Unburnable fire; God the overseer; houses without fear

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"Let an arrow go through his body." Fired arrows wound him. "Let unburnable fire eat him." We learn a mystery of the punishment laid up, to guard ourselves from it. Material fire here is seen and burnable; that fire on sinners is invisible, burns within, is intelligible and punishing. Take the image of extreme fever: you see no fire, yet it underlies and burns the inwards. So sin-fever burns a person out. "Let a stranger maltreat his house:" the war-maker against that people was a stranger, not a proselyte, dissolving the supposed sanctuary and the city they called holy.

"Let heaven uncover his lawless deeds" — terrors from God and heaven. Job had said he was struck by God and also wronged by humans; the construction is that all came because of sins. "Let earth rise up against him." "A possession of belongings from the overseer." Overseer here names God; good bishops strive to wear that image. As one who imitates a royal image well is honored, blessed is the overseer who understands the true Overseer, zealously imitates him, and becomes as God among humans — or who has an Overseer making him truly overseer in Christ Jesus. Glory and might forever. Amen.

Chapter 21: "Looking into me, hold wonder." You claim to know why I suffer, as if God slept over sins, and dared call me a sinner justly arrived here. "They have grown old in wealth" — not newly rich, always increasing. "Their seed according to soul:" the righteous sow to the spirit and reap eternal life; the soulish do not receive the Spirit — folly to them — so their seed is according to soul, the inferior. "Their children in eyes:" all they do is to be seen by humans; children are each one’s works. Heterodox children are not in heart and good reasonings but in eyes.

"Their houses prosper:" enter a heretic synagogue and see the crowd — houses prosper. "Fear nowhere": they do not fear God while speaking of God. "A scourge from the Lord is not upon them:" if you see such a speaker healthy, sensing, sometimes worldly-prosperous, that line is fulfilled. "Their ox did not miscarry:" they farm — but Sodom, Gomorrah, Egypt. The ox bears so their wicked earth is farmed. What they conceive they carry from wickedness, not fear of God: "he travailed injustice, conceived toil, and bore lawlessness." "They remain like eternal sheep." Christ: "My sheep hear my voice, and I give them eternal life" — those are eternal sheep. The heterodox are mimics and want to imitate the

