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

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Jerosalem.<br />

^'^''' ' And yet it was <strong>the</strong> City <strong>of</strong> Gfod, ovier whose<br />

destruction not only <strong>the</strong> Patriarchs <strong>and</strong> Moses, but<br />

<strong>the</strong> Angelic hosts—nay, <strong>the</strong> Almighty Himself <strong>and</strong><br />

His Shekhinah—had made bitterest lamentation.^<br />

<strong>The</strong> City <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prophets also—since each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m<br />

whose birthplace had<br />

•li;ii.u« not been mentioned, must be regarded as<br />

having sprung from it.* Equally, even more,<br />

marked, but now for joy <strong>and</strong> triumph, would be <strong>the</strong><br />

hour <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem's uprising, when it would<br />

welcome its <strong>Messiah</strong>. Oh, when would He come ?<br />

In <strong>the</strong> feverish excitement <strong>of</strong> expectancy <strong>the</strong>y were<br />

only too ready to listen to <strong>the</strong> voice <strong>of</strong> any<br />

pretender, however coarse <strong>and</strong> dumsy <strong>the</strong><br />

imposture. Yet He was at h<strong>and</strong>—even now<br />

coming: only quite o<strong>the</strong>r than <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

dreams. ^ He came unto His own, <strong>and</strong> His own<br />

received Him not. But as many as received Him, to<br />

<strong>the</strong>m gave He power to become children <strong>of</strong> God,<br />

even to <strong>the</strong>m that believe on His Name.'

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