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

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overcome, before<br />

his remarkable talents <strong>and</strong> learning were fully<br />

acknowledged.'<br />

Among such a people, <strong>and</strong> in that country, <strong>Jesus</strong><br />

spent by far <strong>the</strong> longest part <strong>of</strong> His life upon earth.<br />

Generally, this period may be described as that <strong>of</strong><br />

His true <strong>and</strong> full Human Development— physical,<br />

intellectual, spiritual—<strong>of</strong> outward submission to<br />

man, <strong>and</strong> inward submission to God, with <strong>the</strong><br />

attendant results <strong>of</strong> 'wisdom,' 'favour,' <strong>and</strong> 'grace/<br />

Necessary, <strong>the</strong>refore, as this period was, if <strong>the</strong><br />

Christ was to be True Man, it cannot be said that it<br />

was lost, even so far as His Work as Saviour was<br />

concerned. It was more than <strong>the</strong> preparation for<br />

that work; it was <strong>the</strong> commencement <strong>of</strong> it:<br />

subjectively (<strong>and</strong> passively), <strong>the</strong> self-abnegation <strong>of</strong><br />

humiliation in Hia willing submission; <strong>and</strong><br />

objectively (<strong>and</strong> actively), <strong>the</strong> fulfilment <strong>of</strong> all<br />

righteousness through it. But into this 'mystery <strong>of</strong><br />

piety' we may only look afar <strong>of</strong>i*—simply<br />

remarking, that it almost needed for us also <strong>the</strong>se

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