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

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^ ' been a ' need be' for it. This—' two hundred<br />

denarii (between six <strong>and</strong><br />

seven pounds) worth <strong>of</strong> bread is not sufficient for<br />

<strong>the</strong>m, that every one may take a little,' is <strong>the</strong> coarse<br />

realism, not <strong>of</strong> unbelief, but <strong>of</strong> an absence <strong>of</strong> faith<br />

which, entirely ignoring any higher possibility, has<br />

not even its hope left in a ' Thou knowest. Lord.'<br />

But <strong>the</strong>re is evidence, also, that <strong>the</strong> question <strong>of</strong><br />

Christ worked deeper thinking <strong>and</strong> higher good. As<br />

we underst<strong>and</strong> it, Philip told it to Andrew, <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>y to <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs. While <strong>Jesus</strong> taught <strong>and</strong> healed,<br />

<strong>the</strong>y must have spoken toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> this strange<br />

question <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Master. <strong>The</strong>y knew TTim<br />

sufficiently to judge, that it implied some purpose<br />

on His part. Did He intend to provide* for all that<br />

multitude ? <strong>The</strong>y counted <strong>the</strong>m roughly—going<br />

along <strong>the</strong> edge <strong>and</strong> through <strong>the</strong> crowd—<strong>and</strong><br />

reckoned <strong>the</strong>m by thous<strong>and</strong>s, besides women <strong>and</strong><br />

children. <strong>The</strong>y thought <strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong> means for feeding<br />

such a multitude. How much had <strong>the</strong>y <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

? As we judge by combining <strong>the</strong> variou5? ?

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