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

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cannot enter fur<strong>the</strong>r than has already been done.<br />

Some <strong>of</strong> its reasonings can be clearly traced, as<br />

starting from certain fundamental positions, held in<br />

common alike by <strong>the</strong> Sanhedrists <strong>and</strong> by Christ.<br />

O<strong>the</strong>rs, such as probably in answer to unreported<br />

objections, we may guess at. This may also<br />

account for what may seem occasional abruptness<br />

<strong>of</strong> transitions.<br />

But what most impresses us, is <strong>the</strong> majestic<br />

gr<strong>and</strong>eur <strong>of</strong> Christ's self-consciousness in presence<br />

<strong>of</strong> His enemies, <strong>and</strong> yet withal <strong>the</strong> tone <strong>of</strong> pitying<br />

sadness which pervades His discourse. <strong>The</strong> time<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> judgment <strong>of</strong> silence had not yet come. And<br />

for <strong>the</strong> present <strong>the</strong> majesty <strong>of</strong> His bearing<br />

overawed <strong>the</strong>m, even as it did His enemies to <strong>the</strong><br />

end, <strong>and</strong> Christ could pass unharmed from among<br />

<strong>the</strong>m. And so ended that day in Jerusalem. And this<br />

is all that is needfrd for us to know <strong>of</strong> His stay at<br />

<strong>the</strong> Unknown Feast. With this inward separation,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> ga<strong>the</strong>ring <strong>of</strong> hostile parties closes <strong>the</strong> first<br />

<strong>and</strong> begins <strong>the</strong> second, stage <strong>of</strong> Christ's Ministry.

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