The crushing of enemies and the exaltation of the Head
It is said to have been born, and as a morning-bearing light, not only perceptible but also intelligible. And even regarding the intelligible, it is manifest what is said also of all creation, according to what is said: 'He himself is before all things' (Heb 1:3).
As for us, the Savior defines the Yes as Yes and the No as No; moreover, God, being truthful, is said to swear, without using an unchangeable or a changeable method. Therefore, 'The Lord has sworn and will not repent' (Ps 109:4), since the gifts and the calling of God are unchangeable; and the greatest calling is that of the Savior, into priesthood and an unchangeable gift, a priesthood not according to the order of Aaron but of Melchizedek unto the age.
For the priesthood of Aaron, lying ahead until a time of correction, was transferred, as Paul says, 'When the priesthood is changed, there is a change also of law by necessity' (Heb 7:12). But the covenant made toward the Savior is eternal, preserving the priesthood without transgression, being able to save those coming to God through him into perfection, the one who lives always to intercede for them.
Likewise also the spiritual sacrifices, a sacrifice of praise and of righteousness, he offers to the Father on our behalf, but he has also offered himself as a sacrifice for all, for the salvation of those being saved. As the Father says, 'Sit at my right hand, my Son' (Ps 109:5), now it is said, 'The Lord is at your right hand' (Ps 109:5), so that it might be manifest not locally that the Son is at the right hand of the Father.
For behold, both he is at the right hand and his Father is at the right hand, which is impossible if one thinks of 'at the right hand' locally. Just as the Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father, so the Son is at the right hand of the Father. And the Father of the Son crushes the intelligible kings at his right hand on the day of his wrath, who are found to be nothing other than rulers and powers and cosmocrators of the darkness. They are the same ones being placed under the feet of the Savior because of the wickedness and malice they have...
His enemies will cease to be enemies after being crushed, as every such authority and power is being abolished by the Lord. The day of the Lord, the time of the judgment of all, is spoken of in the Scriptures.
When these things are thus fulfilled, God will fill the dead with corpses, not being empty or a non-participant of His fullness regarding those fallen from salvation, so that they might rise into eternal life. For the saints themselves have not received life from the fullness except for the fall and resurrection of many, casting down and making to fall those having a bad standing who seem to be established through wickedness and impiety, in order to raise them to a resurrection of life, so that they might serve Him as Head, after the bad kingdoms have been crushed as heads of many, who are called to be poured out because of wickedness. For since not only those but He himself has the head, that is, the king, first upon the earth that exists, having crushed the rulers of the nations upon evil, He himself legally reigns over them, being the Head of every man according to the inner human and of the blameless church.
The cause of all these things was established by Him having become one who is plucked from a streamlet in the way of the human life. For this the last verse alludes to, saying, 'From a streamlet in the way water is drawn'; because of this, He will lift up the head. Ps 109:7 A streamlet signifies trial in many places, and to draw from it is to receive it. Jesus has been tested, having become for salvation in the way of men, as the apostle says writing: 'For He himself has suffered having been tested, He is able to help those being tested' Heb 4:15; and having been shown to be King, authority being given to Him in heaven and upon the earth, He will lift up the head, a ruler not only of those upon the earth but also of those in the heavens, having been ordained by the Spirit so that every knee should bend to Him.
Greek
