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

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<strong>the</strong> Angel traces in rapid outline, from <strong>the</strong><br />

conception <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Virgin-Mo<strong>the</strong>r to <strong>the</strong> distinptive,<br />

Divinely-given Name, symbolic <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong><br />

His coming; His absolute greatness; His<br />

acknowledgment as <strong>the</strong> Son <strong>of</strong> God; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

fulfilment in Him <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> great<br />

' <strong>The</strong> assertion <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Wiifiwhe (Neue Beitr.<br />

zur Erlauter. d. Evang. p. 7) that <strong>the</strong> practice <strong>of</strong><br />

betrothal was confined exclusively, or almost so,<br />

to Judasa, is qoite ungrounded. <strong>The</strong> passages to<br />

which be refers (Kethub. 1. 5—^not 8—<strong>and</strong><br />

especiaUy Keth. 12 a) are irrelevant. Eeth. 12 a<br />

marks <strong>the</strong> simpder <strong>and</strong> purer customs <strong>of</strong> Ckdilee,<br />

but does not refer to betrothals.<br />

* I b^ie rendered <strong>the</strong> Greek x»p« by tho<br />

Hebrew D1^fi^» <strong>and</strong> for <strong>the</strong> correctness <strong>of</strong> it refer<br />

<strong>the</strong> reader to Chimm^t remarks on 1 Mace. z. 18<br />

(Exeget. H<strong>and</strong>b. nx d. Apokryph. 3«*« Lief. p.<br />

U9).

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