Psalms 24:6
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Origen of Alexandria AD 253 · SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS 24:6
No one seeking the face of God will see his face and live, … unless he or she has been changed.
Augustine of Hippo AD 430 · Exposition on Psalm 24
"This is the generation of them that seek the Lord" [Psalm 24:6]. For thus are they born that seek Him. "Of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Diapsalma." Now they seek the face of God, who gave the pre-eminence to the younger born. [Romans 9:12]
Thomas Aquinas AD 1274 · Exposition on the Psalms of David
Next he shows this manner in general: "This is the generation of those who seek the Lord"; as if to say: in general there are many such: and these are the whole generation of those who seek God, who are innocent, etc. Hence Scripture speaks of the good as of one generation: Mt. 24: "This generation shall not pass away," namely of the good, etc. And he describes it by two things: namely, by their pursuit, because it seeks nothing but God: hence he says "of those who seek God," even in this life: Is. 55: "Seek the Lord while he may be found." To what end? That they may arrive at his vision; hence it follows, "of those who seek the face of the God of Jacob": Gen. 32: "I have seen the Lord face to face, and my soul has been saved."