Книга пророка Даниила, Глава 13, стих 56. Толкования стиха

SALVATION COMES FROM FAITH. HILARY OF POITIERS: Salvation was awaited by and offered to Israel but not to the carnal Israel. “In fact, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise who are considered his offspring.” As John also attests, the children of Abraham are not the children according to the flesh, since they are also children of vipers, and God can raise up children of Abraham from rocks. The Lord taught that the right of succession is constituted by works of faith and that we must not think of the birth of children according to carnal generation, when he says, “If you were children of Abraham, you would do the works that Abraham did.” And Daniel also, condemning the old men, does not say, “offspring of Abraham,” but, “offspring of Canaan and not of Judah.” Ezekiel also, confronting the people with their iniquities, says, “Your father was a Canaanite, your mother a Hittite. Your origin and your birth are of the land of Canaan.” We are not dealing, therefore, with this Israel that comes from carnal succession and to which is attributed the birth of a generation that is wholly profane because of its unbelief. It is not to this Israel, therefore, that salvation is given, because they did not accept it when it was offered, but to that other who, their slavery ended, has become the people of God. HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 52.19.

GOD’S CURSES PASS FROM PARENTS TO CHILDREN. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM: Ham receives the sentence so that he might come to his senses, and he is punished through his son, so that you would learn that even if one is old, the punishment will pass to the child. And this makes his life bitter and painful, knowing that even after his death his son will be punished for what he did. And that the son will be miserable from birth and all his descendants detestable and inclined to evil is what the Scripture says instead of pronouncing a curse: “Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.” And elsewhere it says scornfully, “offspring of Canaan and not of Judah.” HOMILIES ON GENESIS 29.7.

LET US NOT BECOME AS THE CANAANITES. ORIGEN: Let us pay attention, just as Joshua says, so that we can prevail over the Canaanites, because if they prevail over us and hold us captive, they may turn us from Israelites to Canaanites, just as it happened to him who was won over by the enticements of the flesh, to which the prophet said, “Race of Canaan and not of Judah, beauty has seduced you.” Let it not happen to us, therefore, that we hear, “race of Canaan,” because “cursed is the son of Canaan; he will be a servant to his brothers.” May the Lord instead grant that we may be children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, heirs according to the promise and brought forth from stones so that we may be children of Abraham, in Christ Jesus our Lord. HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 22.6.