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Quran:Its Stories Copied From Christians, Pt.6The most dreadful doctrine in all three monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity,Islam - is the Day of Judgment. But only Christianity provided a Savior who took your place of punishment and gave you eternal salvation without any fear of condemnation.
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Anti-Semitism in Quran
Anti-Semitism in Quran: What does it tell us about Islam?
Quran claims that it was transmitted to humanity from Allah through the agency of angel Gabriel and prophet Muhammad. Allegedly, this message was given to Muhammad in pieces over a period of 23 years (A.D. 610 to A.D. 632). Muslims claim that Allah is none other than the God of Israel of the Old Testament. They insist that Muhammad was the last great prophet from God of Israel to the whole world.
Looking into the Quran to see how it describes the Jewish people gives us a fair view into the nature of this book, which is claimed to be a revelation from God of Israel. Even a cursory overview of the Old Testament connotes us that Jews were an endeared group of people to the heart of God throughout His dealings with them. Some of the most affectionate terms were used by God to reveal His love for His people, Israel: my people, my inheritance, my wife, my son, my belonging, my sheep, the apple of my eye, my pride etc.
Now, let us look into Quran to comprehend the descriptions it gives to Jewish people.
Surah 2:65 - Pigs
Surah 3:71 - People who conceal the truth
Surah 5:41 - People who are cursed
Surah 5:60 - Apes
Surah 5:64 - Blasphemers
Surah 5:82 - Most vehement and most violent of mankind
Surah 5:64 - Not loved by Allah and sealed by him for the day of Judgment
Further, Surah 5:64 explicitly says that Allah put enmity and hatred among the Jews till the Day of Judgment. Throughout history, Muslims used all of the above phrases from Quran to describe Jewish people. Even in our own day, Imams, muftis and leaders of organizations like Hamas call Jewish people with names, ‘pigs and apes’ without any vacillation. In a recent BBC interview, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the leading imam of the Grand Mosque in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, referred to Jews as ‘the scum of the human race’.
All fundamental Islamic organizations influenced by Quran, from Palestine’s Hamas to Lebanon’s Hezbollah to Saudi Arabia’s Al-Qaeda to Pakistan’s Laskar-e-Toiba to Egypt’s Islamic Brotherhood to Philippines’ Abusayyaf to America’s Nation of Islam are known for their unconcealed anti-Semitism. Given the history of Muhammed’s dealings with Jews, this is not surprising.
Quran’s descriptions of the Jews in fact mirror the life of Muhammad in relation to the Jewish people. In the Suras of the Quran that are dated to the Meccan period of Muhammad’s lifetime, Jews are referred to as Banu Israil (children of Israel). In the later, Medinian suras, Jews are called with the term, Yahud, which has negative connotations.
‘Prophet’ Muhammad used the most ferocious means of retribution when the Jews of Medina rebutted his appeal to a prophethood. All the three major Jewish tribes of that city were either expelled or exterminated at the point of the sword of the prophet. Surah 33:25-26 describes the savagery of Muhammad towards the Jews following the Battle of the Trench.
And Allah turned back the unbelievers in their rage; they did not obtain any advantage, and Allah sufficed the believers in fighting; and Allah is Strong, Mighty.
And He drove down those of the followers of the Book who backed them from their fortresses and He cast awe into their hearts; some you killed and you took captive another part.
In the Bible we see Jewish people in fondness to the heart of God. The prophets of the Bible, even in their rejection by the Jews only wanted good and auspiciousness to the nation of Israel. When God told them to preach the message of judgment to the disobedient Israel, they did their prophesying with broken hearts and parched tongues (remember Jeremiah, for example).
On the contrary, Quran portrays God as antagonistic to Jews. The prophet of Quran, Muhammad wielded his sword on the people of God. No biblical prophet persecuted Jewish people. Muhammad’s eagerness to curse Jews reminds us of the false prophet of the Old Testament, Balaam who used seductive methods to bring curse on the Jews.
Conclusion: From the study of Anti-Semitism we can safely conclude that Quran was not originated from the God of Israel, nor its prophet, Muhammad was sent from God of the Bible.
Quran claims that it was transmitted to humanity from Allah through the agency of angel Gabriel and prophet Muhammad. Allegedly, this message was given to Muhammad in pieces over a period of 23 years (A.D. 610 to A.D. 632). Muslims claim that Allah is none other than the God of Israel of the Old Testament. They insist that Muhammad was the last great prophet from God of Israel to the whole world.
