The very peculiar form in which Our Lord proposed His blessings make them, perhaps, the only example of His sayings that may be styled poetical- the parallelism of thought and expression, which is the most striking feature of Biblical poetry, being unmistakably clear.
As for those who say: Our Lord is Allah, then continue in the right way, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not, nor be grieved, and receive good news of the garden which you were promised.
The ghostly father(pneumatikos) sits before the ikonostasis under the picture of Our Lord, the penitent kneels before him(one of the rare cases of kneeling is in this rite), and several prayers are said, to which the choir answers"Kyrie eleison".
In view of the words of Our Lord quoted above, there should be nothing startling in the statement of our duty to believe what we know is the testimony and teaching of Christ, nor in the serious sin we commit in wilfully refusing to accept it, nor, finally, in the punishments that will be inflicted on those who culpably persist in their sin.
They are those who have been driven out of their homes unjustly, only because they said,"Our Lord is God." If God did not repel the aggression of some people by means of others, cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques, wherein the name of God is much invoked, would surely be destroyed. God will surely help him who helps His cause-- God is indeed powerful and mighty.
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