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

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never have con- ^_ ' nected <strong>the</strong> designation <strong>of</strong> *<br />

children <strong>of</strong> Qod * with any but Israel.* A ^**n*<br />

similar remark applies to <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> expression<br />

'Kingdom <strong>of</strong> ^"J^^^ Heaven' in <strong>the</strong> next Beatitude.<br />

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A more full comparison than has been made would<br />

almost require a separate treatise. One by one, as<br />

we place <strong>the</strong> sayings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Babbis by <strong>the</strong> side o(<br />

those <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> in this Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount, we<br />

mark <strong>the</strong> same essential contrariety <strong>of</strong> spirit,<br />

whe<strong>the</strong>r as regards righteousness, sin, repentance,<br />

faith, <strong>the</strong> Kingdom, alms, prayer, or &sting. Only<br />

two points may be specially selected, because <strong>the</strong>y<br />

are so frequently brought forward by writers as<br />

pro<strong>of</strong>, that <strong>the</strong> sayings <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> did not rise above<br />

those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chief Talmudic audiorities. <strong>The</strong> first <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>se refers to <strong>the</strong> well-known words <strong>of</strong> our Lord:<br />

* •*•,*"

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