Life of Ahmad — Page 227
as CLAIMS TO BE THE MESSIAH as 227 Divine revelation received by him directly from God: i. e. We have made thee the Messiah, son of Mary. So far as his own claim and conviction were concerned this revelation was enough. A true believer needed no further proof. But the people whom he addressed wanted scriptural evidence on the point for their satisfaction and acceptance. So he had to refer to various prophecies in which the advent of the Messiah and Mahdi was mentioned. Jesus as said, 'If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again' (John 14:3); and his word, it is said, 'endureth for ever' (Peter 1:25). The Holy Spirit said that, 'he himself shall descend from heaven '(1 Thes. 4:16), and 'shall appear a second time' (Heb. 4:28). The Apostles’ Creed declares that Christ 'shall come to judge the quick and the dead. ' The Nicene Creed (325 A. D) says that, 'Christ shall come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead, and whose kingdom will have no end. ' In the Dutch creed it is set forth that, 'Our Lord Jesus Christ shall come from heaven corporally and visibly. ' The Rev. I. M. Haldeman states that it is a fact wholly beyond dispute that of all the wonderous things in the