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

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ut. What did <strong>the</strong> prophecy —^mean ? And this<br />

could only be unfolded in <strong>the</strong> course <strong>of</strong> Israel's<br />

history. Similarly, those who ever saw in <strong>the</strong> past<br />

<strong>the</strong> prototype <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> future, <strong>and</strong> recognised in<br />

events, not only <strong>the</strong> principle, but <strong>the</strong> very features,<br />

<strong>of</strong> that which was to come, could not fail to<br />

perceive, in <strong>the</strong> bitter wail <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>of</strong><br />

Bethlehem over <strong>the</strong>ir slaughtered children, <strong>the</strong> full<br />

realisation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> prophetic description <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

scene<br />

I <strong>The</strong>re are, in Josephos* history <strong>of</strong> Herod, besides<br />

omissions, inconsistencies ol narrative, such as<br />

abont <strong>the</strong> execution <strong>of</strong> Mariamme (Ant. zy. 3. 6-9<br />

kc ; oomp. War L 22. 3, 4), <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> chronology (as<br />

War i 18. 2, comp. ▼. 9. 4; Ant. ziv. 16. 2, oomp.<br />

ZY. 1. 2, <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs).<br />

* Comp. an article on Josephns in Smitk <strong>and</strong><br />

Waee's Diet, <strong>of</strong> Christian Biogi:<br />

" See <strong>the</strong> evidence for it summarised in * Sketches<br />

<strong>of</strong> Jewish Social <strong>Life</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Days <strong>of</strong> Christ,' p. 60.

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