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

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equally convincing would have reached those<br />

accustomed to Rabbinic disputations, <strong>and</strong> who<br />

must have looked for such a manifestation from<br />

One Who claimed such authority. And yet, so far<br />

from being a mere worker <strong>of</strong> miracles, as we<br />

should have expected if <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> His miracles<br />

had been <strong>of</strong> legendary origin, <strong>the</strong>re is nothing more<br />

marked than <strong>the</strong> pain, we had almost said <strong>the</strong><br />

humiliation, which <strong>the</strong>ir necessity seems to have<br />

carried to His heart. * Except ye see signs <strong>and</strong><br />

wonders, ye will not believe;' * an evil <strong>and</strong><br />

adulterous generation seeketh a sign;' ' blessed are<br />

<strong>the</strong>y that have not seen, <strong>and</strong> yet have believed'—<br />

such are <strong>the</strong> utterances <strong>of</strong> Him Who sighed when<br />

He opened <strong>the</strong> ears <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> deaf,* <strong>and</strong> bade His<br />

•st.Mwrk Apostles look for higher <strong>and</strong> better<br />

things than power over all diseases or even over<br />

evil spirits.^ ^ So would not <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong> <strong>of</strong> Jewish<br />

bst.Lak« legend have spoken or done; nor would<br />

<strong>the</strong>y who invented such miracles have so referred<br />

to <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

In truth, when, through <strong>the</strong> rift in His outward

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