Sunday, September 5, 2010

Was Lord Jesus in the tomb for 3 days and 3 nights?

Please always bear in mind that "...The Scripture cannot be broken/destroyed." John 10:35

The key to understanding of the Holy Scriptures is to let the Scriptures interpret the scripture. The holy scriptures have interlocking prophecies which can act as the mechanism to prevent any misinterpretation or alteration of the Holy Scriptures.

The rise and fall of any prophet is to fulfill the sign or miracle which has been spoken by the Prophet concerned.  Lord Jesus Christ took up the challenge of the Scribes and Pharisees who asked Him for a sign.
 
MKJV Mat 12:39  But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And there shall be no sign given to it except the sign of the Prophet Jonah.
Mat 12:40  For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of Man shall be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."


The Apostles of Lord Jesus Christ are basically from Galilee who are of Jewish descent. They understood the idiom of the Jews. There is no reason for the apostles to remain faithful to Lord Jesus Christ should they found Him to fail this particular prophecy. Then which day is the Crucifixion Day of the Lord Jesus Christ?

There are different schools of thoughts which claims Wednesday or Thursday or Friday as the exact day of the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ. All these different days of crucifixion does not nullify the fact that the crucifixion of Lord Jesus Christ did not take place. God has given us the absolute test to determine if a person has the Spirit of God.

If one can confess Jesus Christ, the Son of God has come in the Flesh as God incarnate, for the purpose to redeem the world from sins through His death, resurrection and ascension, then in my view there should be some degree of tolerance for those who hold contrary positions (Eph 4:3-4; Col 3:14).

"By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God; and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the antichrist you heard is coming, and even now is already in the world. " 1st John 4:2-3
 "Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him and he in God." 1Jn 4:15


How did the Jews reckon the three days and three nights that Jonah was in the belly of the whale, so shall the Lord Jesus be in the heart of the earth?
 
Let's take a different approach to this particular sign in Matthew 12:40. There is a common misconception here regarding the "heart of the earth".  Everyone's assuming that means the tomb; but if you let the Scripture explain itself, nowhere else in the Bible is the heart of the earth called the tomb.  For example, as in Matthew 6:10 Lord Jesus taught us how to pray: "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in Heaven" – that's how the King James renders it – does that mean Thy will be done in the tomb?

Satan has deceived many people to fall into his trap when doubters spread lies about the Holy Scripture is altered alleging it is mathematically in error thereby making Lord Jesus Christ looks like He was lying. Bear in mind, "It is written, the Scripture cannot be broken." The fault lies with the misinterpretation of scriptures and not with the alteration of scripture. Often times the critics have been proven wrong due to their own misunderstanding of the Holy Scriptures.

When Lord Jesus said "for the prince of this world comes" - John 14:30, He was speaking of Satan, the Devil.  When Lord Jesus said as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish or the whale, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, He wasn't referring to the tomb or vault.  He was talking about His captivity by the Satanic Powers of Darkness from the heart of the earth, which influence the people in the world to carry out the assignments.

When one dies, the Devil will exert his claim over the dead body as in the case of Prophet Moses, Archangel Michael was contending with the Devil for the body of Moses.
Jude 1:9  "Yet Michael the Archangel, when contending with the Devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee."


One can check through the Gospel, every time the mob tried to destroy Lord Jesus or stone Lord Jesus or throw Him off a cliff through His whole Ministry, He was untouchable.  He walked right through their midst, He disappeared, He became invisible; they were unable to harm Him in any way because He was under His Father's protection.  But commencing from the Garden of Gethsemane on Thursday night when He said specifically, "... this is your hour, and the Power of Darkness" - Luke 22:53.  Then the mob was able to tie Him up, they beat Him, and He began suffering for the sins of the world.


Hence Lord Jesus Christ was held captive on Thursday night by the Power of Darkness. He didn't start suffering for the sins of the world when He was nailed on the Cross and the nails pierced His flesh.  The suffering began in the Garden of Gethsemane, where He was arrested and taken from place to place and beaten and mobbed. 

Lord Jesus Christ was taken from Pilate to Herod and back to Pilate again.  He went from Caiaphas to Anna and back to Caiaphas and  – He was just dragged all over the place during that period – and being mocked and whipped and thorns on His head and, He was suffering for the sins of the world.  He was a captive to the Devil the same way Jonah went wherever the whale went. 

Jonah was a captive to the whale.  He was in that dark, hopeless environment for three days and three nights the same way that Jesus was held captive by the Power of Darkness, the Devil, the god of this world (2 Cor 4:4), for three days and three nights.


When Lord Jesus Christ prayed the third time, 'Not my will Thy will be done', and He said to His disciples you can sleep on because now is the hour of darkness – He made it very clear – this is the starting point. It was the time the mob was able to arrest Him and lead Him away from the Garden of Gethsemane.  He told Peter put away your sword; this is why I came into the world.  The suffering of the Messiah started on the night He was mocked and bruised or beaten (Luke 22:63).

Isaiah 53:5  But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on Him; and with His stripes we ourselves are healed.

From Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night He was taking the penalty for our sins, which is punishment and death, not just death – punishment and death. And He suffered and He died, starting Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday.  So that's the crux of that misunderstanding.  It has nothing to do with the tomb or grave.

Hence Lord Jesus was held captive by the Romans since Thursday night and then by the Devil of this world until His resurrection as the first fruit on the first day of the week. According to Jewish reckoning of time, the number of days and nights are shown as follows:-

Thursday - 1 Night (Likely 10PM to 6AM)
Friday      - 1 Day & 1 Night (6AM to 6AM)
Saturday  - 1 Day & 1 Night (6AM to 6AM)
Sunday     - 1 Day (Before 7AM the tomb was empty)
    
Galilean Hebrews Time starts at 6AM to 6PM for the Day and 6PM to 6AM for the Night; any part of the day or night can be reckoned as 1 day or 1 night. 



Which day of the week is the resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ?

Luke 24:1  And on the First of the Sabbaths, while still very early, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Luke 24:4  And as they were much perplexed about it, it happened that, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.
Luke 24:5  And as they were afraid, and bowed their faces down to the earth, they said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead?
Luke 24:6  HE IS NOT HERE, BUT HAS RISEN. Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
Luke 24:7  saying, The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again?

On the same day of resurrection, 2 of the disciples went from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus.
Luke 24:13  And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, it being about sixty stadia from Jerusalem.

Luke 24:19  And He said to them, WHAT THINGS? And they said to Him, The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a man, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
Luke 24:20  and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the judgment of death, and have crucified Him.
Luke 24:21  But we had trusted that He was the One who was about to redeem Israel. And besides all this, TODAY is the THIRD DAY since These Things were done.


"The Scripture cannot be broken". It is obvious that the 3 days is inclusive of the things on "how the Chief Priests and our Rulers delivered Him to the judgment of death, and have crucified Him" - Luke 24:20 and not reckoning from the time the corpse of the Lord Jesus was placed in the tomb. This rectifies the misinterpretation of the Scripture that "the heart of the earth" means the tomb.

Mat 12:40  "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of Man shall be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.



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The Major Feasts of the Jews will be able to determine perfectly which days the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, died, risen and ascended to Heaven.


1. Lord Jesus Christ held the Feast of the Passover based on Galilean Calendar which starts the day at 6AM whereas the Jews followed the Temple Calendar which starts the day at 6PM.

Mark 14:12  And the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover, His disciples said to Him, Where do You desire that we go and prepare that You may eat the passover?


The Jews held the Passover at the following day after the Galileans celebrated the Passover.

John 18:39  But you have a custom that I should release one to you at the Passover. Then do you desire that I release to you the king of the Jews?

John 19:14  And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, Behold your king!

John 19:31  Then the Jews, because it was Preparation, begged Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the sabbath. For that Sabbath was a high day.


2. Paul demonstrated that Christ had risen, and thus made the resurrection of the dead inevitable. The Israelites were to offer to God a sheaf of the first grain that was harvested on the day after the Sabbath following the Passover feast (Leviticus 23:9-14).

As the firstfruits of the dead, Lord Jesus Christ must be risen on the day after the Sabbath which is Sunday.

Paul wrote:
1Cor 15:20  But now Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruit of those who slept.
1Cor 15:21  For since death is through man, the resurrection of the dead also is through a Man.
1Cor 15:22  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive.

Lord Jesus Christ was the first to rise from the dead—never to die again. All who have ever arisen from the dead, including the sons of both the widow of Zarephath and the Shunammite (2 Kings 4:8-37), the daughter of Jairus (Mark 5:35-43), Lazarus, et al., died in later years. Jesus, however, accurately could be called "the firstfruits" of the dead because "Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him" (Romans 6:9).

