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

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* And Moses made a serpent <strong>of</strong> brass, <strong>and</strong> set it on<br />

a plaoe al<strong>of</strong>t [<strong>of</strong> uplifting] (tali —<strong>the</strong> fame term,<br />

ouriouslj, which is applied by <strong>the</strong> Jews to Christ<br />

as <strong>the</strong> ' Up-lilted ' or 'Crudfied* One). And it was<br />

that every one that was bitten with <strong>the</strong> i«piitl» <strong>and</strong><br />

lilted bia face in piayer (<strong>the</strong><br />

word implies humbled prayer) unto His Fa<strong>the</strong>r<br />

Who is in heaven, <strong>and</strong> looked unto <strong>the</strong> braxen<br />

serpent, he was healed.* Similarly Rosh haSh. iii.<br />

8. BnxUprf$ learned tractate on <strong>the</strong> Bxasen Serpent<br />

(Ex^rcitationes, pp. 45S-492) adds little to our<br />

knowledge.<br />

* This seems Uie correct reading. Comp. Canon<br />

WeHcatfB note on <strong>the</strong> passage, <strong>and</strong> in general his<br />

most fuU <strong>and</strong> thorough criticism <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Yazioas<br />

roadlngi in Ulla oliaptaB.<br />

a biography, were it even that <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>; but as is<br />

necessary for <strong>the</strong> CHAP, underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> this<br />

History. What follows * are not <strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> VI<br />

Christ, but <strong>of</strong> St. John. In <strong>the</strong>m, looking back many

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