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

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whose power was such that he could say to a<br />

valley: Be filled with gold dinars. <strong>The</strong> same Kabbi<br />

was wont to say: ' I have seen <strong>the</strong> children <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

world to come, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>y are few. If <strong>the</strong>re are tiiree,<br />

I <strong>and</strong> m; ■on are <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir number; if <strong>the</strong>y are two, I<br />

<strong>and</strong> my son are <strong>the</strong>y.' After such expression <strong>of</strong><br />

boastful self-righteousness, so opposed to tiie<br />

passage in <strong>the</strong> Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount, <strong>of</strong> which it is<br />

supposed to be <strong>the</strong> parallel, we scarcely wonder to<br />

read that, if Abraham had redeemed, all<br />

generations to that <strong>of</strong> Rabbi Simon, <strong>the</strong> latter<br />

claimed to redeem by his own merits all that<br />

followed to <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world—^nay, that if<br />

Abraham were reluctant, he (Simon) would take<br />

Ahijali <strong>the</strong><br />

'!J!?°"* Shilonite with him, <strong>and</strong> reconcile <strong>the</strong><br />

whole world !** Yet we are<br />

46 0 he pro '<br />

join wuh*°" ^^^^ ^y some to see in such Rabbinic<br />

passages parallels to <strong>the</strong>

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