The Truth About Salvation — Page 22
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 22 Then there is the case of men and women. The punishment prescribed for women was: I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you. If belief in atonement could relieve women from these punishments, then we would assume this doctrine was correct. However , no Christian woman has been released from these pains. How then can we accept its authenticity? Similarly, no man has been relieved of his prescribed punishments through this belief. If atonement fails to mitigate punishment in the present life, how can it be expected to do so in the hereafter ? According to Christians, these are the signs of salvation, and yet they do not appear to have been ful f illed on any Christians themselves, thereby nullifying the truth of the concept of atonement. If atonement is thus falsified, so is the belief that it can lead to salvation. HOW CAN WE ATTAIN ATONEMENT IF THE MESSIAH AS DID NOT AGREE TO SACRIFICE HIS LIFE? Regarding Jesus the Messiah as the Bible says: