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

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FROM JORDAN TO THE MOUNT OP<br />

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BOOK that station. <strong>The</strong> first desert-temptation had<br />

been in <strong>the</strong> grey <strong>of</strong> break-ni ing light, when to <strong>the</strong><br />

faint <strong>and</strong> weary looker <strong>the</strong> stones <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wilder-<br />

" * ness seemed to take fantastic shapes, like <strong>the</strong><br />

bread for which <strong>the</strong> faint body hungered. In <strong>the</strong><br />

next temptation Jesut st<strong>and</strong>s on <strong>the</strong> watch-post<br />

which <strong>the</strong> white-robed priest has just quitted. Fast<br />

<strong>the</strong> rosy morning-light, deepening into crimson,<br />

<strong>and</strong> edged With gold, is spr^iding oyer <strong>the</strong> l<strong>and</strong>. In<br />

<strong>the</strong> Priests' Court below Him <strong>the</strong> morning-sacrifice<br />

has been <strong>of</strong>iered. <strong>The</strong> massive Temple-gates a^<br />

slowly opening, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> blast <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> priests' silver<br />

trumpets is summoning Israel to begin a new day

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