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

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out <strong>the</strong> Gk)8pel. Along with this we may note, as<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r pecoliarity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fourth Gospel, that it<br />

seems arranged according to this definite plan <strong>of</strong><br />

grouping toge<strong>the</strong>r in each instance <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong><br />

Christ, as followed by <strong>the</strong> illustrative word <strong>of</strong><br />

Christ. Thus <strong>the</strong> fourth would, both externally <strong>and</strong><br />

internally, be <strong>the</strong> pre-eminently Jud/Bcm Grospel,<br />

characterised by cyclical order^ illustrative<br />

coTyunction <strong>of</strong> work <strong>and</strong> word, <strong>and</strong> progressively<br />

leading up to <strong>the</strong> gr<strong>and</strong> climax <strong>of</strong> Christ's last<br />

discourses, <strong>and</strong> finally <strong>of</strong> His Death <strong>and</strong><br />

Resurrection, with <strong>the</strong> teaching that flows from <strong>the</strong><br />

one <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

It was about six o'clock in <strong>the</strong> evening,^ when <strong>the</strong><br />

travel-stained pilgrims reached that' parcel <strong>of</strong><br />

ground' which, according to ancient Jewish<br />

tradition, Jacob had given to his son Joseph.' Here<br />

(as already stated) by <strong>the</strong> * Well <strong>of</strong> Jacob' where<br />

<strong>the</strong> three roads—south, to Shechem, <strong>and</strong> to Sychar<br />

(Askar)—meet <strong>and</strong> part, <strong>Jesus</strong> sat down, while <strong>the</strong>

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