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

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CHAPTER XTTT.<br />

BT TBI BMk OF OALILIB^-^THE miAL CALL<br />

OF THB FIBSf DI80IPLIB, AID<br />

THS 1UBACUL0U8 PBAUOHT OF FI8HB.<br />

(8t Matt. iv. 18-22: St Mark i 16-20; 8t. Luke ▼.<br />

1-11.)<br />

BOOK Wb are onoe again out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> stifling<br />

spiritual atmosphere <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> great City, <strong>and</strong> by<br />

<strong>the</strong> glorious Lake <strong>of</strong> Galilee. <strong>The</strong>y were o<strong>the</strong>r men,<br />

<strong>the</strong>se honest, simple, earnest, impolsive Galileans,<br />

than that seli-seeking, sophistical, heartless<br />

assemblage <strong>of</strong> Rabbis, whose first active<br />

persecution <strong>Jesus</strong> had just encountered, <strong>and</strong> for <strong>the</strong><br />

time overawed hy <strong>the</strong> majesty <strong>of</strong> His bearing. His<br />

return to Capernaum could not have remained<br />

unknown. Close by, on ei<strong>the</strong>r side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> city, <strong>the</strong><br />

country was studded with villages <strong>and</strong> towns, a<br />

busy, thriving, happy multitude. During that bright<br />

summer He had walked along that Lake, <strong>and</strong> by its

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