Jesus In India — Page 27
J e s u s i n I n d i a 27 doubt testify that for a fact it was the purpose of the dream to lay the foundation for Jesus’ rescue. On the other hand, everyone is free to reject a self-evident reality, out of sheer prejudice for his creed, but fairness would have us believe that the dream of Pilate’s wife is a piece of weighty evidence in support of Jesus’ escape from the cross. Matthew, the first and foremost of the Gospels, testifies to this. Although the powerful evidence which I shall set out in this book at once invalidates the divinity of Jesus and the doctrine of Atonement, yet honesty and fairness demand that we should pay no heed to our people, family, and conventional religion in accepting the truth. Since his creation, man, because he lacked true insight, has deified very many objects, so much so, that even cats and snakes have been worshipped. But the wiser among men, by the grace of God, have always managed to keep away from such polytheistic beliefs. Among the testimonies of the Gospels, which testify to Jesus’ escape from death on the cross, is the journey he undertook to a far-off place i. e. Galilee after coming out of the sepulchre. On Sunday morning, the first person he met was Mary Magdalene, who at once informed the disciples that Jesus was alive, but they did not believe her. Then he was seen by two of the disciples who were walking in the countryside; and finally he appeared to all the eleven while they were at their meal and remonstrated with them for their callousness and lack of faith. See Mark 16:9-14. Again, when the disciples were going towards the hamlet called Emmaus, 3. 75 kose 10 from Jerusalem, Jesus joined them; and 10 Different scales are used to measure distance in different parts of the