Fountain of Christianity — Page 48
48 the A ryas have any argument to prove that He possesses such knowledge. In the same way, the Christians also do not consider God to be the Knower of the Unseen, for they consider Jesus as to be God, and he himself is known to have confessed that he—being the 'Son of God'—was not aware of the hour of Resurrection. The inference from this is that the hour of Resurrection is not known to God. The second requirement of true Ma‘rifat [recognition of God] is to realize that God has absolute power, but in this respect also the A rya Sam a j and the Christian padres as- cribe shortcomings to Him. The A rya Sam a j do this by denying that Parmeshwar is the Creator of souls and parti- cles; and they do not believe that He has the power to admit even a single soul into everlasting salvation. 30 The Christian clergy also do not believe their God to be 30 We have every reason to be grateful to our God, Who always keeps manifesting for us the signs of His power, so that our faiths may be continually refreshed. For instance, He revealed to me on four different occasions that the Punjab would experience a terrible earthquake. Accordingly, a strong earthquake struck on the morning of Tuesday, 4 th April, 1905. This was during the spring season, and the Powerful God thereafter revealed to me that several more earthquakes would also strike in spring. Exactly as He had foretold, a terrible earthquake struck right in the middle of spring on 28 th February, 1906, and it shook the Man suri Hills so forcefully that the people nearly lost their senses. At the same time, parts of America also experienced an earthquake which destroyed many cities. The True God, therefore, is He Who even today reveals to us the signs of His power. Thousands of prophecies that were granted to me through Divine revelation have also been fulfilled. [Author]