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

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<strong>the</strong> Law;' <strong>and</strong>, when it<br />

in is lost, <strong>the</strong> Law alone can restore life ; ^ while,<br />

according to Ghristiaii<br />

*"^ " teaching, it only bringeth death. Thus <strong>the</strong>re<br />

was, at <strong>the</strong> very<br />

foundation <strong>of</strong> religious life, absolute contrariety<br />

between <strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

PJR contemporaries. Whence, if not from heaven,<br />

came a docfarme<br />

60 novel as that which <strong>Jesus</strong> made <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> His<br />

Kingdom ?<br />

In one respect, indeed, <strong>the</strong> Rabbinic view was in<br />

some measure derived from <strong>the</strong> Old Testament,<br />

though by an external <strong>and</strong>, <strong>the</strong>refore, false<br />

interpretation <strong>of</strong> its teaching. Li <strong>the</strong> Old Testament,<br />

also, * repentance' was Teshvbhdh (naiK^n), *<br />

return; * while, in <strong>the</strong> New Testament, it is '<br />

change <strong>of</strong> mind' (/lerdvoia). It would not be fair

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