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

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<strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>rs, to see pride or ostentation in this, that<br />

<strong>the</strong> ^ - - -^ Virgin-Mo<strong>the</strong>r siimmoned <strong>Jesus</strong> to her<br />

outside <strong>the</strong> house, since <strong>the</strong> opposite might as well<br />

have been her motive, we cannot but regard <strong>the</strong><br />

words <strong>of</strong> Christ as <strong>the</strong> sternest prophetic rebuke <strong>of</strong><br />

all Mariolatiy, prayer for <strong>the</strong> yirgin*s intercession,<br />

<strong>and</strong>, still more, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> strange doctrines about her<br />

freedom from actual <strong>and</strong> original sin, up to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

prurient sequence in <strong>the</strong> dogma <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ' Immaculate<br />

Conception.'<br />

On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, we also remember <strong>the</strong> deep<br />

reverence among <strong>the</strong> Jews for parents, which<br />

found even exaggerated expression in <strong>the</strong> Talmud.*<br />

* And we feel that, <strong>of</strong> all in Israel, He, Who was<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir • Jer<br />

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King, could not have spoken nor done what might<br />

even seem disrespectful to a mo<strong>the</strong>r. <strong>The</strong>re must<br />

have been higher meaning in His words. That<br />

meaning would be better understood after His

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