The eternal Word is the constitution of the kingdom of God. Jesus Christ as His visible image is the Word become flesh. So God sent his servants from time to time to deliver messages of his Advent. We shall compare two such messages. "Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace!"(Na.1: 15). Here the prophet is speaking of Judah specifically. We have in Isaiah a similar quote but it extends its significance from what Nahum has delivered. Isaiah predicts, "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" (Is.57: 7)
The point is that prophecies given to man is specific as well as universal in keeping with the Min-Max mode of narrative. The burden is not merely with regards to places,- Nineveh, Babylon or Jerusalem are interchangeable, but it stands in context of Zion which is founded in heaven!
In order to keep such a narrative tight-knit the Spirit tags such piecemeal prophesies with symbols. Mountain is a tag for instance.
These two prophecies are with direct reference to Jesus Christ the prince of peace. So when St. Mathew writes the Gospel he sets the Beatitudes against the backdrop of a mountain. ("And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, "Matt.5:1)
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The eternal Word is the constitution of the kingdom of God. Jesus Christ as His visible image is the Word become flesh. So God sent his servants from time to time to deliver messages of his Advent. We shall compare two such messages. "Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace!"(Na.1: 15). Here the prophet is speaking of Judah specifically. We have in Isaiah a similar quote but it extends its significance from what Nahum has delivered. Isaiah predicts, "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" (Is.57: 7)
The point is that prophecies given to man is specific as well as universal in keeping with the Min-Max mode of narrative. The burden is not merely with regards to places,- Nineveh, Babylon or Jerusalem are interchangeable, but it stands in context of Zion which is founded in heaven!
In order to keep such a narrative tight-knit the Spirit tags such piecemeal prophesies with symbols. Mountain is a tag for instance.
These two prophecies are with direct reference to Jesus Christ the prince of peace. So when St. Mathew writes the Gospel he sets the Beatitudes against the backdrop of a mountain. ("And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, "Matt.5:1)
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