Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 23
In Arabic and Hebrew the concept of curse is related to the heart, and a person can be called accursed only if in truth his heart turns away from God, and becomes black, and is bereft of. God's mercy, and is deprived altogether of the love of God and is emptied of all recognition of God and, becoming blind and bereft like Satan, is filled with the poison of misguidance, and retains not a ray of the light of the love and recognition of God, and cuts asunder from all relationship with God, and is filled with rancour and hatred and disgust and enmity towards God, so that. God becomes his enemy and is disgusted with him, and he is disgusted with God. It is thus clear that the concept of curse is so vicious and unholy, that it cannot apply to any righteous one who entertains the love of God in his heart. The Christians could not have reflected on the meaning of becoming accursed, at the time of inventing this doctrine, for if they had done so, it is not possible that they should have used this expression for a righteous one like Jesus. Can it be said that at any time the heart of Jesus had, in truth, turned away from God, and had denied God, and was disgusted with God, and had become the enemy of God?. Can we imagine that the heart of Jesus ever felt that it had turned away from God, and had become the enemy of God, and was plunged into the darkness of disbelief and denial? Such a concept is not only inconsistent with the station of prophethood and messengership of Jesus, but is also inconsistent with his claim of excellence and holiness, and love, and recognition of the Divine, which is mentioned repeatedly in the Gospels. . A study of the Gospels reveals that Jesus affirmed that he was the light of the world, was a guide, and had an exalted relationship of love with God, and had been bestowed a holy birth by God, and was His beloved son. Then how can the unholy concept of curse be applied to the heart of Jesus, in view of his permanent and holy relationship with God? It is thus proved without a doubt that Jesus did not die on the cross, inasmuch as he was safeguarded from the consequences of death upon the cross. As he did not die on the cross, his heart was fully secured against the unholy condition of becoming accursed. That being so, there was no resurrection, and no bodily ascent to heaven, as these are links of the same vicious chain. . The Gospels reveal several other factors which refute the notion that Jesus ascended bodily to heaven. It is not necessary to set them out in detail on this occasion. It is well-known that 25