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

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writers).* * <strong>The</strong> Kingdoni <strong>of</strong> God/ or Kingly Rule<br />

<strong>of</strong> God, is an objective fact. <strong>The</strong> visible Church<br />

can only be <strong>the</strong> 8tie^-ieciive attempt at its outward<br />

realisation, <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong> iilvisible Chnrdi is <strong>the</strong><br />

true counterpart. When Christ says,'^ that ' except h<br />

man be • st. John bom from above, he cannot see<br />

<strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> God,' He teaches, iii ' opposition<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Rabbinic representation <strong>of</strong> how ' <strong>the</strong><br />

Kingdom' wall taken up, that a man cannot even<br />

comprehend that glorious idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Reign <strong>of</strong> God,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> becoming, by conscious self-surrender, one<br />

<strong>of</strong> His subjects, except he be first born fr6m<br />

above. Similariy, <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> Christ's fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />

teaching on this subject ^ seem^ to be that) »in tot.<br />

e except a man be bom <strong>of</strong> water (pt<strong>of</strong>ession, with<br />

baptirinn' as itd<br />

tlie ^orld to oome we are told (Is. Ixiv. 4) that 'eye<br />

hath not seen, &c.*; in <strong>the</strong> days <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong><br />

weapons would be bcmie, but not in <strong>the</strong> world to<br />

come; <strong>and</strong> while Is. xxiv. 21 applied to <strong>the</strong> days <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong>, <strong>the</strong> seemingly contra-didiOiy<br />

passage, Is. xxx. 26, referred to <strong>the</strong> world to come.

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