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

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devising fables.® But <strong>the</strong>y i*ci,J^. ^' who believe,<br />

see in this history, how <strong>the</strong> Divine Conqueror, in<br />

His J*"^, accidental meeting with Death, with<br />

mighty arm rolled back <strong>the</strong> tide, <strong>and</strong> how through<br />

<strong>the</strong> portals <strong>of</strong> heaven which He opened stole in<br />

upon our world <strong>the</strong> first beam <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new day. Yet<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r—in some sense lower, in ano<strong>the</strong>r,<br />

practically higher—^lesson do we learn. yoT^ this<br />

meeting <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two processions outside <strong>the</strong> gate <strong>of</strong><br />

Nain<br />

1 nu i« tbe aOmunon <strong>of</strong> JWii,<br />

Wt FROM JORDAN ^ THE MOUNT OP<br />

TRANSFIGURATION.<br />

BOOK was acoidental, yet not in <strong>the</strong> oonventibnal<br />

senBe. Nei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> m arrival <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> at that place<br />

<strong>and</strong> time, nor that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ftineral procession fix)m<br />

Nain, nor <strong>the</strong>ir meeting, was ei<strong>the</strong>r designed or<br />

else miracnlous. Both happened in <strong>the</strong> natural<br />

course <strong>of</strong> natural events, but <strong>the</strong>ir concurrence<br />

(crvyKvpla^) was designed, <strong>and</strong> directly God-

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