Bible Repentance: Path to Love - Robert J. Wieland
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How Caiphas Could Have Led Israel<br />
<strong>to</strong> <strong>Repentance</strong><br />
For example, even if he had sincerely not<br />
known how <strong>to</strong> relate himself <strong>to</strong> Jesus in the early<br />
days of the Saviour’s ministry, he could at least at<br />
the time of Jesus’ trial have taken a firm stand for<br />
the right. He could have said <strong>to</strong> the Sanhedrin<br />
members assembled, “For a long time I didn’t<br />
understand the work of Jesus of Nazareth. You<br />
brethren have shared my misunderstanding.<br />
Something has been happening among us that has<br />
been beyond us. But I have been doing some study<br />
in the Scriptures lately. Now I have seen that<br />
beneath His lowly outward guise, Jesus of<br />
Nazareth is indeed the true Messiah. He fulfills the<br />
prophetic details. And now, brethren, 1 humbly<br />
acknowledge Him as such, and I forthwith step<br />
down from my high position and I shall be the first<br />
<strong>to</strong> install Him as Israel’s true High Priest!”<br />
A gasp of surprise would have run through the<br />
court chambers as Caiphas said these words. But<br />
had Caiphas done so, he would <strong>to</strong>day be honored<br />
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