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

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was needful for <strong>the</strong>m that He should veil, even<br />

from <strong>the</strong>ir view who followed Him, <strong>the</strong> glory <strong>of</strong><br />

His Divinity <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong> His Kingship, till<br />

<strong>the</strong>y had learned ^ that <strong>the</strong> designation ^ Son <strong>of</strong><br />

Man ' implied, as placed below ' Son <strong>of</strong> God' <strong>and</strong><br />

* Kijig <strong>of</strong> Israel.'<br />

This idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ^ Son <strong>of</strong> Man,' although in its frdl<br />

<strong>and</strong> prophetic meaning, seems to furnish <strong>the</strong><br />

explanation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> miracle at <strong>the</strong> marriage <strong>of</strong> Cana.<br />

We are now entering on <strong>the</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong>' <strong>The</strong> Son<br />

<strong>of</strong> Man,' first <strong>and</strong> chiefly in its contrast to <strong>the</strong><br />

preparatory call <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Baptist, with <strong>the</strong> asceticism<br />

symbolic <strong>of</strong> it. We behold Him now as freely<br />

mingling with humanity, sharing its joyB <strong>and</strong><br />

engagements, entering into its family life,<br />

sanctioning <strong>and</strong> hallowing sH by His Presence <strong>and</strong><br />

blessing; <strong>the</strong>n as transforming <strong>the</strong> * water <strong>of</strong> legal<br />

purification' into <strong>the</strong> wine <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new dispensation,<br />

<strong>and</strong>, more than this, <strong>the</strong> water <strong>of</strong> our felt want into<br />

<strong>the</strong> wine <strong>of</strong> His giving; <strong>and</strong>, lastly, as having<br />

absolute power as <strong>the</strong> * Son <strong>of</strong> Man,* being also *<br />

<strong>the</strong> Son <strong>of</strong> God' <strong>and</strong> * <strong>the</strong> King <strong>of</strong> Israel.' Not that it

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