Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 45
3 November 1904 45 that the Jews suffered from, that one Messiah would suffer and the other would be honoured. Promised Messiah as — In fact, you are the one who is suffering from the deception suffered by the Jews. Had you remembered the judgment of the Messiah himself, you would not have stum- bled. The deception the Jews suffered was that they believed in the coming of Elijah before the appearance of the Messiah and agreed that the very same Elijah [of old] would come, whereas the Messiah gave the verdict that the Elijah who was to come had come in the person of John—accept it if you will. Now, if coming again had been correct, then Elijah him- self should have come. Likewise is the case of the Messiah’s sec- ond coming, so how can it mean him coming again? That is why I say you suffer from the deception that afflicted the Jews. Otherwise, I am indeed the very Messiah who was to come, and my verdict is the very one given by the Messiah regarding Elijah. Pastor [Scott]— That Elijah came. Promised Messiah as — I also say the same thing that he came, but you tell me whether John [the Baptist] was made Elijah or not? Now, why do you stumble in my case, failing to accept the judgment of [ Jesus] the Messiah as proof ? Pastor [Scott]— Excuse me, I’m going. Promised Messiah as — Very well. After that, the priest left. 1 1. Al- H akam, vol. 8, no. 43, 44, p. 5, 6, dated 17 & 24 December 1904