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

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FROM BETHLEHEM TO JORDAN.<br />

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which, in <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> Joshua, marked <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

boundary <strong>of</strong> Zebulun.^ ^<br />

Climbing this steep hill, fragrant with aromatic<br />

plants, <strong>and</strong> bright with rich-coloured flowers, a<br />

view almost unsurpassed opens before us. For, <strong>the</strong><br />

Galilee <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> was not only <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

richest fertility, cultivated to <strong>the</strong> utmost, <strong>and</strong><br />

thickly covered with populous towns <strong>and</strong> villages,<br />

but <strong>the</strong> centre <strong>of</strong> every known industry, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

busy road <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world's conmierce. Northward <strong>the</strong><br />

eye would sweep over a rich plain; rest here <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>re on white towns, glittering in <strong>the</strong> sunlight; <strong>the</strong>n<br />

quickly travel over <strong>the</strong> romantic hills <strong>and</strong> glens<br />

which form <strong>the</strong> scene <strong>of</strong> Solomon's Song, till,

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