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

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<strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> Herod Antipas's <strong>of</strong>ficers, ei<strong>the</strong>r<br />

It. SI civil or military,' was sick, <strong>and</strong> at <strong>the</strong> point <strong>of</strong><br />

death. When tidings<br />

reached <strong>the</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r that <strong>the</strong> Prophet, or more than<br />

Prophet, Whose fkme had preceded Him to<br />

Galilee, had come to Cana, he resolved, in his<br />

despair <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r means, to apply to Him for <strong>the</strong><br />

cure <strong>of</strong> his child. Nothing can be gained for <strong>the</strong><br />

spiritual interest <strong>of</strong> this or any o<strong>the</strong>r Biblical<br />

narrative, by exaggeration; but much is lost, when<br />

<strong>the</strong> historical dem<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> case are overlooked.<br />

It is not from any disbelief in <strong>the</strong> supernatural<br />

agency at work, that we insist on <strong>the</strong> natural <strong>and</strong><br />

rational sequence <strong>of</strong> events. And having done so,<br />

we can all <strong>the</strong> more clearly mcurk, by <strong>the</strong> side <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> natural, <strong>the</strong> distinctively higher elements at<br />

work. Accordingly, we do not assume that this '<br />

court-<strong>of</strong>ficer' was actuated by spiritual belief in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Son <strong>of</strong> God, when applying to Him for help.<br />

Ra<strong>the</strong>r would we go to almost <strong>the</strong> opposite<br />

extreme, <strong>and</strong> regard him as simply actuated by

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