Looking into the Quran to see how it describes the Jewish people gives us a fair view into the nature of this book, which is claimed to be a revelation from God of Israel. Even a cursory overview of the Old Testament connotes us that Jews were an endeared group of people to the heart of God throughout His dealings with them. Some of the most affectionate terms were used by God to reveal His love for His people, Israel: my people, my inheritance, my wife, my son, my belonging, my sheep, the apple of my eye, my pride etc.
Now, let us look into Quran to comprehend the descriptions it gives to Jewish people.
Surah 2:65 - Pigs
Surah 3:71 - People who conceal the truth
Surah 5:41 - People who are cursed
Surah 5:60 - Apes
Surah 5:64 - Blasphemers
Surah 5:82 - Most vehement and most violent of mankind
Surah 5:64 - Not loved by Allah and sealed by him for the day of Judgment
Further, Surah 5:64 explicitly says that Allah put enmity and hatred among the Jews till the Day of Judgment. Throughout history, Muslims used all of the above phrases from Quran to describe Jewish people. Even in our own day, Imams, muftis and leaders of organizations like Hamas call Jewish people with names, ‘pigs and apes’ without any vacillation. In a recent BBC interview, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the leading imam of the Grand Mosque in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, referred to Jews as ‘the scum of the human race’.
All fundamental Islamic organizations influenced by Quran, from Palestine’s Hamas to Lebanon’s Hezbollah to Saudi Arabia’s Al-Qaeda to Pakistan’s Laskar-e-Toiba to Egypt’s Islamic Brotherhood to Philippines’ Abusayyaf to America’s Nation of Islam are known for their unconcealed anti-Semitism. Given the history of Muhammed’s dealings with Jews, this is not surprising.
Quran’s descriptions of the Jews in fact mirror the life of Muhammad in relation to the Jewish people. In the Suras of the Quran that are dated to the Meccan period of Muhammad’s lifetime, Jews are referred to as Banu Israil (children of Israel). In the later, Medinian suras, Jews are called with the term, Yahud, which has negative connotations.
‘Prophet’ Muhammad used the most ferocious means of retribution when the Jews of Medina rebutted his appeal to a prophethood. All the three major Jewish tribes of that city were either expelled or exterminated at the point of the sword of the prophet. Surah 33:25-26 describes the savagery of Muhammad towards the Jews following the Battle of the Trench.
And Allah turned back the unbelievers in their rage; they did not obtain any advantage, and Allah sufficed the believers in fighting; and Allah is Strong, Mighty.
And He drove down those of the followers of the Book who backed them from their fortresses and He cast awe into their hearts; some you killed and you took captive another part.
In the Bible we see Jewish people in fondness to the heart of God. The prophets of the Bible, even in their rejection by the Jews only wanted good and auspiciousness to the nation of Israel. When God told them to preach the message of judgment to the disobedient Israel, they did their prophesying with broken hearts and parched tongues (remember Jeremiah, for example).
On the contrary, Quran portrays God as antagonistic to Jews. The prophet of Quran, Muhammad wielded his sword on the people of God. No biblical prophet persecuted Jewish people. Muhammad’s eagerness to curse Jews reminds us of the false prophet of the Old Testament, Balaam who used seductive methods to bring curse on the Jews.
Conclusion: From the study of Anti-Semitism we can safely conclude that Quran was not originated from the God of Israel, nor its prophet, Muhammad was sent from God of the Bible.
The Cross: The Message of All Prophets
The Cross: The Message of All Prophets
Our reading for today comes from Luke chapter 24, where our Risen Savior interacts intensely with two of His disciples on their way to Emmaus. Inspite of their association with Him for more than three years, the disciples were unaware of the primary purpose of the coming of our Lord into this world. Therefore, after a brief conversation with them, without disclosing His identity our Lord opened His mouth with a stern rebuke of their ignorance. He said, "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?" (verses 25,26).
Our Lord succinctly told them the one message of all Old Testament prophets: Christ must suffer and enter into His glory. The Cross is pivotal in the life of our Lord. In His temptation in the wilderness, Satan tried to take Him away from the cross with the allure of the promise of inheriting this vainglorious world. The Lord rebuked Satan at that instance.
Peter, the dear disciple also endured the strong feeling of displeasure from our Lord when he talked against the cross in Matthew chapter 16: '¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. (verses 21,22,and 23).
When our Lord told His disciples about the sufferings awaiting Him in Jerusalem, Peter voluntarity delivered his counsel to the Lord that the cross was not going to be His course. The Lord immediately turned to Him and said, 'Get thee behind me, Satan'.
