Will I bring her to childbirth, and not let her give birth? saith the Lord. Or, giving strength to give birth, shall I close the womb? saith thy God. (Isaiah 66:9)

Only a God can save the world! This is the last cry of the philosophers and prophets of ancient times. It is the cry of humanity, languishing in the chains of the prince of this world, in a labyrinth without windows or doors, in a life lost in nirvana or Hades.

If this cry had been heard earlier, then God would have appeared in the world earlier. But people relied on themselves, on their reason and their own strength. They did not realize that their minds were controlled by Satan and that he was using their powers to serve him. All reason, all science, art and all the powers of people were used to build temples to demons, to elevate demons to the level of gods. Man cannot help but be amazed at the majestic pagodas in India, the pyramids and temples in Memphis and Karnak, the sanctuaries in Assyria and ancient Greece, on the islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and in America; he cannot help wondering at them as striking and majestic works of art. But a person cannot help but weep with bitterness and shame when he hears to whom these sanctuaries are dedicated: snakes and crocodiles, monkeys and bulls, fantasies and fables.

All art and all culture can serve falsehood just as well as truth, and Satan just as well as God. All art and culture before Christ were in the service of Satan. And now they serve him, as they once served among the pagan nations. Know, therefore, Theodoulos, that art and the whole culture of any epoch have no value in themselves, their value lies in the deity whom they serve. And look, in none of these majestic pagan sanctuaries, so richly decorated and decorated, did the Savior of the world, the prophesied Messiah, appear, but appeared in a cave. But this cave, subterranean and gloomy, modest and simple, is nevertheless much more representative than all pagan pagodas and temples. After all, it was created at the beginning of the creation of the world by the One Who was born in it. It is immutable and solid as the world, while pagodas and pagan sanctuaries, however great and outlandish they may be, are undermined by the worm of time, and, however propped up, warp and sleepily tend to collapse and ruin. The cave of Bethlehem stands today exactly as it was two thousand years ago; stands just like the Himalayas and Ararat: after all, it is the work of God's hands, not of man.

In this primordial temple of God, which is older than all temples made with hands and stronger than all of them, in this pen for sheep and lambs, there appeared One Who is more reliable than men, stronger than the world, stronger than Hades and all the powers of hell, all evil.

My Theodoulos, God has appeared. The Son of God, or God from God.

Let all human testimony be silent, and let the word die in my mouth, Theodoulos. Listen to His testimony, His word:

I came down from heaven.

I have come in the name of My Father.

So that everyone would honor the Son as they honor the Father.

I am not alone, but I am the Father who sent Me.

I do not receive glory from men.

The Father who sent Me Himself testified of Me.

I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know. I know Him because I am of Him, and He sent Me.