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

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conviction, that <strong>the</strong>re was a Kingdom at h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong><br />

a King coming. As we ga<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> elements <strong>of</strong> that<br />

conviction, we find <strong>the</strong>m chiefly in <strong>the</strong> Book <strong>of</strong><br />

Isaiah. His speech <strong>and</strong> its imagery, <strong>and</strong>, especially,<br />

<strong>the</strong> burden <strong>of</strong> his message, were taken from those<br />

prophecies.* Indeed, his mind seems saturated<br />

with <strong>the</strong>m; <strong>the</strong>y must have formed his own<br />

religions training; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>y were <strong>the</strong> preparation<br />

for his work. This ga<strong>the</strong>ring up <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old<br />

Testament rays <strong>of</strong> light <strong>and</strong> glory into <strong>the</strong> burningglass<br />

<strong>of</strong> Evangelic prophecy had set his soul on<br />

fire. No wonder that, recoiling equally from <strong>the</strong><br />

extemalism <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pharisees, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> merely<br />

material purism <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Essenes, he preached quite<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r doctrine, <strong>of</strong> inward repentance <strong>and</strong><br />

renewal <strong>of</strong> life.<br />

One picture was most brightly reflected on those<br />

pages <strong>of</strong> Isaiah. It was that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Anointed,<br />

<strong>Messiah</strong>, Christ, <strong>the</strong> Representative Israelite, <strong>the</strong><br />

Priest, King, <strong>and</strong> Prophet,* in Whom <strong>the</strong> institution<br />

•u.ix.e <strong>and</strong> sacramental meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Priesthood,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sacrifices, found xiu.; litis <strong>the</strong>ir fulfilment.^

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