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Paul says of him, who alone has immortality and inhabits the inaccessible light in which the stone is found: 'Christ is in the Father and the Father in me' (see John, 14:10). Again: 'He that hath seen me hath seen the Father' (John, 14:9). The fact that the adamant stone is not found in the light signifies that Christ hid his descent from the heavenly virtues and dominions and powers which, like luminaries, stand beside God. They did not know, therefore, of the righteous one, who bore the heavenly-assigned office of his descent and incarnation, to be fulfilled on earth. In the end, when he had performed all his wonders for the redemption of the human race and ascended into heaven, clad as a whole and perfect man, the ranks of the heavenly city seeing him said: 'Who is this that cometh from Edom, with red garments from Bozrah?' (see Isaiah, 63:1). Who is he who rises from blood and the red of his clothing from flesh? The stone is found at night because Christ descended into the darkness of this world and gave light to the race that stayed in darkness and in the place of the shadow of death, just as David the prophet says, personifying the whole human race: ' For thou wilt light my candle, Lord; my God will enlighten my darkness' (Psalms, 18:28). Our Lord came therefore and, taking up the light which the devil had extinguished, that is, the soul and the body, he lit it with the splendour of his glory, giving it new life and taking it back with him. The Apostle puts this more clearly, saying of this sacrament of such marvellous mystery: 'Without controversy, great is the mystery
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