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

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this <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> purgation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Temple at <strong>the</strong> close <strong>of</strong><br />

His Ministry.** Indeed, on com- ^ J^jLj, parison,<br />

<strong>the</strong>se are so obvious, that every reader can mark<br />

<strong>the</strong>m. Nor ^ Jjjf?^' does it seem difficult to<br />

underst<strong>and</strong>, ra<strong>the</strong>r does it seem not only Jffe^<br />

fitting, but almost logically necessary, that, if any<br />

such event had occurred, it should have taken<br />

place both at <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>and</strong> at <strong>the</strong> dose <strong>of</strong> His<br />

public ministry in <strong>the</strong> Temple. Nor yet is <strong>the</strong>re<br />

anything ei<strong>the</strong>r ' abrupt' or ' tactless' in such a<br />

commencement <strong>of</strong> His Ministry. It is not only<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ane, but unhistorical, to look for calculation<br />

<strong>and</strong> policy in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>. Had <strong>the</strong>re been<br />

such. He would not have died on <strong>the</strong> Cross. And<br />

'abrupt' it certainly was not. <strong>Jesus</strong> took up <strong>the</strong><br />

thread where He had dropped it on His first<br />

recorded appearance in <strong>the</strong> Temple, when he had<br />

spoken His wonder, that those who knew Him<br />

should have been ignorant, that He must be about<br />

His Fa<strong>the</strong>r's business. He was now about His<br />

Fa<strong>the</strong>r's business, <strong>and</strong>, as we may so say, in <strong>the</strong><br />

most elementary manner. To put an end to this<br />

desecration <strong>of</strong> His Fa<strong>the</strong>r's House, which, by a

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