THEOSISJerome of Stridon
The twenty-eighth camp can be understood through the phrases sons of compulsion or gnashing. Starting from one and progressively adding numbers up to seven leads us to twenty-eight. The sons of compulsion are identified in the very (twenty-eighth) Psalm, which states: bring unto the Lord the sons of God, bring unto the Lord the sons of sheep (Ps. 28:2). What compulsion is so compelling that it opposes one’s will? When you delve into the Scriptures and the commandments, recognizing their teachings as the foundation of truth, you will engage with your foes, bind them, and take them captive. From those who were once adversaries, wretched and imprisoned, you will raise children of God, prompting you to lament, ‘I am barren and unborn, displaced and captive, who has nurtured these?
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I have been abandoned and alone: and where did they come from?’ (Isaiah 49:21). You may wonder at Isaiah; understand the mysteries within this psalm: the voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of glory; the voice of the Lord breaks the cedars (Ps. 4:5). When foes are defeated and the nations of the wicked are left behind, the deer are prepared in the mountains, and the beloved appears like the son of the unicorn, leading all in His temple to proclaim His glory. Furthermore, the term sons of gnashing should be interpreted as those believers who, fearing punishment and that place filled with weeping and gnashing of teeth (Luke 13), renounce the shackles of the devil and humbly submit to the Lord Christ.