True Christianity and How It Leads to Islam — Page 25
TRUE CHRISTIANITY AND HOW IT LEADS T O IS L A M 25 “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in a whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”. (Matthew 12:39 - 40) For the sign to be similar to that of Jonas, Jesus must have been alive in the sepulchre after the incident of crucifixion. Jesus was alive when he was being taken off from the cross. A soldier pierced his side with a spear and blood and water came out which normally indicates life. The Bible says: “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side and forthwith came there blood and water”. (John 19:34) Jesus met his disciples after crucifixion and assured them of his life. “And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them then came Jesus, the doors being shut and stood in the midst, and said, ‘Peace be unto you’. Then saith he to Thomas. “Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands, and reach hithe r thy hand and thrust into my side and be not faithless, but believing”. (John 20:26, 27) Jesus was sent to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matthew 15:24) as he himself declared. It is historically proven that these lost Israelites had migrated to different eastern countries. Jesus in fulfillment of his heavenly mission, went to the lo st Israelites and conveyed his prophetic message. In Kashmir, he