Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 203
In short, Jesus Christ spent 80 years of his life in the NorthWest of India. He travelled extensively about and lived to 125 years, twice the age of the Holy Prophet of Islam (on whom be and blessings of Allah). peace Before closing, it appears necessary to deal with an important question which runs like this: The ministry of Jesus Christ in Palestine lasted only a few years with the result that Christianity made such swift progress that there are 800 million Christians in the world today. We can trace them up to their earliest days. Ever since the time of the catacombs up to this day, hundreds of thousands of historical proofs show that Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) spent only two or three years in Palestine where he preached his message. The fruits of his brief ministry in Palestine are before us all. On the other hand, Jesus Christ left almost no trace of his work in the North-western part of India despite the fact that he spent more or less 80 years of his life there. What is the explanation of this seeming contradiction? To answer this question, we have to keep in mind a phenomenon of the history of religions. In the first century, Taxila and Kashmir were the greatest centres of Buddhism, whereas today Buddhism has vanished completely from these areas. Another example can be quoted of Islam in Spain which was forced out of that country by violence. This leads to the conclusion that a dominating religion can be wiped out of certain regions as a result of compulsion or even by peaceful propaganda by another religion. It is a historical fact that Persia was governed by the Sassanians in the third century. The Persian kingdom extended from the 195