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

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firom heaven, prepared <strong>and</strong> ready, <strong>and</strong> He shall<br />

destroy all His enemies. But a peaceable multitude<br />

shall now be ga<strong>the</strong>red to Him. <strong>The</strong>se are <strong>the</strong> ten<br />

tribes, who, to separate <strong>the</strong>mselves from <strong>the</strong> ways<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hea<strong>the</strong>n, had w<strong>and</strong>ered fS&r away,<br />

miraculously helped, a journey <strong>of</strong> one <strong>and</strong> a half<br />

years, <strong>and</strong> who were now similarly restored by<br />

God to <strong>the</strong>ir own l<strong>and</strong>. But as for <strong>the</strong> ^ Son,' or<br />

those who accompanied Him, no one on earth<br />

would be able to see or know <strong>the</strong>m, till <strong>the</strong> day <strong>of</strong><br />

His appearing.*' •via.Tioh,<br />

It seems scarcely necessary to complete <strong>the</strong> series<br />

<strong>of</strong> testimony by referring in detail to a book, called<br />

^ <strong>The</strong> Prophecy <strong>and</strong> Assumption <strong>of</strong> Moses,' <strong>and</strong> to<br />

what is known as <strong>the</strong> Apocalypse <strong>of</strong> Bamch, <strong>the</strong><br />

servant <strong>of</strong> Jeremiah. Both date from probably a<br />

somewhat later period than <strong>the</strong> Fourth Book <strong>of</strong><br />

Esdras, <strong>and</strong> both are fragmentary. <strong>The</strong> one<br />

distinctly anticipates <strong>the</strong> return <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ten tribes; ^<br />

<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r, in <strong>the</strong> bpn>pbet.ei letter to <strong>the</strong> nine <strong>and</strong> a<br />

half tribes, far beyond <strong>the</strong> Euphrates,® with hTtuJ'<br />

which <strong>the</strong> book closes, preserves an ominous

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