All Blessings are Given to Us Through Christ.

Chapter XXXVI.—All Blessings are Given to Us Through Christ.

This is the way, beloved, in which we find our Saviour,⁴¹⁹⁰ even Jesus Christ, the High Priest of all our offerings, the defender and helper of our infirmity.  By Him we look up to the heights of heaven.  By Him we behold, as in a glass, His immaculate and most excellent visage.  By Him are the eyes of our hearts opened.  By Him our foolish and darkened understanding blossoms⁴¹⁹¹ up anew towards His marvellous light.  By Him the Lord has willed that we should taste of immortal knowledge,⁴¹⁹² “who, being the brightness of His majesty, is by so much greater than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”⁴¹⁹³  For it is thus written, “Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire.”⁴¹⁹⁴  But concerning His Son⁴¹⁹⁵ the Lord spoke thus:  “Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten Thee.  Ask of me, and I will give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession.”⁴¹⁹⁶  And again He saith to Him, “Sit Thou at my right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”⁴¹⁹⁷  But who are His enemies?  All the wicked, and those who set themselves to oppose the will of God.⁴¹⁹⁸