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in your midst, you will no longer see evil." All of which more properly applies to the Lord Christ. Paragraph And this man is clearly signifying the epiphany of the Lord and the destruction of idols and the conversion of the nations to God through Christ. 5.156 This tenth prophet, Haggai, was also himself deemed worthy to foretell concerning the Lord Christ, as in the person of Zerubbabel, the things fitting for the Lord Christ, saying: "And I will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you, says the Lord Almighty," just as John the Evangelist also says: "For on him God the Father has set his seal." 5.157 This is the temple that was built by Zerubbabel after the return, about which Zechariah says: "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it," concerning which the Jews also said to the Lord: "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" Paragraph And this man, in the person of Zerubbabel, foretells the things concerning the Lord Christ, through whom the salvation of all nations comes. 5.158 This eleventh prophet, Zechariah, was also himself deemed worthy to foretell concerning the coming of Christ, saying thus: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation, he is humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." He spoke this oracle hyperbolically concerning Zerubbabel, but its fulfillment properly occurred in the case of the Lord Christ. Again he says: "And I will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your hands?’ And he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends,’" and a little later again: "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered." The Lord also mentions this oracle at the time of the passion, when he was about to be betrayed, saying that it had been spoken of himself. Paragraph This one also, saying nothing strange, holds to the same things as the others, foretelling the coming of the Lord Christ, who showed in himself also the beginning of the second state. Glory to the God of all for ever. Amen. 5.159 This twelfth prophet, Malachi, was also himself deemed worthy to prophesy concerning the things of the economy of the Lord Christ; and he also says thus: "For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name has been glorified among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord Almighty." And again he says: "Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before your face." And the Lord applied this oracle both to himself and to John the Baptist. 5.160 Again the same prophet says: "But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves released from their bonds and you shall tread down the lawless; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord Almighty. And behold, I will send you Elijah the Tishbite before the great and manifest day of the Lord comes," as the Lord said to the Jews that, if you are willing to accept it, concerning John the Baptist, "he is Elijah who is to come." Therefore, having completed, with God, the twelve, we will proceed to the four major ones. Paragraph 5.161 But this one also, not strange things, but things similar to the other eleven, foretold the things that would be through Christ, and again the great and manifest day of the Lord, on which he will send ahead Elijah the Tishbite, he says, who is still living. Glory to God who created all things and is creating them again. Amen. The Text 5.162 All the prophets indeed prophesied and reminded the Jews concerning the promises of God, which he made to the fathers, how he promised to bless all the nations in the seed of Abraham through the economy of the Lord Christ, and how God formerly redeemed them from the slavery of the Egyptians with a high arm and has given them the land of the promise, and

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μέσῳ σου, οὐκ ὄψῃ κακὰ ἔτι." Ἅπερ πάντα κυριώτερον ἐπὶ τοῦ ∆εσπότου Χριστοῦ ἁρμόζει. Παραγραφή Καὶ οὗτος τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ τῶν εἰδώλων τὴν καθαίρεσιν καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν τὴν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπιστροφὴν πρόδηλός ἐστι σημαίνων. 