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

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BOOK Temple was empty, nothing being <strong>the</strong>re but<br />

<strong>the</strong> piece <strong>of</strong> rock, called n <strong>the</strong> Ebhen Shethiyah, or<br />

Fonndation Stone, which, according to tradition, ' '<br />

covered <strong>the</strong> month <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pit, <strong>and</strong> on which, it was<br />

thought, <strong>the</strong> world was founded. Nor does all this<br />

convey an adequate idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> vast-ness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Temple-buildings. For all around <strong>the</strong> Sanctuary<br />

<strong>and</strong> each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Courts were various chambers <strong>and</strong><br />

out-buildings, which served different purposes<br />

connected with <strong>the</strong> Services <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Temple.' In<br />

some part <strong>of</strong> this Temple, ' sitting in <strong>the</strong> midst <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Doctors,* both hearing <strong>the</strong>m <strong>and</strong> asking <strong>the</strong>m<br />

questions,' we must look for <strong>the</strong> Child <strong>Jesus</strong> on <strong>the</strong><br />

third <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> two following days <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Feast on<br />

which He first visited <strong>the</strong> Sanctuary. Only on <strong>the</strong><br />

two first days <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Feast <strong>of</strong> Passover was<br />

personal attendance in <strong>the</strong> Temple necessary. With<br />

<strong>the</strong> third day commenced <strong>the</strong> so-called halfholydays,<br />

when it was lawful to return to one's<br />

home*—a provision <strong>of</strong> which, no doubt, many<br />

availed <strong>the</strong>mselves. Indeed, <strong>the</strong>re was really<br />

nothing <strong>of</strong> special S^i?!%r. interest to detain <strong>the</strong><br />

pilgrims. For, <strong>the</strong> Passover had been eaten, <strong>the</strong>

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