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

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in prophecy, sajring. Fear not, ikbram. My **<br />

Memra ** shall be thy fftrength, <strong>and</strong> thy very great<br />

reward.' Still, <strong>the</strong> term Memra, as applied not only<br />

to man, but also in reference to Qod, is not always<br />

<strong>the</strong> equivalent <strong>of</strong> ' <strong>the</strong> Logos.'<br />

' <strong>The</strong> various passages in <strong>the</strong> Targum <strong>of</strong> Onkelos,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Jerusalem, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pseudo-Jonathan Taigum on<br />

<strong>the</strong> Pentateuch will be found enumerated <strong>and</strong><br />

classified, as those in which it is a doubt-ful, 9k<br />

fair, or an v/nqwMtionaJbU inference, that <strong>the</strong><br />

word Memra is intended for God revealing<br />

Himself, in Appendix IL: ' Philo <strong>and</strong> Rabbinic<br />

<strong>The</strong>ology.'<br />

* As, for example. Gen. xxviii. 21, * <strong>the</strong> Memra <strong>of</strong><br />

Jehovah shall be my God.'<br />

' As, for example, Num. xxiii. 21, '<strong>the</strong> Memra <strong>of</strong><br />

Jehovah <strong>the</strong>ir God is <strong>the</strong>ir helper, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Shekhinah <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir King<br />

is in <strong>the</strong> midst <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m.'

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