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Στίχ. κεʹ. ∆ιεξέλθοι δὲ διὰ σώματος αὐτοῦ βέλος. Τὰ βέλη ταῦτα τὰ πεπυρωμένα τιτρώσκει αὐτόν. Στίχ. κεʹ. Κατέδεται αὐτὸν πῦρ ἄκαυστον. Μυστήριόν τι μανθάνομεν περὶ τῆς κολάσεως τῆς ἀποκειμένης, ἵνα φυλασσώμεθα αὐτὴν παθεῖν. Πῦρ εἶπεν ἄκαυστον κατέδεσθαι τὸν ἀσεβῆ· τοῦτο τὸ πῦρ τὸ παρ' ἡμῖν ὑλικὸν οὐκ ἔστιν ἄκαυστον πῦρ· βλεπό μενον γὰρ αὐτό. Ἐκεῖνο δὲ ἀόρατόν ἐστι τὸ πῦρ, τὸ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἐρχόμενον, ὃ ἔνδον αὐτοὺς καίει. Νοητόν ἐστι καὶ κολάζον. Ἐὰν θέλῃς εἰκόνα παραλαβεῖν ἐκείνου τοῦ πυρὸς, νόει μοι τὸν εἰς ὑπερβολὴν πυρέσσοντα, καὶ ὑπὸ πυρὸς φλεγόμενον. Οὐχ εὑρή σεις ὄψει τὸ πῦρ ἐν αὐτῷ, ὑπόκειται δὲ, καὶ ἐκκαίει αὐτοῦ τὰ σπλάγχνα. Οὕτως ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων πυρέττων τις ἐκκαίεται. Στίχ. κεʹ. Κακώσαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπήλυτος τὸν οἶκον. Ὁ πολεμήσας τὸν λαὸν ἐκεῖνον ἐπήλυτος ἦν, καὶ οὐ προσήλυτος· ὃς ἐκάκωσεν αὐτοῦ τὸν οἶκον, κατα λύων τὸ νομιζόμενον ἁγίασμα, καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἢν ἔλε γον εἶναι ἁγίαν. Στίχ. κζʹ. Ἀνακαλύψαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ οὐρανὸς τὰς ἀνομίας. Ἀντὶ τοῦ, Καὶ ἐκ Θεοῦ καὶ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ὑποστή σεται τὰ δεινά. Ταῦτα δὲ ἔφη, ἐπειδὴ ὁ Ἰὼβ, φήσας ὑπὸ Θεοῦ πεπλῆχθαι, ἐμνημόνευε καὶ ὡς ὑπὸ ἀνθρώ πων ἠδικημένος. Κατασκευάζει οὖν, ὅτι πάντα δι' ἁμαρτίας αὐτὸν ἐπηνέχθη. Στίχ. κζʹ. Γῆ δὲ ἐπανασταίη αὐτῷ. Αὐτὴ ἡ γῆ ἐπανίσταται ἐκείνῳ τῷ λαῷ. Στίχ. κθʹ. Καὶ κτῆμα ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου. Μανθάνει τίς ἐπίσκοπος ἐνθάδε ὠνομάσθη; ὅτι Θεὸς ἐπίσκοπος εἴρηται, καὶ οἱ ἐπίσκοποι ἐκεί νου τὴν εἰκόνα παντὶ τῷ τρόπῳ φιλοτιμοῦνται, οἱ καλοὶ καὶ ἀγαθοὶ, φορεῖν. Καὶ ὥσπερ ὁ μιμησάμενος εἰκόνα βασιλικὴν τιμᾶται ἐπὶ τὸ καλῶς μιμήσασθαι, τιμᾶται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ αὐτὴν κεκοσμηκέναι· οὕτως μακάριος ἐπίσκοπος, ὁ νοήσας τὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐπίσκο πον, καὶ ζηλῶν αὐτὸν, καὶ γινόμενος ὡς ἐν ἀνθρώποις Θεός· ἢ ἔχων ἐπίσκοπον τὸν ποιοῦντα αὐτὸν ἀληθῶς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπίσκοπον· ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κρά τος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. ΚΕΦ. ΚΑʹ. Στίχ. εʹ. Εἰσβλέψαντες εἰς ἐμὲ θαῦμα σχέτε. Φατὲ σοφοὶ εἶναι, καὶ εἰδέναι διὰ τί ταῦτα πά σχω, ὡς τοῦ Θεοῦ μὴ κοιμωμένου ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρ τήμασι τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Καὶ ἐτολμήσατέ με λέγειν ἁμαρτωλὸν εἶναι, καὶ δικαίως εἰς ταῦτα ἐφθακέναι. Στίχ. ζʹ. Πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ. Οὐκ εἰσὶ νεόπλουτοι, ἀλλὰ πολλὰ ἔτη πεποιή 17.77 κασι πλουτοῦντες, καὶ ἀεὶ τὸν πλοῦτον αὔξοντες. Στίχ. ηʹ. Ὁ σπόρος αὐτῶν κατὰ ψυχήν. Τοῦ μὲν δικαίου ὁ σπόρος κατὰ πνεῦμά ἐστι· Σπείρει γὰρ εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος θερίζει ζωὴν αἰώνιον· τῶν δὲ τοιούτων, ἐπεὶ ψυχι κὸς ἄνθρωπος οὐ δέχεται τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος· μω ρία γὰρ αὐτῷ ἐστιν· ὁ σπόρος οὐ κατὰ πνεῦμα, ἀλλὰ κατὰ ψυχὴν, τὸ ὑποδεέστερον. Στίχ. ηʹ. Τὰ δὲ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς. Πάντα ὅσα ποιοῦσιν, πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ποιοῦσι. Τέκνα γὰρ τὰ ἔργα ἑκάστου. Οὐκ ἔστι τέκνα τῶν ἑτεροδόξων ἐν καρδίᾳ, ἐν λογισμοῖς ἀγαθοῖς, ἀλλ' ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς, πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Στίχ. θʹ. Οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσιν. Ὅτ' ἂν εἰσέλθῃς εἰς συναγωγὴν αἱρετικῶν, καὶ ἴδῃς ἐκεῖ πλῆθος συναγομένων, βλέπε, ὅτι οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσιν. Στίχ. θʹ. Φόβος δὲ οὐδαμοῦ. Ἄφοβοί εἰσιν. Οὐ φοβοῦνται τὸν Θεὸν, καταφρο νοῦσι τῆς Θεότητος· τοιαῦτα λέγοντες περὶ Θεοῦ, οὐ φοβοῦνται, ὅτι περὶ Θεοῦ λαλοῦσιν. Στίχ. θʹ. Μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ Κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Ἐὰν ἴδῃς ἄνθρωπον τοιαῦτα κατὰ Θεοῦ λαλοῦντα, ὑγιαίνοντα τῷ σώματι, βλέποντα, τὰ αἰσθητήρια σώζοντα, καὶ δοκοῦντα ἐνίοτε καὶ ἐν τοῖς κοσμικοῖς εὐτυχεῖν· ὅρα, ὅτι πεπλήρωται ἐπ' αὐτοῦ ἀσεβοῦς ὄντος τό· Μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ Κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς. Στίχ. ιʹ. Ἡ βοῦς αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠμοτόκησε. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Ὁ βοῦς ζῶόν ἐστι γεωργικὸν, καὶ συμπνέων εἰς γεωργίαν. Καὶ αὐτοὶ γεωργοῦσι. Γεωρ γοῦσι δὲ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμοῤῥα, γεωργοῦσιν Αἴγυπ τον. Ἡ βοῦς αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠμοτόκησεν· ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὴ ἀπεκύησε, καὶ ἐγέννησε τέκνον, ἵνα γεωργῆται αὐτῶν ἡ πονηρὰ γῆ. Στίχ. ιʹ. ∆ιεσώθη δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα, καὶ οὐκ ἔσφηλεν. Ὅσα συλλαμβάνουσι, ταῦτα καὶ κύουσιν, οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου Θεοῦ συλλαμβάνοντες, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ τῆς κα κίας. Ἰδοὺ ὠδίνησεν ἀδικίαν, συνέλαβε πόνον, καὶ ἔτεκεν ἀνομίαν. Στίχ. ιαʹ. Μένουσι δὲ ὥσπερ πρόβατα αἰώνια. Ποῖος νοῦς ἐστι τοῦ· μενοῦσιν ὡς πρόβατα αἰώ νια; Περὶ ὧν φησιν ὁ Χριστός· Τὰ ἐμὰ πρόβατα τῆς ἐμῆς φωνῆς ἀκούουσι, καὶ ἐγὼ ζωὴν αἰώνιον δίδωμι αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· ταῦτά ἐστι τὰ αἰώνια πρόβατα. Ἐπεὶ οὖν μῖμοί εἰσιν οἱ ἑτερόδοξοι, καὶ ἐθέλουσι μιμεῖσθαι τὴν

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Origen of Alexandria, Enarrationes in Job (Greek).

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