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==135:3. THE LIFE OF A SHEPHERD==

==135:3. THE LIFE OF A SHEPHERD==

135:3.1 Along the [[valley]] of this little [[brook]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] built no less than a dozen stone [[shelters]] and night corrals, consisting of piled-up stones, wherein he could watch over and safeguard his herds of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep sheep] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goats goats]. John's life as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd shepherd] afforded him a great deal of [[time]] for [[thought]]. He talked much with Ezda, an [[orphan]] lad of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth-zur Beth-zur], whom he had in a way adopted, and who cared for the herds when he made trips to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron] to see his [[mother]] and to sell sheep, as well as when he went down to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi] for [[Sabbath]] services. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] and the lad lived very [[simply]], subsisting on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutton mutton], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat%27s_milk#Types_of_consumption goat's milk], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#In_history.2C_culture.2C_and_folklore wild honey], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_locust edible locusts] of that region. This, their regular diet, was supplemented by provisions brought from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi] from time to time.

135:3.1 Along the valley of this little brook [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] built no less than a dozen stone [[shelters]] and night corrals, consisting of piled-up stones, wherein he could watch over and safeguard his herds of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep sheep] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goats goats]. John's life as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd shepherd] afforded him a great deal of [[time]] for [[thought]]. He talked much with Ezda, an [[orphan]] lad of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth-zur Beth-zur], whom he had in a way adopted, and who cared for the herds when he made trips to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron] to see his [[mother]] and to sell sheep, as well as when he went down to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi] for [[Sabbath]] services. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] and the lad lived very [[simply]], subsisting on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutton mutton], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat%27s_milk#Types_of_consumption goat's milk], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#In_history.2C_culture.2C_and_folklore wild honey], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_locust edible locusts] of that region. This, their regular diet, was supplemented by provisions brought from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi] from time to time.

135:3.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] kept [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] posted about [[Palestine|Palestinian]] and world affairs, and his [[conviction]] grew deeper and deeper that the time was fast approaching when the old order was to end; that he was to become the [[herald]] of the approach of a [[new age]], " the kingdom of heaven. " This rugged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd shepherd] was very partial to the [[Book of Daniel|writings]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Prophet Daniel]. He read a thousand times Daniel's description of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_2 great image], which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias] had told him [[represented]] the [[history]] of the great kingdoms of the world, beginning with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon], then [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece], and finally [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Rome]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] perceived that already was [[Rome]] composed of such polyglot peoples and races that it could never become a strongly cemented and firmly consolidated [[empire]]. He believed that [[Rome]] was even then divided, as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt], [[Palestine]], and other provinces; and then he further read " in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. And this kingdom shall not be left to other people but shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. " " And there was given him dominion and glory and a kingdom that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom never shall be destroyed. " " And the kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_2]

135:3.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] kept [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] posted about [[Palestine|Palestinian]] and world affairs, and his [[conviction]] grew deeper and deeper that the time was fast approaching when the old order was to end; that he was to become the [[herald]] of the approach of a [[new age]], " the kingdom of heaven. " This rugged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd shepherd] was very partial to the [[Book of Daniel|writings]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Prophet Daniel]. He read a thousand times Daniel's description of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_2 great image], which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias] had told him [[represented]] the [[history]] of the great kingdoms of the world, beginning with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon], then [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece], and finally [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Rome]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] perceived that already was [[Rome]] composed of such polyglot peoples and races that it could never become a strongly cemented and firmly consolidated [[empire]]. He believed that [[Rome]] was even then divided, as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt], [[Palestine]], and other provinces; and then he further read " in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. And this kingdom shall not be left to other people but shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. " " And there was given him dominion and glory and a kingdom that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom never shall be destroyed. " " And the kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_2]