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

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Testament not only leads chiefly to critical<br />

discussions, but rests <strong>the</strong> case on what is, after all,<br />

a secondary line <strong>of</strong> argumentation. In <strong>the</strong> New<br />

Testament prophecies are not made to point to<br />

facts, but facts to point back to prophecies. <strong>The</strong><br />

New Testament presents <strong>the</strong> fulfilment <strong>of</strong> all<br />

prophecy ra<strong>the</strong>r than <strong>of</strong> prophecies, <strong>and</strong> individual<br />

predictions serve as fingerposts to great<br />

outst<strong>and</strong>ing facts, which mark where <strong>the</strong> roads<br />

meet <strong>and</strong> part. And here, as it seems to me, we are<br />

at one with <strong>the</strong> ancient Synagogue. In pro<strong>of</strong>, I<br />

would call special attention to Appendix IX.,<br />

which gives a list <strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong> Old Testament<br />

passages Messianically applied in Jewish<br />

writings. We, aa weU aa <strong>the</strong>y, appeal to all<br />

Scripture, to all prophecy, as that <strong>of</strong><br />

which iihe reality is in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong>. Bat we also<br />

appeal to tlie whole tendency <strong>and</strong> new direction<br />

which <strong>the</strong> Gospel presents in opposition to that <strong>of</strong><br />

Traditionalism; to <strong>the</strong> new revelation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r,<br />

to <strong>the</strong> new bro<strong>the</strong>rhood <strong>of</strong> man, <strong>and</strong> to <strong>the</strong><br />

satisfaction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> deepest wants <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> heart,

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