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For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience.
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His previous life had been that of the Perfect Ideal Israelite – believing, unquestioning, submissive – in preparation for that which, in His thirteenth year, He had learned as its business. The Baptism of Christ was the last act of His private life; and, emerging from its waters in prayer, He learned: when His business was to commence, and how it would be done.
The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah.