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115Washing 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 prophecyofMālākhī,itwouldseemthatIwas advancingan 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 ofthe 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 Mālākhī; 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 helpus.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.”