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

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THE PREPARATION FOR THE QOSPEL.<br />

BOOK<br />

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Ap. 1. 7<br />

«]Cen.xiU. 10, And <strong>the</strong> Qtmu%,<br />

•9irabo in Jot, Ant. sir, 7, S<br />

had actually built a scliiBmatic Temple. Daring <strong>the</strong><br />

terrible Syrian persecutions in Palestine Onias, <strong>the</strong><br />

son <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> murdered High-Priest Onias lU., had<br />

sought safety in Egypt. Ptolemy Philometor not<br />

only received him kindly, but gave a disused<br />

hea<strong>the</strong>n temple in <strong>the</strong> town <strong>of</strong> Leontopolis for a<br />

Jewish sanctuary. Here a new Aaronic priesthood<br />

ministered, <strong>the</strong>ir support being derived from <strong>the</strong><br />

revenues <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> district around. <strong>The</strong> new Temple,<br />

however, resembled not that <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem ei<strong>the</strong>r in

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