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

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y <strong>the</strong> Prophet <strong>of</strong> Nazareth. Thus, what is <strong>the</strong><br />

fundamental divergence between <strong>the</strong> two may be<br />

said to have existed long before <strong>the</strong> events which<br />

finally divided <strong>the</strong>m. It is <strong>the</strong> combination <strong>of</strong><br />

letters which constitutes words, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> same<br />

letters may be combined into different words.<br />

Similarly, both Rab-binism <strong>and</strong>—what, by<br />

anticipation, we designate—Christianity might<br />

regard <strong>the</strong> same predictions as Messianic, <strong>and</strong><br />

look for <strong>the</strong>ir fulfilment ; while at <strong>the</strong> same time<br />

<strong>the</strong> Messianic ideal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Synagogue might be<br />

quite o<strong>the</strong>r than that, to which <strong>the</strong> faith <strong>and</strong> hope <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Church have clung.<br />

1. <strong>The</strong> most important point here is to keep in mind<br />

<strong>the</strong> organic unity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old Testament. Its<br />

predictions are not isolated, but features <strong>of</strong> one<br />

gr<strong>and</strong> prophetic picture; its ritual <strong>and</strong> institutions<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> one great system; its history, not loosely<br />

connected events, but an organic development<br />

tending towards a definite end. Viewed in its<br />

innermost substance, <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old<br />

Testament is not different from its typical

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