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

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perceptions, as were <strong>the</strong> respective springs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

inner being. <strong>The</strong>y clung <strong>and</strong> appealed to Moses; to<br />

Moses, whose successors <strong>the</strong>y claimed to be, let<br />

<strong>the</strong>m go!® <strong>The</strong>ir elaborate searching <strong>and</strong> "tt. 45-<br />

47, sifting <strong>of</strong>' <strong>the</strong> Law in hope that, by a subtle<br />

analysis <strong>of</strong> its every particle <strong>and</strong> letter, by<br />

inferences from, <strong>and</strong> a careftd drawing <strong>of</strong> a<br />

prohibitive hedge around, its letter, <strong>the</strong>y would<br />

possess <strong>the</strong>mselves <strong>of</strong> eternal life,^ what did it all<br />

come to ? Utterly self-deceived, <strong>and</strong> far * ▼«. 89<br />

from <strong>the</strong> truth in <strong>the</strong>ir elaborate attempts to outdo<br />

each o<strong>the</strong>r in local ingenuity, <strong>the</strong>y would, while<br />

rejecting <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong> sent fix)m God, at last<br />

become <strong>the</strong> victims <strong>of</strong> a coarse Messianic<br />

impostor.* And • ▼▼• 4-^ even in <strong>the</strong> present,<br />

what was it all ? Only <strong>the</strong> letter—<strong>the</strong> outward! All<br />

<strong>the</strong> lessons <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir past miraculous history had<br />

been utterly lost on <strong>the</strong>m. What had <strong>the</strong>re been <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> merely outward in its miracles <strong>and</strong> revelations<br />

?' It had been <strong>the</strong> witness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r; but this '<br />

ret. v was <strong>the</strong> very element which, amidst <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

h<strong>and</strong>ling <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> external form, <strong>the</strong>y perceived not.<br />

Nay, not only <strong>the</strong> unheard Voice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r, but

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