Chapter XXVII.
Therefore, that potter creates this art of majesty and power, that is, the resurrection, who speaks through the prophet Jeremiah to the sinful people, saying: 'Can I not, as the potter, reshape and restore you, O house of Israel?' (Jerem. XVIII, 6). He also shows this incredible work of his majesty in the hand of Moses (Exod. IV, 6 and 7), which he changes from brightness to the original color. However, the very name of resurrection openly signifies not dying but being raised again. Therefore, what dies in a human being is also vivified. So, according to the resurrection of the dead, even when he wanders, he is not ignorant. Finally, that wounded man from Jericho (Luke 10:34) is completely brought back to the inn, and the wounds of his sins are healed through the grace of mercy with immortality. Therefore, the prophecy that truly hung in the completed flesh of the Lord Christ is fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit, desiring to teach us, spoke; for he says: 'Who is this who comes up in garments white, leaning on her beloved, and abounding in delights?' And again: My beloved is white and ruddy (Song of Solomon 8:5; 5:10). Ruddy, therefore, from the incarnation, white, however, from the divinity. Blessed John the Evangelist proves this to be true when he says that the horse on which the Lord sat was red (Revelation 6:4), namely the holy body that he assumed from the holy Virgin. To whom, ascending in heaven, it is said: Who is this that comes from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah, and: Why is your clothing red and your garments like those who tread in the winepress (Isaiah 63:1, 2)? And there is a sense: Who is this, who rises from the earth, whose garments are sprinkled with blood? But that which is said in the prophet Zechariah (Zech. 1:8), that horses of various colors followed him, that is, those who are red in martyrdom, or dark in flight, that is, various in virtues, or white in virginity. But this red horse, white again, is described by Saint John (Rev. 19:11), and his divinity, immortality and incorruption are shown. And for this reason, all those who follow him not only wear white clothes, but also ride white horses (Ibid., 14), with incorruptible and immortal bodies. And for this reason, all the saints imitate him, with his help; because they do not stain their clothes, and virgins, with his grace as a gift, remain. And for this reason, they will be in white clothes, as it has been said, following the Lamb who took away the sin of the world.