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

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«Ber.s9» <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> recorded prayers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Babbis *<br />

will show, how vastly different many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m were<br />

from <strong>the</strong> petitions which our Lord taught. Without<br />

insisting on this, nor on <strong>the</strong> circumstance that all<br />

recorded Talmudic prayers are <strong>of</strong> much later date<br />

than <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>, it may^ at <strong>the</strong> same time^ be<br />

freely admitted that here also <strong>the</strong> form, <strong>and</strong><br />

sometimes even <strong>the</strong> spirit, approached closely to<br />

<strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> our Lord. On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, it would<br />

be folly to deny that <strong>the</strong> Lord's Prayer, in its<br />

sublime spirit, tendency, combination, <strong>and</strong> sue*<br />

cession <strong>of</strong> petitions, is unique; <strong>and</strong> that such<br />

expressions in it as * Our Fa<strong>the</strong>r,' * <strong>the</strong> Kingdom,'<br />

* forgiveness,' ' temptation,' <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs, represent<br />

in Babbinism something entirely different from that<br />

whidi our Lord had in view^ But, even so, sUch<br />

petitions as ^ forgive us our debts,' could, as has<br />

been shown in a previous chapter, have no true<br />

parallel in Jewish <strong>the</strong>ology.'<br />

■ For lonis intaraiting Babbinio pacaUals to tbs<br />

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