Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 142
142. New Testament, it is clear that the Messiah showed numerous other signs. Therefore the Messiah's answer that "there shall be no sign given to it, but the sign of the Prophet Jonas" means that so far as Judaism is concerned, the basic sign of the Messiah was that of the Prophet Jonas. And, as I have explained before, the testimony of the Christians of the early period also confirms this. And the truth is that a Christian of the early period was qualified to grasp the mission of Christianity. Of their pictures the first drawing relates to the incident of the. Prophet Jonas which points out that Christians of the early age believed that the sign of the Prophet Jonas was the basic sign of the Messiah. The other two drawings are supplementary to it, for, the sign of the Prophet Jonas carries in it salvation and it holds at the same time the likeness of the shepherd, as I will explain at a later stage; for the reason that after the incident of the Cross, the Messiah went to Iran,. Afghanistan and Kashmir to gather together his lost sheep and delivered to them the message of God. Besides the. Messiah himself declares that there was only one sign that the generation of the time would be given and that was the sign of the Prophet Jonas. The only sign means the one important sign and the only reliable sign. In short, even the. Christian of the early period accepts the fact that the real glory of Christianity is reflected only through the sign of the Prophet. Jonas and the Messiah also characterizes it as his singular and magnificent miracle. St. Luke says the same. It reads: "This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of Jonas the Prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the son of man be to this generation" (St. Luke, Ch. 11:29-30). St. Luke has reported one thing more here. St. Matthews ended his report with "and there shall no sign be given to it but the