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

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FROM JORDAN TO THE MOUNT OF<br />

TRANSFIQUIIATION.<br />

BOOK<br />

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with <strong>the</strong> Baptist but <strong>the</strong>se two. He is not teaching<br />

now, bat learnings as <strong>the</strong> intensity <strong>and</strong> penetration<br />

<strong>of</strong> his gaze' calls from him <strong>the</strong> now worshipfol<br />

repetition <strong>of</strong> what, on <strong>the</strong> preyious day, he had<br />

explained <strong>and</strong> enforced. <strong>The</strong>re was no leave-taking<br />

on <strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se two— perhaps <strong>the</strong>y meant not<br />

to leave John. Only an irresistible impulse, a<br />

heavenly instinct, bade <strong>the</strong>m follow His steps. It<br />

needed no direction <strong>of</strong> John, no call from <strong>Jesus</strong>.<br />

But as <strong>the</strong>y went in modest silence, in <strong>the</strong> dawn <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>ir rising faith, scarce conscious <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wliaJt<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> why^ He turned Him. It was not because<br />

He discerned it not, but just because He knew <strong>the</strong><br />

real goal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir yet unconscious search, <strong>and</strong><br />

would bring <strong>the</strong>m to know wimt <strong>the</strong>y sought, that<br />

He put to <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong> question,' What seek ye ?' which

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