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

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Gh)d, <strong>the</strong> pillar <strong>and</strong> stay [support] <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> truth).<br />

As regards <strong>the</strong> second class <strong>of</strong> interpretation—^<strong>the</strong><br />

rationalistic— it is altoge<strong>the</strong>r so superficial,<br />

shadowy <strong>and</strong> unreal that it can at most be only<br />

regarded as a passing phase <strong>of</strong> light-minded<br />

attempts to set aside felt difficulties.<br />

But <strong>the</strong> third mode <strong>of</strong> explanation, commonly,<br />

though perhaps not always quite fairly, designated<br />

as <strong>the</strong> mythical, deserves <strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong>s, at least in<br />

its sober presentation, <strong>the</strong> serious consideration <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> historical student. Happily it is also that which,<br />

in <strong>the</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> it, is most capable <strong>of</strong> being<br />

subjected to <strong>the</strong> test <strong>of</strong> historical examination. For,<br />

as previously stated, we possess ample materials<br />

for ascertaining <strong>the</strong> state <strong>of</strong> thought, belief, <strong>and</strong><br />

expectancy in <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> Christ, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> His<br />

Apostles. And to this aspect <strong>of</strong> objections to <strong>the</strong><br />

GkMspels <strong>the</strong> main line <strong>of</strong> argumentation in this<br />

book has been addressed. For, if <strong>the</strong> historical<br />

analysis here attempted has any logical force, it<br />

leads up to this conclusion, that <strong>Jesus</strong> Christ was,

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