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2.65 The word that came to Isaiah, son of Amoz, concerning Judea and concerning Jerusalem. After the description of the former vision, this word came to Isaiah, son of Amoz. Why is it "Vision" there, but "Word" here? Because the power from God given to His Saints according to the grace of the Spirit is one. (For it is knowledge of things unknown, occurring in the hearts of the Saints through revelation and illumination); but according to the difference of the matters about which the knowledge is concerned, what is revealed is called either vision or word. For there, present things were being shown: the wickedness of the people, their alienation from God, their ingratitude toward their benefactor; but here the future is foretold. For this reason, "Word." Because it will be in the last days. However, neither there is the vision through eyes, nor here is the knowledge through ears; but it is an illumination in the heart from the Spirit, either showing present things or announcing the future beforehand. Again, however, it is here also concerning Judea and concerning Jerusalem. For he is about to narrate something also concerning the other nations; for God is not only of the Jews, but also of the gentiles; since God is one, who will justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith; but he first and in the first order remembers his own portion. But you will inquire, if not according to some mind that needs examination, where "of the Lord" is added to the word, and where it is without the addition of "of the Lord"; for example, "The word of the Lord, which came to Hosea the son of Beeri"; and here: "The word that came to Isaiah." And concerning the vision, in Ezekiel: "The heavens were opened, and I saw a vision of God"; but in Isaiah: "The vision which Isaiah saw." And in Jeremiah: "The word that came to Jeremiah." Because they were speaking to a disobedient and gainsaying people who had entirely fallen away from God, they were silent about the name of the Lord, managing things so that their words might be accepted. For because they thought that God did not care about human affairs, they mocked those who spoke to them as from the person of the Lord, as Jeremiah shows when he says: "The whole day long I was mocked."

2.66 That in the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be manifest, and the house of God on the top of the mountains. "Last days" are said to be those approaching the end of this age. For with this corruptible world the nature of passing time is also brought to completion. For it is proper to and cognate with the things that are seen; passing away with the things that perish, co-existing with the things that come to be, and co-expected and co-hoped for with the things yet to come. Since therefore days and nights, and months and years, the intervals of time, have their genesis from the sun and moon and the motion of the firmament, it is necessary that the end of time should follow upon their destruction. Therefore, at the end of this world, the mountain of the Lord will be manifest, and the house of God on the top of the mountains. And he who is not a slave to the mere word and does not attend to the bare letter, will be compelled not to remain with the things of sense. For how will the mountain of the Lord be manifest then? And how will the house of God be on the top of the mountains? For carnal Israel does not await the coming into being of another mountain, nor the building of a second house on other peaks. But Mount Zion and the temple were visible even in the times of the prophecy of Isaiah. What then is being said? Not that in the last days these things will become manifest; but in the last days, for the setting aside of sin, the great and lofty economy concerning the salvation of men will be revealed. For the mystery, which was hidden from the ages, was made manifest at the end of the ages. But the Lord's descent to earth was likened to a mountain, because the mountain is earth

