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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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confesaion. And <strong>the</strong>' hallowed be Thy Name' was<br />

<strong>the</strong> enlogy, because <strong>the</strong> ripened <strong>and</strong> experimental<br />

principle <strong>of</strong> His <strong>Life</strong>. How this Will, connected<br />

with ' <strong>the</strong> Kingdom/ was to be done bjr Him, <strong>and</strong><br />

when, He was to learn after His Baptism. Bat<br />

strange, that <strong>the</strong> petition which followed those<br />

which mnst have been on <strong>the</strong> lips <strong>of</strong> Jesns in that<br />

hour should have been <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fini<br />

temptation or assanlt bjr <strong>the</strong> Enemy; strange also,<br />

that <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r two temptations ahonld have rolled<br />

back <strong>the</strong> force <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> assault upon <strong>the</strong> two great<br />

experiences He had gained, <strong>and</strong> which formed <strong>the</strong><br />

burden <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> petitions, ' Thy Kingdom come;<br />

Hallowed be Thy Name.' Was it <strong>the</strong>n so, that all<br />

<strong>the</strong> assaults which <strong>Jesus</strong> bore only concerned <strong>and</strong><br />

tested <strong>the</strong> reality <strong>of</strong> a past <strong>and</strong> already attained<br />

experience, save those last in <strong>the</strong> Garden <strong>and</strong> on<br />

<strong>the</strong> Cross, which were ' suflbrings' by whicli He *<br />

was made perfect' ?<br />

But, as we have already seen, such inward forthbursting<br />

<strong>of</strong> Messianic consciousness could not be<br />

separated from objective qualification for, <strong>and</strong>

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