Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
This is very different from what one would have expected Jesus to say if he was trying to set up a virgin-birth for himself. John has preserved another little dialogue between a section of Jews and Jesus, which also throws considerable light on the situation. The Jews who were beside themselves with rage sought to provoke him, saying:
"We be not born of fornication; we have one father, even God," (John, VIII, 41).
Here was the opportunity for Jesus to assert his miraculous birth, but he merely replied
"If God were your father ye would love me; for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself but He sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech ?"-(John, VIII. 42-43).
It is noticeable that he did not tell them that he alone was the son of God; nor did he take any notice of the suggestion of illegitimacy thrown out by the Jews. He simply told them that the matter required understanding. In plain language, he meant : 'If you believe God to be your father, you must recognize him to be the father of every one, including even a child of fornication. The soul of the so-called child of fornication is not any the less a potential divinity, because of his not being born in lawful wedlock. It is only because you do not understand me that you object to my calling myself the son of God.' Here, again, the opportunity is missed for the assertion of virgin-birth, and the fact speaks for itself.
If it were a fact that there was a violation of some of the laws of nature on the occasion of the birth of Jesus, we should have found some historical proof of the event. On the contrary, the most remarkable fact about it is a
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