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

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Zool. d. Talm. pp. 255,95S, an4 806,806. In my<br />

view he bat ettabliihed Zevf, N9Ul)9br. Wo?(^b.<br />

tt. 199 tf.<br />

xnoming, when ihe Risen One manifested Himself<br />

by <strong>the</strong> Lake <strong>of</strong> CHAP Ghblilee to <strong>the</strong>m who had all<br />

<strong>the</strong> night toiled in vain, He had pro- XXIX ▼ided<br />

for <strong>the</strong>m miraculously <strong>the</strong> meal, when on <strong>the</strong> * fire<br />

<strong>of</strong> charcoal' ' ' ' <strong>the</strong>y saw <strong>the</strong> well-remembered<br />

'little fish' (<strong>the</strong> op8wnon)y <strong>and</strong>, as He bade <strong>the</strong>m<br />

bring <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ' little fish' (<strong>the</strong> opsaria) which <strong>the</strong>y<br />

had miraculously caught, Peter drew to shore <strong>the</strong><br />

net full, not <strong>of</strong> cpsariaj but ' <strong>of</strong> great fishes'<br />

{i'xOwov firfd\a>v). And yet it was not <strong>of</strong> those '<br />

great fishes' that He gave <strong>the</strong>m, but ' He took <strong>the</strong><br />

bread <strong>and</strong> gave <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> opscurion likewise/*<br />

Thus, in '•stJoim infinite humility, <strong>the</strong> meal at<br />

which <strong>the</strong> Risen Saviour sat down with His<br />

disciples was still <strong>of</strong> ' bread <strong>and</strong> small fishes'—<br />

even though He gave <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong> draught <strong>of</strong> large<br />

fishes; <strong>and</strong> so at that last meal He recalled that first<br />

miraculous feeding by <strong>the</strong> Lake <strong>of</strong> Ghdilee. And<br />

this also is one <strong>of</strong> those undesigned, too <strong>of</strong>ten

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