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

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OLD TESTAMENT PREDICTIONS QUOTED<br />

BY THE RABBIS.<br />

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oommentation on Messianic times is that in which,<br />

as so frequently, OHAF it is explained, that all <strong>the</strong><br />

miracles <strong>and</strong> deliverances <strong>of</strong> Israel's past V would<br />

be re-enacted, only in a much wider manner, in <strong>the</strong><br />

days <strong>of</strong> ^~ <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong>. Thus <strong>the</strong> whole past was<br />

symbolic, <strong>and</strong> typical <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fiiture—<strong>the</strong> Old<br />

Testament <strong>the</strong> glass, through which <strong>the</strong> universal<br />

blessings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> latter days were seen. It is in this<br />

sense that we would underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> two sayings <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Talmud : * All <strong>the</strong> prophets prophesied only <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> days <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong>,'* <strong>and</strong> '<strong>The</strong> world was<br />

•SMih.si created only for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong>.' ^ » suh.«<br />

In accordance with all this, <strong>the</strong> ancient Synagogue<br />

found references to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong> in many more<br />

passages <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old Testament than those verbal<br />

predictions, to which we generally appeal; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

latter formed (as in <strong>the</strong> New Testament) a

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