Книга пророка Исаии, Глава 40, стих 25. Толкования стиха

He says such things, and he says to whom did you liken me, the God of all, and to whom will I be made equal? said the Holy One. Look up on high with your eyes, and see: who has exhibited all these? For it is neither possible to recount them nor even to tell them in part. All we can do is to see with our eyes “the great and the beautiful things” and the harmony and motion of all things. From contemplating these, we marvel at “the Creator of everything,” and we know and make known the one who brings forward in order and by number his ornamentation, or according to the other Greek translations: his armies. For this reason, he has been called the Lord of hosts, although here it has been translated Lord of armies. For the angelic armies have been subjected under a great king who controls the whole world, and no one but he alone knows what each is called, and he has honored them with natural and appropriate names. Therefore, the names of the divine spirits and of the archangels and of God’s incorporeal ministering powers beyond the heavens are appropriate for each one, but they are incomprehensible and unknowable to us. Therefore, those who are called by name by him submit to him alone, and because of his abundant glory and surpassing strength, not one of those who are called refuses compliance, and all will be provided for by his direction.

Святый. См. ком. к Ис. 1:4.

Слабость аналогий

Бог - одно, а то, что принадлежит Богу - другое. <...> Как ты можешь использовать в качестве приме­ра для сравнения с Богом то, что утрачивает силу всякий раз, когда приступаешь к сравнению? Как же, если высшая сила не может разд­робляться даже у царей, а является единственной и всецелой, можно делать исключение для Него, Царя царей, при высоте Его могущества и возвышении над всеми остальными, наподобие вершины единовластия?

Как можно сравнивать?

Сотворившего таковое и последовательно совершающего такие дела кому уподобите вы? Какое достойное почитание воздадите Ему?