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

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<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> six Ps.-Jonathan on Deut. xxzii 4, <strong>and</strong><br />

Abhod. traotates <strong>of</strong> tiie Ui«lin'^i>, Oomp. alio <strong>the</strong><br />

Z. 8 h. Nay, Babbinism goes far<strong>the</strong>r Taigam on<br />

Out. T. la<br />

in order to realise, how sucli an household as that<br />

<strong>of</strong> Joseph <strong>and</strong> Mary OHAP. would be regarded by<br />

<strong>the</strong> leaders <strong>of</strong> Israel. A Messianic announce- TV<br />

ment, not <strong>the</strong> result <strong>of</strong> learned investigation, nor<br />

connected with ^ ' ^ <strong>the</strong> Academies, but in <strong>the</strong><br />

Sanctuary, to a ^ rustic' priest; an Elijah unable to<br />

untie <strong>the</strong> intellectual or ecclesiastical knots, <strong>of</strong><br />

whose mission, indeed, this formed no part at all;<br />

<strong>and</strong> a <strong>Messiah</strong>, <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fspring <strong>of</strong> a Virgin in Galilee<br />

betro<strong>the</strong>d to a humble workman— assuredly, suijh<br />

a picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fulfilment <strong>of</strong> Israel's hope could<br />

never have been conceived by contemporary<br />

Judaism. ITiere was in such a <strong>Messiah</strong> absolutely<br />

nothing—past, present, or possible ; intellectually,<br />

religiously, or even nationally—to attract, but all<br />

to repel. And so we can, at <strong>the</strong> very outset <strong>of</strong> this<br />

history, underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> infinite contrast which it<br />

embodied—with all <strong>the</strong> difficulties to its

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