Did Jesus Redeem Mankind?

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 177

177. MESSIAH MAKES GOOD HIS ESCAPE. All these events make it plain that the prophecy of the. Messiah that "no sign shall be given this generation but the sign of Jonah" was fulfilled to the letter. A Messiah of flesh and bone was hanged on the Cross, but he remained alive on the Cross, alive he entered the sepulchre, and alive he rose from it. Subsequently he remained in hiding from the people as the law of the land did not permit his stay there any longer. And this was the hidden device of God under which he was obliged to leave for Kashmir and AfghaGod knew that nistan to seek out the lost sheep of Israel. under the circumstances Jesus would not like to stay in his country any more and would gladly betake himself to the tribes he had been raised to guide and reform. And so it came to pass. When he saw that it was difficult for him to stay in Palestine, he left for the east and preached the message of God to the ten tribes that had settled in Kashmir and Afghanistan. The latter part of this story has no concern with the Bible and concerns the history of Afghanistan and Kashmir and some ancient tribal traditions. The Promised Messiah (peace and salutations be on him) has thrown great light in his book "Jesus in India," on the subject and established, on historical evidence, that the Messiah migrated to Afghanistan and Kashmir after the incident of the Cross,. Besides this, some further researches have conclusively established that a Prophet who was known as "Prince. Prophet" and had marks of wounds in his hands and feet, migrating from the West, came down to Kashmir and communicated to the people the message of God.