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

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free gift <strong>of</strong> forgiveness through faith <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

sonship, <strong>and</strong> pointed to obedience <strong>and</strong><br />

righteousness as its goal.<br />

In truth, Babbinism, as such, had no system <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>ology; only what ideas, conjectures, or fancies<br />

<strong>the</strong> Haggadah yielded concerning Gk>d, Angels,<br />

demons, man, his future destiny <strong>and</strong> present<br />

position, <strong>and</strong> Israel, with its past history <strong>and</strong><br />

coming glory. Accordingly, by <strong>the</strong> side <strong>of</strong> what is<br />

noble <strong>and</strong> pure, what a terrible mass <strong>of</strong> utter<br />

incongruities, <strong>of</strong> conflicting statements <strong>and</strong> too<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten debasing superstitions, <strong>the</strong> outcome <strong>of</strong><br />

ignorance <strong>and</strong> narrow nationalism; <strong>of</strong> legendary<br />

colouring <strong>of</strong> Biblical narratives <strong>and</strong> scenes,<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ane, coarse, <strong>and</strong> degrading to <strong>the</strong>m; <strong>the</strong><br />

Almighty Himself <strong>and</strong> His Angels taking part in <strong>the</strong><br />

conversations <strong>of</strong> Babbis, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> discussions <strong>of</strong><br />

Academies; nay, forming a kind <strong>of</strong> heavenly<br />

Sanhedrin, which occasionally requires <strong>the</strong> aid <strong>of</strong><br />

an earthly Babbi.^ <strong>The</strong> miraculous merges into <strong>the</strong><br />

ridiculous, <strong>and</strong>

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