Real Revolution — Page 130
130 the Promised Mesiah, when, after a thousand years of decline, Islam was to be revived again, and when the mission of the Holy Prophet would be established on an unquestionable rational basis-a thing which is now coming to pass right in front of our eyes in a variety of various ways. . Extent of the mission of Jesus. Some Christians have been known to say in this connection that this teaching is by no means exclusive to Islam, for they claim that the mission of Jesus Christ was for the whole of mankind. I have dealt fully with this question in another article wrote some time ago, where I proved conclusively on the basis of irrefutable evidence, based on biblical texts, that the mission of Jesus was strictly confined to Israel, since he himself has said: "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the House of. Israel. (Matt. 15:23). Nor was the attitude of his disciples any different. But today I wish to refute this claim on a different basis. If it is true that the mission of Jesus Christ was to all mankind, to gather the whole human race under one banner, it will have to be conceded it was a mission bound to be fulfilled, since it had the backing of a divine purpose, namely, to make the whole world into one by a proper weakening of national and regional prejudice. Now let us see how far Christianity