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

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emained damb.<br />

Wondering, <strong>the</strong>y had dispersed—^people <strong>and</strong><br />

priests. <strong>The</strong> day's (Morvioe over, ano<strong>the</strong>r family<br />

<strong>of</strong> ministrants took <strong>the</strong> place <strong>of</strong> those atBfng whom<br />

Zacharias had be^i; <strong>and</strong> again, at <strong>the</strong> dose <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

week's •emoe, ano<strong>the</strong>r ^ conrse' that <strong>of</strong> Abia. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

returned to <strong>the</strong>ir homes —some lx> Ophel, some to<br />

Jericho, some to <strong>the</strong>ir quiet dwellings in <strong>the</strong><br />

ooontly. But God fulfilled <strong>the</strong> word which He had<br />

spoken by His Angeli.<br />

Before leaTing this subject, it may be well to<br />

inquire into <strong>the</strong> relation between <strong>the</strong> events just<br />

described, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> custcHns <strong>and</strong> expectations at <strong>the</strong><br />

time. <strong>The</strong> scene in <strong>the</strong> Temple, <strong>and</strong> all <strong>the</strong><br />

surroundings, are in strictest accordance with what<br />

we know <strong>of</strong> tJie services <strong>of</strong> Uie Sanctuary. In a<br />

narrative that lays hold on some details <strong>of</strong> a very<br />

complex service, such entire accuracy conveys <strong>the</strong><br />

impression <strong>of</strong> general truthfulness. Similarly, <strong>the</strong><br />

sketch <strong>of</strong> Zacharias <strong>and</strong> Elisabeth is true to tiie<br />

history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> time—^though Zacharias oould not

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