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

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frivolities, <strong>the</strong>ir marvellous legends, or <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

clever sayings; but who would, if occasion<br />

required, quell an opponent by well-poised<br />

questions, or crush him beneath <strong>the</strong> sheer weight <strong>of</strong><br />

authority. Yet o<strong>the</strong>rs were <strong>the</strong>re who, despite <strong>the</strong><br />

utterly lowering influence which <strong>the</strong> frivolities <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> prevalent religion, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> elaborate trifling <strong>of</strong><br />

its endless observances, must have exerdsed on <strong>the</strong><br />

moral <strong>and</strong> religious feelings <strong>of</strong> all—^perhaps,<br />

because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m—^turned aside, <strong>and</strong> looked back<br />

with loving gaze to <strong>the</strong> spiritual promises <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

past, <strong>and</strong> forward with longing expectancy to <strong>the</strong><br />

near ' consolation <strong>of</strong> Israel,' waiting for it in<br />

prayerful fellowship, <strong>and</strong> with bright, heavengranted<br />

gleams <strong>of</strong> its dawning light amidst <strong>the</strong><br />

encircling gloom.<br />

Descending firom <strong>the</strong> Temple into <strong>the</strong> city, <strong>the</strong>re<br />

was more than enlai^ment, due to <strong>the</strong> increased<br />

population. Altoge<strong>the</strong>r, Jerusalem covered, at its<br />

greatest, about 300 acres.' As <strong>of</strong> old <strong>the</strong>re were<br />

still <strong>the</strong> same narrow streets in <strong>the</strong> business<br />

quarters; but in close contiguity to bazaars <strong>and</strong>

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