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

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supernatural Rule <strong>of</strong> Grod, in which all is rule, that<br />

is, law <strong>and</strong> order, <strong>and</strong> all supernatural, bringing to<br />

pass, in <strong>the</strong> orderly succession <strong>of</strong> events, what at<br />

<strong>the</strong> outset would have seemed, <strong>and</strong> really is,<br />

miraculous. For, <strong>the</strong> Synagogue became <strong>the</strong> cradle<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church. Without it, as indeed without<br />

Israel's dispersion, <strong>the</strong> Church Universal would,<br />

humanly speaking, have been impossible, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

conversion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gentiles have required a<br />

succession <strong>of</strong> millennial miracles.<br />

That Synagogues originated during, or in<br />

consequence <strong>of</strong>, <strong>the</strong> Babylonish captivity, is<br />

admitted by all. <strong>The</strong> Old Testament contains no<br />

allusion to <strong>the</strong>ir existence,' <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Rabbinic<br />

attempts to trace <strong>the</strong>m even to Patriarchal times'<br />

deserve, <strong>of</strong> course, no serious<br />

> <strong>The</strong> remark in <strong>the</strong> • Speaker's Com ^^^'HK^tD^?^<br />

H^^?, * Let us suppress mentary'(St. Luke iv 16),<br />

that <strong>Jesus</strong> had altoge<strong>the</strong>r—<strong>the</strong> Sabbath <strong>and</strong> aU -<strong>the</strong><br />

been in <strong>the</strong> habit <strong>of</strong> expoundmg <strong>the</strong> festive seasons<br />

in <strong>the</strong> l<strong>and</strong>.' Comp.MH, Scriptures in Nasareth, is

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