The Holy War — Page 51
Proceedings—Debate 24 May 1893 51 support of its claims, which was, in fact, its responsibility? Is this what ought to be expected from His Mercifulness? Apart from this, you are well aware that Prophets appear when the world is engulfed in darkness and human intellect has become weak and reasoning defective, while the fumes of frenzied evil desires prevail. Now, I ask you to be just: Is it not incumbent upon God Almighty in such a predicament that He put forth His Words fortified by irrefu- table arguments in order to deliver people out of the darkness, rather than hurling them into even greater darkness and confusion by pre- senting complicated, roundabout statements? It is clear that before the Messiah as , the Jews, the Children of Israel, used to believe in God Almighty in a simple, straightforward manner, and they were very satisfied in believing in Him thus. Every heart sought to convey that God is True; He is the Creator of the earth and the heavens and the true Creator of all things. He is One and has no partner, and no one had any doubt identifying God. Then, when the Messiah as came, they heard the statements of His Most Eminent Holiness [ Jesus], peace be upon him, and they became alarmed as to which God this person was presenting. There was certainly no mention of any God like this in the Torah. Then, the Messiah as , who was a true Prophet of God Almighty and His Beloved and Chosen One, to remove this false concept which had become entrenched in the hearts of the Jews due to their shortsight- edness, laid before them those blessed words of his that are present in John 10:29–30. 1 So that excerpt is being written down exactly in what follows and all attendees should listen to these words of the Messiah as with great care and attention because it delivers the full and complete verdict between us and the Christians, and that excerpt is: ‘My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered 1. In the King James Version these verses are John 10:29–36. [Publisher]