The Holy War — Page 158
158 house there is discord, and the Messiah as says that the Jews are sitting on the Seat of Authority of Moses and you should heed what they say. It is sad to say that their interpretations are not accepted, and the excuse is given that the Jews are transgressors and adulterers, whereas the Gospels say that their statements and their interpretations should be accorded the highest degree of acceptance. And we are told arro- gantly that look the books are present, read them! Nevertheless, jus- tice demands that every truth be evaluated from all angles. We will also examine the statements of the Jews, and we will cast a glance at your internal differences too. Furthermore, if you wish that books be perused, we will examine them as well, but under the condition that the meanings derived by the Jews are heard, just as the interpretations you derive are heard. We will also examine their dictionaries and your dictionaries and the most suitable and worthiest will be accepted. And by the Jews, we mean those very Jews who passed away hundreds of years before the Messiah. In short, it is necessary for a seeker of truth to evaluate all angles and not just one. Moreover, this question that is raised of Mercy without Recompense—one aspect of it I have already mentioned, but another is that we should look into the law of nature of God Almighty to learn how His practice manifests in the application of the attributes of mercy and wrath such that wrath appears against mercy. If Mercy without Recompense is not allowed then anger or wrath without any recompense should also not be allowed. Now a very diffi- cult objection arises, if Deputy sahib can manage to solve this problem, then the audience will be able to benefit from this philosophy of his. And the case of wrath without recompense is that we see in the world, with our very own eyes, that thousands of insects and worms and thousands of animals, without any crime or proof of any fault, are killed, annihilated and slaughtered; so much so that in just one drop of water we drink hundreds of germs. If we look carefully, then we will see that all of our social affairs are functioning based on God Almighty’s wrath without recompense, so much so that even the clothes made of