All others who previously were raised at one time, died again, and are among those who "sleep" and continue to wait for the bodily resurrection; only Jesus has truly conquered death. In this sense, Christ is "the firstborn from the dead" (Colossians 1:18; Revelation 1:5; cf. Acts 26:23).

Paul used the term "firstfruits" in this letter to the Corinthian church to reinforce the certainty of the resurrection. Just as the term "firstfruits" indicates that "the first sheaf of the forthcoming grain harvest will be followed by the rest of the sheaves, Christ, the firstfruits raised from the dead, is the guarantee for all those who belong to him that they also will share in his resurrection" Lord Jesus is God's "firstfruits" of the resurrection.



3. The Feast of the Pentecost - 50th day from the feast of firstfruits after 7 Sabbaths.

On this day of Pentecost all the male Jews will attend the feast in Jerusalem. It was on the day of Pentecost that the promise of the Holy Spirit came to baptize all the apostles and disciples of Lord Jesus Christ.

 "And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD" (Lev. 23:15-16).

            The word "Pentecost" comes from the Greek word for the "fiftieth day." "Pente" is Greek for five. It is called "Shavout," the Feast of Weeks (Exod. 34:22; Deut. 16:9-11) and the Feast of Harvest (Exod. 23:16) of the Day of the First Fruits (Num. 28:26).

            "And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end (Ex. 34:22) .


Acts 2:1  And in the fulfilling of the day of PENTECOST, they were all with one accord in one place.
Acts 2:2  And suddenly a sound came out of the heaven as borne along by the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Acts 2:3  And tongues as of fire appeared to them, being distributed; and it sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:4  And they were all filled of the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:5  And dwelling at Jerusalem there were Jews, devout men out of every nation under heaven.


Based on these reference points namely Feast of Unleavened Bread Day, Passover Day, High Sabbath, Firstfruits Day, Pentecost Day, the day of crucifixion can be worked out to the exact Day.

1. Feast of Unleavened Bread & Passover occurs on the 14th Day of the month.

2. High Sabbath is when the 7th Sabbath day coincides with the New Year or the Passover Feast. It must be a Saturday.

3. Firstfruits Feast must occur after the Sabbath day which is Sunday.

4. Pentecost Day is 50th Day from the day of the Firstfruits Feast and it falls on the day after the 7th Sabbath, which must be a Sunday.


1) WEDNESDAY CRUCIFIXION IS UNSCRIPTURAL

The Scripture cannot be broken. By working backwards from the day of Pentecost, the crucifixion day cannot falls on Wednesday.


2) THURSDAY CRUCIFIXION HAS SOME DIFFICULTIES

As for Thursday Crucifixion, the High Sabbath mentioned in John 19:31 "For that sabbath was a high day" cannot be accounted for as ordinary Passover Sabbath. It must coincide with the 7th day Sabbath to qualify as the High Sabbath i.e. one of the annual holy days, or feast days coincide with weekly Sabbath.

Another major difficulty to the Thursday crucifixion is "the third day" of Luke 24:21, which if used in the normal inclusive fashion seems to reach back only to Friday.


3) FRIDAY CRUCIFIXION - BEST CHOICE

# Mary prepares spices she already had on Friday (Lk 23:56), then Sunday (literally after sundown Saturday night Roman time) She bought more spices. (Mk 16:1)

# Lk 23:49 tell us that the women were at the foot of the cross: "And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these things." Then notice that Mary followed Joseph of Arimathea when he buried Jesus "followed after [Joseph of Arimathea when he buried Jesus], and saw the tomb and how His body was laid. And they returned and prepared spices and perfumes." Lk 23:50-56. This proves that Mary prepared the spices in Lk 23 ON THE SAME DAY JESUS WAS BURIED.

# The truth is that the women began mixing spices on the same day Jesus was crucified but ran out of time. Then with all day Saturday to think about it, went out after the Sabbath was over as sunset (our Saturday 6PM) bought more spices, prepared the whole batch, had a full night sleep Saturday night (being exhausted from being up for almost 24 hours straight; from arrest to burial), then they got up early Sunday morning and went to the tomb. They found it empty except for the burial linen clothes of JESUS were still lying therein.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Who is the Final Prophet of Jehovah God: Muhammad or JESUS?

Does Allah forgive shirk??? Shirk is considered the worst of all sins, but the author of the Qur'an seems seems unable to decide if Allah will ever forgive it or not. No [4:48, 116], Yes [4:153, 25:68-71].


WHY Muhammad contradicts in the Quran that Abraham follow the religion of truth in Surah 3:95 but then he called "the star, moon and sun" as "My Lord" in Surah 6:76-78??? That is shirk which is an unpardonable sin.

Quran 3:95 (Pickthal)
Say: Allah speaketh truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, the upright. He was not of the idolaters.

Abraham committed this sin of polytheism as he takes moon, sun, stars to be his lords [Quran 6:76-78].

Quran 6:79 Pickthal
Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who created the heavens and the earth, as one by nature upright, and I am not of the idolaters.


Did Abraham truly say he was "as one by nature upright"?

Prophet David said he was conceived in sin, not by nature upright. So who says all prophets are without sin???
Psalms 51:5  Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.



Lord Jesus Messiah has at least 9 categories of witnesses such as Prophet John (contemporary with Jesus), Eternal God the Father,  OT Scriptures, Prophet Moses (during law), Prophet Abraham (before law), 11 Apostles of Jesus, Jesus Messiah: His Words, His Sinless life & His Miracles.


Muhammad was a sinner, an adulterer for marrying divorced woman. The Law of God or the words of Jesus who said, "He who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery" (Luke 16:18).

Zainab was the wife of his adopted son Zaid. When Zaid realized that Muhammad wanted her he divorced her so that Muhammad could have her. Sura 33:36-38 speaks of this affair.



Did Muhammad, unlike Jesus (Surah 19:19), ever sin??? Can the same be said of Muhammad that was said of Jesus?  Sura 19:19 speaks of Jesus Christ is a faultless Son or sinless:
(Quran 19:19 - Pickthal) He (Gabriel) said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son.



19:17 - Pickthal
And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit (Gabriel) and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man.

19:18 - Pickthal
She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art God- fearing.

19:19 - Pickthal
He (Gabriel) said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son.

19:20 - Pickthal
She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste ?

19:21 - Pickthal
He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And (it will be) that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a thing ordained.



The Qur'an admits that the sins of Muhammad were many and that they weighed heavily on him. Sura 94:1-3 speaks of this when it says: "Have We not expanded thee thy breast? And removed from thee they burden, the which did gall thy back?" These verses indicate that Allah had to remove Muhammad's burdens (sin) from his back.

Muslims contend that these sins were committed before he became a prophet (before 610). We need only refer to Sura 48:2 which says in reference to Muhammad, "Allah may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to follow..." indicating that even after the Sura was delivered Allah expected him to sin.

In Suras 40:55 and Sura 47:19 we find written, "...and ask forgiveness for thy SIN..."
Sura 40:55 "Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And ask forgiveness of thy sin..."
Sura 47:19 "So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy sin and for believing men and believing women. ..."



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Isa 66:1  So says Jehovah, Heaven is My throne, and earth My footstool. Where, then, is the house that you build for Me? And where is the place of My rest?

Isa 66:2  For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says Jehovah. But to this one I will look, to the afflicted and contrite spirit, and the one who trembles at My Word



Did Prophet Jesus ask you to follow that particular law in Deut 22:28-29?? Or did Prophet Jesus ask you to follow Deut 19:15 as repeated in Matt 18:16??? WHY are you arguing on the Law of God when it has been confirmed by 2 Prophets Moses and Jesus???

Prophet JESUS said:
Mat 18:16  But if he will not hear you, take one or two more with you, so that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.



There is no Allah but Jehovah God and Jesus Messiah is the Son of Jehovah God.

UNLESS you bring your 2 eye-witness who heard from the words of Prophet Moses that Jehovah God who is God of Abraham, God of Issac and God of Israel is also called Allah as his other name for Jehovah, your assertion is baseless and I will delete your comments.

Truth: There is no Allah but Jehovah God, and Jesus Messiah of the Jew from the tribes of Judah & Levi, is the Final Prophet of Jehovah God.



You lied against Jehovah God in Jeremiah 8:8 that it is about the HOLY SCRIPTURE when Prophet Jeremiah was speaking of The LAW OF JEHOVAH i.e. THE TORAH. It was you who twisted the Word of God by changing the original context of Jeremiah 8:8 to mean the WHOLE SCRIPTURE. The Scribes has written falsely New Laws which Jehovah had not spoken, to add on to THE TORAH.


Jeremiah 8:8  (God says) "How do you say, We are wise, and the LAW of Jehovah is with us? Lo, certainly the lying pen of the scribes has written falsely."

