The Truth of God's Testimonies
The wise one announced the law and the prophets, saying, 'The revelation of your words makes me understand'; but he did not see these things in a prophetic spirit, for whoever possesses their understanding desired that which was to be revealed before the coming of Christ.
He is worthy to see and learn the shining forth of the Savior this time, saying to the Savior about it, 'Let your face shine, so that whoever seeing you may see you' (Ps 118:135). For he himself says about himself, 'He who has seen me has seen the Father' (John 14:9). For since this exists, he says, it will be possible for me to learn your ordinances. And to learn that is to walk in them, not according to the flesh but according to grace.
Therefore your judgment is straight, because you are just, judging all those who received your judgments straight according to the canons of righteousness, since I commanded truth and righteousness intensely (Ps 118:137). For I commanded your divine writings to men, not only the new ones but also the old ones, being just according to ethics and truth, that is, being precise according to the view of things according to which I commanded us to make judgments, so that we might judge the great and the small, judging a just judgment intensely, they are truth and righteousness (Ps 118:138).
Therefore that word so ignited is made to him intensely loved by something, making him a servant of God burning in the spirit (Ps 118:140). Such a person, when the Scriptures are made clear by Jesus, is amazed in heart, as saying according to the Road to Emmaus, 'Did not our heart burn within us when he opened the Scriptures to us?' (Luke 24:32).
For he is unswerving and unchangeable, never having or not having righteousness, being the source and generator of it (Ps 118:142); and his word is truth, being truth to those hearing for all eternity, not being such a human word; for the word of human wisdom, to become in glory...
Being false, after the truth has been revealed, he will be convicted of being false (Ps 118:144). I have given you testimonies not for a short time, but they prove to be useful righteousness for eternity, justifying the one who possesses them by drawing near to them.
First, in an unseasonable time—that is, what is called night in this present age, often called day as if for the coming age, according to 'The night has passed, and the day is near' (Ps 118:147)—but the perceptive powers of his eyes, acting as eyes, reach forward toward the righteousness coming from the rising of the sun. Therefore, having been enlightened and finding himself in the light, he meditates on the commandments of God, which cause him to fly to be lifted up and to approach the true light nakedly, so that he may find himself no longer in an unseasonable time, but in a peak and midday light.
Another scripture says: 'And all your ways are truth' (Ps 118:151), clearly meaning those paths leading to Him; for the end of all these ways is He who said, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life' (John 14:6). He who has reached the goal of these ways is in truth, having both it and its Father within himself. And since He also approaches the sinners in another way, He is near to them; and all His ways are truth, for as one travels them, He performs the examination and judgment of their affairs.
The testimonies were established by God so that no one would be able to shake or overturn them; for your word is wisdom, and your Son is their foundation. Therefore, presenting their unassailable and unshakeable nature, He says, 'My words will never pass away, even if heaven and earth pass away' (Matt 24:35).
Often, when 'the beginning' is taken in a certain sense, we say the beginning is the truth of the words of God, as that which is first. For to make it known...
Greek
