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

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<strong>Jesus</strong>.<br />

Yet, while regarding his words as an appeal to <strong>the</strong><br />

prophecy <strong>of</strong> Isaiah, two o<strong>the</strong>r references must not<br />

be excluded from <strong>the</strong>m : those to <strong>the</strong> Paschal<br />

Lamb, <strong>and</strong> to <strong>the</strong> Daily Sacrifice. <strong>The</strong>se are, if not<br />

directly pointed to, yet implied. For <strong>the</strong> Paschal<br />

Lamb was, in a sense, <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong><br />

sacrifices <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old Testament, not only from its<br />

saving import to Israel, but as that which really<br />

made <strong>the</strong>m * <strong>the</strong> Church,** <strong>and</strong> people <strong>of</strong> God.<br />

Hence <strong>the</strong> institution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Paschal Lamb was, so<br />

to speak, only enlarged <strong>and</strong> applied in <strong>the</strong> daily<br />

sacrifice <strong>of</strong> a Lamb, in which this tw<strong>of</strong>old idea <strong>of</strong><br />

redemption <strong>and</strong> fellowship was exhibited. Lastly,<br />

<strong>the</strong> prophecy <strong>of</strong> Isaiah liii. was<br />

' <strong>The</strong> woids within quotations are those <strong>and</strong><br />

exhaustive discussions by Dr. Piue^<br />

<strong>of</strong> Archdeacon WatkUUt in his Gommen in his<br />

Introduction to <strong>the</strong> catena <strong>of</strong>

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