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

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Shekhinah} Nor is <strong>the</strong> term used instead <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

sacred word Jehovah; * nor for <strong>the</strong> well-known<br />

Old Testament expression ^ <strong>the</strong> Angel <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord;'<br />

^ nor yet for <strong>the</strong> MetcUron <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Targum Pseudo-<br />

Jonathan <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Talmud.® Does it <strong>the</strong>n<br />

represent an older tradition underl^ ing all <strong>the</strong>se ? '<br />

Beyond this Rabbinic <strong>the</strong>ology has not preserved<br />

to us <strong>the</strong> doctrine <strong>of</strong> Personal distinctions in <strong>the</strong><br />

Godhead. And yet, if words<br />

* i>ry (Neahebr. W5rterb. i. p. 874 a) Reems to<br />

imply that in <strong>the</strong> Midrash <strong>the</strong> term dibhur occapies<br />

<strong>the</strong> same place <strong>and</strong> meaning. But with all<br />

deference I cannot agree with this opinion, nor do<br />

<strong>the</strong> passages quoted bear it out.<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 'word/ as spoken, is distinguished from <strong>the</strong> *<br />

Word * as speaking, or reyealing Himsell <strong>The</strong><br />

formeris genendly designated by <strong>the</strong> term<br />

*pithgama.* Thus in Gen. zr. 1,' After <strong>the</strong>se words<br />

(things) came <strong>the</strong> "pithgama** ot Jehovah to \bram

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