If we turn now to Christna and attentively compare the prophecies respecting him, as collected in the Ramatsariarian traditions of the
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Atharva, the Vedangas, and the Vedantas,with passages in the Bible and apocryphal Gospels, of which it is pretended that some presage the coming of Christ, we shall find very curious facts. Following are examples:
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FROM THE HINDU BOOKS.
1st. “He (the Redeemer) shall come, crowned with lights, the pure fluid issuing from the great soul . . . dispersing darkness” (Atharva).
2d. “In the early part of the Kali-Yuga shall be born the son of the Virgin” (Vedanta).
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3d. “The Redeemer shall come, and the accursed Rakhasas shall fly for refuge to the deepest hell” (Atharva).
4th. “He shall come, and life will defy death . . . and he shall revivify the blood of all beings, shall regenerate all bodies, and purify all souls.”
5th. “He shall come, and all animated beings, all the flowers, plants, men, women, the infants, the slaves . . . shall together intone the chant of joy, for he is the Lord of all creatures . . . he is infinite, for he is power, for he is wisdom, for he is beauty, for he is all and in all.”
6th. “He shall come, more sweet than honey and ambrosia, more pure than the lamb without spot” (Ibid.).
7th. “Happy the blest womb that shall bear him” (Ibid.).
8th. “And God shall manifest His glory, and make His power resound, and shall reconcile Himself with His creatures” (Ibid.).
9th. “It is in the bosom of a woman that the ray of the Divine splendor will receive human form, and she shall bring forth, being a virgin, for no impure contact shall have defiled her” (Vedangas).
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FROM THE CHRISTIAN BOOKS.
1st. “The people of Galilee of the Gentiles which sat in darkness saw great light” (Matthew iv. from Isaiah ix. 1, 2).
2d. “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son” (Isaiah vii. quoted in Matthew i. 23).
3d. “Behold, now, Jesus of Nazareth, with the brightness of his glorious divinity, put to flight all the horrid powers of darkness” (Nicodemus).
4th. “And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish” (John x. 28).
5th. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, thy King cometh unto thee . . . he is just . . . for how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids” (Zechariah ix.).
6th. “Behold the lamb of God” (John i. 36). “He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter” (Isaiah 53).
7th. “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb” (Luke i.); “Blessed is the womb that bare thee” (xi. 27).
8th. “God manifested forth His glory” (John, 1st Ep.).
“God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself” (2 Corinth. v.).
9th. “Being an unparalleled instance, without any pollution or defilement, and a virgin shall bring forth a son, and a maid shall bring forth the Lord” (Gospel of Mary, iii.).
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