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269to 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