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

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as in Is. xxv. 6, had perhaps yet ano<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> deeper<br />

meaning. As each weekly Sabbath was to be<br />

honoured by a feast, in ^hich <strong>the</strong> best which <strong>the</strong><br />

family could procure was to be placed on <strong>the</strong><br />

board, so would <strong>the</strong> world's great Sabbath be<br />

marked by a feast in which <strong>the</strong> Ghreat<br />

Householder, Israel's Eang, would entertain His<br />

household <strong>and</strong> guests. Into <strong>the</strong> painfully, <strong>and</strong>, from<br />

<strong>the</strong> notions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> times, grossly realistic<br />

description <strong>of</strong> this feast,^ it is needless here to<br />

enter. One thing, however, was clear: Gentiles<br />

could have no part in that feast. In fact, <strong>the</strong> shame<br />

<strong>and</strong> anger <strong>of</strong> ' <strong>the</strong>se' foes on seeing <strong>the</strong> ' table<br />

spread' for this Jewish feast was among <strong>the</strong> points<br />

specially noticed as fulfilling <strong>the</strong> predictions <strong>of</strong> Ps.<br />

xxiii. 5.* On this point, <strong>the</strong>n, <strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> in<br />

reference to <strong>the</strong> believing Centurion formed <strong>the</strong><br />

most marked contrast to Jewish teaching.<br />

In ano<strong>the</strong>r respect also we mark similar<br />

contrariety. When our Lord consigned <strong>the</strong>

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