Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 153
Christianity Today 153 merely a re-enacting of the religious history as it invariably occurred from the time of the first divine reformer. Reformers always appear as humble human beings born of human mothers and during their lifetime are always treated as humans. It is much later after their death that the process of their deification begins. As such, their smooth acceptance during their re-visit becomes impossible. When such religious people are confronted with the realities of the divine reformers, who always appear as ordinary humble human beings, they reject them outright. When you are expect- ing a fairy to come or a phantom to materialize, how can you accept the coming of an ordinary human instead? That is the reason why the world failed to see and recognise the second advent of Jesus Christ as , which has already taken place. This is a tall claim perhaps, which is likely to be simply rejected by most readers. How could Jesus as have come and gone without the world having taken a serious note of it? How could he have gone unnoticed by the entire world of Christianity and Islam? The modern times have seen many such claimants who even created momentary stirs and storms in many a cup, but where are they today? It is an age where in many countries, cults erupt like mush- rooms and bizarre claims of Jesus as having returned or having sent his forerunner are made sporadically. This claim could perhaps be just one of those. Why should any serious minded person waste his time to even contemplate this? Certainly, serious doubts would be created and a grave dilemma would indeed be faced. We seek to indulge the reader’s attention by requesting him to