The True Story of Jesus — Page 19
Chapter Four— Jesus as a Prophet of God Throughout religious history, we find that over time the followers of every religion deviate gradually from the true path and begin to wander in the wilderness of sin. The Jewish people were no exception. By the time of the advent of Jesus as they had virtually become spiritually dead. They were corrupt and used to indulge in evil practices of all sorts. They were arrogant and very hard- hearted. One of their malpractices was that they interpolated the teachings of Judaism and twisted the laws of the Torah to their own advantage. They had indeed ceased to act upon the teachings of the Torah. They also believed that they were the favourites of Allah and therefore immune from any punishment. It is to these people that Jesus as was sent as a Messenger of God, the Messiah they were waiting for. The task assigned to Jesus as was to trans- form them once again into kind-hearted people and bring them back to God. When Jesus as started his divine mission and tried to deliver