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

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Israel at Mount Sinai had actually got rid <strong>of</strong><br />

ix*xn^M <strong>the</strong> Yetser fiorra; <strong>and</strong> as <strong>the</strong>re had been<br />

those, who were entirely xidd.io» ' righteous,^'—<br />

<strong>the</strong>re scarcely remains any moral sequence <strong>of</strong><br />

Adam's &11 JjJ^^ to be considered. Similarly, <strong>the</strong><br />

Apocrypha are silent on <strong>the</strong> subject, ^gyy; <strong>the</strong> only<br />

exception being <strong>the</strong> very strong language used in<br />

11. EsdraSi ioom|^ iv. which dates after <strong>the</strong><br />

Christian era.^^<br />

4. In <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> felt need <strong>of</strong> delivorance fit)m<br />

sin, we can underst<strong>and</strong>, how Rabbinic tradition<br />

found no place for <strong>the</strong> Priestly <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Messiah</strong>, <strong>and</strong> how even His claims to be <strong>the</strong><br />

Prophet <strong>of</strong> E[is people are almost entirely<br />

overshadowed by His appearance as <strong>the</strong>ir King<br />

<strong>and</strong> Deliverer. This, indeed, was <strong>the</strong> ever-present<br />

want, pressing <strong>the</strong> more heavily as Israel's national<br />

sufierings seemed almost inexplicable, while <strong>the</strong>y<br />

contrasted so sharply with <strong>the</strong> glory expected by<br />

<strong>the</strong> Rabbis. Whence <strong>the</strong>se sufferings? From sin^—<br />

national sin; kjcuLA* <strong>the</strong> idolatry <strong>of</strong> former times;<br />

^ <strong>the</strong> prevalence <strong>of</strong> crimes <strong>and</strong> vices; <strong>the</strong> i oitt. f «

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