NOW, did Prophet Jeremiah say the Scribes had altered The LAW of JEHOVAH i.e. The Torah??? NO, "The Torah is with us" which means it is UNcorrupted.
Secondly, what are the tasks of the Scribes in those days? They were lawmakers and had written falsely NEW LAWS which did not come from GOD.


Jer 8:8  "How do you say, We are wise, and the LAW of Jehovah is with us? Lo, certainly the lying pen of the Scribes has written falsely."

ITS CONTEXT is about NEW LAWS which the Scribes made up themselves, that is not in line with the BOOK of TORAH. Scribes in those days are like Lawmakers in the Parliament today; they are tasked with formulating New LAWS to supplement those areas which has no clear law about it.


WHAT did Prophet Jesus say about the Scribes and their sins? IS IT about changing the Scripture of God or making new laws of men to ADD on what is originally found in the BOOK of Torah.
Mat 23:13  (Jesus said) "But woe to you, SCRIBES and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you SHUT UP the Kingdom of Heaven against men. For you Neither go in, Nor do you allow those entering to go in."



Basically the Scribes made additional New Laws which deviated from the original context of The Torah such as Washing of Hands before taking food.

Mat 15:1  Then the Scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,
Mat 15:2  Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.


Scribes are commonly guilty of making tradition of men as God's law but turn God's law into doctrines of men.

Mat 15:7  (JESUS SAID) "Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Mat 15:8  "This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
Mat 15:9  But in vain they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the Commandments of men."


Scribes were being rebuked for making the tradition of Men as the LAW OF JEHOVAH. That is the misinterpretation of the LAW of Jehovah which the Scribes are commonly guilty of it, not changing the LAW OF THE TORAH nor the Holy Scripture of GOD. BASICALLY they ADD ON too Many man-made Laws as if it really comes from Jehovah God. Reference: Matt 23:2-4



Scribes wrote New Laws so as to impose men with heavy burdens but they themselves do not practise what they preach. HOWEVER Prophet Jesus commended the Scribes & Pharisees for their teaching i.e., The Torah, you observe and do (which implies UN-corrupted) BUT not to follow their hypocritical lifestyle. See Matthew 23:2-4

Mat 23:4  For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.


Prophet Jesus commended the Scribes & Pharisees for teaching the Uncorrupted Torah, i.e. The law of Jehovah but not their hypocritical lifestyle:
Mat 23:2  Saying, The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Mat 23:3  All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; BUT do not ye after their works: for they say, and do Not.



You cannot find truth from Blind leaders! Imams & Muslims Scholars today are like the Scribes and Pharisees at the time of Jesus.

Lord Jesus Christ said Scribes and Pharisees are Blind Leaders of the Blind - those Ignorant of the Law of Jehovah:
Mat 15:13  But He answered and said, "Every plant which My Heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.
Mat 15:14  Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."


Hahaha... My God came out from His Father God, incarnate as a Man and died like a Hero, Raised Again from His Dead & Appeared Alive to all His 11 Apostles & over 70 Disciples.  Can your GOD do that??? How can your Allah be Almighty when he cannot even appear like a Man on earth??? Who really saw your Allah is alive and real??? My God is called Jehovah God, not Allah. There is no Allah but Jehovah God & Jesus Messiah is the Spiritual Son of Jehovah God. Jesus Messiah is Lord over all.

Debate: Who is the Final Prophet of Jehovah God: Muhammad or JESUS?

Greetings. You may be interested to read my response to a Muslim's challenge.

Legend:
XXX jalal123
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Alright, your challenge has been accepted with the help of my Jehovah God and Lord Jesus Messiah, the Spiritual Son of Jehovah God.


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where my answers dear friend you can't even protect you're own faith and you're atacking muslim's as they are sinners or what ever... if you can prove me one verse from the quran wich is against the science... or against logic or against humanity. I LOSE YOU WON. but if you can't answer my questions if can't point out a single verse going against humanity I WON YOU LOSE and you will have to admit.

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Truth is not determined whether or not it is against humanity. You quote the Law of God to prove that truth is related to this criterion first or else it is an invalid challenge. Every thing must be based on the Law of Jehovah God.

The Quranic verse is against the scientific truth and reality of the reproduction of mankind. You have to prove it by giving me a scientific word for the region "between the ribs and backbones" that it ejaculates the seminal fluid for conception of a baby. "Science is used to understand Quran and not Quran has scientific proof on embryology and reproduction of mankind."

Question: Please tell me the seminal fluid gushing or emitting, proceeding from "between the backbone and the ribs" is scientifically correct or not???

Pickthal Translation
Quran 86:6-7 "He is created from a drop emitted - proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs."


Muhammad was merely speaking for man Jesus Christ and other prophets who had came before him. As Prophet basically speaks for GOD, not for men, how could Muhammad be qalified as a Prophet???

Muhammad lied about Prophet JESUS was not killed nor crucified on the Cross because Prophet JESUS foretold His Apostles about His death and resurrection. The Words of Prophet JESUS were recorded by Apostle John, Apostle Peter and Apostle Matthew who were eye-witnesses for Prophet JESUS.

Surah 4:157 (Pickthal) And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Allah's messenger - they slew him not nor crucified him, but it appeared so unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain.


PROPHETS Moses and Elijah were the 2 witnesses for JESUS MESSIAH revealing about His death which was about to take place in Jerusalem and seen by 3 witnesses namely Apostle John, Apostle Peter and Apostle James (Luke 9:28-36, Matt 17:1-9, Mark 9:2-9)

Luke 9:29  And as He (JESUS) prayed, the appearance of His countenance was altered, and His clothing was dazzling white.
Luke 9:30  And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Luke 9:31  who appeared in glory and spoke of His exodus (death), which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.


Does Prophet Jesus need a non-eyewitness Muhammad to testify for Him??? NO, what Muhammad did was not only redundant but also contradicted with the Words of Lord Jesus about His death and resurrection:

Witness 1 - Disciple John Mark and 11 Apostles
Mark 9:31  For he(Jesus) taught His disciples, and said unto them, "The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall Kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day."

Witness 2 - Apostle Matthew and 11 Apostles
Mat 17:22  And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, "The Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
Mat 17:23  And they shall Kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again." And they were exceeding sorry.

Lord Jesus Christ had warned that he who was speaking contrary to His message or against Him was not for Him:
Mark 9:39  But Jesus said, "Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in My Name, that can lightly speak evil of Me.
Mark 9:40  For he that is not against us is on our part."



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Now tell me who's Satan the one who changed the gospel and torah or the one who reproduced the message so that it can never be changed again.

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Satan did not change the Torah neither the Gospel. It was the Muslims who lied that the Torah & the Gospel have been corrupted. A simple logic will tell that 2 Holy Books will weigh heavier than a new Book which was not written by a qualified prophet; neither an eye-witness to all the historical events from the era from Adam to Jesus, nor from the tribes of Levi or Judah from whom the promised Savior will come from it.


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why i don't believe in gospel? because my firnd its hard to believe that the world is flat, its hard to believe that snake eats dust, its hard to belive that god created first the vegatables and then the light, ect...

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The Gospel of Jesus is the good message of Jesus Christ, the Son of God collected in the 4 books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Aramaic NT Bible for the 4 Books is avaible online. Google for "Khabouris Codex" the oldest NT Bible in Aramaic.

The Torah is the first 5 Books collected in the Old Testament (OT) namely Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

The Word of Jehovah God is not Always literal but it is also an allegory as even Quran the words of Muhammad reminded you about it. The problem is not the Word of God but your own limited understanding and knowledge of how God communicates to mankind in the forms of dreams, visions, prophets and through His creation.

Gen 1:1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Gen 1:2  And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.

The first element that God created after the existence of earth in the heavens or universe is Light, not vegetation.
Gen 1:3  And God said, "Let there be light. And there was Light."

Light is required for photosthesis of plants together with water and carbon dioxide. Plants indoor with light bulbs can survive and remain healthy without placing under direct sunlight.


Muhammad is a false prophet as he advised people to worship Allah and not Jehovah God, the true God of the Hebrews.

Deu 13:1  If a prophet rises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,
Deu 13:2  and the sign or the wonder which he foretold to you occurs, saying, Let us go after other gods which you have not known, and let us serve them,
Deu 13:3  you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For Jehovah your God is testing you to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deu 13:4  You shall walk after Jehovah your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments, and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Deu 13:5  And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken to turn you away from Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slaves, to thrust you out of the way in which Jehovah your God commanded you to walk. So you shall put the evil away from the midst of you.


Muhammad was killed by Jehovah God in 632AD before he lied that he was a prophet of God. You show me the criteria of Muhammad as what qualify him to be called the prophet of Jehovah?


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you can't answer me but you won't agree i know it because there is satan work starting when he deceives a man. it is hard to believe. but WHY DON'T you agree if i have answerd all your question.

