Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 89
89 will reverence him when they see him. But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. . So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. . What I therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?. He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. ". This parable shows that the coming of the son is for punishment because of their intransigence in the matter of payment of the revenues of the garden. God, therefore, sent His son so that he brings home the charge against them to punish them. This parable thus runs counter to the. Messiah's statement: "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. ". Again it is said that the Messiah (peace be on him) told his disciples: "Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (Matthew, Ch. 28: 19). . WAS JESUS SON OF MAN?. On several other occasions, besides those pointed out above, the Messiah (peace be on him) claimed to be the Son of God the Great. But we should not lose sight of the fact that whereas the Messiah (peace be on him) claimed for himself the status of the Son of God, even His only begotten, he has, at the same time, on many occasions, called himself son of man. We have, therefore, no justification for preferring one of his claims to the other. It is the Messiah himself who says he is the Son of God. It is again he himself who says he is the Son of man. When both the claims are made by one individual there is no justification for us in preferring one of his