See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
From the first therefore they were themselves the cause of God's being manifested through the Flesh. Let Moses speak with us, and Let not God speak with us. Exodus 20:9 They who make comparisons elevate the one side the more, that they may show the other to be far greater. In this respect also our [privileges] are more gentle and more admirable. For they are great in a twofold respect: because while they are glorious and greater, they are more accessible. This he says also in the Epistle to the Corinthians: with unveiled countenance 2 Corinthians 3:18, and, not as Moses put a veil over his face. 2 Corinthians 3:13 They, he means, were not counted worthy of what we [are]. For of what were they thought worthy? They saw darkness, blackness; they heard a voice. But thou also hast heard a voice, not through darkness, but through flesh. You have not been disturbed, neither troubled, but you have stood and held discourse with the Mediator.
And in another way, by the darkness he shows the invisibleness. And darkness (it says) was under His feet. Psalm 18:9
Then even Moses feared, but now no one.
As the people then stood below, so also do we. They were not below, but below Heaven. The Son is near to God, but not as Moses.
There was a wilderness, here a city.
