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

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sense.<br />

CHAPTER IX.<br />

9SB GHILD-UrB IN IfAZABKCE. (St. Matt ii 19-<br />

23; St. Luke ii. 39, iO.)<br />

Thb stay <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Holy Family in Egypt most have<br />

been <strong>of</strong> brief OHAF. duration. Hie cup <strong>of</strong> Herod's<br />

misdeeds, but also <strong>of</strong> his misery, was IX full.<br />

During <strong>the</strong> whole latter part <strong>of</strong> his life, <strong>the</strong> dread <strong>of</strong><br />

a rival **" ""^ to <strong>the</strong> throne had haunted him, <strong>and</strong><br />

he had sacrificed thous<strong>and</strong>s, among <strong>the</strong>m those<br />

nearest <strong>and</strong> dearest to him, to lay that ghost.' And<br />

still t^e tyrant was not at rest. A more terrible<br />

scene is not presented in history than that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

closing days <strong>of</strong> Herod. Tormented by nameless<br />

fears; ever <strong>and</strong> again a prey to vain remorse, when<br />

he would frantically call for his passionatelyloved,<br />

murdered wife Mariamme, <strong>and</strong> her sons;<br />

even making attempts on his own life; <strong>the</strong> delirium<br />

<strong>of</strong> tyranny, <strong>the</strong> passion for blood, drove him to <strong>the</strong><br />

verge <strong>of</strong> madness. <strong>The</strong> most loathsome disease,

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