Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 67
The Lost Tribes of Israel by M. M. AHMAD The three most important world religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam have a deep though conflicting interest and involvement in Jesus. Between them, the three religions claim adherents who account for a vast majority of the world population. The present conference is designed to focus world attention on a matter of great importance so that the controversy around the person of Jesus is resolved and all seekers after truth are enabled to shed their wrong beliefs. It certainly is an invitation to each one of us to reflect deeply on the matter, weigh objectively the evidence and historical proof now available, and acknowledge the truth even if it should be in conflict with our present beliefs. The enigma surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus and his postcrucifixion life among the lost tribes of Israel was first untangled through Divine guidance by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah, in his book Jesus in India which was written as far back as 1899. The evidence on the subject which has been gathered by many scholars since and which has been put together from older books has only confirmed the thesis which he had presented some 80 years back. The controversy still persists, the differences still exist, but the consensus in the direction pointed out by the Promised Messiah, at the close of the last century, is unmistakable. We believe it is only a matter of time that the world will be compelled to acknowledge the truth which Divine guidance had revealed to him. This will have a profound impact on the adherents of all the three great world religions 59