Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 176
? 169 as an average of this and with three generations in a 100 years period, there having passed thus 57 generations of Christians up to the present time fifty-seven multiplied by 10 crore would make a total figure of 570 crore. Now let us multiply the punishment of this 570 crore men with eternity and see the result. In other words, if the Messiah would not offer atonement, these 570 crore men would have remained in hell eternally and it makes such a colossal period that it is beyond computation in terms of figures. But the Almighty Lord, by consigning His son to hell for a day and a half, accepted atonement in return for eternal punishment. It is claimed that the Messiah was crucified so that the justice of God remains without a blemish. In other words, if other people were to enter hell, they would have been kept there eternally, but when His own son was concerned, he was kept for a day and a half, and it was said that all had been redeemed thereby. It has a likeness to a village story. It is said that some naughty boys of a village while playing outside, espied a dead donkey. They counselled among themselves to cook it and eat it up, as dead or alive, it was but flesh. Accordingly, they cooked the donkey meat and ate it. Village folk extremely dislike such things. As they came to know of it, they lost no time in going to their Mullah and telling him that a terrible thing had happened— the boys had cooked and ate up a dead donkey and they