Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 137
137. Christians must agree that the Messiah was described as the. Son of God only allegorically, and if he was the Son of God allegorically, he could not bear the sins of mankind nor could he stay in hell for a day and a half. All these statements then become false and unreal. . Whenever they decline, their hopes sustain them and create in them a new awakening and alertness and they know that they have little ground for despair and that there are in wait great. But once opportunities for them to achieve higher levels. the hopes of a people are killed, it perishes for ever. The. Promised Messiah (peace and salutations be on him) has thus to his credit two outstanding achievements. On the one hand, he put an end to Christianity by showing up that the. Messiah was alive after he came off the Cross and, on the other hand, he saved Islam from erroneous belief, by pointing out, that in the light of the Quranic verses, the Messiah died a natural death. How much poetic beauty underlies this dissertation: He quickened the Messiah and made short work of Christianity, and he put an end to the Messiah's life and quickened Islam. Since the Church is founded on the basis that the Messiah died on the Cross, if it is proved that the. Messiah did not die on the Cross, but came off it alive, the redemption theory is demolished at once. . WAS THE SACRIFICE ADEQUATE ?. In short, the question that confronts us is whether the. Messiah died on the Cross and whether he offered the sacrifice which could be adequate atonement. A study of the Bible gives the answer in the negative. Neither the Messiah died on the. Cross, nor did he offer the sacrifice which could be termed as adequate atonement. If we carefully study the New Testament, it becomes evident that the real miracle of the Messiah