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

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gr<strong>and</strong> into a series <strong>of</strong> modem platitudes. And yet<br />

(as Keim has felt) it seems impossible to deny, that<br />

such a transaction at <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> Christ's<br />

Messianic Ministry is not only credible, but almost<br />

a necessity; <strong>and</strong> that such a transaction must have<br />

assumed <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> a contest with Satan. Besides,<br />

throughout <strong>the</strong> Gospels <strong>the</strong>re is not only allusion to<br />

this first great conflict (so that it does not belong<br />

only to <strong>the</strong> early history <strong>of</strong> Christ's <strong>Life</strong>), but<br />

constant reference to <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong> Satan in <strong>the</strong><br />

world, as a kingdom exposed to that <strong>of</strong> Qod, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

which <strong>the</strong> Devil is <strong>the</strong> king.* And <strong>the</strong> reality <strong>of</strong><br />

such a kingdom <strong>of</strong> evil no earnest mind would call<br />

in question, nor would it pronounce d<br />

<strong>the</strong> rendering <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Targom (see vidoal ¥nriter8<br />

who have broached <strong>the</strong>se<br />

DelUuek^ Oomm.

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