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

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effect that, at <strong>the</strong> birth <strong>of</strong> Moses, <strong>the</strong> room was<br />

filled with heavenly light. <strong>The</strong> statement really<br />

occurs in Sotah 12 a ; Shem. R. 1; Yalkut i. 61 o.<br />

This must be <strong>the</strong> foundation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Christian<br />

legend, that <strong>the</strong> cave, in which Christ was bom,<br />

was filled with heavenly light. Similarly, <strong>the</strong><br />

Romish legend about <strong>the</strong> Virgin-Mo<strong>the</strong>r not feeling<br />

<strong>the</strong> pangs <strong>of</strong> maternity is derived from <strong>the</strong> Jewish<br />

legend, which asserts <strong>the</strong> same <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong><br />

Moses. <strong>The</strong> same authority<br />

maintains, that <strong>the</strong> birth <strong>of</strong> Moses remained<br />

unknown for three months, because he was a child<br />

<strong>of</strong> seven months. <strong>The</strong>re are o<strong>the</strong>r legends about <strong>the</strong><br />

sinless-nes^ <strong>of</strong> Moses' fa<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> maidenhood<br />

<strong>of</strong> his mo<strong>the</strong>r (at 103 years), which remind us <strong>of</strong><br />

Christian traditions.<br />

^ According to tradition, <strong>the</strong> three blasts<br />

symbolically proclaimed <strong>the</strong> kingdom <strong>of</strong> God, <strong>the</strong><br />

providence <strong>of</strong> God, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> final judgment.<br />

' Curiously enough, <strong>the</strong> word arpor rtd is

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