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

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succeed : He shall triumph. As on that first Easterday,<br />

so now <strong>and</strong> ever in history, He raises up <strong>the</strong><br />

Temple which <strong>the</strong>y break down. This is <strong>the</strong> * sign,'<br />

<strong>the</strong> evidence, <strong>the</strong> only * sign,' which <strong>the</strong> Christ<br />

gives to His enemies; a sign which, as an historical<br />

fact, has been patent to all men, <strong>and</strong> seen by <strong>the</strong>m ;<br />

which might have been evidence, but being <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

nature <strong>of</strong> miracle, not explicable by natural<br />

agencies, <strong>the</strong>y have misunderstood, viewing * <strong>the</strong><br />

Temple' merely as a building, <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong>y fully<br />

know <strong>the</strong> architecture, manner, <strong>and</strong> time <strong>of</strong><br />

construction,* but <strong>of</strong> whose spiritual character <strong>and</strong><br />

upbuilding <strong>the</strong>y have no knowledge nor thought.<br />

And thus, as to that generation, so<br />

> I cannot, see in <strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> any direct<br />

reference to <strong>the</strong> abrogation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> material Temple<br />

<strong>and</strong> its services, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> substitution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church<br />

for it. Of course, such was <strong>the</strong> case, <strong>and</strong> implied in<br />

His Crucifixion <strong>and</strong> Resurrection, though not<br />

alluded to here.<br />

* From <strong>the</strong> expression (St. John ii. 20) * Forty <strong>and</strong>

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