Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 216
? 209 forgotten their own traditions and their own culture and civilization. There was, therefore, little chance of their return. The Jews believed about these people that the Messiah would gather the lost sheep back to the nation as prophesied by the Prophet Isaiah. MESSIAH'S TARGET The prophecy of the Prophet Isaiah which gave the Jews the hope that their lost sheep would reunite with their brethren is the one I have mentioned above. The Messiah (peace be on him) has reverted to this subject on several occasions: once he sent a body of his disciples to preach. The directions he gave the disciples on the occasion contained besides others, the following advice: “Go not into the way of the gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ” (Matthew 10:5-6) He gave this advice so that the prophecy, that the Prophet Isaiah made, comes true; that the Israelites who have been lost would be gathered through him. He advised them against betaking themselves to gentiles and enjoined that they should go only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel and preach to them. Similarly, it is mentioned in St. Matthews (152:1-28)