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to elapse before the Rome Empire was destroyed in
the fifth century A.D. by a Turkish Emperor, Atilla
-a pagan Hun- and finally by a Muslim Turk, the
Faith Muhammad (pbuh) II. However, that power was
completely destroyed, and for ever, in the lands
promised to Ishmael by the Sultan of the Prophets,
Muhammad al Mustapha (pbuh) .

There remain two other observations, which
I cannot ignore in this connection. If I were a most
ardent Zionist, or a most learned Rabbi, I would once
more study this Messianic question as profoundly and
impartially as I could. Then I would vigorously exhort
my co-religionist Jews to desist from and abandon this
hope forever. Even if a “Son of David (pbuh) ” should
appear on the hill of Zion, and blow the trumpet,
and claim to be the “Messiah,” I would be the first
to tell him boldly: “Please, Sire! You are too late!
Do not disturb the equilibrium in Palestine! Do not
shed blood! Do not let your angels meddle with these
formidable aeroplanes! Whatever be the successes of
your adventures, I am afraid they will not surpass those
of your ancestors David (pbuh) , Zorobabel, and Judah
Maccabaeus (Maqbaya)!” The great Hebrew conqueror
was not David (pbuh) but Jesus (pbuh) bar Nun (Joshua); he
was the first Messiah, who instead of converting the
pagan tribes of the Canaan that had shown so much
hospitality and goodness to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
mercilessly massacred them wholesale. Joshua was, of
course, a Prophet and the Messiah of the time. Every
Israelite Judge during a period of three centuries or
more was a Messiah and Deliverer. Thus, we find that
during every national calamity, especially a catastrophe,
a Messiah is predicted, and as a rule, the deliverance
is achieved always subsequent to the disaster and quite
in an inadequate degree. It is a peculiar characteristic