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Proceedings—Debate 29 May 1893 129 doing; you will keep on doing, he said. And, indeed, they purged many demons, captured many snakes and raised many dead. And you will do greater things than these as I go to the Father. And this is the truth, and it did happen just like this, because, only a few believed upon the preaching of Christ, but with just one announce- ment of Peter, three thousand became believers. It is written in the Acts that he only used to preach among the Jews while his disciples roamed the world. However, we must remember that pupils are not greater than the Master. You ask me, and I shall make it happen! He told them that their job was to pray. Therefore, it is clearly written that they kept on praying and Lord Jesus Christ kept giving them results and contin- ues to do so. Eighth— You inquire if Signs are not necessary for every age? Certainly not! They are needed in the beginning, but the beginning does not last forever. Signs and miracles are meant to complete the teachings and faith. And what once has been made complete by Allah Almighty, should not have been sent so incomplete; so there would be no need to make it complete again. The Last Sign was Lord Jesus Christ himself. And, it is also manifestly clear that when some new teaching is sent, it needs a special person who can deliver the mes- sage and there should be special Signs by which Allah Almighty should prove that this is My Messenger and this is My Teaching. Now, there are a thousand ways in which research can be done; that is to say, scriptural, rational, historical, etc. Where some task can be accomplished by ordinary means, Allah Almighty does not employ special means. The Jews kept on receiving heavenly food while roaming in the wilderness where no food was available, but the day they arrived in a country where things were available, that heavenly food also vanished.