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even sentenced this living One to death in their attempt to protect God. According to their real ization, when Jesus said that He was the Son of God, He was speaking blasphemy, making Him self equal to God (5:18).
THE GOOD THINGS OF THE TYPICAL RELIGION
The Jewish religion includes at least seven items: the holy city Jerusalem, the holy temple, the holy feast, the holy Sabbath, the angels, Moses, and the Holy Scriptures. When you add these seven items together, they equal Judaism, the Jew ish religion. These items are excellent and won derful things.
Along with these seven items of Judaism, there was also the means of healing, because there was the healing pool of water. The significance of this picture is that the means of healing is always with the typical religion. Judaism is the typical religion which has something that can heal you. The pool in Jerusalem signifies that the means of healing is in that typical religion.
But there is a requirement—you must have strength in order to walk and act. Whenever a chance is given for you to receive the benefits of this religion you must have the strength to be