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

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Semitio' purposes.<br />

VUl PREFACE TO THE SECOND AND THIRD<br />

EDITIONS.<br />

First : It is a mistake to regard everything in<br />

Talmndic writings abont * <strong>the</strong> Gentiles * as<br />

presently applying to Christians. Those spoken <strong>of</strong><br />

are characterised as * <strong>the</strong> worshippers <strong>of</strong> idols/ *<br />

<strong>of</strong> stars <strong>and</strong> planets/ <strong>and</strong> by similar designations.<br />

That' <strong>the</strong> hea<strong>the</strong>ns' <strong>of</strong> those days <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>s should<br />

have been suspected <strong>of</strong> almost any abomination,<br />

deemed capable <strong>of</strong> any treachery or cruelty<br />

towards Israel—^no student <strong>of</strong> history can deem<br />

strange, especially when <strong>the</strong> experience <strong>of</strong> so many<br />

terrible wrongs (would <strong>the</strong>y had been confined to<br />

<strong>the</strong> hea<strong>the</strong>n <strong>and</strong> to those times!) would naturally<br />

lead to morbidly excited suspicions <strong>and</strong><br />

apprehensions.<br />

Secondly: We must remember <strong>the</strong> times, <strong>the</strong><br />

education, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> general st<strong>and</strong>point <strong>of</strong> that period<br />

as compared with our own. No one would measure

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