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

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* <strong>The</strong> Babbifl haye it, that % man most <strong>the</strong> Mount<br />

he lived <strong>of</strong> < <strong>the</strong> bread <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> accommodate<br />

himself to <strong>the</strong> ways <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lorah * (Shem. B. 47).<br />

place where he is. When Moses was oo * <strong>The</strong><br />

quotation in £ph. iv. 8 resemble<br />

But even so, <strong>the</strong>re are o<strong>the</strong>r considerationB<br />

neoessarily preliminary ohaf. to <strong>the</strong> study <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> most important parts in <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> Christ. 1<br />

<strong>The</strong>y concern <strong>the</strong>se two questions, so closely<br />

connected that <strong>the</strong>y can scarcely be kept quite<br />

apart: Is <strong>the</strong> Evangelic narrative to be re- ^ garded<br />

as <strong>the</strong> account <strong>of</strong> a real <strong>and</strong> outwcvrd event ? And<br />

if so, how was it possible—or, in what sense can<br />

it be asserted—^that Jeens Christ, set before us as<br />

<strong>the</strong> Son <strong>of</strong> Gk)d, was ' tempted <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Devil * ? All<br />

subsidiary questions run up into <strong>the</strong>se two.<br />

As regards <strong>the</strong> reality <strong>and</strong> ovJtwwrdnese <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

temptation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>, several suggestions may be set<br />

aside as unnatural, <strong>and</strong> ex post facto attempts to

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