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

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work. <strong>The</strong> morning meal was preceded by a<br />

lustration, or bath. <strong>The</strong>n <strong>the</strong>y put on <strong>the</strong>ir * festive'<br />

linen garments, <strong>and</strong> entered, purified, <strong>the</strong> common<br />

hall as <strong>the</strong>ir Sanctuary. For each meal was<br />

sacrificial, in fact, <strong>the</strong> only sacrifices which <strong>the</strong>y<br />

acknowledged. <strong>The</strong> * baker,' who was really <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

priest—<strong>and</strong> naturally so, since he prepared <strong>the</strong><br />

sacrifice—set before each bread, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> cook a<br />

mess <strong>of</strong> vegetables. <strong>The</strong> meal began with prayer by<br />

<strong>the</strong> presiding priest, for those who presided at<br />

<strong>the</strong>se ^ sacrifices' were also ' priests,' although in<br />

nei<strong>the</strong>r case probably <strong>of</strong> Aaronic descent, but<br />

consecrated by <strong>the</strong>mselves.® <strong>The</strong> sacrificial meal<br />

was a&ndn concluded •/m.Ww<br />

^ , «. •: Ant,<br />

by prayer, when <strong>the</strong>y put <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong>ir sacred dress, <strong>and</strong><br />

returned to <strong>the</strong>ir twol l • labour. <strong>The</strong> evening meal<br />

was <strong>of</strong> exactly <strong>the</strong> same description, <strong>and</strong> partaken<br />

<strong>of</strong> with <strong>the</strong> same rites as that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> morning.<br />

Although <strong>the</strong> Essenes, who, with <strong>the</strong> exception <strong>of</strong> a

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