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of course, a Prophet and the Messiah of the time. Every
Israelite Judge during a period of three centuries or more
was a Messiah and Deliverer. Thus we find that during
every national calamity, especially a catastrophe, a Messiah
is predicted, and as a rule the deliverance is achieved always
subsequent to the disaster and quite in an inadequate degree.
It is a peculiar characteristic of the Jews that they alone of
all the nationalities aspire, through the miraculous conquests by
a Son of David, after a universal domination of the inhabi-
tants of the globe. Their slovenliness and inertia are quite
compatible with their unshaking belief in the advent of the
"Lion of Judah." While they are awaiting the Moshiakh refered
to in Islam as "Massiekh, ad-dajjal" meaning the anti-Christ
or the false messiah. And that is, perhaps the reason why they
have attempted to concentrate all, their national resources,
Israelite Judge during a period of three centuries or more
was a Messiah and Deliverer. Thus we find that during
every national calamity, especially a catastrophe, a Messiah
is predicted, and as a rule the deliverance is achieved always
subsequent to the disaster and quite in an inadequate degree.
It is a peculiar characteristic of the Jews that they alone of
all the nationalities aspire, through the miraculous conquests by
a Son of David, after a universal domination of the inhabi-
tants of the globe. Their slovenliness and inertia are quite
compatible with their unshaking belief in the advent of the
"Lion of Judah." While they are awaiting the Moshiakh refered
to in Islam as "Massiekh, ad-dajjal" meaning the anti-Christ
or the false messiah. And that is, perhaps the reason why they
have attempted to concentrate all, their national resources,