5.156 Οὗτος Ἀγγαῖος δέκατος ἠξιώθη καὶ αὐτὸς προειπεῖν περὶ τοῦ ∆εσπότου Χριστοῦ, ὡς εἰς πρόσωπον Ζοροβάβελ, τὰ ἁρμόζοντα τῷ ∆εσπότῃ Χριστῷ, λέγων· "Καὶ θήσομαί σε σφραγῖδα, διότι σὲ ᾑρετισάμην, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ", καθάπερ καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς λέγει· "Τοῦτον γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐσφράγισεν ὁ Θεός." 5.157 Οὗτος ὁ ναός ἐστιν ὁ ὑπὸ Ζοροβάβελ κτισθεὶς μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον, περὶ οὗ ὁ Ζαχαρίας λέγει· "Αἱ χεῖρες Ζοροβάβελ ἐθεμελίωσαν τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐπιτελέσουσιν αὐτόν", περὶ οὗ καὶ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τῷ Κυρίῳ ἔλεγον· "Ἐν τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἓξ ἔτεσιν ᾠκοδομήθη ὁ ναὸς οὗτος, καὶ σὺ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερεῖς αὐτόν;" Παραγραφή Καὶ οὗτος εἰς πρόσωπον Ζοροβάβελ τὰ κατὰ τὸν ∆εσπότην Χριστὸν προμηνύει, δι' οὗ γίνεται πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν ἡ σωτηρία. 5.158 Οὗτος Ζαχαρίας ἑνδέκατος καὶ αὐτὸς ἀξιωθεὶς προειπεῖν περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, λέγων οὕτως· "Χαῖρε σφόδρα, θύγατερ Σιών· κήρυσσε χαράν, θύγατερ Ἱερουσαλήμ· ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεύς σου ἔρχεται, δίκαιος καὶ σῴζων, αὐτὸς πραῢς καὶ ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἐπὶ ὑποζύγιον καὶ πῶλον νέον." Ὑπερβολικῶς μὲν εἰς τὸν Ζοροβάβελ εἴρηκε ταύτην τὴν χρῆσιν, τὴν δὲ ἔκβασιν κυρίως ἔσχεν ἐπὶ τοῦ ∆εσπότου Χριστοῦ. Ἔτι λέγει· "Καὶ ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτόν· Τί αἱ πληγαὶ αὗται αἱ ἀναμέσον τῶν χειρῶν σου; Καὶ ἐρεῖ· Ἃς ἐπλήγην ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῶν ἀγαπητῶν μου", καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα πάλιν· "Πατάξω τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται τὰ πρόβατα τῆς ποίμνης." Ταύτης τῆς χρήσεως μέμνηται καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τοῦ πάθους, ὅτε ἤμελλε παραδίδοσθαι, εἰς ἑαυτὸν αὐτὴν εἰρῆσθαι εἰρηκώς. Παραγραφή Οὐδὲν ξένον καὶ οὗτος τῶν αὐτῶν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔχεται λέγων, τὴν ἔλευσιν προμηνύων τοῦ ∆εσπότου Χριστοῦ, ὅστις ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔδειξε καὶ τῆς δευτέρας καταστάσεως τὴν ἀρχήν. ∆όξα τῷ τῶν ὅλων Θεῷ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν. 5.159 Οὗτος Μαλαχίας δωδέκατος καὶ αὐτὸς προφητεύειν ἀξιωθεὶς περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τοῦ ∆εσπότου Χριστοῦ· λέγει δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς οὕτως· "∆ιότι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἕως δυσμῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου δεδόξασται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ θυμίαμα προσάγεται τῷ ὀνόματί μου καὶ θυσία καθαρά, διότι μέγα τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ." Καὶ πάλιν λέγει· "Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστελῶ τὸν ἄγγελόν μου καὶ ἐπιβλέψεται ὁδὸν πρὸ προσώπου σου." Ταύτην δὲ τὴν χρῆσιν καὶ ὁ Κύριος εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἐξέλαβε καὶ εἰς τὸν Βαπτιστὴν Ἰωάννην. 5.160 Ἔτι λέγει ὁ αὐτὸς προφήτης· "Καὶ ἀνατελεῖ ὑμῖν τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸ ὄνομά μου ἥλιος δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἴασις ἐν ταῖς πτέρυξιν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐξελεύσεσθε καὶ σκιρτήσετε ὡς μοσχάρια ἐκ δεσμῶν ἀνειμένα καὶ καταπατήσετε ἀνόμους, διότι ἔσονται σποδὸς ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ἣν ἐγὼ ποιῶ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστελῶ ὑμῖν Ἠλίαν τὸν Θεσβίτην πρὶν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου, τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ", καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὅτι· Ἐὰν θέλητε, δέξασθε περὶ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βαπτιστοῦ, "αὐτός ἐστιν Ἠλίας ὁ μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι." Λοιπὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς τέσσαρας τοὺς μεγάλους βαδιοῦμεν πληρώσαντες σὺν Θεῷ τοὺς δώδεκα. Παραγραφή 5.161 Ἀλλὰ καὶ οὗτος οὐ ξένα, ἀλλ' ὅμοια τοῖς ἄλλοις ἕνδεκα, τὰ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐσόμενα προεμήνυσε, καὶ τὴν μεγάλην πάλιν καὶ ἐπιφανῆ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμέραν, ἐν ᾗ προπέμψει καὶ τὸν Θεσβίτην Ἠλίαν, φησίν, ἔτι περιόντα. ∆όξα τῷ τὰ πάντα κτίσαντι Θεῷ καὶ πάλιν ἀνακτίζοντι. Ἀμήν. Τὸ κείμενον 5.162 Πάντες μὲν οἱ προφῆται προεφήτευον καὶ ὑπεμίμνῃσκον τοὺς Ἰουδαίους περὶ τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὧν πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἐποιήσατο, ὅπως πάντα τὰ ἔθνη εὐλογεῖν ὑπέσχετο ἐν τῷ σπέρματι τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ διὰ τῆς κατὰ τὸν ∆εσπότην Χριστὸν οἰκονομίας, καὶ ὅπως ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς πρώην ἐκ τῆς δουλείας τῶν Αἰγυπτίων μετὰ βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ καὶ δέδωκεν αὐτοῖς τὴν γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, καὶ