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

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wherever scattered; while <strong>the</strong> vast courts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Temple were thronged not only by native<br />

Palestinians, but literally by * Jews out <strong>of</strong> every<br />

nation under heaven.' Around this Temple ga<strong>the</strong>red<br />

<strong>the</strong> sacred memories <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> past; to it clung <strong>the</strong> yet<br />

brighter hopes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> future. <strong>The</strong> history <strong>of</strong> Israel<br />

<strong>and</strong> all <strong>the</strong>ir prosp^ts weite- intertwined with <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

religion; so that it inay be said that without tiheir<br />

reKgion <strong>the</strong>y had no history, <strong>and</strong> without <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

listoiy no reKgion. Thus, hi^ry, patriotism,<br />

religion, <strong>and</strong> hope klike pointed to Jerusalem <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Tetnple afi <strong>the</strong> centre <strong>of</strong> Israel's unity.<br />

Ndr c6ulfl iihe depressed state <strong>of</strong> lihe nation alter<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir views' or jgiiake <strong>the</strong>ftr cdlilfldeJice. What<br />

mattered it, that <strong>the</strong> Idumaaaii, !^erod, had nstfrjied<br />

*tKe thitoe <strong>of</strong> David, eicept so far as his own guSt<br />

<strong>and</strong> tiheir "plrefient iau'Hjdcftion Were concertied<br />

? Israel had passed thix)ugh deeper waters, <strong>and</strong><br />

ritood triumphant on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r shore. For cdnturies<br />

'seemingly hopeHess boildsmen in Egypt, <strong>the</strong>y had<br />

not driy "been deKvered, but had raised <strong>the</strong> G6dinspired<br />

morning-song <strong>of</strong> jubilee, as <strong>the</strong>y looked

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