We shall remember that anyone who resists the cross of our Lord is identified with Satan. Our Lord suggested that Peter was being a mouthpiece for Satan. Lord Jesus came into this world to die for the sins of the world (John 1:20, Luke 19:10). His cross was central in the plan of God in sending His Son to this sin-stricken world. Any thing that encumber this plan is Satanic. Anything that speaks against the cross and its' fulfillment of our atonement is Satanic.
Thus, the disciples on the way to Emmaus also received a stern rebuke from our Lord for not deciphering His mission to this world. He told them that the message of all prophets was the cross of Christ (Psalm 16:9-11; Psalm 22; Psalm 69; Isaiah 52; Isaiah 53; Zechariah 12:10; 13:7).
In our present culture, Islam is one religion that esteems Christ in high honor but rejects His cross. We shall not be tempted to accept the Jesus of Quran based on its hagiographic accounts of Christ, who speaks to his mother from his crib, does miracles being an infant etc. Similarly many liberal 'Christian' denominations are minimizing the role of the cross in their teachings. The Jesus of these groups is not the Jesus of the Bible or of God. He is 'another Jesus' the apostle Paul told us to stay away from.
Conclusion: Christ without Cross is absolutely unacceptable. As pointed out earlier, to disunite our Lord from His atoning work on the cross is to jettison the message and plan of God for us.
Our reading for today comes from Luke chapter 24, where our Risen Savior interacts intensely with two of His disciples on their way to Emmaus. Inspite of their association with Him for more than three years, the disciples were unaware of the primary purpose of the coming of our Lord into this world. Therefore, after a brief conversation with them, without disclosing His identity our Lord opened His mouth with a stern rebuke of their ignorance. He said, "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?" (verses 25,26).
Our Lord succinctly told them the one message of all Old Testament prophets: Christ must suffer and enter into His glory. The Cross is pivotal in the life of our Lord. In His temptation in the wilderness, Satan tried to take Him away from the cross with the allure of the promise of inheriting this vainglorious world. The Lord rebuked Satan at that instance.
Peter, the dear disciple also endured the strong feeling of displeasure from our Lord when he talked against the cross in Matthew chapter 16: '¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. (verses 21,22,and 23).
When our Lord told His disciples about the sufferings awaiting Him in Jerusalem, Peter voluntarity delivered his counsel to the Lord that the cross was not going to be His course. The Lord immediately turned to Him and said, 'Get thee behind me, Satan'.
We shall remember that anyone who resists the cross of our Lord is identified with Satan. Our Lord suggested that Peter was being a mouthpiece for Satan. Lord Jesus came into this world to die for the sins of the world (John 1:20, Luke 19:10). His cross was central in the plan of God in sending His Son to this sin-stricken world. Any thing that encumber this plan is Satanic. Anything that speaks against the cross and its' fulfillment of our atonement is Satanic.
Thus, the disciples on the way to Emmaus also received a stern rebuke from our Lord for not deciphering His mission to this world. He told them that the message of all prophets was the cross of Christ (Psalm 16:9-11; Psalm 22; Psalm 69; Isaiah 52; Isaiah 53; Zechariah 12:10; 13:7).
In our present culture, Islam is one religion that esteems Christ in high honor but rejects His cross. We shall not be tempted to accept the Jesus of Quran based on its hagiographic accounts of Christ, who speaks to his mother from his crib, does miracles being an infant etc. Similarly many liberal 'Christian' denominations are minimizing the role of the cross in their teachings. The Jesus of these groups is not the Jesus of the Bible or of God. He is 'another Jesus' the apostle Paul told us to stay away from.
Conclusion: Christ without Cross is absolutely unacceptable. As pointed out earlier, to disunite our Lord from His atoning work on the cross is to jettison the message and plan of God for us.
Testimony of a former atheist coming to Lord Jesus Christ
Dear Geronami,Your video's (thus far) are very well spoken and composed. I was once an atheist or agnostic and very stern in my beliefs. As I decided to learn about religion and philosophy through the past two years, I have been drawn to the Lord again and again. Truely, Jesus is the redeemer of our sin. It's a great joy to hear your video's and other's like yours. Keep it up and may God continue to bless you.-Doyler3.
Peter comments about False Teachers
Hello again GERONAMII would just like praise you once again for your good work.Today as you told in your last video, A man converted to Islam from Christianity, As Christians ourselves it is never easy to accept when one leaves Jesus Christ, But as we know from Bible it said it would happen, Bible says; For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths" (2 Timothy 4:3-4). You continue to give strength to my belif in Christianity.I know The Lord has his eye on you, and is very proud of you.Keep up the Good work my friend.
Peter
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