Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 153
153. Ninevites witnessed any sign, this was the only sign. There is no doubt about it that his going into the belly of the fish was a sign, so was his staying alive in the fish's belly a sign and likewise was his coming alive out of it a sign. But all these signs are such as were not witnessed by the inhabitants of. Nineveh. The only sign they saw was that a misgiving occurred in the heart of the Prophet Jonah and he went away from there, not wishing to deliver the message of prophethood to the people. But from hundreds of miles and through different kinds of hardships, God brought him back to his people again and fulfilled the mission for which He had raised Jonah. . People rejected him and offered opposition to him. But in the end, they had to bow down to him. This was the sign that the Ninevites witnessed. There can, therefore, be a sign also of the Messiah only when he enters the tomb alive, remains in the tomb alive and comes out of the tomb alive. . But all this the enemy will have not witnessed. This will be followed by the latter part of the sign: that he should preach to the lost sheep of Israel, settled at that time near about Nineveh and in Iran, Afghanistan and Kashmir and bring them into the fold of his faith and thus succeed in the mission. God had entrusted to him. If it come about, the Messiah's similarity to the Prophet Jonah will have been established and the sign he promised to show become manifest to the world. . But if it did not happen that way, the sign of Jonah would not have come to pass. . WHERE IS THE PROMISED SIGN?. In short, as the Prophet Jonah preached to his people after he came out of the fish's belly and succeeded in his mission, in like manner should the Messiah have, after his exit from the tomb, preached to the Israelites and brought them to the right