Faith and Obedience
A remnant of humanity is left to women and children, while the one who has faith has something to boast about.
Abraham, who had faith, offered his son Isaac when he was being tested, and this is a great wonder that I am unable to depart from.
The blessed Abraham, an old man who was childless, sought an heir from God, and after receiving Isaac, he was commanded to sacrifice him.
Abraham's faith was so strong that he overcame the storm of testing, and this is a testament to the stability and safety of holy thoughts, as the most law-abiding Paul will teach, saying Abraham offered Isaac when being tested, having calculated that God is able to raise even from the dead (Hebrews 11:19).
Oh, the stability of faith; oh, the safety of holy thoughts; he gave to God the power to accomplish all.
Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6), for he endured the cross, despising shame, instead of the joy set before him.
He emptied himself, sitting among us, so that, having overcome death in the flesh, then, having conquered it through the resurrection from the dead, he would declare to us that it is possible to return to life.
As the Son of God, he voluntarily took on the most dishonorable and inglorious death, without sparing himself from it, but through his resurrection, he was glorified and abolished the shame and ugliness of his humiliation.
The Son's glory is undeniable, and his resurrection has overcome corruption and abolished shame, declaring to us that it is possible to return to life.
Daniel writes that the Ancient of Days sits on a throne, with a thousand thousands of those ordained for service and ten thousand times ten thousand of those who attend, standing around him (Daniel 7:9-10).
Isaiah also saw the Son in glory, saying 'I saw the Lord Sabaoth sitting on a high throne, and the house was full of his glory, and Seraphim stood around him' (Isaiah 6:1-3).
Christ sat at the right hand of the throne of God.
The scripture teaches that Abraham's faith led him to a great end, for it is written, 'He believed God and it was reckoned to him as righteousness' (Genesis 15:6).
Greek
αὐτῇ λείψανον ἀνθρωπότητος ὁμοῦ γυναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις· ὁ πίστιν ἔχων τὸ καύχημα. Πίστει προσήνεγκεν Ἁβραὰμ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ πειραζόμενος. Ἀλλ' οὐ δύναμαι τοῦ μεγάλου τούτου ἀποστῆναι θαύματος· πρεσβύτης ἦν ὁ μακάριος Ἁβραὰμ, ἐθρήνει τὴν ἀπαιδίαν, ἐζήτει παρὰ Θεοῦ κληρονόμον ἐξ ἐλευθέρας· εἶτα λαβὼν, καὶ ἐπ' αὐτῷ πᾶσαν ἔχων τὴν τοῦ γένους ἐλπίδα καὶ τὸ τῆς θείας ὑποσχέσεως τέλος, προσετάττετο θύειν αὐτόν· τί οὖν ὁ πρεσβύτης; ἐννοῶ μὲν ἐν ὅσαις γέγονε δυσθυμίαις· ἡ φύσις αὐτὸν ἐβιάζετο πρὸς φιλοστοργίαν, τὸ θεῖον ἐκάλει πρόσταγμα πρὸς ὑπακοήν· προσέκειτο τῷ παιδὶ μόνον ἔχων αὐτὸν, ἐδεδίει προσκροῦσαι Θεῷ· καὶ καθάπερ τι δένδρον μέγα τε καὶ εὐμηκέστατον ταῖς τῶν ἀνέμων ἀντιπνοίαις τῇδε 413 κἀκεῖσε διαῤῥιπτούμενον μονονουχὶ μεθύει καὶ σείεται, οὕτω γέγονεν ἡ τοῦ δικαίου ψυχή· πῶς οὖν ἄρα τὸν τοῦ πειρασμοῦ χειμῶνα νενίκηκεν; ὁ νομομαθέστατος Παῦλος διδάξει λέγων Πίστει προσήνεγκε τὸν Ἰσαὰκ πειραζόμενος, λογισάμενος ὅτι καὶ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγεῖραι δύναται ὁ Θεός. ὢ πίστεως ἑδραιότης· ὢ λογισμῶν ἁγιοπρεπῶν ἀσφάλεια· δέδωκε τῷ Θεῷ τὸ πάντα δύνασθαι κατορθοῦν· καὶ τί τὸ ἐντεῦθεν; εἰς ποῖον αὐτῷ τέλος ἐκδεδράμηκεν ἡ πίστις; τὸ γράμμα διδάξει τὸ ἱερόν· "Ἐπίστευσε γὰρ, φησὶν, Ἁβραὰμ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ "ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην." Ὃς ἀντὶ τῆς προκειμένης αὐτῷ χαρᾶς ὑπέμεινε σταυρὸν, αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας. Μᾶλλον δὲ ὧδε νοεῖν οἰκειότερον, ὅτι καίτοι ἐνὸν αὐτῷ τοῖς τῆς ἰδίας φύσεως ἀξιώμασιν ἐντρυφᾶν, καὶ ταῖς κατὰ πάντων ἀσυγκρίτως ὑπεροχαῖς θεοπρεπῶς ἐναβρύνεσθαι· τοῦτο γὰρ εἶναί φαμεν τὴν προκειμένην αὐτῷ χαράν· κεκένωκεν ἑαυτὸν καθεὶς ἐν τοῖς καθ' ἡμᾶς, ἵν' ὑπὲρ παντὸς τὸν κατὰ σάρκα θάνατον ἀνατλὰς, εἶτα πατήσας αὐτὸν διὰ τῆς ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστάσεως, βάσιμον καὶ ἡμῖν ἀποφήνῃ τὸ 21 παλινδρομεῖν δύνασθαι πρὸς ζωήν· καὶ γέγονε μὲν αὐτῷ πρὸς ἐντροπῆς τε καὶ ἀδοξίας τὸ παθεῖν· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἀνέστησε τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ναὸν, καινοτομήσας τὸν θάνατον καὶ πλεονεκτήσας τὴν φθορὰν, ὡς Θεὸς ἐκ Θεοῦ καὶ εἰ πέφηνε μετὰ σαρκὸς, τὸ ἐν ἐκείνοις αἶσχος καὶ τὸ ἐκτροπῆς ἀκαλλὲς κατηφάνισται τοῖς δευτέροις, καὶ δεδόξασται διὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ὁ Υἱὸς, καίτοι πρὸ αὐτῆς τὸν ἀτιμότατόν τε καὶ ἀκλεᾶ μὴ παρωσάμενος θάνατον διὰ τὴν ἑκούσιον κένωσιν. 414 Ἐν δεξιᾷ τε τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ Θεοῦ κεκάθικεν. ∆ανιὴλ γοῦν θεοπτίας ἡμῖν ἀναγράφων καὶ ὁράσεις προφητικὰς, καθίζει μὲν ἐπὶ θρόνου τὸν παλαιὸν ἡμερῶν· περιίστησι δὲ αὐτῷ χιλίας μὲν χιλιάδας τῶν τεταγμένων εἰς λειτουργίαν, μυρίας δὲ μυριάδας τῶν παραστατῶν· Ἡσαΐας δὲ οὐκ ἐν μείονι δόξῃ τεθεᾶσθαί φησι τὸν Υἱόν "Εἶδον," γὰρ ἔφη, "τὸν Κύριον σαβαὼθ καθήμενον ἐπὶ θρόνου ὑψηλοῦ "καὶ ἐπηρμένου, καὶ πλήρης ὁ οἶκος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ." καὶ "Σεραφὶμ εἱστήκεισαν κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ," καὶ ἐκεκράγεσαν τὸν ἐν τριττῷ μὲν ἐν ἀρχῇ, καταλήγοντα