Fountain of Christianity — Page 20
20 were strongly opposed to his claim of Prophethood. The sign of the true Messiah, which had been mentioned in the Book of Malachi, was that the Prophet Elijah 16 would re- turn to the world before his coming, but since Prophet Elijah did not return, the Jews have called Jesus as a liar and an impostor to this day. And the Christians are at a loss to counter this argument of the Jews. The Jews also say that the account of the devil calling upon the Messiah is a sign of insanity, and that many in- sane people experience such hallucinations and nightmares. An English scholar has said that this visita- tion of the devil means that the Messiah received satanic revelations on three occasions, but remained unmoved by them, and that in one of them he was urged to renounce God and submit himself wholly to Satan. How strange that the devil subdued 'the Son of God' and inclined him towards the world! And Jesus even suffered death, despite being called 'God'! Does God ever die? And if it was only a man who had died, then why do they claim that 'the Son of God' gave up his life for the sake of mankind? What is 16 In those days, the Jews were awaiting the second advent of the Prophet Elijah and his descent from heaven, exactly as our simple-minded maulaw i s these days are waiting for Jesus as to descend from heaven. Jesus as interpreted the prophecy of Prophet Malachi differently, but the Jews do not believe him to be a true Prophet to this day because Elijah as never descended from heaven. And they have met hell due to this belief. Today Muslims are the victims of the same delusion, in complete imitation of the Jews. This has nevertheless served to fulfil a prophecy of the Holy Prophet sa. [Author]