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

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analate literally (ver. 83): * Who shall earth/ as a<br />

sgw^r 91^ ^0 SMd IbM<br />

confess in Me'—<strong>and</strong>aKain:'in him wi4 th^groufA<br />

oome into oollisioii. And so <strong>the</strong> qnestions <strong>of</strong> not<br />

being worthy <strong>of</strong> OHAP. Him (<strong>and</strong> who can be<br />

positively worthy ?), <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> true finding ZXVn<br />

or losing <strong>of</strong> our life, have <strong>the</strong>ir bearing on our<br />

daily life <strong>and</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>ession.^<br />

Bnt even in this respect <strong>the</strong> disciples must, to some<br />

extent, have been prepared to receive <strong>the</strong> teaching<br />

<strong>of</strong> Christ. It was generally expected, that a time <strong>of</strong><br />

great tribulation would precede <strong>the</strong> Advent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Messiah</strong>. Again, it was a Rabbinic axiom, that <strong>the</strong><br />

cause <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Teacher, to whom a man owed eternal<br />

life, was to be taken in h<strong>and</strong> before that <strong>of</strong> his<br />

fa<strong>the</strong>r, to whom he owed only <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> this<br />

world.* ' Even <strong>the</strong> statement about taking up <strong>the</strong><br />

Cross in following ^b. iMa. Christ, although<br />

prophetic, could not sound quite strange.<br />

Crucifixion was, indeed, not a Jewish punishment,

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