Day 155 - Amos 1-5

When Christ came, the people of the old covenant denied him, [Jhn 19:5-6.] but the devils confessed him. [Luk 4:41.] His forefather David was not ignorant of him when he said, “I will place a lamp for my anointed.” [Psa 132:17 (131:17 LXX).] Some have interpreted “lamp” as the splendor of prophecy; others have understood by the lamp the flesh he assumed of the Virgin, according to the words of the apostle: “But we carry this treasure in vessels of clay.” [2Co 4:7.] The prophet  ...