Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 168
168 Christianity – A Journey from Facts to Fiction In the case of the Jews, they were expecting the Messiah to come in the state of glory, and usher them into a new era of domination and ascendancy over their Roman masters. All these expectations were shattered by Jesus as of Nazareth. When he appeared at last, he appeared to be far removed and distant from the expected image of the advent of Messiah which Jews had been dearly entertaining for centuries. Strikingly similar events have taken place in relation to the advent of Christ as in the person of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. The role played by his opponents is the same, only the names differ. The mainstream of the Muslims and the Christians alike have acquired the role of the Jews of the time of Jesus as. The objections are the same. The logic of rejection is the same. Yet God treated this humble man with even greater signs of His support than He did the Jesus as of the previous age and helped him spread his message far more rapidly in a far greater number of countries and in all the continents of the world. These are the facts, which speak for themselves, but only for those who listen. These are the facts, which are becoming more and more apparent with the passage of time, but only for those who care to observe. Again, the spirit of the messianic message in the context of the contemporary atti- tudes of the Muslims and the Christians is no different. But only they will understand who do not shut their eyes. In the end, let us remind, in the prophetic words of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian—the Divinely appointed Messiah of the latter days,—the Christians and the Muslims, who