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

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always appealed to <strong>the</strong> Scriptures in <strong>the</strong>^onginaL<br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> could not have<br />

met <strong>the</strong>m on any o<strong>the</strong>r ground, <strong>and</strong>lTwasthis which<br />

gave such point to<br />

His frequent expostulations with <strong>the</strong>m : * Have ye<br />

not read ?'<br />

But far o<strong>the</strong>r thoughts than <strong>the</strong>irs ga<strong>the</strong>red around<br />

Hia study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old Testament Scriptures. When<br />

comparing <strong>the</strong>ir long discus-^ «ions on <strong>the</strong> letter<br />

<strong>and</strong> law <strong>of</strong> Scripture with His references to <strong>the</strong><br />

Word <strong>of</strong> God, it seems as if it were quite ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

book which was h<strong>and</strong>led. Ab we gaze into <strong>the</strong> vast<br />

glory <strong>of</strong> meaning which He opens to us; follow <strong>the</strong><br />

shining track <strong>of</strong> heavenward living to which He<br />

points; behold <strong>the</strong> lines <strong>of</strong> symbol, type, <strong>and</strong><br />

prediction converging in <strong>the</strong> gr<strong>and</strong> unity <strong>of</strong> that<br />

Eongdom which became reality in Him • or listen<br />

as, alternately, some question <strong>of</strong> His seems to rive<br />

<strong>the</strong> darkness, as with flash <strong>of</strong> sudden light, or some<br />

sweet promise <strong>of</strong> old to lull <strong>the</strong> storm, some

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