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hand, till I put Thine enemies below Thy
footstool? If the Christ be the Son of David, then how does David call Him
Lord?" The Jews were perplexed, and answered Him not a word. If the
Christ were not God of God, He would not have dared to make Himself Lord of
David, but the Christ was God of God, He was made flesh of Mary the daughter
of David, for she was of the lineage of David, and therefore He was named
the Christ. God had promised to David His prophet that the Christ should be
of his race. Everything that David the prophet had said happened; verily he
spake by the Holy Ghost, who revealed everything to him. God honoured David
in the Christ, when He was made flesh of his race. Isaiah the son of Amoz
the prophet prophesied, he who saw the heavens opened, and saw the Lord high
upon the throne, and the cherubim around Him crying to one another, and
saying, " Holy, holy, holy is the Mighty Lord; the heavens and the
earth are filled with His glory." He said by the Holy Ghost about the
Christ, "There shall come from Zion the Saviour, and shall turn away
error from Jacob." He said also by the Holy Ghost, "There shall be
also from the root of Jesse [one, who] shall stand as a chief of the
nations, and the nations shall trust in Him." Verily Jesse begat David
the prophet; Mary the good was from the race of David, and from the root of
Jesse, and from her was born the Christ, Word and Light of God, on whom the
nations trust; He was their Hope and their Saviour from error. Isaiah said
also by the Holy Ghost, "There is no angel and no intercessor, but the
Lord will come and save us"; because it was more suitable that no angel
and no intercessor could save us, until He appeared to us in the Christ and
saved us, and He led the nations and had authority over them and reigned
over them like God, and was gracious to them in guidance. He is the Lord who
came to us from Zion, and turned away error from us, and was a Saviour to us
and a Deliverance from the Devil. No intercessor could lead us from error
and no angel from among the angels of God, and none could save us from the
Devil nor from his snares, until our Lord came to us from Zion. He was born
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