For every prophecy, before it comes about, is an enigma and a contradiction to men; but when the time comes, and what was prophesied takes place, it receives a most certain exegesis. And therefore when the Law is read by Jews at the present time, it is like a myth; for they do not have the explanation of everything which is the coming the Son of God as man. But when it is read by Christians, it is a treasure, hidden in the field but revealed by the cross of Christ. The true exegesis was taught by the Lord himself after his resurrection.”
Irenaeus, Against Heresies 4.26.1 in Dan McCartney, Let the Reader Understand (Bridge Point, 1994), 86.
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