The Life of the Lord Jesus Christ, Vol. 4 of 6: A Complete Critical Examination of the Origin, Contents, and Connection of the Gospels (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Life of the Lord Jesus Christ, Vol. 4 of 6: A Complete Critical Examination of the Origin, Contents, and Connection of the Gospels

Messianic expectation and enthusiasm of His people because in this popular cry He recognised every temptation of the world and the devil. And He had then come out from the wilderness with the full determination, - while He unfolded His Messianic life among the people in the most abundant blessings, - to veil His Messianic dignity with a holy reserve, as the circumstances of the time required. And now once again He had retired into the same wilderness at its north-western borders, and Once again He is occupied with the same question, whether now at length He should yield Himself to His people's Messianic hope; and as, at that time, He had at once resolved to withhold Himself vol. IV. A 42 christ's surrender TO the enthusiasm OF his people.

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Excerpt from The Life of the Lord Jesus Christ, Vol. 4 of 6: A Complete Critical Examination of the Origin, Contents, and Connection of the Gospels

About three years previously, after His baptism, Jesus had wandered for forty days in the rocky desert near Jericho, with the definite feeling and consciousness that He must not yet surrender Himself to the Messianic expectation and enthusiasm of His people; because in this popular cry He recognised every temptation of the world and the devil. And He had then come out from the wilderness with the full determination, - while He unfolded His Messianic life among the people in the most abundant blessings, - to veil His Messianic dignity with a holy reserve, as the circumstances of the time required.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.