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

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contrary to <strong>the</strong> expectation <strong>of</strong>, <strong>the</strong> disciples. Hiis<br />

also holds true in regard to o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> great<br />

manifestations <strong>of</strong> Christ, up to His Resurrection<br />

firom <strong>the</strong> dead. This, <strong>of</strong> course, proves that <strong>the</strong><br />

narrative was not founded on existing Jewish<br />

ideas. But <strong>the</strong>re is more than this. <strong>The</strong> gratuitous<br />

introduction <strong>of</strong> traits which, so far from glorifying,<br />

would ra<strong>the</strong>r detract from a legendary Christ,<br />

while at <strong>the</strong> same time <strong>the</strong>y seriously reflect on <strong>the</strong><br />

disciples, presumably <strong>the</strong> inventors <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> legend,<br />

appears to us wholly inconsistent with <strong>the</strong><br />

assumption that <strong>the</strong> narrative is spurious.<br />

Nor ought we to overlook ano<strong>the</strong>r circumstance.<br />

While we regard <strong>the</strong> narrative as that <strong>of</strong> an<br />

historical occurrence—indeed, because we do so<br />

—we cannot fail to perceive its permanent<br />

symbolic <strong>and</strong> typical bearing. It were, indeed,<br />

impossible to describe ei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Church <strong>of</strong> Christ, or <strong>the</strong> experience <strong>of</strong> individual<br />

disciples, more accurately, or with wider <strong>and</strong><br />

deeper capability <strong>of</strong> application, than in <strong>the</strong><br />

Parable <strong>of</strong> this Miracle. And thus it is morally true

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