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

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it. After such a day, <strong>and</strong> in prospect <strong>of</strong> entering on<br />

His second journey through Galilee*—this time in<br />

so far difierent circumstances—He must prevent<br />

<strong>the</strong> dawn <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> morning in prayer. And by this also<br />

would <strong>the</strong>y learn, that He was not merely a worker<br />

<strong>of</strong> miracles, but that He, Whose Word demons<br />

obeyed, lived a <strong>Life</strong>, not <strong>of</strong> outward but <strong>of</strong> inward<br />

power, in fellowship with His Fa<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>and</strong><br />

baptized his work with prayer. But as yet, <strong>and</strong>,<br />

indeed, in measure all through His <strong>Life</strong> on earth, it<br />

seemed difficult for <strong>the</strong>m in any measure to realise<br />

this. * All men seek for <strong>The</strong>e,' <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>refore <strong>the</strong>y<br />

would have had Him return to Capernaum. But this<br />

was <strong>the</strong> very reason why He had withdrawn ere<br />

dawn <strong>of</strong> day. - He had come forth, <strong>and</strong> that,* not to<br />

attract <strong>the</strong> crowds, <strong>and</strong> be proclaimed a King, but<br />

to preach <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> God. Once more we say<br />

it: so speaks not, nor acts <strong>the</strong> hero <strong>of</strong> Jewish<br />

legend!<br />

As <strong>the</strong> three Synoptists accordantly state, <strong>Jesus</strong><br />

now entered on His second Galilean journey.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re can be little doubt, that <strong>the</strong> chronological

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