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that that people had lost all hope of salvation, except that
Prophet Abraham, who was their father, would save them. He told
them that Abraham did not want them for his children be-
cause they were unworthy of such father, but that "God
could raise children for Abraham from the stones" (Matt.
iii). Then they had a faint hope in a Messiah, a descendant
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from the family of David, whom they expected then, as they
do to-day, to come and restore the kingdom of that monarch
in Jerusalem.
Now when the Jewish deputation from Jerusalem asked,
"Art thou the Messiah?" he indignantly replied in the negative
Prophet Abraham, who was their father, would save them. He told
them that Abraham did not want them for his children be-
cause they were unworthy of such father, but that "God
could raise children for Abraham from the stones" (Matt.
iii). Then they had a faint hope in a Messiah, a descendant
82
from the family of David, whom they expected then, as they
do to-day, to come and restore the kingdom of that monarch
in Jerusalem.
Now when the Jewish deputation from Jerusalem asked,
"Art thou the Messiah?" he indignantly replied in the negative