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| Chapter XIII. Of the longing with which the old patriarchs desired to see the revelation of that mystery.
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Chapter XIII.
Of the longing with which the old patriarchs desired to
see the revelation of that mystery.
This mystery then, which
was manifested in the flesh and appeared in the world, and was preached
to the Gentiles, many of the saints of old longed to see in the flesh,
as they foresaw it in the spirit. For “Verily,” saith the
Lord, “I say unto you that many prophets and righteous men have
desired to see the things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to
hear the things which ye hear and have not heard them.”2537
And so the prophet Isaiah says:
“O that Thou, Lord, would rend the heavens and come
down,”2538
and David
too: “O Lord, bow the heavens and come down.”2539
Moses also says: “Show me Thyself
that I may see Thee plainly.”2540
No one ever
approached nearer to God speaking out of the clouds, and to the very
presence of His glory than Moses who received the law. And if no one
ever saw more closely into God than he did, why did he ask for a still
clearer vision, saying, “Show me Thyself that I may see Thee
plainly”? Simply because he prayed that this
might happen which the apostle tells us in
almost the same words actually did happen; viz., that the Lord might be
openly manifested in the flesh, might openly appear to the world,
openly be received up in glory; and that at last the saints might with
their very bodily eyes see all those things which with spiritual sight
they had foreseen.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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