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

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And still o<strong>the</strong>rs rise, as we think <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> connection<br />

in <strong>the</strong> narrative <strong>of</strong> St. John <strong>of</strong> this with what<br />

preceded <strong>and</strong> with what follows. It almost seems<br />

as if that Gospel were constructed in cycles, each<br />

beginning, or at least connected, with Jerusalem,<br />

<strong>and</strong> leading up to a gr<strong>and</strong> climax. Thus, <strong>the</strong> first<br />

cycle ^ might be called that <strong>of</strong> pwrifi- »»iL it-hi<br />

eaiicm : first, that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Temple; <strong>the</strong>n, inward<br />

purification by <strong>the</strong> Baptism from above; next, <strong>the</strong><br />

symbolic Baptism <strong>of</strong> water; lastly, <strong>the</strong> real water<br />

<strong>of</strong> life given by <strong>Jesus</strong>; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> climax—<strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Restorer <strong>of</strong> life to <strong>the</strong>m that believe. Similarly, <strong>the</strong><br />

second cyde,^ beginning • t,rfLt with <strong>the</strong> idea <strong>of</strong><br />

water in its symbolic application to real worship<br />

<strong>and</strong> life from <strong>Jesus</strong>, would carry us a stage fur<strong>the</strong>r;<br />

<strong>and</strong> so onward through*<br />

FROM JORDAN TO THE MOUNT OF<br />

TRANSFIGURATION.<br />

BOOK<br />

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