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And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed. This would be that of which God says to Abraham: "For to you I will give it and to your seed." For as He spoke of one, who is Christ, who prevented them from suffering the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. For all the others, as he said, are lawless sons, and a people full of sins; of whom the seed would not be; who, though deserving to suffer the fate of Sodom, were prevented by His own presence. And after the audacity against Christ, the remnant according to the election of grace was saved. But the rest were hardened, who also were delivered over to destruction; concerning whom Amos says from God: "I have overthrown you, as the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah," signifying the final destruction. The seed should also be understood as the apostolic choir, not as the seed of the impious, but rather as belonging to the prophets, who, having despaired of the whole nation, received consolation, being enlightened concerning the seed that would appear from them, which, having become like leaven among the nations, drew all to its own likeness, so that they too might be called Israel and the people of the Lord, and a hidden Jew, and an heir of the spiritual promises. And if they had not become agents of all piety, and through them churches had not been established everywhere (the temple among the Jews having been destroyed), to what should these have been compared, if not to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, of which nothing is left? Sodom is interpreted as turning away, and Gomorrah as sedition. All of us, therefore, he says, were disposed to turn away from God, and having abandoned spiritual peace, to be filled with war and sedition, which things wickedness and the passions produce. But now the peace which surpasses all understanding has shone upon all through the flesh; and this the disciples of Christ proclaimed as good news to all, so that the Church, offering thanks for the benefit, sings with all praise, If the Lord had not left us a seed. Nevertheless, there will also be a recalling of the Israelites in later times, even if at the beginning there was only a remnant. And a prophetic word has shown this, saying, "For the sons of Israel shall sit for many days without a king, and without a ruler, and without a sacrifice, and without an altar, and without a priesthood, and without manifestations. And after these things the sons of Israel shall return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king." And elsewhere: "I will not act according to the anger of my wrath, I will not allow Ephraim to be blotted out." This was also shown to us in another way. For the people of old disobeyed, concerning whom he says, as "I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest," but Caleb and Joshua 1841 entered in with the new people, being a type of the remnant of Israel, saved through obedience and faith in Christ, having crossed the holy Jordan with us, and being destined to inherit the kingdom of heaven.