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

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to pioYoke active resistanoe, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> party <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Zealote, although CHAP, existing, <strong>and</strong> striking<br />

deeper root in <strong>the</strong> hearts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> people, was, for X<br />

<strong>the</strong> time, ra<strong>the</strong>r what Josephus called it, ' <strong>the</strong><br />

philosophical party'— ' ' tiieir minds busy with an<br />

ideal, which <strong>the</strong>ir h<strong>and</strong>s were not yet preparing to<br />

make a reality. And so, when, according to ancient<br />

wont,* JJJ^*^ * <strong>the</strong> festive company from<br />

Nazareth, soon swelled by o<strong>the</strong>r festive b<strong>and</strong>s,<br />

went np to Jerusalem, chanting by <strong>the</strong> way those *<br />

Psalms <strong>of</strong> Aiscent' ^ f i^ to <strong>the</strong> accompaniment <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> flute, <strong>the</strong>y might implicitly yield <strong>the</strong>m- ^ selves<br />

to <strong>the</strong> spiritual thoughts kindled by such words.<br />

When <strong>the</strong> pilgrims' feet stood within <strong>the</strong> gates <strong>of</strong><br />

Jerusalem, <strong>the</strong>re could have been no diflSculty in<br />

finding hospitality, however crowded <strong>the</strong> City may<br />

have been on such occasions *—<strong>the</strong> more so when<br />

we remember <strong>the</strong> extreme simplicity <strong>of</strong> Eastern<br />

manners <strong>and</strong> wants, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> abundance <strong>of</strong><br />

provisions which <strong>the</strong> many sacrifices <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> season

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