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

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peach-buds. <strong>The</strong> chaste beauty <strong>and</strong> sweet quiet <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> place would recall memories <strong>of</strong> Boaz, <strong>of</strong> Jesse,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> David. All <strong>the</strong> more would such thoughts<br />

suggest <strong>the</strong>mselves, from <strong>the</strong> contrast between <strong>the</strong><br />

past <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> present. For, as <strong>the</strong> travellers reached<br />

<strong>the</strong> heights <strong>of</strong> Bethlehem, <strong>and</strong>, indeed, long before,<br />

<strong>the</strong> most prominent object in view must have been<br />

<strong>the</strong> great castle which Herod had built, <strong>and</strong> called<br />

after his own name. Perched on <strong>the</strong> highest hill<br />

south-east <strong>of</strong> Bethlehem, it was at <strong>the</strong> same time<br />

'/M.Ani. magnificent palace, strongest fortress, <strong>and</strong><br />

almost courtier-city.* nr/9.4;* With a sense <strong>of</strong><br />

relief <strong>the</strong> travellers would turn from this, to<br />

War i. It. ...<br />

); 91.10 mark <strong>the</strong> undulating outlines <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

highl<strong>and</strong> wilderness <strong>of</strong> Judasa, till <strong>the</strong> horizon was<br />

bounded by <strong>the</strong> mountain-ridges <strong>of</strong> Tekoa. Through<br />

<strong>the</strong> break <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hills eastward <strong>the</strong> heavy molten<br />

surface <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sea <strong>of</strong> Judgment would appear in<br />

view; westward wound <strong>the</strong> road to Hebron; behind<br />

<strong>the</strong>m lay <strong>the</strong> valleys <strong>and</strong> hills which separated

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