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The City of God, Volume II
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint
Apologetics -- Early works to 1800; Kingdom of God -- Early works to 1800
Ezekiel also, speaking prophetically in the person of God the Father,
thus foretells Christ, speaking of Him in the prophetic manner as
David because He assumed flesh of the seed of David, and on account
of that form of a servant in which He was made man, He who is the Son
of God is also called the servant of God. He says, "And I will set
up over my sheep one Shepherd, who will feed them, even my servant
David; and He shall feed them, and He shall be their shepherd. And
I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince in the
midst of them. I the Lord have spoken."[560] And in another place
he says, "And one King shall be over them all: and they shall no
more be two nations, neither shall they be divided any more into two
kingdoms: neither shall they defile themselves any more with their
idols, and their abominations, and all their iniquities. And I will
save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned,
and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be
their God. And my servant David shall be king over them, and there
shall be one Shepherd for them all."[561]
35. _Of the prophecy of the three prophets, Haggai, Zechariah,
and Malachi._
There remain three minor prophets, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi,
who prophesied at the close of the captivity. Of these Haggai more
openly prophesies of Christ and the Church thus briefly: "Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, Yet one little while, and I will shake the
heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will
move all nations, and the desired of all nations shall come."[562]
The fulfilment of this prophecy is in part already seen, and in part
hoped for in the end. For He moved the heaven by the testimony of
the angels and the stars, when Christ became incarnate. He moved the
earth by the great miracle of His birth of the virgin. He moved the
sea and the dry land, when Christ was proclaimed both in the isles
and in the whole world. So we see all nations moved to the faith; and
the fulfilment of what follows, "And the desired of all nations shall
come," is looked for at His last coming. For ere men can desire and
wait for Him, they must believe and love Him.
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