Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 5
5 with and had to come to its fulfilment through both the brothers. Clearly, therefore, the best manifestation of the. Abrahamic dispensation must come through the progeny of Ishmael. But when this heritage was to pass on from the children of Isaac to the generations of Ishmael, it should naturally come as a great shock to the former and weigh heavily on them. It was, therefore,. necessary to make this shift a gradual process, establishing it with clear and cogent argument. . These verses hint that on their violating the covenant continuously, God decided to replace the progeny of. Isaac by the children of Ishmael in order to fulfil His promise to Abraham. As a final admonition to the House of Isaac, He decided that a virgin should give birth to a son who should be the successor to Moses. Because of such a vicar of Moses, the promise, that was to seek a fulfilment through the House of Israel, was halved i. e. , it was cut off from the House of Israel from the father's side and was confined only to the mother's side, since she came of the Israel stock. . In popular view, a child could not be born without a father; though everything is possible for God, yet people discounted the possibility on the plea that it was against the ways of the Almighty. Latest researches have, however, proved. that this is not so; on the contrary, it is within the range of the laws of nature. We reproduce here some fresh evidence in this behalf. Doctor Helen Spurway, of the University College,. London, has advanced the theory that the birth of a child does not necessarily require a male. The Lancet, a London weekly, has published experiments made in this behalf. Also the Sunday Pictorial, London, has published testimony of