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

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yet in positive ra<strong>the</strong>r than negative form, <strong>the</strong><br />

Evangelic element in <strong>the</strong>m being primary, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

judicial only secondary.<br />

This order is I'eversed in <strong>the</strong> third series,<br />

consisting <strong>of</strong> eight Parables.^ Here <strong>the</strong><br />

controversial has not only <strong>the</strong> ascendency over <strong>the</strong><br />

Evangelic element, but <strong>the</strong> tone has become<br />

judicial, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Evangelic element appears chiefly<br />

in <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> certain predictions connected with<br />

<strong>the</strong> coming end. <strong>The</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Ood is presented<br />

in its final stage <strong>of</strong> inga<strong>the</strong>ring, separation, reward<br />

<strong>and</strong> loss, as, indeed, we might expect in <strong>the</strong><br />

teaching <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord immediately before His final<br />

rejection by Israel <strong>and</strong> betrayal into <strong>the</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Grentiles.<br />

This internal connection between <strong>the</strong> Parables <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> History <strong>of</strong> Christ best explains <strong>the</strong>ir meaning.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir artificial grouping (as by mostly all modem<br />

critics ^) is too ingenious to be true. One thing,<br />

however, is common to all <strong>the</strong> Parables, <strong>and</strong> forms<br />

a point <strong>of</strong> connection between <strong>the</strong>m. <strong>The</strong>y are all

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