Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 748
JESUS VERSUS FINALITY the fruits of the farmer's labour for the sake of their survival but do not destroy the crops and trees just for the fun of it. The swine stands out among all the animals in t<mark>his</mark> destructive tendency. The swine is also notorious for eating the corpses of its young ones. No other non-marine animals are kn<mark>own</mark> to devour their young ones when they die. A bloodthirsty lion, or even a ferocious wolf, will rather die of hunger, woefully sitting beside the dead bodies of their brood, than to even dream of eating their flesh. Dogs do not eat the corpses of their dead puppies either. Pigs and boars, it should be remembered, are vegetarians, yet by some devilish instinct they relish eating the corpses of their young ones. Evidently therefore, the message implied in t<mark>his</mark> prophecy has to be to wage a Holy War against the perverted habit of humans to be inclined to genocide and to feel free to usurp the rights of the weak. The pig's habit of eating its <mark>own</mark> piglets could be likened to the child abuse of the modern age. Child abuse may be directed against one's <mark>own</mark> children or against the children of others, either way it is swinish in character. Recently it has become a subject of common talk in modern society, so needs no further elaboration. No other animal can match humans in t<mark>his</mark> ugliness. . War against evil has always been the occupation of prophets. As such, Jesus Christ in <mark>his</mark> second advent would be no oddity among them if <mark>his</mark> second advent is understood to be metaphorical. But a Jesus such as the one who is idolized by the Muslim clergy a literal murderer of the swine is what they need and await to welcome. The moment t<mark>his</mark> apple of their eyes arrives and discharges <mark>his</mark> task of eliminating the pig species from the animal kingdom, he must needs be applauded. So will he be applauded and befitting homage would be paid to <mark>his</mark> last glorious days spent on the planet earth. 706