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

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O<strong>the</strong>r evidence <strong>of</strong> this is not wanting. From <strong>the</strong><br />

opening verses * we infer, that <strong>Jesus</strong> had gone<br />

forth firom ' <strong>the</strong> house' with • st MkM. His<br />

disciples only, <strong>and</strong> that, as He sat by <strong>the</strong> seaside,<br />

<strong>the</strong> ga<strong>the</strong>ring '<br />

multitude had obliged Him to enter a ship, whence<br />

He spake unto <strong>the</strong>m many things in Parables. That<br />

this parabolic teaching did not follow, far less,<br />

was caused by, <strong>the</strong> fully developed enmity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Pharisees,^' will appear more clearly in <strong>the</strong><br />

sequel. Meantime it ^BLUtM, should be noticed,<br />

that <strong>the</strong> first series <strong>of</strong> Parables (those spoken by<br />

<strong>the</strong> Lake <strong>of</strong> Galilee) bear no distinct reference to<br />

it. In this respect we mark an ascending scale in<br />

<strong>the</strong> three series <strong>of</strong> Parables, spoken respectively at<br />

three diflFerent periods in <strong>the</strong> History <strong>of</strong> Christ,<br />

<strong>and</strong> with reference to three different stages <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharisaic opposition <strong>and</strong> ]x>pular feeling. <strong>The</strong><br />

first series is that,® when Pharisaic opposition • st<br />

XMt had just devised <strong>the</strong> explanation that His<br />

works were <strong>of</strong> demoniac agency, <strong>and</strong> when misled<br />

affection would have converted <strong>the</strong> ties <strong>of</strong> earthly

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