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

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Jewish <strong>Messiah</strong> might have been, nor impatient <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>ir ignorance: tenderly ne^r to <strong>the</strong>m, in all that<br />

concerned <strong>the</strong> humanness <strong>of</strong> His feelings;<br />

sublimely far from <strong>the</strong>m, in all connected with His<br />

Work <strong>and</strong> Mission. It is almost a relief to turn from<br />

<strong>the</strong> long discussion (to which reference has abeady<br />

been made): whe<strong>the</strong>r those who bore that<br />

designation were His * bro<strong>the</strong>rs' <strong>and</strong> * sisters' in<br />

<strong>the</strong> real sense, or <strong>the</strong> children <strong>of</strong> Joseph by an<br />

earlier marriage, or else His cousins—<strong>and</strong> to<br />

leave it in <strong>the</strong> indefiniteness which rests upon it.*<br />

But <strong>the</strong> observant<br />

Lord have been, through Joseph, <strong>the</strong> heir to<br />

David's throne (according to <strong>the</strong> genealogies), if<br />

Joseph had elder sons ? And again, What became<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> six yoong mo<strong>the</strong>rless children when Joseph<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Virgin went first to Bethlehem, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n<br />

into Egypt, <strong>and</strong> why are <strong>the</strong> elder sons not<br />

mentioned on Uie occasion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

* In support <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> natural interpretation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

terms (which I frankly own to be my view) not

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