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

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because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> half-heartedness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jewish<br />

proselytes; beoanse <strong>of</strong> improper marriages, <strong>and</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>r evil customs ;* <strong>and</strong> because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> gross<br />

dissoluteness <strong>of</strong> certain cities.^ <strong>The</strong> consequences<br />

appeared not only in <strong>the</strong> political condition <strong>of</strong><br />

Israel, but in <strong>the</strong> l<strong>and</strong> itself, in <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> rain<br />

<strong>and</strong> dew, <strong>of</strong> fruitfulness, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> plenty; in <strong>the</strong><br />

general disorder <strong>of</strong> society; <strong>the</strong> cessation <strong>of</strong> piety<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> religious study; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> silence <strong>of</strong><br />

prophecy.^ As significantly summed up, Israel was<br />

without Priesthood, without law, without Grod.^<br />

Nay, <strong>the</strong> world it^ •elf suffered in consequence <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> destruction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Temple. In a rery ^markable<br />

passage,* where it is explained, that <strong>the</strong> seventy<br />

bullocks <strong>of</strong>fered during <strong>the</strong> Feast <strong>of</strong> Tabernacles<br />

were for <strong>the</strong> nations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, B. Jochanan<br />

deplores <strong>the</strong>ir fate, since while <strong>the</strong> Temple had

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