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

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our Lord's history. And, <strong>the</strong>refore, we underst<strong>and</strong><br />

how, many years afterwards, <strong>the</strong> beloved disciple<br />

gave a place to this miracle, when, in <strong>the</strong> full<br />

ripeness <strong>of</strong> spiritual discernment, he chose for<br />

record<br />

•dt. John in his Gospel from among those ^ many<br />

signs,' which <strong>Jesus</strong> truly did,*' only five as typical,<br />

like <strong>the</strong> five porches <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> great Be<strong>the</strong>sda <strong>of</strong> His<br />

help to <strong>the</strong> impotent, or like <strong>the</strong> five divisions into<br />

which <strong>the</strong> Psalter <strong>of</strong> praise was arranged. As he<br />

looked back, from <strong>the</strong> height where he stood at his<br />

journey's end, to where <strong>the</strong> sun was setting in<br />

purple <strong>and</strong> golden glory far across <strong>the</strong> intervening<br />

l<strong>and</strong>scape, amidst its varying scenes this must have<br />

stood out before his sight, as what<br />

m<br />

might show to us that ' Jeans was <strong>the</strong>.Christ, <strong>the</strong><br />

Son <strong>of</strong> Gk)d, <strong>and</strong> OHAP. that believing we might<br />

have life through His Name.* XU

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