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

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idea, <strong>the</strong> cause <strong>of</strong> all, pervading all, forming all,<br />

<strong>and</strong> sustaining all. Thus <strong>the</strong>se ' Potencies' were<br />

wholly in Gk)d, <strong>and</strong> yet wholly out <strong>of</strong> God. If we<br />

divest all this <strong>of</strong> its philosophical colouring, did<br />

not Eastern Judaism also teach that <strong>the</strong>re was a<br />

distinction between <strong>the</strong> Unapproachable God, <strong>and</strong><br />

God Manifest?'<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r remark will show <strong>the</strong> parallelism between<br />

Philo <strong>and</strong> Babbinism.^ As <strong>the</strong> latter speaks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

two qualities (Middoth) <strong>of</strong> Mercy <strong>and</strong> Judgment in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Divine Being,^ <strong>and</strong> distinguishes between b<br />

jer. BtR Elohim as <strong>the</strong> God <strong>of</strong> Justice, <strong>and</strong> Jehovah<br />

as <strong>the</strong> God <strong>of</strong> Mercy ^'^ <strong>and</strong> Grace, so Plulo places<br />

next to <strong>the</strong> Divine Word (0ilo9 Xoyos), Goodness<br />

(afya06Ti]si)y as <strong>the</strong> Creative Potency<br />

{irotT^rucrj Zvvaius)y<br />

' In short, <strong>the</strong> KSyos ffw§ptiaruc6s <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Stoics. «<br />

* Supposed to mean ei<strong>the</strong>r numero' Uone; or<br />

splendour. But why not derive <strong>the</strong> word from ^^pal<br />

<strong>The</strong> ten are: Crown, Wisdom, InteUigenoe, Merey^

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