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

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hospitable reception for <strong>the</strong> sake <strong>of</strong>, or with <strong>the</strong><br />

intention <strong>of</strong> doing it to, a prophet or a righteous<br />

man, would procure a share in <strong>the</strong> prophet's or<br />

righteous man's reward. Thus, tradition had it, that<br />

<strong>the</strong> Obadiah <strong>of</strong> King Ahab's court' had become<br />

^ij^^ <strong>the</strong> prophet <strong>of</strong> that name, because he had<br />

provided for <strong>the</strong> hundred prophets.' And we are<br />

repeatedly assured, that to receive a sage, or<br />

*fiMh.w* even an elder, was like receiving <strong>the</strong><br />

Shekhinah itself. But <strong>the</strong> concluding promise <strong>of</strong><br />

Christ, concerning <strong>the</strong> reward <strong>of</strong> even ' a cup <strong>of</strong><br />

cold water' to ' one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se little ones'' in <strong>the</strong> name<br />

<strong>of</strong> a disciple,'<br />

I <strong>The</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> expression, for My sake shall<br />

find it.' lodng <strong>and</strong> finding one's life, appears '<br />

Bspecially if he taught him <strong>the</strong> more markedly by<br />

attending to <strong>the</strong> highest <strong>of</strong> all lore, <strong>the</strong> TUmnd, or<br />

ex-tenses in <strong>the</strong> text: * He 4;hat fonnd his plained<br />

<strong>the</strong> reason or <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> life ahall loee it, <strong>and</strong><br />

he that lost his life what it contained.<br />

BOOK goes far beyond <strong>the</strong> far<strong>the</strong>st conceptions <strong>of</strong>

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