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

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fully must new spiritual thoughts have come to him.<br />

As for Elisabeth, those tender feelings <strong>of</strong> woman,<br />

which ever shrink from <strong>the</strong> disclosure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

dearest secret <strong>of</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>rhood, were intensely<br />

deepened <strong>and</strong> sanctified in <strong>the</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> all<br />

that had passed. Little as she might underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

full meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> friture, it must have been to her,<br />

as if sl^ also now stood in <strong>the</strong> Holy Place, gazing<br />

towards <strong>the</strong> Veil which concealed <strong>the</strong> innermost<br />

Presence. Meantime she was content with, nay, felt<br />

<strong>the</strong> need <strong>of</strong>, absolute retirement from o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

fellowship tiian that <strong>of</strong> Gk)d <strong>and</strong> her own heart.<br />

Like her husb<strong>and</strong>, she too would be silent <strong>and</strong><br />

alone—till ano<strong>the</strong>r voice called her forth.<br />

Whatever <strong>the</strong> future might bring, sufficient for <strong>the</strong><br />

present, that thus <strong>the</strong> Lord had done to her, in days<br />

in which He looked down to remove her reproach<br />

among men. <strong>The</strong> removal <strong>of</strong> that burden, its<br />

manner, its meaning, its end, were all from God,<br />

<strong>and</strong> with God; <strong>and</strong> it was fitting to be quite alone<br />

<strong>and</strong> silent, till Gk>d's voice would again wake t he<br />

echoes within. And so five months passed in<br />

absolute retirement.

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