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national life of Israel, and related in detail. 1881.
There is also nothing more certain that that he, standing on the ground of a human self-consciousness, could find only this and no other adjustment of the difficulties of the situation, if he would connect the salvation of the world not only with the spiritual truths which he taught, but also with his own person and with his own Messiahship. It is equally certain that, from the same human standpoint, the catastrophe of Jerusalem MUST APPEAR as the TERMINUS in which his Messiahship upon earth should attain to honor and power." (page 260-261)