γεγεννῆσθαι λέγεται, ἑωσφόρου δὲ φωτός, οὐκ αἰσθητοῦ μόνου ἀλλὰ καὶ νοητοῦ. εἰ δὲ καὶ τῶν νοητῶν, πρόδηλον ο τι καὶ πάσης τῆς κτίσεως κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον Καὶ αὐτός ἐστι πρὸ πάντων. 1041 Ps 109,4 Ωσπερ ἡμῖν ὁ σωτὴρ ο ρκον ὁρίζει ει ναι τὸ Ναὶ ναὶ καὶ τὸ Ου ου , ου τω μᾶλλον δὲ πολλῷ πλέον θεὸς ἀληθεύων ὀμνύναι λέγεται, οὐ ἀπωμοτικῷ η κατωμοτικῷ τινι χρησάμενος. ω μοσε τοίνυν ὁ κύριος καὶ οὐ μεταμελήσεται, ἐπείπερ ἀμεταμέλητα τὰ χαρίσματα καὶ ἡ κλῆσις τοῦ θεοῦ· κλῆσις δὲ μεγίστη ἡ τοῦ σωτῆρος εἰς ἱερωσύνην καὶ ἀμεταμέλητον χάρισμα, ἡ ἱερωσύνη οὐ κατὰ τὴν τάξιν ̓Ααρὼν ἀλλὰ τοῦ Μελχισεδὲκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. ἡ γὰρ τοῦ ̓Ααρὼν μέχρι καιροῦ διορθώσεως ἐπικειμένη μετετέθη, ῃ φησιν ὁ Παῦλος Μετατιθεμένης τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἀνάγκῃ καὶ νόμου μετάθεσις γίνεται. ἡ δὲ πρὸς τὸν σωτῆρα γεναμένη διαθήκη αἰώνιος ἀπαράβατον ε χει τὴν ἱερωσύνην, σῴζειν εἰς τὸ παντελὲς δυναμένου τούτου τοῦ ἱερέως τοὺς δι' αὐτοῦ προσερχομένους τῷ θεῷ ζῶν πάντοτε 221 εἰς τὸ ἐντυγχάνειν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν. ου τως δὲ καὶ τὰς πνευματικὰς θυσίας, θυσίαν αἰνέσεως καὶ δικαιοσύνην ου σας, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν προσάγει τῷ πατρί, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ πάντων θυσίαν προσηγίοχεν ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν ο λων σωτηρίᾳ. 1042 Ps 109,5.6 Τοῦ πατρὸς εἰπόντος Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου τῷ υἱῷ, νῦν λέγεται Κύριος ἐκ δεξιῶν σου, ὡς φανεροῦσθαι μὴ τοπικῶς ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ει ναι τὸν υἱόν. ἰδοὺ γὰρ α μα καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐκ δεξιῶν ἐστιν, ο περ ἀδύνατον εἰ τοπικῶς τὸ ̓Εκ δεξιῶν νοοῖτο. ὡς ου ν ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς ἐν τῷ πατρί, ου τως ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ πατρὸς δεξιός. Καὶ ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ συνθλᾷ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ τοὺς νοητοὺς βασιλεῖς οὐκ α λλους τυγχάνοντας ἀρχῶν καὶ ἐξουσιῶν καὶ κοσμοκρατόρων τοῦ σκότους. οἱ αὐτοὶ δέ εἰσιν ου τοι οἱ ὑπὸ πόδας τοῦ σωτῆρος τιθέμενοι ο ντες διὰ τὴν κακίαν καὶ πονηρίαν η ν ει λαντο ἐχθροὶ αὐτοῦ, πλὴν συνθλασθέντες παύσονται τοῦ ει ναι πολέμιοι, καταργουμένης ὑπὸ κυρίου πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ πάσης ἐξουσίας τοιαύτης. ἡμέρα δὲ ὀργῆς κυρίου ὁ καιρὸς τῆς α μα πάντων κρίσεως ἐν ταῖς γραφαῖς λέγεται. Τούτων δὲ ου τως ἐπιτελουμένων, ὁ θεὸς ἐν τοῖς ε θνεσι πτώματα πληρώσει, οὐδένα κενὸν ἐῶν καὶ ἀμέτοχον τῆς ἀπ' αὐτοῦ πληρότητος τῶν ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ πεσόντων, ι να ἀναστῶσιν εἰς αἰώνιον ζωήν. κεῖται γὰρ αὐτὸς ου περ ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος οἱ α γιοι εἰλήφασιν εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν πολλῶν, καταβάλλων καὶ πίπτειν ποιῶν τοὺς φαύλην στάσιν ε χοντας τῷ κατὰ κακίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν δοκεῖν ἱδρῦσθαι ἐπὶ τῷ ἐγεῖραι αὐτοὺς εἰς ἀνάστασιν ζωῆς, ο πως αὐτῷ λοιπὸν χρήσονται κεφαλῇ, συνθλασθεισῶν τῶν φαύλων βασιλειῶν α ς ει πε Κεφαλὰς πολλῶν, τῶν κεχυδεῶσθαι διὰ τὴν κακίαν πολλῶν καλουμένων. ἐπεὶ γὰρ οὐχ οι όν τε η ν α μα ἐκείνους καὶ αὐτὸν κεφαλὴν τουτέστι βασιλέα ε χειν πρῶτον ε τι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ω ν, συνθλάσας τοὺς ἐπὶ κακῷ τῶν ἐθνῶν α ρχοντας αὐτὸς νομίμως αὐτῶν βασιλεύων παντὸς ἀνδρὸς κατὰ τὸν ε σω α νθρωπον τυγχάνοντος καὶ τῆς ἀμωμήτου ἐκκλησίας κεφαλή ἐστιν. Αι τιον δὲ τούτων ἁπάντων καθέστηκε τὸ πεπωκέναι ἐκ χειμάρρου αὐτὸν γενόμενον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίου. τοῦτο γὰρ ὁ τελευταῖος αἰνίττεται στίχος λέγων ̓Εκ χειμάρρου ἐν ὁδῷ πίεται υ δωρ· διὰ τοῦτο ὑψώσει κεφαλήν. 1043 Ps 109,7 ̔Ο χειμάρρους πολλαχοῦ ω σπερ καὶ ἐνταῦθα πειρασμὸν σημαίνει, πιεῖν δὲ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐστι τὸ ἀναδέξασθαι αὐτόν. πεπείραται δὲ ̓Ιησοῦς ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας γενόμενος ἐν τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὁδῷ, ω ς φησιν ὁ ἀπόστολος γράφων ω δε· ̓Εν ῳ γὰρ αὐτὸς πέπονθε πειρασθείς, δύναται τοῖς πειραζομένοις βοηθῆσαι· ω ν καὶ βασιλεὺς ἀναδειχθείς, δοθείσης αὐτῷ ἐξουσίας ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, υ ψωσε κεφαλήν, α ρχων οὐ μόνον τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς χειροτονηθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος ἐπὶ τῷ πᾶν γόνυ κάμψαι αὐτῷ
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