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

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^prothrei in work or trial.<br />

For, deepest <strong>of</strong> ail convictions was that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

common centre ; strongest <strong>of</strong> b31 feelings was <strong>the</strong><br />

love which bound <strong>the</strong>m to Palestine <strong>and</strong> to<br />

Jerusalem, <strong>the</strong> city <strong>of</strong> God, <strong>the</strong> joy <strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong> earth,<br />

<strong>the</strong> glory <strong>of</strong> His people Israel. ^ K I forget <strong>the</strong>e, O<br />

Jerusalem, let my ri^t h<strong>and</strong> forget her cunning; let<br />

my tongue cleave to <strong>the</strong> ro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> my mouth.*<br />

Hellenist <strong>and</strong> Eastern equally realised this. As <strong>the</strong><br />

soil <strong>of</strong> his native l<strong>and</strong>, <strong>the</strong> deeds <strong>of</strong> his people, or<br />

<strong>the</strong> graves <strong>of</strong> his fa<strong>the</strong>rs draw <strong>the</strong> fiia><strong>of</strong>f<br />

w<strong>and</strong>erer to <strong>the</strong> home <strong>of</strong> his childhood, or fill <strong>the</strong><br />

mountaineer in his exile with irrepressible longing,<br />

so <strong>the</strong> sounds which <strong>the</strong> Jew heard in his<br />

Synagogue, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> observances which he kept.<br />

Nor was it with him merely matter <strong>of</strong> patriotism, <strong>of</strong><br />

history, or <strong>of</strong> association. It was a religious<br />

principle, a spiritual hope. No truth more firmly<br />

rooted in <strong>the</strong> consciousness <strong>of</strong> all, than that in<br />

Jerusalem alone men could truly worship.* As<br />

Daniel <strong>of</strong> old had in his hour <strong>of</strong> •stJohnu worship<br />

turned towards <strong>the</strong> Holy City, so in <strong>the</strong> Synagogue

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