Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 185
becomes like God and when he becomes like God, there is no sense in his going to hell. Is God subject to cold and heat or does he feel comforted by cold and tormented by heat? If human soul goes to hell, it will feel the heat. If it is kept in a cold place, it will feel the cold. But the Son of God who is God is above heat and cold. Hell is as much His creation as is heaven. Hell can do him no harm nor would paradise give him any comfort. It occurs in the Ahadith (sayings of the Holy Prophet) that when God would put his foot in hell, hell would become cold, for, hell is no hell for God. If the Messiah, therefore, was son of man and possessed human soul, then it was not God who entered hell, but it was man who entered it. But if he carried the soul of the Son of God, then as soon as it was delivered of the body, it at once became Godlike, and as it became like God, even if it be taken to hell, it would suffer no torment. After all the Messiah did not have two souls that it could be said that one was human and the other was divine. He had only one soul and that of the Son of God and as it was delivered of the body, hell was no longer hell for it. Even if it is then taken to hell, it has no torment for it, for, it is above physical feelings, neither paradise has any effect on it nor has hell. IS IT ALLEGORIC? Christians, sometimes in dismay, say that all this