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words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me." Luke 24: 44. And again: "Beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself." Luke 24: 27. What a pretension is this for a finite man to advance! Could a created being, unless bereft of his senses, claim to be the Great Object referred to and treated of in all the historical and prophetical parts of the Word, as well as in the Psalms of David?

The Jewish temple, which was dedicated to the worship of Jehovah the supreme God of heaven and earth, was regarded by the Jews as a thing most holy. They could conceive of nothing greater or more holy, except Him to whose honor and worship it was erected, and whose name was placed therein. He alone was greater than the temple, because from Him it derived all its sanctity and greatness. And Jesus saith in reference to Himself, "But I say untomyou, that, in this place is One greater than the temple." Matt. 12: 6. Who but God himself could speak in this manner?

The Sabbath day was also held by the Jews as sacred to Jehovah, and was set apart for the solemn worship of Him alone. In Ex. 31: 15, it is said to