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You pray towards the Black Stone every day and yet dare to tell me that it is a command of your Allah. If it was so, then why the Jews and Christians do not pray towards the Jerusalem Temple's wall every day???


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brother May Allah put you on the straight path,, i can still answer your question because its the job of the muslim to show the way wich goes towards God Allah.


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and if you talk about God Family you're not even christan!!!!! you're not monotheist.

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If you disagree with the words of Prophet JESUS, then bring your 2 eye-witnesses who saw and heard from Him personally. You have no rights to challenge the words of Prophet JESUS merely by your own corrupted mind and biased opinion.

You prove to me by the Words of Prophet Jesus that He did NOT come out from the One Jehovah God and that He was CREATED by God, NOT SENT by Jehovah God???

MKJV Deu 6:4  Hear, O, Israel. Jehovah our God is One Jehovah.
Zec 14:9  And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth; in that day there shall be One Jehovah, and His Name shall be One.

1. Did Prophet JESUS associate partner with His Father GOD? NO, Prophet JESUS was originally and eternally the ONE JEHOVAH GOD.

John 10:30 (Jesus said) "I and the Father are One (Jehovah)!"
What is the meaning of the phrase "I and my Father are One Jehovah"?
John 10:33  The Jews answered Him, saying, "We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a Man, make yourself GOD."
 
Lord Jesus Christ said the Law of God permitted Him to be called "I am the Son of God".
John 10:35  If He called those Elohim (gods) with whom the Word of God was, and the Scripture cannot be broken,
John 10:36  do you say of Him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, "I am the Son of God"?

JESUS CHRIST is the Spiritual Son of God.



2. Did Prophet JESUS exist in Heaven before He was born into the world?
YES, Prophet John testified about Jesus Christ was the Creator of all thing through Him; the Word who was God became Flesh.

John 1:1 "IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2  He was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3  All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.
John 1:14  And the Word became Flesh, and tabernacled among us. And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and of truth."
John 1:15  JOHN bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I spoke: He who comes after me has been before me, for He was preceding me."


Prophet John, son of Zechariah, was born about 6 months ealier than Prophet Jesus. Yet Prophet John said "He who comes after me has been Before me, for He was preceding me." Prophet John meant that Jesus Christ existed before he was born on earth as told in John 1:1-14


3. Prophet JESUS existed before Prophet Abraham came into existence over 1,800 years ago which proves that no man lives in Heaven.
John 8:57  Then the Jews said to Him (JESUS), "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"
John 8:58  Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I AM!"
John 8:59  Then they took up stones to throw at Him (for blasphemy). But Jesus hid Himself and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and passed on by.


Now Prophet JESUS existed before Abraham was born on earth around 1,800 years Before Christ. Can a man existed for over 1,800 years in Heaven? NO, the term man is a physical being who has spirit, soul and body. No man existed in Heaven according to Prophet JESUS.

John 1:18  No one has seen God at any time; the Only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

Listen to the words of Prophet JESUS:
John 6:46  "Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
John 6:47  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.


4. No prophet knows Lord Jesus Christ except His Father and no one knows His Father except His Son:-
Mat 11:27 "All things are delivered to Me by My Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son will reveal Him."
Luke 10:22  All things are delivered to Me by My Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son will reveal Him.
John 3:35  The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.


Lord Jesus Christ has a Team of Angels under His command. Do you call JESUS a man when He has Angels under Him???
Mat 13:41  "The Son of Man shall send out His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity"


5. WHERE did LORD JESUS come out from? He came out from His FATHER:

John 13:3  Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that He was come from God, and went to God
John 16:27  For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came out from God.
Joh 16:28  I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world. Again I leave the world and go to the Father.

LORD JESUS was GOD Incarnate as He came out from His Father, into the world as a Man and then return to His Father's presence.


6. WHO will come after LORD JESUS CHRIST?
LORD JESUS said the Holy Spirit or Spirit of Truth would come after Him.
John 14:26  "But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you."
John 15:26  "And when the Comforter has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of Me (JESUS)."


Did Prophet JESUS say the Spirit of Truth is the Praised One or Ahmad from the tribe of Quraysh??? No, Prophet Jesus told a Samaritan woman (mixed blood of the Jews and Gentiles) that Salvation or Savior is from the JEWS i.e. from the tribe of JUDAH:
John 4:22  "You worship what you do not know, we know what we worship, for Salvation is of the Jews."

Secondly, the Spirit of Truth PROCEEDS from the FATHER in the Name of Jesus Christ. No man came out from God Almighty except the Son of God. Angels come out from the presence of Jehovah God but not man.


7. Does Prophet JESUS CHRIST has his own authority equal to GOD the Father?
YES, Prophet JESUS said "No one takes His Authority away from Me".

John 10:17  "Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I might take it again.
John 10:18  No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down from Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from My Father.


8. Does Prophet JESUS CHRIST had the Glory of God???
YES, Prophet JESUS HAD the Glory of GOD with His FATHER before the world was created.
John 17:3  (Jesus said) "And this is Life Eternal, that they might know Thee the Only true (Jehovah) God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast Sent.
John 17:4  I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
John 17:5  And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the GLORY which I HAD WITH THEE before the world was."

John 11:4  When Jesus heard, He said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the Glory of God, so that the Son of God might be glorified by it."


9. Did Prophet JESUS commit any sin while He came out from GOD into the world?
NO, none can convict Him of sin!!!

John 8:46  (JESUS rebuked) "Which of you convicts Me of sin?"
Hebrews 4:15  For we do not have a high priest who cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted just as we are, yet without sin. (See Hebrews 9:28)

Aramaic Etheridge Translation.
Luke 1:35  The Angel answered and said to her, "The Spirit of Holiness shall come, and the Power of the Most High [Eloia] shall shadow over thee; on account of this He who (shall be) born from Thee is the Holy, and the Son of Aloha shall be called."

Gabriel told Mary that she would bear a faultless son (Jesus)
Quran 19:19 (Yusuf Ali)
He said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of a Holy Son.



10. Could Prophet JESUS forgive sins on earth?
YES, Prophet JESUS could forgive sins as He had proved it on a paralytic man.

Matt 9:2  And behold, they brought to Him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Child, be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven you.
Matt 9:6  But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, then He said to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed and go to your house."

Mark 2:5  And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven to you."
Mark 2:6  But some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Mark 2:7  Why does this one speak such blasphemies? Who can forgive sins except God only?
Mark 2:10  But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority upon earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralytic,
Mark 2:11  I say to you, Arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house.

Luke 5:24  But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralytic, I say to you, Arise, and take up your cot and go to your house.



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 Who were the Prophets witnessing for Prophet JESUS that He is the FINAL PROPHET in the world which Prophet Moses and all prophets were prophesying about?
There are 3 Holy Prophets namely: Prophets Moses, Prophet Elijah and Prophet John, Son of Zechariah

Mark 9:2  And after six days Jesus took Peter and James and John and led them up into a high mountain, apart by themselves. And He was transfigured before them.
Mark 9:3  And His clothing became shining, exceedingly white as snow such as no fuller on earth could whiten them.
Mark 9:4  And Elijah with Moses was seen by them, and they were talking with Jesus.

Luke 9:29  And as He (JESUS) prayed, the appearance of His countenance was altered, and His clothing was dazzling white.
Luke 9:30  And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Luke 9:31  who appeared in glory and spoke of His exodus, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
 
John 1:32  And John (Prophet) bore record, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove, and He abode on Him.
John 1:33  And I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water, that One said to me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon Him, He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit."


11. Where is the Prophecy about the coming of Prophet Jesus?

Deu 18:15  (Moses said to the Israelites:) "Jehovah your God will raise up to YOU a Prophet from the midst of YOU of Your Brothers, One like Me (The Levite). To HIM (PROPHET) You shall Listen,
Deu 18:16  according to all that you desired of Jehovah your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying..."


Prophet Moses was a Levite from the tribe of Levi and his brother Aaron was a Levite too.

Num 26:59  And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom one bore to LEVI in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
(See also 1 Chronicles 23:13-14)

Deu 18:17  And JEHOVAH said to me, "They (Levites - Deu 18:1) have spoken well what they have spoken.
Deu 18:18  I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brothers (Levites), one like you (Levite), and will put My Words in His mouth. And He shall speak to them all that I shall command Him.
Deu 18:19  And it shall happen, whatever man will Not Listen to My Words which He shall speak in My Name (Jehovah), I will require it of him."


12. Did Prophet JESUS confirm that Prophet Moses was speaking of HIM? YES, Prophet JESUS was the Israelite from the tribe of Judah through Joseph and from the tribe of Levi through the bloodline of Mary daughters of Aaron.

John 5:45  "Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you, Moses, in whom you trust.
John 5:46  For if you had believed MOSES, you would have believed Me, for he wrote of Me."

