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

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implies in <strong>the</strong> wording, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fifth Comm<strong>and</strong>ment.<br />

No punishment more prompt than that <strong>of</strong> its breach;<br />

* no description more terribly realistic than that <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> ven- • Deat n geance which overtakes such<br />

sin.^ ^p^^<br />

From <strong>the</strong> first days <strong>of</strong> its existence, a religious<br />

atmosphere sur- ^' rounded <strong>the</strong> child <strong>of</strong> Jewish<br />

parents. Admitted in <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> God's chosen<br />

people by <strong>the</strong> deeply significant rite <strong>of</strong><br />

circumcision, when its name was first spoken in<br />

<strong>the</strong> accents <strong>of</strong> prayer,* it was henceforth separated<br />

unto God. Whe<strong>the</strong>r or not it accepted <strong>the</strong> privil^es<br />

<strong>and</strong> obligations implied in this dedication, <strong>the</strong>y<br />

came to him directly from (Jod, as much as <strong>the</strong><br />

circumstances <strong>of</strong> his birth. <strong>The</strong> God <strong>of</strong> Abraham,<br />

Isa^, <strong>and</strong> Jacob, <strong>the</strong> God <strong>of</strong> Israel, <strong>the</strong> God <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

promises, claimed him, with all <strong>of</strong> blessing which<br />

this conveyed, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> responsibility which resulted<br />

from it. And <strong>the</strong> first wish expressed for him was<br />

that, * as he had been joined to <strong>the</strong> covenant,' so it<br />

might also be to him in regard to <strong>the</strong> * Torah *<br />

(Law), to * <strong>the</strong> Chuppah' (<strong>the</strong> marriage-

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