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

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sign * He took leave <strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong> past. When he had<br />

returned from His first Temple-visit, it had been in<br />

<strong>the</strong> self-exinanition <strong>of</strong> voluntary humility: to * be<br />

subject to His Parents.* That period was now<br />

ended, <strong>and</strong> a new one had begun—that <strong>of</strong> active<br />

consecration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole life to His ^ Fa<strong>the</strong>r's<br />

business.* And what passed at <strong>the</strong> marriage-feast<br />

marks <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> this period. We st<strong>and</strong> on <strong>the</strong><br />

threshold, over which we pass from <strong>the</strong> old to <strong>the</strong><br />

new—to use a New Testament figure : to <strong>the</strong><br />

marriage-supper <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lamb.<br />

Viewed in this light, what passed at <strong>the</strong> marriage<br />

in Cana seems<br />

MEANING OF THE MIRACLE AT OANA.<br />

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like taking up <strong>the</strong> thread, where it had been<br />

dropped at <strong>the</strong> first CHAI manifestation <strong>of</strong> His<br />

Messianic consciousness. In <strong>the</strong> Temple at IV<br />

Jerusalem He had said in answer to <strong>the</strong>

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