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

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;* did not Israel possess <strong>the</strong> bRMhHaSh. merits <strong>of</strong><br />

*<strong>the</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>rs,'^ <strong>and</strong> specially that <strong>of</strong> Abraham, itself<br />

so<br />

valuable that, even if his descendants had, morally<br />

speaking, been as •B6r.B.44. a dead body, his<br />

merit would have been imputed to <strong>the</strong>m ?® More<br />

«T«ikiitf s than that, Gtod had created <strong>the</strong> world on<br />

acoonnt <strong>of</strong> Israel/ <strong>and</strong> for <strong>the</strong>ir merit, making<br />

preparation for <strong>the</strong>m long before <strong>the</strong>ir appearance<br />

on <strong>the</strong> scene, just as a king who foresees <strong>the</strong> birth<br />

<strong>of</strong> his son; nay, Israel had been in God's thoughts<br />

not only before anything had

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