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Chapter X251By the Apocalyptical “Son of man, “Muhammad” (pbuh)is intendedIn my previous article I showed that “the Son of Man” foretold in the Jewish Apocalypses was not Jesus Christ (pbuh) and that Jesus (pbuh) never assumed that appellation for himself, for thus he would have made himself ridiculous in the eyes of his audience.There were only two courses open to him: either to denounce the Messianic prophecies and the apocalyptical visions about the Barnasha as forgeries and legends, or to confirm them and at the same time to full, if he were that lofty personage, the office of the “Son of Man.” To say: “The Son of Man came to serve and not to be served,”[1] or “The Son of Man shall be delivered unto the hands of the Chief Priests and the Scribes” [2] or “The Son of Man came eating and drinking [wine]” with the sinners and the publicans, [3] and at the same time to confess that he was a beggar living on the charity and hospitality of others, was to insult his nation and its nation and its holiestreligious sentiments! To boast that he was the Son of Man and had come to save and recover the lost sheep of Israel, [4] but had to leave thissalvation to the LastJudgement, and even then to be cast into the eternal flames, was to frustrate all the hopes of that persecuted people, who alone in all mankind had the honour of being the only nation that professed the faith and religion of the true God; and it was to scorn their prophets andApocalypses.Could Jesus Christ (pbuh) assume that title? Are the authors of the four Gospels Hebrews? Could Jesus (pbuh)[1] Matt. xx. 28.[2] Ibid. xx. 18.[3] Ibid. xi. 18.[4] Ibid. vxiii. 11.