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

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Tbif la b^ tba oorroot raadinff ancl raocMay,<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir zeal for his credit (as shown in <strong>the</strong> almost<br />

coarse language <strong>of</strong> CHAP, <strong>the</strong>ir inqniry: ' John <strong>the</strong><br />

Baptist hath sent ns unto <strong>The</strong>e, saying, Art Thou He<br />

that cometh, oi look we for ano<strong>the</strong>r ?'), as well as<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir tenacity <strong>of</strong> nnprogressiveness—were all, so<br />

to speak, marks <strong>of</strong> his failnre. And, if he had failed<br />

with <strong>the</strong>m, had he sncceeded in anything?<br />

And yet fur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> more terrible questions rose in<br />

that dark dungeon. Like serpents that crept out <strong>of</strong><br />

its walls, <strong>the</strong>y would uncoil <strong>and</strong> raise <strong>the</strong>ir heads<br />

with horrible hissing. What if, after all, <strong>the</strong>re had<br />

been some terrible mistake on his part ? At any<br />

rate <strong>the</strong> logic <strong>of</strong> events was against him. He was<br />

now <strong>the</strong> fast prisoner <strong>of</strong> that Herod, to whom he<br />

had spoken with authority ; in <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong> that<br />

bold adulteress, Herodias. K he were Elijah, <strong>the</strong><br />

great Tish-bite had never been in <strong>the</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong><br />

Ahab <strong>and</strong> Jezebel. And <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong>, Whose' Elijah<br />

he was, moved not; could not, or would not, move,<br />

but feasted with publicans <strong>and</strong> sinners! Was it all a

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