divine Educator, a real Teacher.
The essential requirement and qualification of Prophethood is the training
and guidance of the people. Therefore, we shall first consider the
efficacy of the teachings of those who have been followed and accepted as
the Prophets of God. The question that must be answered is: Have They
taught mankind? Have They proved Themselves efficient Educators?
Among Them was Moses. We find that He appeared as the leader of the
children of Israel during a period of their captivity. They were in a
state of extreme humiliation, ignorance and heedlessness, living in a very
lowly manner in Egypt under conditions of life worse than death. Imagine
an ignorant people, downtrodden and oppressed, thoughtless, negligent and
mentally darkened, held in subjection as slaves. Moses was appointed for
their deliverance and training. He guided them, led them out of bondage
into the Holy Land, uplifted them from ignorance and despair, trained them
so that they rose from a condition of lowliness and subjection into one of
honor and importance, and enabled them to reach a high degree of
perfection. They became proficient in sciences and arts, attained a lofty
plane of civilization, honorable and esteemed among nations, whereas
formerly they had been lowly and despised. They were ignorant; they became
intelligent, finally reaching that period of supremacy and power witnessed
in the Solomonic sovereignty. Their name became widespread throughout the
world, and they were esteemed for distinct virtues. Even the philosophers
of Greece went to Palestine to drink from the fountains of their wisdom
and sit at the feet of their sages. All these facts prove that Moses was a
Prophet and a Teacher.
As to Christ: He was a single, unique and lowly individual Who appeared at
a time when the Israelitish nation had fallen from the heights of its
glory to the lowest condition of bondage and contempt, subject to the
tyranny of the Roman Empire, living under a yoke of humiliation, ignorant
and negligent of God. The historical records of the Holy Books confirm
these statements. Christ--this single and unique Personage--appeared amongst
these despised and degraded people, reflecting a divine power and the
potency of the Holy Spirit. He unified the various peoples and nations of
the world, brought them together in fellowship and agreement and gathered
them beneath the overshadowing protection of one Word. His prestige and
mention were not c
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