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

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might have been expected. <strong>The</strong> fervour <strong>and</strong> purity<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> movement ceased almost<br />

> Wcfi a taller tkBtcih <strong>of</strong> this histoiy see Appendix<br />

IV.<br />

FROM BETHLEHEM TO JORDAN.<br />

BOOK<br />

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fOomp. IMaco. tL 81<br />

with its success. It was certainly never <strong>the</strong> golden<br />

age <strong>of</strong> Israel— not even among those who<br />

remained {juthful to its Grod—^which those seem<br />

to imagine who, forgetful <strong>of</strong> its history <strong>and</strong><br />

contests, would trace to it 80 much that is most<br />

precious <strong>and</strong> spiritual in <strong>the</strong> Old Testament. It may<br />

have been <strong>the</strong> pressure <strong>of</strong> circumstances, but it was<br />

anything but a pious, or even a * happy' thought *<br />

<strong>of</strong> Judas <strong>the</strong> Maccabee, to seek <strong>the</strong> alliance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Romans. From <strong>the</strong>ir entrance on <strong>the</strong> scene dates <strong>the</strong>

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