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

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heavenly storehouse, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> tares bound in<br />

bundles to be burned. <strong>The</strong>n <strong>the</strong> harvesters shall be<br />

<strong>the</strong> Angels <strong>of</strong> Christ, <strong>the</strong> ga<strong>the</strong>red tares ^all <strong>the</strong><br />

stumbling-blocks <strong>and</strong> those who do <strong>the</strong><br />

lawlessness,' <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir burning <strong>the</strong> casting <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m '<br />

into <strong>the</strong> oven <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fire.' •<br />

More mysterious still, <strong>and</strong>, if possible, even more<br />

needful, was <strong>the</strong> instruction that <strong>the</strong> Enemy who<br />

sowed <strong>the</strong> tares was <strong>the</strong> Devil. To <strong>the</strong> Jews, nay,<br />

to us all, it may seem a mystery, that in ' <strong>the</strong><br />

Messianic Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Heaven' <strong>the</strong>re should be a<br />

mixture <strong>of</strong> tares with <strong>the</strong> wheat, <strong>the</strong> more<br />

mysterious, that <strong>the</strong> Baptist had predicted that <strong>the</strong><br />

coming <strong>Messiah</strong> would throughly purge His floor.<br />

But to those who were capable <strong>of</strong> receiving it, it<br />

would be explained by <strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong> Devil was<br />

* <strong>the</strong> Enemy ' <strong>of</strong> Christ, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> His Kingdom, <strong>and</strong><br />

that he had sowed those tares. This would, at <strong>the</strong><br />

same time, be <strong>the</strong> most efiective answer to <strong>the</strong><br />

Pharisaic charge, that <strong>Jesus</strong> was <strong>the</strong> Incarnation <strong>of</strong><br />

Satan, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> vehicle <strong>of</strong> his influence. And once<br />

instructed in this, <strong>the</strong>y would have fur<strong>the</strong>r to learn

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