turned away from that foundation, holding tenaciously to various
dogmatic forms and blind imitation of ancestral beliefs. This is the real
cause of enmity, hatred and bloodshed in the world--the reason of
alienation and estrangement among mankind. Therefore, I wish you to be
very just and fair in your judgment of the following statements.
During the time that the people of Israel were being tossed and afflicted
by the conditions I have named, Jesus Christ appeared among them. Jesus of
Nazareth was a Jew. He was single and unaided, alone and unique. He had no
assistant. The Jews at once pronounced Him to be an enemy of Moses. They
declared that He was the destroyer of the Mosaic laws and ordinances. Let
us examine the facts as they are, investigate the truth and reality in
order to arrive at a true opinion and conclusion. For a completely fair
opinion upon this question we must lay aside all we have and investigate
independently. This Personage, Jesus Christ, declared Moses to have been
the Prophet of God and pronounced all the prophets of Israel as sent from
God. He proclaimed the Torah the very Book of God, summoned all to conform
to its precepts and follow its teachings. It is an historical fact that
during a period of fifteen hundred years the kings of Israel were unable
to promulgate broadcast the religion of Judaism. In fact, during that
period the name and history of Moses were confined to the boundaries of
Palestine and the Torah was a book well known only in that country. But
through Christ, through the blessing of the New Testament of Jesus Christ,
the Old Testament, the Torah, was translated into six hundred different
tongues and spread throughout the world. It was through Christianity that
the Torah reached Persia. Before that time there was no knowledge in that
country of such a book, but Christ caused its spread and acceptance.
Through Him the name of Moses was elevated and revered. He was
instrumental in publishing the name and greatness of the Israelitish
prophets, and He proved to the world that the Israelites constituted the
people of God. Which of the kings of Israel could have accomplished this?
Were it not for Jesus Christ, would the Bible, the Torah have reached this
land of America? Would the name of Moses be spread throughout the world?
Refer to history. Everyone knows that when Christianity was spread, there
was a simultaneous spread of the knowledge of Judaism and the Torah.
Throughout the length
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