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

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A.V. * subdue '] our iniquities (<strong>the</strong> Hebrew word<br />

Kabhash meaning he who suppresseth).' ^ Still<br />

more strong is <strong>the</strong> statement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> school <strong>of</strong> Hillel,<br />

to <strong>the</strong> effect that <strong>the</strong> sacrificial lambs were termed<br />

Kebhasim (from iabhas^ *to wash'), * because <strong>the</strong>y<br />

wash away <strong>the</strong> sins <strong>of</strong> Israel.'^ <strong>The</strong> quotation just<br />

made rains additional interest "Andthis from <strong>the</strong><br />

circumstance, that it occurs in a ' meditation' (if<br />

such it nCe oioe to<br />

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may be called) for <strong>the</strong> new moon <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Passovermonth<br />

(Nisan). In view <strong>of</strong> such clear testimony<br />

from <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> Christ, less positiveness <strong>of</strong><br />

assertion might, not unreasonably, be expected<br />

from those who declare that <strong>the</strong> sacrifices bore no<br />

reference to <strong>the</strong> forgiveness <strong>of</strong> sins, just as, in <strong>the</strong><br />

face <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> application made by <strong>the</strong> Baptist <strong>and</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>r New Testament writers, more exegetical<br />

modesty seems called for on <strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong> those who<br />

deny <strong>the</strong> Messianic references in Isaiah.

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