WHEN Prophet Jesus had claimed that Prophet Moses wrote of Him, any other claim over the prophecy shall become invalid as the prophecy is about One Prophet, not 2 Prophets: "I will raise them up A Prophet from among their brothers..."



13. Did Prophet JESUS reject worship and forbid His Apostle to call Him God or Lord?
NO,
John 20:28  And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"
John 13:13  "You call Me the Teacher, and Lord, and you say well, for I AM."

Mat 14:33  And those (apostles) in the boat came and Worshiped Him, saying, Truly You are the Son of God.
Mat 28:9  But as they were going to report to His disciples, behold, Jesus also met them, saying, Hail! And they came and held Him by the feet and Worshiped Him.

 Mark 5:6  And when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and Worshiped Him,
Mark 5:7  and cried with a loud voice, and said, What is to me and to You, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God not to torment me.

John 9:35  Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, He said to him, "Do you believe on the Son of God?
John 9:36  And he answered and said, Who is He, Lord, that I might believe on Him?"
John 9:37  And Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him, and it is He who is speaking with you.
John 9:38  And he said, "Lord, I believe. And he Worshiped Him."



14. What is the Meaning for "the Son of God"?
The title of "the Son of God" which means the Spiritual Son of God, a divine title exclusively for Jesus Messiah because Angel Gabriel had announced to Mary before Jesus Messiah came into the world from Heaven (Luke 1:35).

John 10:36  (JESUS said) "Do you say of Him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme' Because I said, I AM the Son of God?"
Luke 22:70  And they all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" And He (JESUS) said to them, "You say it, because I AM!"


Because God is so much greater than man, He chooses to express Himself in human terms so that we can understand Him. When Surah 22: 61 says that Allah sees and hears, it does not mean He has ears and eyes. Rather He is expressing a spiritual truth in such a way that we can understand that He is All-knowing. Similarly, behind the title "Son of God" is a spiritual truth expressed in human terms.


The Bible calls a number of people "sons of God" but Jesus is addressed as such in a particular way:

    For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)


The Greek word for "one & only son", "mono-genes", means literally, "one in kind, unique" and has sometimes been incorrectly translated into Enlish as "only begotten". This rendering is wrong because "Mono-genes" is also used in Hebrews 11:17 to describe Isaac as Abraham's "one and only son", namely the one who was promised by God to Abraham and his wife Sarah. (Genesis 15) Since Ishmael too was Abraham's son, but through his servant Hagar (Genesis 16), the term "one and only" distinguishes Isaac as being uinque in his kind but not as the only begotten.

 All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. (Luke 10:22)

Nobody else has ever used such language to speak about himself!
(For more examples see: John 5:22-23, Luke 20:9-19, Matthew 3:17)

Jesus, the Son of God, has come to show us what God is like: No-one has seen God; but God's only Son, He who is nearest to the Father's heart, he has made him known. (John 1:18)


Jesus Christ, the Spiritual Son of God.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Was Paul lying about his vision of Jesus on his way to Damascus?

 There are 3 instances when Prophet Paul was narrating about the vision of JESUS was talking to him in Hebrew but his men did not understand the voice but heard the sound.


Etheridge Translation from Aramaic Text
            Acts 9:7 - And the men who went with him in the way stood astonished, because the voice alone they heard, but a man was not seen by them.
            Acts 22:9 - And the men who were with me saw the light, but the voice they understood (Lit. "heard") not which spake with me.
            Acts 26:14 - And we fell all of us upon the earth; and I heard (understood) a voice that said to me in Hebrew, Shaol, Shaol, why persecutest thou me? It is hard to thee to kick against the pricks !


Greek word G191 "akouo" in Acts 22:9 can mean "hear, be noised, be reported, understand". And the Greek word G5456 "phone" means "noise, voice, sound, saying or language".
There is no contradiction between Acts 9:7 and Acts 22:9 because the Greek word G191 "akouo" can either mean "understood or heard" in this context; the choice of word depends on the context of the message as in Acts 26:14 the voice can also mean "language".
In Aramaic the word for "heard" can also mean "obeyed" in Acts 22:9.

            Acts 26:23 - that the Meshiha should suffer, and should be the chief of the resurrection from the house of the dead, and should preach light to the people and to the nations.


Witness 1 -- The Disciple Ananias was called by God to pray for Saul's recovery of his sight:

            Acts 9:10 - Now there was in Damascus a disciple named An-a-niÆas, and the LORD said to him in a vision, An-a-niÆas. And he said, Behold, I am here, my LORD.
            Acts 9:15 - But the LORD said to him, Arise and go: he is the agent whom I have chosen for myself to carry my name to the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

Aramaic- Etheridge Translation:
Act 26:24  AND as Paulos was thus making defence, Festos cried with a high voice, "Thou art mad, Paulos; much learning [Or, many books.] hath made thee mad!"
Act 26:25  Paulos said to him, "I am not mad, victorious Festos, but words of truth and righteousness I speak."
Act 26:26  And king Agripos also, especially, knoweth concerning these things; and therefore speak I with openness before him; because not one of these things I think have been hidden from him; for they were not done in secrecy.
Act 26:27  "Believest thou, king Agripos, the Prophets? I know that thou believest."
Act 26:28  King Agripos said to him, (Within) a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
Act 26:29  And Paulos said, I would from Aloha that in little and in much, not only thou, but also all who hear me to-day, were as I am, except these bonds.



Witness 2 -- Barnabas is named an apostle in Acts 14:14; he and Saint Paul undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts against the demands of stricter church leaders[2] (see also Judaizers). They gained many converts in Antioch (AD 43-44), traveled together making more converts (AD 45-47), and participated in the Council of Jerusalem (AD 50).[4] Barnabas and Paul successfully evangelized among the "God-fearing" Gentiles who attended synagogues in various Hellenized cities of Anatolia.


Witness 3 -- Luke the Disciple was the companion of Prophet Paul. He wrote the Book of Acts which he must have investigated and interviewed with the people concerned for accuracy. Prophet Paul is not the author for the Book of Acts.

Prophet Paul said to King Agripos:
Acts 26:27  "Believest thou, king Agripos, the Prophets? I know that thou believest."

Monday, August 23, 2010

Is the Hebrew word "Almah" means "Young Woman who is a virgin" or only the Hebrew word "betulah" means "virgin"???

The Scripture says, Isa 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a Young Woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

Before Christian theologians who came centuries later translated alma as virgin, the Septuagint, the rabbis' own translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek, 280 years before Jesus' arrival on earth, translated Isa 7:14 almah into Greek as "parthenos" (virgin). Why would the Rabbis have done that???

According to history, the translation was done at the request of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (284-247 B.C.), he requested the "Laws" of the Jews translated into to Greek.  At that time, there was a sizable Greek speaking Jewish community in Alexandria, Egypt.  The translation of the rest of the Hebrew scriptures followed the Law.  The "Almah" was translated to Greek word "virgin" by the Rabbis, not by Christians.


As in Genesis 24:16: "The maiden (na'arah) was beautiful, a virgin (betulah) whom no man had known" Obviously, betulah clearly and unequivocally meant "virgin" as she never had intercourse with a man. BUT it does not refer to the age of the girl which have to be supported by na'arah (young woman). The culture during 1200 B.C. is different from the modern day's usage of the word betulah. Hence Almah (young woman who is a virgin under Jewish law) is a better choice of word spoken by Jehovah God.


"Betulah" in Hebrew means "virgin" but does not refer to the age of the woman. Old woman who never married can also be betulah. As in Judges 21:12, 1Kings 1:2 & Esther 2:2 "betulah" have to be supported by another word "na'arah" (young).


Witness 1
Jdg 21:12  And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young(na'arah) virgins(betulah) who had known no man by lying with any male. ...


Witness 2
1Ki 1:2  Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young(na'arah) virgin (betulah): and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.


Witness 3
Est 2:2  Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young (na'arah) virgins(betulah) sought for the king:
Est 2:3  And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young(na'arah) virgins(betulah) unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:


The Torahic law required that a young woman of marriageable age be a virgin. Deuteronomy 22:20-21 "But if thing(charge) be true, and the tokens of virginity were not found in the young woman (na'arah), then … the men of her city shall stone her to death." An almah (young woman) was apt to be a virgin at the time of her marriage under the Law!

Today in Israel moral standards have changed dramatically. In modern Hebrew, an alma means simply a young woman. But we are discussing Isaiah, who wrote during Biblical Hebrew's "golden age," 1200 BC to 500 BC, and so we must take the meaning that a word had at the time of Prophet Isaiah.

Moreover, Hebrew is a concise language in which much is taken from context. Since any young woman could conceive a child in the usual way and name him Immanuel, that would not be a miracle from God. However, a virgin birth would be a supernatural event.

