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Chapter IV

The Prophet foretold by the Baptist was
certainly Muhammad (pbuh)

There are two very significant remarks about John the
Baptist (pbuh) made by Jesus Christ (pbuh) , but recorded in a
mysterious way. The first remark about the Baptist is that
in which John is presented to the world as the reincarnate
Eliah (Elijah) the Old Testament. The mystery with which
this appellation is enveloped consists in the significant
silence of Christ about the identity of the person whom
Eliah (not Elias) was expected to officially announce and
introduce to the world as the Last Prophet. The language
of Jesus (pbuh) in this respect is exceedingly obscure,
ambiguous, and mysterious. If John was Eliah, as is
expressly and fearlessly declared, why, then, is the person
whose precursor was Eliah not expressly and fearlessly
mentioned? If Jesus (pbuh) were the “Messenger of the
Covenant” and the Dominator [as the Vulgate translates
the Hebrew Adon (Mal. iii. 1).], why does he not openly
say so? If he courageously declared that it was not he
himself but another Prophet who was that “Dominator,”
it must, indeed, have been a criminal hand, which erased
and effaced the words of Jesus (pbuh) from the original
Gospel. At all events, the Gospels are responsible for this
ambiguity and obscurity. It cannot but be described as
diabolical tampering with the text that has misled billions
of Christians for so many centuries. Jesus (pbuh) , whatever
he believed he represented, ought to have, to say the
least, shown himself straightforward, and to have frankly
declared, “John is the Eliah who was sent as a precursor
to prepare the way for me!” On the other hand, if such
was not the case, then he could have made the following
declaration: “John is the Eliah who was sent to prepare
the way for Mohammad.” Perhaps this is due to the love