Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 222
? 215 reconverting them was no ordinary job. Besides, the way to Afghanistan and Kashmir from Palestine was difficult and full of hazards. There existed no facilities and on top of it the long journey of two and a half thousand miles was a hard task. Therefore the Messiah was afraid of setting out to Afghanistan and Kashmir as was the Prophet Jonah afraid of going to Nineveh. For, by going over there, he to give up his tongue, leave his people and his dear and near ones. An easy course was that the Messiah should live among his own people and staying back in Palestine continue preaching to the Jews. But as the Prophet Jonah sought to evade and God put pressure on him through creating circumstances that forced him back to Nineveh and made him realize that there was no sense in running away from the Almighty God and that he must: therefore, betake himself to wherever the Lord wanted him to go; similarly in the case of Messiah, God created conditions which led to a general opposition against him, so much so, that he was involved in a case, had to appear before a court, and the court finally sentenced him to be hanged and he had to suffer hanging on the Cross. It is another thing that God Almighty saved him, in accordance with His prophecy, as he had saved Jonah; as when the Prophet Jonah was cast into the sea, He appointed a fish which swallowed him up, and he remained in the fish's belly alive three nights and days and came out of the belly of the fish alive