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"They are not all alike. Of the People of the Book there is an upright party who recite Allah's messages in the night-time and they adore (Him). They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and they enjoin good and forbid evil and vie on with another in good deeds.  And those are among the righteous. And whatever good they do, they will not be denied it. And Allah knows those who keep their duty."
Holy Qur�an, Surah 3, verses 112-114

For the last several articles, we have been discussing the Genealogy of Abraham�s seed and the outstanding offspring which have come from his loins which incorporates the descendants of Amran, the last of the line of the great Prophets sent to Israel from Moses to Jesus. In our further discussion on this topic, I offered further research which encompasses a study of these genealogies to the birth of Master W. Fard Muhammad, as the Great Mahdi of the Muslims and the Messiah of the Christians. Does the genealogy of Master W. Fard Muhammad fulfill the Sign of this Promised One, born of two Special Parents, one from the seed of the White Race, with possible Jewish ancestry, and the other from His Original Black Father with his descent and origin from the Original Man and the Divine Creation?

When Mary, the offspring of A Woman of Amran, was visited by the angels with the good news with a word from Allah (of one) whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, worthy of regard in this world and the Hereafter, and of those who are drawn nigh (to Allah), it became clearer to me as I read this particular verse 44 from Surah 3, that we are speaking of Jesus in the past and the role of his mother as a sign for us to study today in the present Messianic Age when God, Himself, is Revealing Himself to the people In Person. Thus under the Title, Messiah, Jesus� history of 2,000 years ago is revealed as a Sign of the Messiah Who is in the World today.

"And he will speak to the people when in the cradle and when of old age and (he will be) one of the good ones."�(Surah 3, verse 45). Here again, the time sequence of Jesus� History is being revealed in the past and present future tense being perfect. We know that there is a Party of the Jews who await the Coming of the Messiah at the end of the world that we have known to usher in the Final Judgment. Many of us may have been startled during our last Saviours� Day Event and World Islamic Leadership Conference and Celebration of Family, to hear from a delegation of the Jewish Faith those who are diametrically opposed to the establishment of the State of Israel in Palestine because of religious differences facing off with Biblical Prophecies and the writings in the Talmud which are replete with statements regarding the Coming Messiah at the end of the World who would usher in the Final Judgment for all Nations and Peoples.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad always spoke of the Mother of Master Fard Muhammad as having come from the hills from a people or tribe living in the Caucuses Mountains. Even though he may have known her exact origin, he was not at liberty to expose that knowledge to us at that time. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught us that the Master was a "Made Man," Himself in order to fulfill the prophecies that determined his birth and His Mission to do justice to both peoples, those of the White Race from Yacob or Jacob�s People as well as being from the Original Black Man and People to establish God�s Kingdom on Earth on a New Foundation.

The sign of Jesus� speaking to the people in the cradle and when of old age,� mentioned in verse 45, may refer to his first appearance as a Prophet in the early dispensation of his Mission 2,000 years ago and simultaneously refers to the Latter Day Appearance of the Messiah that the world has been expecting for the last 2,000 years. Verses 47 and 48 speak of the training of Jesus as a messenger to the children of Israel coming with a sign from his Lord... "that I determine for you out of the dust the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird with Allah�s permission, and I heal the blind and the leprous, and bring the dead to life with Allah�s permission; and I inform you of what you should eat and what you should store in your houses. Surely there is a sign in this for you, if you are believers."�Holy Qur�an, Surah 3, verse 48

Again, the time sequences begin in the past and are then brought forward into the future time fulfillment of the Messiah Who would be born into the World with the Hiding of His Power which comes Directly from the Divine Power of God, Himself. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad�s Mission was to bring us Face to Face with God. This Mission has continued with the Divine Work of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. All the above that has been said of Jesus of his Divine Work and Mission can equally be said of the above Principles. And if it is said of the above Powerful Persons, then we are the Witnesses to the World of this One Reality, that there is no God but Allah and Him, Alone, should we Worship and Revere!