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

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<strong>The</strong> magnificent porch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Temple was *<br />

adorned ' with many such * dedicated gifts.' Thus,<br />

we read <strong>of</strong> repeated costly <strong>of</strong>ferings by <strong>the</strong><br />

Ptolemies, <strong>of</strong> a golden wreath which Sosius<br />

<strong>of</strong>fered after he had taken Jerusalem in conjunction<br />

with Herod, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> rich flagons which Augustus<br />

<strong>and</strong> • /^. j^^ his wife had given to <strong>the</strong> Sanctuary.®<br />

And, although this same JdilW-Emperor praised<br />

his gr<strong>and</strong>son for leaving Jerusalem unvisited on his<br />

ff'^^ jdu journey firom Egypt to Syria, yet he<br />

himself made provision for a iai'^*'<br />

THE PftEt^AHATlON FOR THE GOSPErii.<br />

BOOK I<br />

•Jm, War 1L10.4; iL 17. S<br />

» War It. i. I; oomp. War U. 17.<br />

daily sacrifice on his behalf, which only ceased<br />

when <strong>the</strong> last war against Rome was proclaimed.^<br />

Even <strong>the</strong> circumstance that <strong>the</strong>re was a ' Court <strong>of</strong>

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