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2.65 Ὁ λόγος ὁ γενόμενος πρὸς Ἡσαΐαν, υἱὸν Ἀμῶς, περὶτῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ περὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ. Μετὰ τὴν περιγραφὴν τῆς προτέρας ὁράσεως, ἐγένετο οὗτος ὁ λόγος πρὸς Ἡσαΐαν, υἱὸν Ἀμῶς. ∆ιὰ τί δὲ ἐκεῖ μὲν Ὅρασις, ἐνταῦθα δὲ Λόγος; Ὅτι ἡ μὲν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δύναμις κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Πνεύματος χάριν τοῖς Ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ διδομένη μία. (Γνῶσις γάρ ἐστι τῶν ἀγνοουμένων, δι' ἀποκαλύψεως καὶ φωτισμοῦ ταῖς καρδίαις τῶν Ἁγίων ἐγγινομένη)· κατὰ δὲ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων διαφορὰν περὶ ἃ ἡ γνῶσις, ἢ ὅρασις, ἢ λόγος τὸ ἀποκαλυπτόμενον λέγεται. Ἐκεῖ μὲν γὰρ τὰ παρόντα ἐδείκνυτο· ἡ κακία τοῦ λαοῦ, ἡ ἀλλοτρίωσις ἀπὸ Θεοῦ, τὸ περὶ τὸν εὐεργέτην ἀχάριστον· ἐνταῦθα δὲ τὸ μέλλον προαγο ρεύεται. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο Λόγος. Ὅτι ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις. Οὔτε μέντοι ἐκεῖ δι' ὀφθαλμῶν ἡ ὅρασις, οὔτε ἐν ταῦθα δι' ὤτων ἡ γνῶσις· ἀλλὰ φωτισμός ἐστιν ἐν καρδίᾳ παρὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος, ἢ τὰ παρόντα δεικνύντος, ἢ προαναφω νοῦντος τὸ μέλλον. Πάλιν μέντοι καὶ ἐνταῦθα περὶ τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ περὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ. Μέλλει μὲν γάρ τι καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων διηγεῖσθαι ἐθνῶν· οὐ γὰρ Ἰουδαίων μόνον ὁ Θεὸς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐθνῶν· ἐπείπερ εἷς ὁ Θεὸς, ὃς δικαιώσει περιτομὴν ἐκ πίστεως, καὶ ἀκροβυστίαν διὰ τῆς πίστεως· ἀλλὰ προηγουμένως καὶ ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ τάξει τῆς μερίδος ἑαυ τοῦ μέμνηται. Ζητήσεις δὲ, εἰ μὴ κατά τινα νοῦν βασάνου δεόμενον, πῆ μὲν πρόσκειται τῷ λόγῳ τὸ τοῦ Κυρίου, πῆ δὲ ἄνευ τῆς προσθήκης τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου· οἷον Λόγος Κυρίου, ὃς ἐγε νήθη πρὸς Ὠσηὲ τὸν τοῦ Βεηρεί· καὶ ἐνταῦθα· Ὁ λόγος ὁ γενόμενος πρὸς Ἡσαΐαν. Καὶ περὶ τῆς ὁράσεως, παρὰ μὲν τῷ Ἰεζεκιήλ· Ἠνοίχθησαν οἱ οὐρανοὶ, καὶ εἶδον ὅρασιν Θεοῦ· παρὰ δὲ τῷ Ἡσαΐᾳ· Ὅρασις ἣν εἶδεν Ἡσαΐας. Καιπαρὰ τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ· Ὁ λόγος ὁ γενόμενος πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν.Ὅτι ἐπειδὴ λαῷ ἀπειθεῖ καὶ ἀντιλέγοντι καὶ πάντη ἀποστα τήσαντι τοῦ Θεοῦ διελέγοντο, ἀπεσιώπων τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, οἰκονομοῦντες τὸ παραδεχθῆναι αὐτῶν τοὺς λόγους. ∆ιὰ γὰρ τὸ οἴεσθαι μὴ μέλειν τῷ Θεῷ περὶ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων, ἐμυκ τήριζον τοὺς ὡς ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Κυρίου διαλεγομένους αὐτοῖς, ὡς δηλοῖ Ἱερεμίας λέγων· Ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν διετέλεσα μυκτηριζόμενος. 2.66 Ὅτι ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐμφανὲς τὸ ὄρος Κυρίου καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπ' ἄκρων τῶν ὀρέων. Ἔσχαται ἡμέραι αἱ προσεγγίζουσαι τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ χρό νου τούτου λέγονται. Συναπαρτίζεται γὰρ τῷ φθαρτῷ τούτῳ κόσμῳ καὶ ἡ τοῦ χρόνου φύσις τοῦ παραῤῥέοντος. Οἰκείως γὰρ ἔχει καὶ συγγενῶς τοῖς βλεπομένοις· συναπερχόμενος μὲν τοῖς φθειρομένοις, συνυφιστάμενος δὲ τοῖς γινομένοις, συμπροσδοκώμενος δὲ καὶ συνελπιζόμενος τοῖς ἔτι μέλλου σιν. Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἡμέραι καὶ νύκτες, καὶ μῆνες καὶ ἐνιαυτοὶ, τὰ χρονικὰ διαστήματα, ἀπὸ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης καὶ τῆς φορᾶς τοῦ στερεώματος τὴν γένεσιν ἔχουσιν, ἀνάγκη τῇ τούτων φθορᾷ καὶ τοῦ χρόνου τὸ τέλος ἕπεσθαι. Πρὸς οὖν τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, ἐμφανὲς τὸ ὄρος τοῦ Κυ ρίου ἔσται, καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπ' ἄκρων τῶν ὀρέων. Καὶ ὁ μὴ μόνῃ τῇ λέξει δουλεύων καὶ ψιλῷ τῷ γράμματι πα ριστάμενος, ἀναγκασθήσεται μὴ ἐναπομένειν τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς. Πῶς γὰρ τότε ἐμφανήσεται τὸ ὄρος Κυρίου; πῶς δὲ ἐπ' ἄκ ρων τῶν ὀρέων ὁ οἶκος γενήσεται τοῦ Θεοῦ; Οὔτε γὰρ ἄλ λου ὄρους γένεσιν, οὔτε δευτέρου οἴκου κατασκευὴν ἐπ' ἄλ λων κορυφῶν ἐσομένην ὁ σάρκινος Ἰσραὴλ ἀναμένει. Τὸ δὲ Σιὼν ὄρος καὶ ὁ ναὸς, καὶ κατὰ τοὺς χρόνους τῆς προφη τείας τοῦ Ἡσαΐου ἐφαίνετο. Τί οὖν τὸ λεγόμενον; Οὐχ ὅτι ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐμφανῆ ταῦτα γενήσεται· ἀλλ' ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις, εἰς ἀθέτησιν τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἡ μεγά λη καὶ ὑψηλὴ περὶ τὴν σωτηρίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἰκονομία φανήσεται. Τὸ γὰρ μυστήριον, τὸ ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων, ἐπὶ τῇ συντελείᾳ τῶν χρόνων ἐφανερώθη. Ὄρει δὲ ἡ τοῦ Κυρίου κάθοδος ἐπὶ γῆς παρεικάσθη, διότι τὸ ὄρος γῆ