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

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zeal <strong>of</strong> Thine house eateth me up.'* Thus, even in<br />

those days <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir early learning, <strong>Jesus</strong> pur-<br />

•Ftuizis.f ging <strong>the</strong> Temple in view <strong>of</strong> a hostile<br />

rulership was <strong>the</strong> full realisation <strong>of</strong> that picture,<br />

which must be prophetic, since no mere man ever<br />

bore those lineaments : that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ideal Nazarite,<br />

whom <strong>the</strong> zeal <strong>of</strong> God's house was consuming. And<br />

<strong>the</strong>n long afterwards, after His Passion <strong>and</strong> Death,<br />

after those dark days <strong>of</strong> loneliness <strong>and</strong> doubt, after<br />

<strong>the</strong> misty dawn <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first recognition—^this<br />

word, which He had spoken to <strong>the</strong> rulers at <strong>the</strong><br />

first, came to <strong>the</strong>m, with all <strong>the</strong> convincing power<br />

<strong>of</strong> prediction fulfilled by fact, as an assured<br />

conviction, which in its strong grasp held not only<br />

<strong>the</strong> past, but <strong>the</strong> present, because <strong>the</strong> present is<br />

ever <strong>the</strong> fulfilment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> past: * When <strong>the</strong>refore<br />

He was risen &om <strong>the</strong> dead, His disciples<br />

remembered that He had said this unto <strong>the</strong>m; <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>y believed <strong>the</strong> Scripture, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> word which<br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> had said.'<br />

Again, as we think <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> His refusing '<br />

a sign' to <strong>the</strong> rulers <strong>of</strong> Israel—or ra<strong>the</strong>r think <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>

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