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

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lessed <strong>the</strong> Sabbath day, <strong>and</strong> haUowed it:' not <strong>the</strong><br />

rest <strong>of</strong> inactivity, but <strong>of</strong> blessing <strong>and</strong> hallowing.<br />

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point, that He claimed to be equal with God, <strong>of</strong><br />

which <strong>the</strong>y took CHAP. hold. As we underst<strong>and</strong> it,<br />

<strong>the</strong> discourse beginning with verse 19 is xn not a<br />

continuation <strong>of</strong> that which had been begun in verse<br />

17, but was ' ' ' delivered on ano<strong>the</strong>r, though<br />

probably proximate occasion. By what He had<br />

said about <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r working hi<strong>the</strong>rto <strong>and</strong> His<br />

working. He had silenced <strong>the</strong> multitude, who must<br />

have felt that God's rest was truly that <strong>of</strong><br />

beneficence, not <strong>of</strong> inactivity. But He had raised<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r question, that <strong>of</strong> His equality with Gx)d,<br />

<strong>and</strong> for this He was taken to task by <strong>the</strong> Masters in<br />

Israel. To <strong>the</strong>m it was that He addressed that<br />

discourse which, so to speak, preached His<br />

miracle at <strong>the</strong> Pool <strong>of</strong> Be<strong>the</strong>sda. Into its details we

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