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(1). Matt. xxii 44-46; Mark xii 35-37; Luke xx. 41-44.
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It is quite clear, therefore, that the Jewish reception to,
or their rejection of, Jesus was not the condition sine qua non
to determine the nature of his mission. If he were the Final
Deliverer he would have made the Jews submit to him, nolens
volens, as Prophet Muhammad did. But the contrast between the
circumstances in which each of those two Prophets found
himself, and their work, knows no dimensions and no limits.
Suffice it to say that Prophet Muhammad converted about ten million
pagan Arabs into most sincere and ardent believers in the
true God, and utterly uprooted idolatry in the lands where
it had struck root. This he did, because he held in one
hand the Law and in the other the Scepter; the one was the
Holy Koran and the other the emblem of power and govern-
ment. He was hated, despised, persecuted by the noblest
Arab tribe to which he belonged, and forced to flee for his
life; but by the Power of Allah he accomplished the greatest
work for cause of the true religion which no other Prophet
before him had ever been able to do.
I shall now proceed to show that the Apocalyptic Son
of Man was no other than the Prophet Muhammad al-Mustapha.
1. The most cogent and important proof that the
Apocalyptic Barnasha is Prophet Muhammad is given in a wonderful
description in the vision of Prophet Daniel (vii.) already discussed
in a previous article. In no way whatever the Barnasha
therein described can be identified with any of the Macca-
bees' heroes or with Prophet Jesus; nor can the terrible Beast which
was utterly killed and destroyed by that Son of Man be a
prototype of Antiochus Epiphanes or the Roman Caesar,
Nero. The culminating evil of that dreadful Beast was the
"Little Horn," which uttered blasphemies against the Most
High by associating with His Essence three co-eternal divine
persons and by its persecution of those who maintained the
absolute Oneness of God. Constantine the Great is the
person symbolized by that hideous Horn.
2. The Apocalypse of Enoch (l) foretells the appearance
of the Son of Man at a moment when the small flock of the
sheep, though vigorously defended by a ram, will be fiercely
attacked by the birds of prey from above and by the car-
nivorous beast on land. Among the enemies of the little
flock are seen many other goats and sheep that had gone
astray. The lord of the flock, like a good shepherd, sudden-
ly appears and strikes the earth with his rod or scepter; it
opens its mouth and swallows up the assailing enemy; chases
and drives away from the pastures the rest of the pernicious
birds and brutes. Then a sword is given to the flock as an
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It is quite clear, therefore, that the Jewish reception to,
or their rejection of, Jesus was not the condition sine qua non
to determine the nature of his mission. If he were the Final
Deliverer he would have made the Jews submit to him, nolens
volens, as Prophet Muhammad did. But the contrast between the
circumstances in which each of those two Prophets found
himself, and their work, knows no dimensions and no limits.
Suffice it to say that Prophet Muhammad converted about ten million
pagan Arabs into most sincere and ardent believers in the
true God, and utterly uprooted idolatry in the lands where
it had struck root. This he did, because he held in one
hand the Law and in the other the Scepter; the one was the
Holy Koran and the other the emblem of power and govern-
ment. He was hated, despised, persecuted by the noblest
Arab tribe to which he belonged, and forced to flee for his
life; but by the Power of Allah he accomplished the greatest
work for cause of the true religion which no other Prophet
before him had ever been able to do.
I shall now proceed to show that the Apocalyptic Son
of Man was no other than the Prophet Muhammad al-Mustapha.
1. The most cogent and important proof that the
Apocalyptic Barnasha is Prophet Muhammad is given in a wonderful
description in the vision of Prophet Daniel (vii.) already discussed
in a previous article. In no way whatever the Barnasha
therein described can be identified with any of the Macca-
bees' heroes or with Prophet Jesus; nor can the terrible Beast which
was utterly killed and destroyed by that Son of Man be a
prototype of Antiochus Epiphanes or the Roman Caesar,
Nero. The culminating evil of that dreadful Beast was the
"Little Horn," which uttered blasphemies against the Most
High by associating with His Essence three co-eternal divine
persons and by its persecution of those who maintained the
absolute Oneness of God. Constantine the Great is the
person symbolized by that hideous Horn.
2. The Apocalypse of Enoch (l) foretells the appearance
of the Son of Man at a moment when the small flock of the
sheep, though vigorously defended by a ram, will be fiercely
attacked by the birds of prey from above and by the car-
nivorous beast on land. Among the enemies of the little
flock are seen many other goats and sheep that had gone
astray. The lord of the flock, like a good shepherd, sudden-
ly appears and strikes the earth with his rod or scepter; it
opens its mouth and swallows up the assailing enemy; chases
and drives away from the pastures the rest of the pernicious
birds and brutes. Then a sword is given to the flock as an