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

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<strong>The</strong> onpleaaant task <strong>of</strong> stating <strong>and</strong> leAiting <strong>the</strong>se<br />

objectioDB seemed necessary, if only to show<br />

thai, as <strong>of</strong> old so now, this histoy cannot be ei<strong>the</strong>r<br />

explained or accounted fiar. It mnst be accepted<br />

i3fr rejected, according as we think <strong>of</strong> Christ.<br />

Admittedly, it fonned part €( <strong>the</strong> original tradition<br />

<strong>and</strong> belief <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dunch. And it is recorded with<br />

such details <strong>of</strong> names, drcomstanoes, time, <strong>and</strong><br />

place, as almost to court inquiry, <strong>and</strong> to render<br />

fr<strong>and</strong> weU-^iigh impoesibie. And it is so recorded<br />

by all <strong>the</strong> three Evangelists, with such Taria-tions,<br />

or ra<strong>the</strong>r, additions, <strong>of</strong> details as only to confirm<br />

<strong>the</strong> credibility cf <strong>the</strong> narrators, by showing thdr<br />

independence <strong>of</strong> each o<strong>the</strong>r. Lastly, it fits into <strong>the</strong><br />

whde history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Christ, <strong>and</strong> into Uus special<br />

period cf it; <strong>and</strong> it sets before ns <strong>the</strong> Christ <strong>and</strong> His<br />

bearing in a manner, which we instinctively feel to<br />

be accordant with what we know <strong>and</strong> expect.<br />

Assnredly, it implies determined rejecticm <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

claims o( <strong>the</strong> Christ, <strong>and</strong> that on grounds, not <strong>of</strong><br />

U&is histcny, bat <strong>of</strong> preconceived opinions hostile<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Gospel, not to see <strong>and</strong> adcHe in it <strong>the</strong> full<br />

manifestation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine Saviour <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, ^

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