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

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among that suffering, ignorant multitude, which, in<br />

its sorrow, raised ^ ' ' a piteous, longing cry for<br />

help where it had been misdirected to seek it. And<br />

thus we can here also perceive <strong>the</strong> deep internal<br />

connection between Christ's miracle <strong>of</strong> healing '<br />

<strong>the</strong> impotent man * <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> address <strong>of</strong> mingled<br />

sadness <strong>and</strong> severity,* in which He afterwards set<br />

• st. John ik before <strong>the</strong> Masters in Israel <strong>the</strong> one<br />

truth fundamental in all things. We have only, so to<br />

speak, to reverse <strong>the</strong> formal order <strong>and</strong> succession<br />

<strong>of</strong> that discourse, to gain an insight into what<br />

prompted <strong>Jesus</strong> to go to Be<strong>the</strong>sda, <strong>and</strong> by His<br />

power to perform this healing.* He had been in <strong>the</strong><br />

Temple at <strong>the</strong> Feast; He had necessarily been in<br />

contact —it could not be o<strong>the</strong>rwise, when in <strong>the</strong><br />

Temple—with <strong>the</strong> great ones <strong>of</strong> Israel. What a<br />

stifling atmosphere <strong>the</strong>re <strong>of</strong> glitter <strong>and</strong> unreality!<br />

What had He in common with those who *<br />

received glory one <strong>of</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> glory which<br />

cometh from <strong>the</strong> One only Qod ' <strong>the</strong>y sought not ? ^<br />

How could such men believe ? <strong>The</strong> first meaning,<br />

<strong>and</strong> ^ tw. 44 <strong>the</strong> object <strong>of</strong> His <strong>Life</strong> <strong>and</strong> Work, was<br />

as entirely different from <strong>the</strong>ir aims <strong>and</strong>

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