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

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<strong>of</strong>fer an explana* tkm,—though I would fain hope<br />

that aach may not be absolutely nec oBoa ry. <strong>The</strong><br />

title <strong>of</strong> this book must not be understood as<br />

implying any pretence on my part to write a * <strong>Life</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> Christ' in <strong>the</strong> strict sense. To taloe <strong>the</strong> lowest<br />

view, <strong>the</strong> materials for it do not exist. Evidently<br />

<strong>the</strong> ESyangeUsts did not intend to give a full<br />

record <strong>of</strong> even <strong>the</strong> outward events in that History;<br />

fiur less could <strong>the</strong>y have thought <strong>of</strong> compassing <strong>the</strong><br />

sphere or sounding <strong>the</strong> depths <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> Him,<br />

Whom <strong>the</strong>y present to us as <strong>the</strong> God-Man <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Eternal Son <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Eternal Fa<strong>the</strong>r. Ba<strong>the</strong>r must <strong>the</strong><br />

Gospels be regarded as four different aspects in<br />

which <strong>the</strong> Evangelists viewed <strong>the</strong> historical <strong>Jesus</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> Nazareth as <strong>the</strong> fulfilment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine promise<br />

<strong>of</strong> old, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong> <strong>of</strong> Israel <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Saviour <strong>of</strong><br />

man, <strong>and</strong> presented Him to <strong>the</strong> Jewish <strong>and</strong> Gtentile<br />

world for <strong>the</strong>ir acknowledgment as <strong>the</strong> Sent <strong>of</strong><br />

God, Who revealed <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>and</strong> was Himself<br />

<strong>the</strong> Way to Him, <strong>the</strong> Truth, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Life</strong>. And this<br />

view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gospel-narratives underlies <strong>the</strong><br />

figurative representation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Evangelists in<br />

Christian Symbolism.^

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