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

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was not merely a reformation : all things must<br />

become new. Or, again, take <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r view <strong>of</strong> it—<br />

as <strong>the</strong> old garment cannot be patched from <strong>the</strong> new,<br />

so, on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, can <strong>the</strong> new wine <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Kingdom not be confined in <strong>the</strong> old forms. It would<br />

burst those wine-skins* <strong>The</strong> spirit must, indeed,<br />

have its corresponding form <strong>of</strong> expression; but that<br />

form must be adapted, <strong>and</strong> correspond to it. Not<br />

<strong>the</strong> old with a little <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new to hold it toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />

where it is rent; but <strong>the</strong> new, <strong>and</strong> that not in <strong>the</strong> old<br />

wineskins, but in a form corresponding to <strong>the</strong><br />

substance. Such are <strong>the</strong> two final principles ^—<strong>the</strong><br />

one primarily addressed to <strong>the</strong> Pharisees^ <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

to <strong>the</strong> disciples <strong>of</strong> John, by which <strong>the</strong> illustrative<br />

teaching concerning <strong>the</strong> marriage^feast, with its<br />

bridal garment <strong>and</strong> wine <strong>of</strong> banquet, is carried far<br />

beyond <strong>the</strong> original question <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> disciples <strong>of</strong><br />

Johi7y <strong>and</strong> receives an application to all tilne.<br />

> Oodet has shown ohjactioos against <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

writer, or mtij bd (though Veff<br />

all previons interpretations. But his own

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