Isaiah could have written that a betula would conceive and bear a son. The Hebrew word betula definitely means a virgin. But a betula is a virgin of any age. Up to that time, the sign of a miraculous conception had been an old woman bearing a child.


God had performed miraculous conception for old women like Sarah 90 years old & Elizabeth in her old age!!!
And so God, speaking through Isaiah, used the word alma to rule out a miraculous birth to an old woman and point instead to a miraculous birth by a (Almah)young woman in her virginity.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Which LIVING PROPHETS witnessed that Muhammad had confirmed the Scripture in the posession of the Preceding Prophets and helped him in his preaching ministry as required by Surah 3:81???


Muslims have to prove that the law in Surah 3:81 is fulfilled by Muhammad before he can be a true Prophet. Do you understand the Law of God? If Muhammad is not a prophet, then the whole book of the Quran is to be thrown out of the Court of God as His Word.

So you better do your own homework about the law in your Book about Surah 3:81. It is not the Law of Torah, not the law of the Gospel but the law in the Quran on the Covenant of Prophets for all Prophets to follow.

God will not hear the prayer of people who do not obey His Law eg. on the validity of testimony to be determined from 2 or 3 witnesses as mentioned in Deut 19:15 and Matt 18:16.

KJV Pro 28:9  He that turneth away his ear from hearing the Law, even his PRAYER shall be abomination.
Psa 51:9  Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Psa 51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Psa 51:11  Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

1Jn 3:5  And ye know that He (JESUS) was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.


Let's examine the condition of CONFIRMING by a preceding Prophet who must be Alive not DEAD, as attached in Surah 3:81!!!

When Muhammad came in 610AD, Moses and JESUS had come to earth and left. So how can it make sense that Moses and Jesus have to CONFIRM as to whether or not Muhammad had passed the Test or fulfilled the law stated in Surah 3:81???

Surah 3:81 Pickthal
When Allah made (His) covenant with the Prophets, (He said): "Behold that which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a Messenger, CONFIRMING that which Ye(plural) possess.

Surah 3:81 "...Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him."
He (Allah) said: Do Ye (plural) agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter) ? THEY answered: WE AGREE. He said: "Then bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you."


NOTES:

Whether or not Muhammad had Confirmed the Scriptures of the Prophets before him, MUST BE VERIFIED BY A LIVING PROPHET who lived at the same time of Muhammad, Not by MUSLIMS SCHOLARS, NOR by CHRISTIANS or JEWS today!!!


WHATEVER Muslims boasted that Muhammad's name is found in the Torah or the Gospel is baseless and void BECAUSE Surah 3:81 says a LIVING PROPHET must help AFTER he found that a New Apostle or Messenger CONFIRMED the Scriptures in their possession.

Surah 3:3 says the scripture is revealed for CONFIRMING the Torah and the Gospel which were given by the Almighty God. Is the Quran today truthful to what it claims to be so in Surah 3:3??? No, it is found to contradict much with each other especially in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity that Lord Jesus Messiah came out from God, not crated by God. That Lord Jesus died on the Cross for the sins of mankind, was raised to life on the third day and ascended or returned to His Father God the Almighty. Lord Jesus Messiah was an incarnation of God, not merely a prophet of God.




The Quran is not even confirmed to be true by another prophet apart from Muhammad. Bear in mind, when the Quran was compiled into a Book, he already died in 632AD. So who confirmed that Quran is the truth? Read Surah 3:81 as who confirmed Muhammad is a prophet???.


The living Prophet must be present at the time of Muhammad, not the past prophets.
1. Prophet Aaron helped and witnessed for Prophet Moses;
2. Prophet John the Levite declared and confirmed Prophet Jesus the Levite.
3. Prophet Barnabas and Prophet Paul helped each other in the ministry to the Jews and Gentiles after the return of Lord Jesus to His Father.

I have quoted 3 cases which is suffice to fulfill the law of God in term of His precedence to appoint 2 Prophets at a time to help and confirm the scripture of God.

Acts 13:1  Now there were in the church at Antioch Prophets & Teachers: BARNABAS, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and SAUL(Paul).
Acts 15:35  Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.


BUT which LIVING PROPHETS witnessed that Muhammad had confirmed the Scriptures of the Preceding Prophets and helped him in his preaching ministry as required by Surah 3:81???


UNTIL such time Muslims can produce the name of the living Prophet who had witnessed that Muhammad truly confirmed the older scriptures in the possession of the preceding Prophets, ye must obey all the teachings and commandments of the Prophet JESUS who had been declared and affirmed by Prophet John the Baptist, saying:

John 1:1  "In the beginning, was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.
John 1:2  He (JESUS) was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3  Every thing was by his hand; and without him, was not any thing whatever that existed."

John 1:14  And the Word became Flesh, and tabernacled with us: and we saw His glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, that he was full of grace and truth.
John 1:15  John (the Prophet) testified of him, and cried, and said: "This is He, of whom I said, That he cometh after me, and is before me; for he was prior to me.
John 1:16  And of his plenitude have we all received, and grace for grace.
John 1:17  For the law was given by the hand of Moses; but the reality and grace was by the hand of Jesus Messiah.
John 1:18  No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared [him]."

Do You Muslims listen to the words of Prophet John the Baptist who declared that Prophet Jesus Messiah, is the only begotten God???



QUESTIONS:

1) Which LIVING PROPHETS witnessed that Muhammad had confirmed the Scripture in the posession of the Preceding Prophets and helped him in his preaching ministry as required by Surah 3:81???

2) Where is the Word of God in the Quran which says "I am Allah your God and your Saviour, there is no Saviour beside Me"???

Hosea 13:4  Yet I am Jehovah your God, from the land of Egypt and you shall know no God but Me. For there is no Savior besides Me.

3) WHY the word of Prophet John about Jesus Messiah as the Incarnation of God (The Word Became Flesh) and Creator of the World cannot be called The Son of God?


4) When John the Apostle wrote about JESUS: "He is the True God and Life Eternal" - 1 John 5:20, Muslims reject it as the Word of God, then what criteria shall be used to pick and choose John 15:26 and other verses as the truth??? Yet the truth is not determine by what ones like to hear but from what God has spoken through His chosen race, "For Salvation is of the Jews".






Saturday, June 19, 2010

Is Mary mother of Jesus, the sister of Aaron and the daughter of Imran?

Quote Farza

I am sending some verses of The Qur'an that will show the high status of Jesus, peace be upon him in the Qur'an: The description starts with the conception of Mary, mother of Jesus, pbuh.

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Response

There is no proof that the passages in the Quran are divinely words of God as Satan can even quote from scripture to Eve and Messiah JESUS.  Satan can even quote "If you are the Son of God" for 2 times (Matthew 4:3 & 6) to Messiah JESUS but Quran does not have a single title on the Son of God but has replaced it with the "son of Mary"!

Let's analyze the Quran as where the error lies on Mary, sister of Aaron?

3:33 God did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of 'Imran above all people,-
3:34 Offspring, one of the other: And God heareth and knoweth all things.
3:35 Behold! a woman of 'Imran said: "O my Lord! I do dedicate unto Thee what is in my womb for Thy special service: So accept this of me: For Thou hearest and knowest all things."
3:36 When she was delivered, she said: "O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered of a female child!"- and God knew best what she brought forth- "And no wise is the male Like the female. I have named her Mary ...
 

The question to be answered is that is it historically true that Mary was daughter of Imran?

The context of Surah 3:33-36 shows that Mary is the female child that came out of the womb of the wife of `Imran, then she is the direct daughter of `Imran and there is no question that the theory of "far descendency" is contradicted by the Qur'an itself.

In several Surahs the Qur'an confuses Mary the mother of Jesus [Miriam in Hebrew] with Miriam the sister of Aaron and Moses, and daughter of Amram who lived around 1,400 B.C.
At length she brought (the babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms), They said: "O Mary! Truly a strange thing has thou brought! "O sister of Aaron, thy father was not a man of evil, nor your mother a woman unchaste!"
-- Sura 19:27-28
And Mary, the daughter of `Imran, ...
-- Sura 66:12

Moses and Aaron are sons of Amran (Exodus 6:20), called "Musa ibn `Imran" and "Harun ibn `Imran" in the Hadiths, just the same way as Mary is called "Maryam ibnat `Imran" in Sura 66:12.

Exodus 6:20  And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.


Only Aaron became a Priest of the Lord and in fact the first High Priest. And only Aaron's descendents became priests or prophets of God.
Exodus 7:1  And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

Neither Moses nor their sister Miriam are ever understood to be in "priestly lineage." Amram is definitely not a priest. If Mary's lineage of being part of a priestly family should be stressed, then necessarily she would have to be called a daughter of Aaron, since all of Israel's priests are descendants of Aaron, while his brother Moses and sister Miriam are not reckoned among the priestly line.