νόμον καὶ τοὺς προφήτας ἀπήγγειλεν ὁ σοφὸς λέγων ̔Η δήλωσις τῶν λόγων σου συνετιεῖ με, ἀλλ' ου ν γε πνεύματι προφητικῷ ταῦτα ὁρῶν ὡς οι όν τ' η ν σύνεσιν αὐτῶν ε χειν ἐπόθει τὴν ἐγχωροῦσαν πρὸ τῆς ἐπιδημίας Χριστοῦ δηλωθῆναι. 1131 Ps 118,135 Τὴν δεῦρο τοῦ σωτῆρος ἐπίλαμψιν ἰδεῖν καὶ μαθεῖν ἀξιοῖ, περὶ αὐτῆς τῷ σωτῆρι φάσκων Τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπίφανον, ο περ ἰδών τις σὲ ὁρᾷ. αὐτὸς γὰρ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ λέγει ̔Ο ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ ἑώρακε τὸν πατέρα. τούτου γὰρ ὑπάρξαντος, φησίν, συμβήσεταί με μαθεῖν τὰ δικαιώματά σου. τὸ δὲ μαθεῖν αὐτό ἐστι τὸ ἐν αὐτοῖς περιπατεῖν, μὴ κατὰ σάρκα ἀλλὰ κατὰ χάριν. 1132 Ps 118,137.138 ∆ιὰ τοῦτο εὐθής ἐστιν ἡ κρίσις σου, ἐπεὶ δίκαιος ω ν κατὰ τοὺς τῆς δικαιοσύνης κανόνας εὐθυτάτους ο ντας κρινεῖς πάντας τοὺς δεξαμένους τὰ κρίματά σου, α περ δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀλήθειαν σφόδρα ἐνετείλω. αἱ γὰρ θεῖαί σου γραφαὶ α ς ἀνθρώποις ἐνετείλω, οὐχ αἱ καιναὶ μόναι ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ παλαιαί, δικαιοσύνη κατὰ τὰ ἠθικὰ τυγχάνουσαι καὶ ἀλήθειαν σφόδρα, τουτέστιν ἠκριβωμέναι κατὰ τὴν θεωρίαν τῶν ο ντων καθ' η ν α ν ἐνετείλω ἡμῖν ποιεῖν κρίματα, ο πως κρινῶμεν κατὰ τὸν μέγα καὶ τὸν μικρὸν κρίμα δίκαιον κρίνοντες σφόδρα, ἀλήθεια καὶ δικαιοσύνη εἰσίν. 1133 Ps 118,140 Οθεν τὸ ου τως πεπυρωμένον λόγιον σφόδρα παρά τινος ἀγαπηθὲν ποιεῖ αὐτὸν τῷ πνεύματι ζέοντα α τε δοῦλον ο ντα τοῦ θεοῦ. ὁ τοιοῦτος καὶ σαφηνιζομένων ὑπὸ ̓Ιησοῦ τῶν γραφῶν ἐξάπτεται τὴν καρδίαν, ὡς φάσκειν κατὰ τοὺς περὶ τὸν Κλεώπαν Οὐχὶ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν καιομένη η ν ἐν ἡμῖν, ὡς διήνοιγεν ἡμῖν τὰς γραφάς; 1134 Ps 118,142 Ατρεπτος γὰρ καὶ ἀναλλοίωτος ω ν οὐ ποτὲ μὲν ποτὲ δὲ οὐκ ε χει δικαιοσύνην, πηγὴ καὶ γεννήτωρ αὐτῆς ὑπάρχων· καὶ ὁ λόγος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀλήθεια * ἀκουόντων ἀλήθεια εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, οὐκ ο ντος ἀνθρωπίνου λόγου τοιούτου· τῆς γὰρ ἀνθρωπίνης σοφίας ὁ λόγος, κα ν δόξῃ γενέσθαι ἀληθής, μετὰ ταῦτα τῆς ἀληθείας φανείσης ἐλεγχθήσεται ψευδὴς ω ν. 1135 Ps 118,144 Α δέδωκάς μοι μαρτύρια οὐ πρὸς ὀλίγον ο ντα ὠφέλιμα δικαιοσύνη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τυγχάνουσι, δικαιοῦντα τὸν διαθέσει συνεγγίζοντα αὐτοῖς. 1136 Ps 118,147 Πρῶτον ἐν ἀωρίᾳ, ο περ νοήσεις καὶ ου τως ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος αἰῶνος νυκτὸς ὀνομαζομένου πολλάκις ὡς πρὸς τὸν μέλλοντα αἰῶνα ἡμέραν καλούμενον, κατὰ τὸ ̔Η νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα η γγισεν. 1137 Ps 118,148 Προέφθασαν δὲ καὶ αἱ διορατικαὶ αὐτοῦ δυνάμεις χρηματίζουσαι αὐτοῦ ὀφθαλμοὶ πρὸς τὸν ἐκ τῆς ἀνατολῆς τοῦ ἡλίου τῆς δικαιοσύνης γινόμενον ο ρθρον. διὸ καὶ καταυγασθεὶς καὶ ἐν τῷ φωτὶ τυγχάνων η δη μελετᾷ τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ θεοῦ πτερούσας αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῷ μετεωρισθῆναι καὶ αὐτῷ γυμνῷ τῷ ἀληθινῷ φωτὶ προσβαλεῖν, ὡς μηκέτ' ἐν ἀωρίᾳ ἀλλ' ἐν ἀκμαίῳ καὶ μεσημβρινῷ φωτὶ τυγχάνειν. 1138 Ps 118,151 ̔Ετέρα δὲ γραφὴ ω δε ε χει· Καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοί σου ἀλήθεια, δηλονότι αἱ πρὸς αὐτὸν φέρουσαι· τέλος γὰρ πασῶν τῶν ὁδῶν τούτων ὁ εἰπὼν ̓Εγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια. τούτων τῶν ὁδῶν ὁ ἐπὶ τέρμα φθάσας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐστίν, ε χων αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῆς ἐν ἑαυτῷ. ἐπειδὴ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων 239 ἐγγίζων η ν καθ' ε τερον τρόπον, ἐγγύς ἐστιν αὐτῶν· καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ καθ' α ς ἐπιπορευόμενος τὴν ἐξέτασιν καὶ κρίσιν τῶν πραγμάτων αὐτῶν ποιεῖται ἀλήθειά εἰσιν. 1139 Ps 118,152 ̓Εθεμελιώθη τὰ μαρτύρια ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς μηδένα δύνασθαι σεῖσαι η ἀνατρέψαι αὐτά· ὁ γὰρ σὸς λόγος σοφία καὶ υἱός σου τυγχάνων θεμέλιος αὐτῶν ὑπάρχει. διὸ καὶ παριστὰς τὸ ἀκαταμάχητον καὶ ἀκαθαίρετον αὐτῶν ε φη Οἱ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρελεύσονται, κα ν ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρέρχωνται. 1140 Ps 118,160 Πολλαχῶς λαμβανομένης τῆς ἀρχῆς καθ' ε ν σημαινόμενον, ἐροῦμεν ἀρχὴν ει ναι τὴν ἀλήθειαν τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ λόγων ὡς τὸ ου ε νεκα. τοῦ γὰρ γνωσθῆναι αὐτὴν
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