Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 398
398 dead when be-i was taken down horn tbe- ! cir@ss' f and-tfaaV he left his bomb because he was" alive whem he wa/sl'aid-ih i-t, 'Christianity will cease to exist. Those who will give ven a slight conside- ration to the evidence >given in these pages from -time -to time will have no'hesitation in admitting that the so-called death and resurrection of Jesus and* bis subsequent ascent into the heavens are only myths devoid of all truth and that the fact is that Jesus did not die on the cross. " When the world will see the hollowness of the foundation on which Chirstianity stands, it will at once renounce it and belie- ving in the true, living God, the God of Islam, it will begin to follow the-pure teachings of Islam, <- Then will be ushered. an era of righteousness and peace. The world that has so long adored the false deity of the Christians will eagerly welcome the truth and will zealously follow it. In short, the present condition of Christendom called for a Prophet. The world was so sunk in error and vice that none but a Prophet could regenerate it. It has ever been a law of God to raise a Prophet when vice and error have corrupted the world and it was in accordance with that law that He raised Ahmad in the present age. The very fact that the present age sorely needed a Prophet is an evidence of his truth. God spoke to him as He spoke to the Prophets of old and aided him in every undertaking as He aided His former Messengers. He preached that law had been completed in Islam and that all truths were embodied in the Holy. Quran and that, therefore, every one who wished to follow the true and perfect faith should follow the religion of the Holy Prophet of Islam (may peace and the bless- ings of God be upon him). He taught that all the spiritual. blessings could be obtained by following the Holy Quran, which was now the only Book for the guidance of mankind and offered