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

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in agreement with what, in <strong>the</strong> view <strong>of</strong> such a<br />

writer, should have been <strong>the</strong> feelings <strong>of</strong> Zacharias,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> language <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ajigel.* <strong>The</strong> Angel would<br />

have commenced by referring to Zacharias' prayers<br />

for <strong>the</strong> coming <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Messiah</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Zacharias would<br />

have been represented in a highly enthusiastic<br />

state. Instead <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> strangely prosaic objection<br />

which he <strong>of</strong>fered to <strong>the</strong> Angelic announcement,<br />

<strong>the</strong>re would have been a burst <strong>of</strong> spiritual<br />

sentiment, or what passed for such. But all this<br />

would have been psychologically untrue. <strong>The</strong>re

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