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

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o<strong>the</strong>rwise to set <strong>the</strong>ir most sacred feelings at<br />

defiance. But we may notice, even at this stage,<br />

with what critical periods in Jewish histoiy <strong>the</strong><br />

public appearance <strong>of</strong> Christ synchronised. His first<br />

visit to <strong>the</strong> Temple followed upon <strong>the</strong> Roman<br />

possession <strong>of</strong> Judaea, <strong>the</strong> taxing, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> national<br />

rising, as also <strong>the</strong> institution <strong>of</strong> Annas to <strong>the</strong> High-<br />

Priesthood. And <strong>the</strong> commencement <strong>of</strong> His public<br />

Ministry was contemporaneous with <strong>the</strong> accession<br />

<strong>of</strong> Pilate, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> institution <strong>of</strong> Gaiaphas. Whe<strong>the</strong>r<br />

viewed subjectively or objectively, <strong>the</strong>se things<br />

also have a deep bearing upon <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Christ. It was, as we reckon it, in spring a.d. 9, that<br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> for <strong>the</strong> first time went up to <strong>the</strong> Paschal Feast<br />

in Jerusalem. Coponius would be <strong>the</strong>re as <strong>the</strong><br />

Procurator; <strong>and</strong> Annas ruled in <strong>the</strong> Temple as<br />

High-Priest, when He appeared among its doctors.<br />

But far o<strong>the</strong>r than political thoughts must have<br />

occupied <strong>the</strong> mind <strong>of</strong> Christ. Indeed, for a time a<br />

brief calm had fallen upon <strong>the</strong> l<strong>and</strong>. <strong>The</strong>re was<br />

nothing<br />

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