Muhammad understood that Jesus, son of Mary sister of Aaron, was created by God as that of Adam and he advised those who disagreed to invoke God to curse those who lie.
3:59 The similitude of Jesus before God is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: "Be". And he was.
3:60 The Truth (comes) from God alone; so be not of those who doubt.
3:61 If any one disputes in this matter with thee, now after (full) knowledge Hath come to thee, say: "Come! let us gather together,- our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves: Then let us earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of God on those who lie!"


As the words of Muhammad contradicted with the words of Lord JESUS CHRIST, the Son of God, the curse will fall on the originator of the lie and those who lied against JESUS the Son of God. Lord JESUS CHRIST  said explicitly "I came down from Heaven" and "I came out from GOD".

John 6:38  For I came down from Heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 16:27-28  For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God; I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.


Lord JESUS CHRIST made it very clear that no man lives in Heaven and that "I am from above and ye are of this world; I am not of this world".
John 8:23  And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

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John 1:18  No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared [him].

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John 3:13  (Jesus said) And no man hath ascended up to Heaven, but he that came down from Heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven.


Muhammad had mistaken Mary or Miriam and Aaron are sister and brother of Moses who lived at least 1400 years apart from Mary, mother of Jesus.  Mary has a cousin by the name of Elizabeth who is the daughters of Aaron (Luke 1:5 & 36).

Luke 1:5  There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.


In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares a common ancestor. Hence the term "cousin" means Mary and Elizabeth are from the same forefathers.  As Elizabeth is from the descent of Aaron the priesthood bloodline, Mary shall also be called the daughters of Aaron.

There is no escape that Quran is wrong in respect of the descent of Mary, the mother of Jesus. She is Not the sister of Aaron nor the daughter of Amran but the daughters of Aaron the priest. Because in the Jewish culture, the kinship is usually taken from the most influential forefathers and not the less influential one. Amran is not the priest of God as his son Aaron is the first Priest consecrated by Moses.

Exo 28:41  And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.


Historically, Mary the sister of Moses and Aaron is NOT the mother of JESUS CHRIST, the Son of GOD. Because Muhammad had identified the wrong mother who did Not bear JESUS CHRIST, the Son of God into the world, Quran is talking about another JESUS who is merely from the fables of Muhammad. Only the historical JESUS CHRIST is the true Messiah as told in the Gospel of the Holy Bible.

Quran is void of the truth!

Even though the Quran has 22 times of the title "Son of Mary" and 25 times of the Name Jesus, it DOES NOT glorify LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD because there is not a single time He is mentioned as the Son of God. This has nothing to do with culture of the Arabs but the works of the Satan. The title "Son of Mary" is not used by God the Father Himself who called Him "My Beloved Son" Matt 3:17.

The Jews were offending JESUS with the title son of Mary. Why Quran continues to insult Him???

Mark 6:3  Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.


Do you call the Quran exalts JESUS or insulting Him continuously???
  

The Word of JESUS is the truth and not any man's word. Muslim like TDNC has quoted John 8:32 out of context.

John 8:31  Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on Him, "If you continue in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.
John 8:32  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."




God will pity you if you do not repent of your sins and will suffer for eternity in Hell. I have proved to you that you believed in the fables of men and not in the historical facts about Mary and Jesus, the Son of God.

You have lied to JESUS and to GOD the Almighty when you share the false doctrines of men and consider it as from GOD. Liars will enter Hell fire for eternity.

Rev 21:7  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Rev 21:8  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Friday, June 18, 2010

5 Hebrews prophets refuted Muhammad in respect of the Messiah Jesus was not killed

At least 3 prophets before Lord Jesus Christ had prophesied about the Messiah who would be crucified or killed for the sins of His people. Lord Jesus Christ also foretold that He would be scourged, crucified and killed but on the third day he would be raised again. Prophet Paul had confirmed the truth of the Messiah Jesus was crucified and was raised alive the third day.

Based on the Torahic Law, the matter is established that when Lord Jesus Christ came and claimed to the prophecies of Moses and Prophets before him, it cannot be disputed again under any other law of God. That the Messiah Jesus would be crucified, killed and resurrected on the Third Day is an absolute truth.  Do you as a Muslim disagree with Muhammad for contradicting with the absolute truth of the Word of God? Yes or No?


Even after resurrection Lord Jesus Christ remained on earth for a period of 40 days to teach his apostles about the Holy Scriptures. All Apostles except Judas, had seen the body of the crucified Jesus in "another form". (John 20:19-31)

John 20:29  Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Mark 16:12  After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.

Act 1:2  Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
Act 1:3  To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God


You have no choice but to answer my question first as it had been posted to you before I take your next question. I will reply somewhere in the page and you have to read through the article attentively in order to find the answer.

Please answer my questions with a "yes" for "yes" and "No" for "No", you do not have to explain for whatever you said more than these comes of the evil.

Matt 5:37  (Jesus said) "But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."


All the Hebrews Prophets namely David, Isaiah, Daniel and Jesus Himself said the Messiah would be crucified or the man to be crucified was Jesus.

1. Only Muhammad disagreed with all previous prophets before him that Messiah Jesus was not crucified nor killed (S 4:157). Do you disagree with Muhammad or not? Yes or No?

If yes, then your Muhammad is a false prophet. If no, then you are no longer fit to be called a Muslim because by definition, Muslim is a person who believe that Muhammad is a prophet of God and also to believe in all the Prophets before him, and to submit to one God.


3. The Quran addresses Jesus as the Messiah in Surah 4:157 because there are prophecies about him in the OT. Yes or No?


Islam requires a Muslim to believe every words of the Prophets from Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, Daniel and Jesus.

4. If a Muslim disagree with any words of the prophets, then he or she is no longer fit to be called a Muslim. Yes or No?


David prophesied by the Spirit of Christ that He would be pierced in the hands and legs. David was historically not crucified on the tree. He must be speaking about the Messiah Jesus who quoted Psalms 22:1 to identify Himself as the speaker while He was crucified on the Cross.

It fits the scenario perfectly well that Messiah Jesus was encompassed by dogs, i.e. the Romans and unbelieving Jews.
Psa 22:16  For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.


Psalms was written around 1,000 B.C. and by 610AD the Holy Bible of different languages have been circulated throughout the world. Yet around this time Muhammad declared the Quran is for CONFIRMING the Torah and the Gospel (S. 3:3) and not for superseding the earlier scriptures.

It implies Muhammad said the Holy Bible which contains the Torah and the Gospel are correct lest he contradicted himself with the Quran and should be reckoned as a disbeliever.

Sura 3:81 forbids Muhammad to contradict with the earlier scriptures of the prophets before him. Apparently Muhammad agreed to it otherwise he would not say Surah 3:3 which is for CONFIRMING the truth of the earlier scriptures.


Prophet Isaiah made a prophecy concerning the Messiah Jesus as the Prince of Peace.

Isa 9:6  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.


When Lord Jesus said "all things that the Father has are mine", it literally means "all words of His Father" belongs to Him as co-owners. So He qualifies for all the titles stated in Isaiah 9:6.
John 16:15  "All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you."


Is Lord Jesus Christ called the Prince of Peace? Yes.
He is the Prince of Peace as the key peacemaker between mankind and God which Satan caused man to fall into sin and created the spiritual barrier against GOD.

Matt 5:9  Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Lord Jesus Christ came to reconcile ALL things with GOD through His own Blood.
Col 1:19  For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell;
Col 1:20  And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.


When Lord Jesus said that he came to send a sword, He meant the "sword" is the Word of God, not the physical sword. It's because some believe in the Word of God and some don't which causes a man to be at variance with others.

Matt 10:34  Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Eph 6:17  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God:

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Isa 40:13  Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his Counsellor hath taught him? As the Spirit of Christ is the Holy Spirit, then the Counsellor is the Spirit of Christ. In other words, the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Spirit and Counsellor are one the same in nature.

The Law of God in Isaiah 9:6 proves that a son born into world is entitled to the called The Mighty God. It exactly fits the title for Jesus Christ who is the Son of God or the Mighty God.

For the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy (Rev 19:10). So the Spirit of Prophecy or the Holy Spirit was speaking through Prophet Isaiah giving the testimony of Jesus.

Isa 53:8  He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare His generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of My people He was stricken.

"Cut off out of the land of the living" means He would be killed and departed from the land of the living to the spirit world.

Daniel was taught by Gabriel that the Messiah would come 7 weeks and 62 weeks from the decree to rebuilt the Jerusalem Temple. It is reckoned as 567 years from 539BC which arrived at 29AD. Jesus Messiah was the one who appeared publicly during the time as prophesied by Daniel. There is no doubt it is Messiah Jesus as Gabriel had taught Daniel to know the time.

