Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 219
? 212 These words also denote there that a large section of the people of Moses had abandoned the Mosaic law and God had willed that they all be brought back to the Mosaic faith through the Messiah so that He may make them all one people. These references show that through preceding prophets, it was foretold about the Messiah's Mission that (1) he would deliver the message as much to the Jews of the eastern countries as to the Jews of Palestine. (2) According to the Messiah, while the sheep of Palestine believed in him but little, the other sheep will hear his voice with greater attention and believe in him readily and that (3) It was incumbent on the Messiah to go forth to them and to deliver to them the message. These three points emerge from these references: Firstly, there are some Jewish tribes outside the land of Jews to whom the Messiah would deliver his message; secondly, the Messiah's visit to them is not a matter left to his option: his visiting them and communicating the message to them are definite duties. If these three features are compared to the sign of the Prophet Jonah, the two make similar reading. The Prophet Jonah was also sent to a foreign land. Facts are there for anyone to study. Jonah was not a resident of Nineveh. He was called through revelation to go forth to preach to the people of Nineveh which lay in the east.