. ε νδυμα δὲ ἀρχιερατικὸν ου τύπον ε φερεν ὁ χιτὼν τοῦ ̓Ααρὼν τὸ κυριακόν ἐστι σῶμα, πνεύματος ἁγίου γεννήσαντος αὐτὸ κατὰ τὸ λεχθὲν περὶ τῆς παρθένου Τὸ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ γεννηθὲν ἐκ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἁγίου. 1188 Ps 132,3 Ορη δὲ Σιὼν νοήσεις τῆς θείας καὶ καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας η τοι τὰ ὑψηλὰ δόγματα τῆς ἀληθείας η οἱ διάρματι ψυχῆς τὸ ει ναι τῆς Σιὼν ο ρη ἀπειληφότες. κάτεισι δ' ἐπὶ ταῦτα τὰ ο ρη πνευματικὴ δρόσος, περὶ η ς Μωυσῆς Καὶ καταβήτω ὡς δρόσος τὰ ῥήματά μου, καὶ ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ ̔Η γὰρ δρόσος ἡ παρὰ σοῦ ι αμα αὐτῆς ἐστιν. ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς δρόσου ου σης οὐρανίου ἡ κατοικία τῶν εὐλογουμένων ε σται ἐξ οὐρανοῦ. Αυ τη δὲ ἡ πνευματικὴ δρόσος οὐκ ἐκ τῶν τυχόντων νεφῶν κάτεισιν, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ τοῦ μετεώρου φωτὸς τοῦ λέγοντος ̓Εγὼ φῶς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐλήλυθα. τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ φῶς καὶ δροσίζει καὶ μετεωρίζει καὶ ἐν ἀκραιφνεστάτῃ λαμπρότητι γενέσθαι ποιεῖ. 1189 Ps 133,1 Πάντες οἱ δοῦλοι κυρίου εὐλογοῦσι τὸν κύριον, οὐ μακρὰν αὐτοῦ βεβηκότες ἀλλὰ συνεγγίζοντες αὐτῷ τῷ φρονήματι. διὸ καὶ ἑστήκασιν ἐν οι κῳ κυρίου, βεβαίως ἐν αὐτῷ ἱδρυμένοι. ἑστήκασι δὲ καὶ ἐν αὐλαῖς οι κου θεοῦ ἡμῶν. αὐλαὶ δὲ θεοῦ ἐν αι ς ἑστήκασιν οἱ φοβούμενοι αὐτὸν αἱ θεόπνευστοι γραφαὶ καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας τὰ δόγματα. 1190 Ps 134 αργ Μετὰ τὸ πληρωθῆναι τὰς τῶν
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