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

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constant purifications, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

prophetic j/jjWam. .^nntings, gave <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong> power<br />

<strong>of</strong> prediction;* <strong>the</strong> same mystic i^^llr^io V-<br />

'^'^^'i^gs revealed <strong>the</strong> secret remedies <strong>of</strong> plants<br />

<strong>and</strong> stones for <strong>the</strong> *^**- *••* healing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> body,*<br />

as well as what was needed for <strong>the</strong> cure <strong>of</strong> souls.<br />

It deserves special notice that this intercourse with<br />

Angels, this secret traditional literature, <strong>and</strong> its<br />

teaching concerning mysterious remedies in plants<br />

<strong>and</strong> stones, are not unfrequently referred to in that<br />

Apocalyptic literature known as <strong>the</strong> *<br />

Pseudepigraphic Writings.' Confining ourselves to<br />

undoubtedly Jewish <strong>and</strong> pre-Christian documents,*<br />

we know what development <strong>the</strong> doctrine <strong>of</strong> Angels<br />

received both in hch. ncxu ijJjq Book <strong>of</strong> Enoch<br />

(dike in its earlier <strong>and</strong> in its later portion ^) <strong>and</strong> in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Book <strong>of</strong> Jubilees,* <strong>and</strong> how <strong>the</strong> * seers'<br />

received Angelic<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re can be no question that <strong>the</strong>se <strong>the</strong> Sibylline<br />

books which seems <strong>of</strong>

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