Daniel 9:25  Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

The Messiah the Prince will be cut off or be killed.
Daniel 9:26  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

This prophecy was written around 535 BC and was kept by the Jews, not by the Christians. So the Christians have no way to change the Hebrews scriptures of the Jews which are kept by them secretly.

Lord Jesus Christ further identified Himself as the one spoken by Prophet Daniel by foretelling His own death and His resurrection on the Third Day.

Mat 17:22  And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, "The Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
Mat 17:23  And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again." And they were exceeding sorry.


The Name of Jesus is found in the OT as many as 197 verses in the form of "Joshua". Joshua comes from Hebrew word H3091 "Yehoshua" which means "YHVH is the Salvation." Jesus is an English translation from Greek word G2424 Iesous which in Hebrew reads as "Yehoshua".


Exodus 17:9  And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

Yeshoshua was the spiritual leader after Moses to lead the Israelites from the wilderness into the promised land - the present day Israel. He fought with and conquered the enemies of his people, brought them into the promised land, and divided it to them by lot. The parallel between him and Jesus the Savior of the world is too evident to require pointing out.


Surah 61:6 Yusuf Ali
And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: "O Children of Israel! I am the apostle of God (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of an Apostle to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad." But when he came to them with Clear Signs, they said, "this is evident sorcery!"

5. Ahmad means the Praised One and Muhammad means Praiseworthy. Muhammad does not mean "advocate, consoler, intercessor, comforter". Yes or No?


6. As Muhammad does not mean "comforter", then why Muslims intentionally twisted the word of LORD JESUS for Parakletos to mean "praiseworthy"???

John 14:26  But the Comforter(Parakletos), which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.


All 4 Prophets namely Isaiah, David, Daniel, Jesus Himself said the Messiah would be killed or the man to be crucified was Jesus Himself. Paul concurred with all the 4 prophets before him. This proves that 5 Prophets have established the absolute truth against any false prophecy which may object to it. The matter was established around 34 AD when Prophet Paul preached and wrote about crucifixion and resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ.

We have 4 Prophets prophesied the same matter that the Messiah Jesus would be killed or the man to be crucified was Jesus as He is the Spirit of Christ (1 Pet 1:11). Even Paul concurred with prophecies of David, Isaiah, Daniel & Jesus Himself.

Only Muhammad contradicted with all 5 Hebrews Prophets!

Muhammad recited:
"And because of their saying: "We slew the Messiah Jesus son of Mary, Allah's messenger" - they slew him not nor crucified him, but it appeared so unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain. (Surah 4:157 Pickthal)

Simple logic supports that 5 Hebrews prophets are the absolute truth based on the Law on 2 or 3 witnesses. A message coming from outside time-space would not change to later contradict itself. We are forced to conclude that Daniel and Muhammad did not receive words from the same spiritual being. Who is the true archangel Gabriel?

However, a "false" Gabriel appears to have spoken to Muhammad from INSIDE time-space. No long-term prophecies have been observed. This infers that the message given to Muhammad is not from God. Muhammad appears to have been deceived.


7. Did Muhammad the praiseworthy contradict with the prophets before him? Yes or No?


8.  Do you believe that Jesus Christ foretold His apostles that He would be arrested, scourged, crucified and resurrected on the third day?  Yes or No?

9. Do you believe that Prophet Daniel was told by Gabriel that the Messiah the Prince would be cut off or killed as told in the scripture? Yes or No?

10. Do you believe that Prophet David prophesied about the crucifxion of a man who called "My God, My God, why has you forsaken me?" That man has been identified as Messiah Jesus. Yes or No?


11.  Do you believe that Prophet Isaiah spoke by the Spirit of Christ (1 Pet 1:11) that the Messiah would be killed?

Isa 53:8  He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.


Isa 53:12  Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.


12. Do you as a Muslim believe that Prophet Isaiah prophesied about the birth of a son called Emmanuel which means "God dwelt with us"? Yes or No?


Isa 7:14  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matt 1:23  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, "God with us."

John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 John 1:14  And the Word (God) was made Flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.


Muslims cannot defend by saying the Quran is superior than the Holy Bible because God revealed His words in the earlier scriptures without any dispute. Only the Quran has discrepancies with the Holy Bible. Deut 18:22 provided for the words of the false prophet to be exposed if the things spoken of follow not or is untrue nor come to fulfilment, then it is not the Word of God.

Deut 18:22  When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.


Surah 4:157 is proven to be a forgery because 5 Prophets have refuted it. Muslims have to concede that Muhammad was a false prophet as the Law of God on the testimony of 2 or 3 witnesses have been fulfilled and it cannot be challenged nor the credibility of the prophets concerned and neither the Word of God can be questioned when the latter book has confirmed the earlier scriptures to be the truth.


From Muhammad until AL-GHAZZALI (1111) before 1064AD, Muslims believed in the truth of the Torah and the Gospel.  Muhammad recited Sura 3:3 implying Quran is merely confirming the Torah and the Gospel even as Allah gave the earlier revelations.


13. So why muslims today evolved and follow the false teachings of Ibn-Khazem???

WHY DO MUSLIMS BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS CORRUPTED?

In 1064, Ibn-Khazem, FIRST charged that the Bible had been corrupted and the Bible falsified. This charge was to defend Islam against Christianity because Ibn-Khazem come upon differences and contradiction between the Bible and the Quran. Believing, by faith (without evidence, 70 contradictions in Quran are clearer than blind-faith) that the Quran was true, the Bible must then be false. He said, "Since the Quran must be true it  must be the conflicting Gospel texts that are false. But   Muhammad tells us to respect the Gospel. Therefore, the   present text must have been falsified by the Christians after   the time of Muhammad."

 His argument was not based on any evidence or historical facts  but only on his personal faith, reasoning and desire to  safeguard the Quran.

 This led him to teach that, "The Christians lost the revealed  Gospel except for a few traces which God has left intact as argument against them."
Apparently Ibn-Khezam was willingly used by Satan to teach the false doctrines and fables of men.

BUT,
Many great MUSLIM teachers DO NOT believe the Bible has been corrupted and ACCEPT the authenticity of our PRESENT New Testament texts.

     a.   Ali al-Tabari (died 855) accepted the Gospel texts
     b.   Amr al-Ghakhiz (869)     "    "    "    "
     c.   BUKHARI (810-870)            "    "    "    "
          (he gathered some of the earliest tradition of Islam quoted the Quran itself to support his belief in the text of the Bible Sura 3:72,78)
     d.   Al-Mas'udi (956)         "    "    "    "
     e.   Abu Ali Husain Bin Sina  (1037)"   "    "
     f.   AL-GHAZZALI (1111)        "    "    "    "
          (probably the greatest Muslim scholar he lived after Ibn-Khazem but did not accept his teachings)
     g.   Ibn-Khaldun (1406)       "    "    "    "    "    "
          (he lived after Ibn-Khazem but did not accept his
          teachings but rather believed the earlier Islamic
          teachers.)
     h.   Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan, founder of the Aligarh College
          "In the opinion of us Mohammedans it is not proved that  corruption (tahrif-i-lafzi)...was practiced."
     i.   Fakhruddin Razi, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, a nephew
          of Muhammed, "The Jews and early Christians were  suspected of altering the text of the Taurat and Injil;
          but in the opinion of eminent doctors and theologians it
          was not practicable thus to corrupt the text, because
          those Scriptures were generally known and widely
          circulated, having been handed down from generation to generation."  


SO,
14. WHY do Muslims follow Ibn-Khazem rather then the witness of the Quran, the word of Muhammad, and these 10 great Muslim scholars who all believed the Bible texts to be truthful?


15. God has never appointed one prophet to write his message in a book for mankind before Muhammad. Why would the all-wise God reject the writings from over 40 holy men, prophets and apostles whose life lived up to the  holiness of God?



Genesis 21:12  And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Galatians 3:16  Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Apparently there is only one seed of Christ and one Everlasting Kingdom under Lord Jesus Christ. There is no kingdom for Muslims when Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth to rule for a thousand years.

Daniel 7:27  And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an Everlasting Kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.


Muhammad will not have an everlasting Kingdom. It is Lord Jesus Christ who is given the Everlasting Kingdom to rule as the King of kings and Lord of lords.

16. Do you agree with Prophet Daniel that "kingdom under the whole heaven" shall be given to "the People of the saints of the Most High" who is called King JESUS?



 
In the Quran there are 22 times of the title Son of Mary and and 25 times of the Name Jesus. But the Son of Mary is not used by God who called Him "My Beloved Son" Matt 3:17.


The Jews were offending JESUS with the title son of Mary. Why Quran continues to insult Him???

Mark 6:3  Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.


Do you call the Quran exalts JESUS or insulting Him continuously???