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

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highest seu3e, <strong>the</strong> consciousness <strong>of</strong> possibilities,<br />

which scarce dared shape <strong>the</strong>mselves into definite<br />

thoughts, must at times have stirred nameless<br />

feelings— perhaps <strong>the</strong> more <strong>of</strong>ten in circumstances<br />

<strong>of</strong> outward depression <strong>and</strong> humility, such as those<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> * Holy Family.' Nor was <strong>the</strong>re anything<br />

strange even in <strong>the</strong> naming <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> yet unconceived<br />

Child. It sounds like a saying current among <strong>the</strong><br />

people <strong>of</strong> old, this <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Babbis,* concerning <strong>the</strong><br />

six whose names were given before <strong>the</strong>ir •pirq^a*<br />

birth: Isaac, Ishmael, Moses, Solomon, Josiah, <strong>and</strong><br />

' <strong>the</strong> Name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> at <strong>the</strong> be-<strong>Messiah</strong>, Whom may <strong>the</strong><br />

Holy One, blessed be His Name, bring quickly, m<br />

our days!'' But as for <strong>the</strong> deeper meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

name <strong>Jesus</strong>,^ which, like an unopened bud,<br />

enclosed <strong>the</strong> flower <strong>of</strong> His ^stiistt-i. Passion, that<br />

was mercifully yet <strong>the</strong> unthought-<strong>of</strong> secret <strong>of</strong> that<br />

Bword, which should pierce <strong>the</strong> soul <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Virgin-<br />

Mo<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>and</strong> which only His future history would<br />

lay open to her <strong>and</strong> to o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />

Thus, on <strong>the</strong> supposition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> readiness <strong>of</strong> her<br />

believing heart, <strong>and</strong> her entire self-

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