onfined to the children of Israel alone, who were at
that time a limited race and people, but His spiritual power had also
permeated and united great influential nations who had been warlike and
hostile, such as the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Chaldeans, Syrians and
Assyrians. He dispelled their hostility, healed their hatred, made them a
united people, and by His Word created the utmost love amongst them so
that they advanced immeasurably in the degrees of education and human
perfection, thereby attaining a never-ending glory.
The Jews had become dispersed and widely scattered. This single and unique
Personage overcame all the then known world, founding an everlasting
sovereignty, a mighty nation indeed. Such a result proved Him to be a
great man, the first Educator of His time, the first Teacher of His
period. What proofs could be greater than these? What would be more
convincing than this evidence that a single individual resuscitated so
many nations and peoples, unified so many tribes and sects, removed so
much warfare and hatred? Undoubtedly, such accomplishment could be wrought
only through the power of God and not by mere human effort, which is
altogether incapable of producing these mighty results.
When Christ appeared, the Jews pronounced Him an enemy of Moses.
Pharisaical rabbis of that age declared Him to be the destroyer of the
Mosaic law and the institutes of the Torah. They proclaimed that He would
bring great misfortune to the people of Israel, considering Him the
violator of the holy Sabbath and destroyer of the Temple of Solomon.
Therefore, they turned away from Him. Let us investigate this and discover
whether such accusations were true or false. We will find that in reality
Christ caused the name and prestige of Moses to become widespread. Through
His efforts and teaching the Book of Moses, the Bible, became known
everywhere. In fifteen hundred years there had been but one translation of
the Old Testament, the Torah, which translation was made from Hebrew into
Greek. But through the instrumentality of Christ's message and teachings
it was translated into six hundred tongues and spread to every part of the
world. All the kings and prophets of Israel were unable to promulgate the
teachings of Judaism and the name of Moses beyond the borders of
Palestine, whereas through Christ Judaism became an established religion
in Asia, Africa, Europe and the world generally. Through the message of
Christ, Moses wa
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