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

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CJBSAB AND UHBBB THS PONTiriCATI or<br />

ANNAS AND GA1APBA8—A YOICB IN THS<br />

WILDXBNBS8.<br />

(St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w ilL 1-12; St. Hark 12-8; St. Luke ill<br />

1-18.)<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is something gr<strong>and</strong>, even awful, in <strong>the</strong><br />

almost absolute silence CHAP, which lies upon<br />

<strong>the</strong> thirty years between <strong>the</strong> Birth <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> first ^<br />

Messianic Manifestation <strong>of</strong> Jesns. In a narrative<br />

like that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ' ' " Gospels, this mnst have been<br />

designed; <strong>and</strong>, if so, affords presumptive evidence<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> au<strong>the</strong>nticity <strong>of</strong> what follows, <strong>and</strong> is intended<br />

to teach, that what had preceded concerned only<br />

<strong>the</strong> iimer History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> preparation <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Christ. At last that solemn silence was broken<br />

by an appearance, a proclamation, a rite, <strong>and</strong> a<br />

ministry as startling as that <strong>of</strong> Elijah had been. In<br />

many respects, indeed, <strong>the</strong> two messengers <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>ir times bore singular likeness. It was to a<br />

society secure, prosperous, <strong>and</strong> luxurious, yet in<br />

imminent danger <strong>of</strong> perishing firom hidden,

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