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

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aspect he had pointed to Him Who was to baptize<br />

with <strong>the</strong> Holy Ghost <strong>and</strong> vrith fire. This was <strong>the</strong><br />

gate <strong>of</strong> being, through which a man must enter into<br />

<strong>the</strong> Kingdom, which was <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> MessiiJi, because<br />

it was <strong>of</strong> God <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong> was <strong>of</strong> God, <strong>and</strong> in<br />

that sense * <strong>the</strong> Teacher come from God '—that is,<br />

being sent <strong>of</strong> God, He taught <strong>of</strong> God by bringing to<br />

God. This but few who had gone to <strong>the</strong> Baptist had<br />

perceived, or indeed could perceive, because <strong>the</strong><br />

Baptist could in his Baptism only convey <strong>the</strong><br />

negative, not <strong>the</strong> positive, aspect <strong>of</strong> it. And it<br />

needed that positive aspect—<strong>the</strong> being bom from<br />

above—in order to see <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> God. But<br />

as to <strong>the</strong> mysterj <strong>of</strong> this being in order to become<br />

—hark! did he hear <strong>the</strong> sound <strong>of</strong> that wind as it<br />

swept past <strong>the</strong> Aliyak ? He heard its voice; but he<br />

nei<strong>the</strong>r knew whence it came, nor whi<strong>the</strong>r it went.<br />

So was every one that was bom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit. You<br />

heard <strong>the</strong> voice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit Who originated <strong>the</strong><br />

new being, but <strong>the</strong> origination <strong>of</strong> that new being, or<br />

its fur<strong>the</strong>r development into all that it might <strong>and</strong><br />

would become, lay beyond man's observation.

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