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

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Melchisedek, <strong>the</strong> priest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most high God, <strong>the</strong><br />

king <strong>of</strong> righteousness {fiaaCKsvs SUaioi), <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

king <strong>of</strong> Salem {fiaaCKavB elpi^vrji), Who brings<br />

righteousness <strong>and</strong> peace to <strong>the</strong> soul.^ But <strong>the</strong><br />

Logos' does not come into any soul that is dead in<br />

sin.' That <strong>the</strong>re is close similarity <strong>of</strong> form between<br />

<strong>the</strong>se Alex<strong>and</strong>rian views <strong>and</strong> much in <strong>the</strong><br />

argumentation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Epistle to <strong>the</strong> Hebrews, must<br />

be evident to all—no less than that <strong>the</strong>re is <strong>the</strong><br />

widest possible divergence in substance <strong>and</strong><br />

spirit.* <strong>The</strong> Logos <strong>of</strong> Philo is shadowy, unreal, not<br />

a Person; * <strong>the</strong>re is no need <strong>of</strong> an atonement; <strong>the</strong><br />

High-Priest intercedes, but has no sacrifice to <strong>of</strong>fer<br />

as <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> His intercession, least <strong>of</strong> all that <strong>of</strong><br />

Himself; <strong>the</strong> old Testament types are only typical<br />

ideas.<br />

^DeLec AllegTui 9ff,f6<br />

I For a full disc<strong>of</strong>ision <strong>of</strong> this siml-laritj <strong>of</strong> form,<br />

<strong>and</strong> diveiigence <strong>of</strong> spirit, between Philo—or,<br />

ra<strong>the</strong>r, between Alex-<strong>and</strong>rianism—<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Epistle<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Hebrews, <strong>the</strong> reader is referred to <strong>the</strong>

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