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

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<strong>the</strong> Pharisees with being <strong>the</strong> embodiment <strong>and</strong><br />

messenger <strong>of</strong> Satan, is here face to face with <strong>the</strong><br />

extreme manifestation <strong>of</strong> demoniac power <strong>and</strong><br />

influence. It is once more, <strong>the</strong>n, a Miracle in<br />

Parable which is about to take place. <strong>The</strong> question,<br />

which had been raised by <strong>the</strong> enemies, is about to<br />

be brought to <strong>the</strong> issue <strong>of</strong> a practical<br />

demonstration. We do not deny that <strong>the</strong> contest <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> victory, this miracle, nay, <strong>the</strong> whole series <strong>of</strong><br />

miracles <strong>of</strong> which it forms part, are extraordinary,<br />

even in <strong>the</strong> series <strong>of</strong> Christ's miracles. Our<br />

explanation proceeds on <strong>the</strong> very ground that such<br />

was, <strong>and</strong> must have been, <strong>the</strong> case. <strong>The</strong> teaching by<br />

Parables, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> parabolic miracles which<br />

follow, form, so to speak, an ascending climax, in<br />

contrast to <strong>the</strong> terrible charge which by-<strong>and</strong>-by<br />

would assume <strong>the</strong> proportions <strong>of</strong> blasphemy<br />

against <strong>the</strong> Holy Ghost, <strong>and</strong> issue in <strong>the</strong> betrayal<br />

<strong>and</strong> judicial murder <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>. <strong>The</strong>re are critical<br />

epochs in <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> God, when<br />

<strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong> evil, st<strong>and</strong>ing out in sharpest contrast,<br />

challenges that overwhelming manifestation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Divine, as such, to bear down <strong>and</strong> crush that which

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