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Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, and I will cause Thee to possess
the uttermost bound of the earth; Thou shalt rule them with a rod of
iron." Observe in what land of those which God created in the world the
name of the Christ has not travelled and His authority is not attended to.
Verily the Christ has inherited all nations as God said by the tongue of the
prophet David, "His name and His authority have reached unto the
uttermost part of the earth." That was when the Word of God became
flesh of pure Mary, and He was God and Man. He is the Hope of the nations,
and they are the treasure of the Christ. David also prophesied by the Holy
Ghost and said about the Christ, "The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou
at my right hand, until I put Thine enemies beneath Thy footstool." The
Christ went up to Heaven, and Heaven was not divided, and sat at the right
hand of the Father. He put His enemies who were disobedient to Him below His
footstool, and below the feet of those who believe in the Christ Thus you
will find in the Coran, "I have appointed Thee and raised Thee up to
Myself, and have purified Thee from those that are unbelievers. I will make
those who follow Thee above the unbelievers until the day of
resurrection." Say not that we believe in two Gods, or that we say
there are two Lords. God forbid! Verily God is one God and one Lord in His
Word and His Spirit. Nevertheless God inspired His servant and prophet David
and shewed him that the Christ is the Word and the Light of God when He
appeared to men by His grace. Verily He is God of God, though He has put on
flesh. He who obeys Him obeys God, and he who is disobedient to Him, God
will put him below His feet, that men may know that God and His Christ are
on a throne and [have] one honour. Nothing of God is without any other part.
Thus you will find in the Gospel that the Christ asked the Jews, trying
them, and said to them, "What think ye of the Christ, whose son is
He?" The Jews said, "He is the Son of David." And the Christ
said to them, "How did the prophet David prophesy by the Holy Ghost
about the Christ, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at My right |