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Washing or ablution could not be considered a “religion”
or “way” whose place has been taken by the famous and
mysterious Church institution of the Sacrament of Baptism!

4. If I say that Jesus Christ (pbuh) is not intended in the
prophecy of Malakhi, it would seem that I was advancing an
argumentum in absurdum, because nobody will contradict
or make an objection to my statement. The Churches have
always believed that the “Messenger of the way” is John
Baptist, and not Jesus (pbuthen). The Jews, however,
accept neither of the two. But as the person foretold in
the prophecy is one and the same, and not two, I most
conscientiously declare that Jesus (pbuh) is not, and could
not be that person. If Jesus (pbuh) was a god, as he is now
believed to be, then he could not be employed to prepare
the way before the face of Yahweh Sabaoth! If Jesus (pbuh)
were the Yahweh Sabaoth who made this prophecy, then
who was the other Yehweh Sabaoth before whose face the
way was to be prepared? If he were a simple man, made
of flesh and blood, and servant of the Lord of Hosts, then
the claim falls to the ground. For Jesus (pbuh) as a simple
human being and prophet could not be the founder of the
Trinitarian Churches. Whichever form of the Christian
religion we may take, whether it be the Orthodox,
Catholic, Protestant, Salvationist, Quaker, or any of the
multitudinous sects and communities, none of them can
be the “way,” the “religion” indicated by Malakhi; and
Jesus (pbuh) is not its founder or preparer. So long as we
deny the absolute Oneness of God, we are in error, and
Jesus (pbuh) cannot be our friend nor can he help us.

5. The person indicated in the prophecy has three
qualifications, namely, the Messenger of Religion, the Lord
Commander, and the Messenger of the Convent. He is also
described and distinguished by three conditions, namely “he
is suddenly coming to his Mosque or Temple, he is looked
for and sought by men, and is greatly desired and coveted.”