In article <XnsA052352E3D001aussiebobgmailcom@216.196.121.131>,
aussiebob@gmail.com says...
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> Enoch <e546439@rppkn.com> wrote in
> news:15856$4fade4ad$457010e6$18757@reader.xsusenet.com:
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> > "From the crest of Olivet, Jesus looked upon Jerusalem. Fair and
> > peaceful was the scene spread out before Him. It was the season of the
> > Passover, and from all lands the children of Jacob had gathered there
> > to celebrate the great national festival. In the midst of gardens and
> > vineyards, and green slopes studded with pilgrims? tents, rose the
> > terraced hills, the stately palaces, and massive bulwarks of Israel?s
> > capital. The daughter of Zion seemed in her pride to say, "I sit a
> > queen, and shall see no sorrow;" as lovely then, and deeming herself
> > as secure in Heaven?s favor, as when, ages before, the royal minstrel
> > sang, "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount
> > Zion," "the city of the great King." Psalm 48:2. In full view were the
> > magnificent buildings of the temple. The rays of the setting sun
> > lighted up the snowy whiteness of its marble walls, and gleamed from
> > golden gate and tower and pinnacle. "The perfection of beauty" it
> > stood, the pride of the Jewish nation. What child of Israel could gaze
> > upon the scene without a thrill of joy and admiration! But far other
> > thoughts occupied the mind of Jesus. "When He was come near, He beheld
> > the city, and wept over it." Luke 19:41. Amid the universal rejoicing
> > of the triumphal entry, while palm branches waved, while glad hosannas
> > awoke the echoes of the hills, and thousands of voices declared Him
> > king, the world?s Redeemer was overwhelmed with a sudden and
> > mysterious sorrow. He, the Son of God, the Promised One of Israel,
> > whose power had conquered death, and called its captives from the
> > grave, was in tears, not of ordinary grief, but of intense,
> > irrepressible agony."
> >
> > ...The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
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> Say what?Boy did you get on the wrong bus
Kick that religious buffoon off this bus!!
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