There’s a Muslim argument propagated, they claim the true Christians never believed Jesus is God, that He died on the cross or in the Trinity (Godhead). This argument if made by Muslims is very faulty and goes against what Islam teaches.
In the following verse in Surah as-Saff reads that the disciples of “Jesus” really believed in Isa (no historical person exists).1 The Qur’an says these disciples believed and were “supporters of Allah”, this means they are believers as far as the Islamic perspective is concerned. While a faction of others disbelieved, the key point is that according to the rest of the verse Allah supported the believers against the unbelievers and those believers “became dominant.”
[61:14] O you who have believed, be supporters of Allah, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, “Who are my supporters for Allah?” The disciples said, “We are supporters of Allah.” And a faction of the Children of Israel believed and a faction disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became dominant.
Logically speaking if Allah is supporting the believers then this group must be true followers of Allah. Additionally, since these believers are supported by Allah then no disbeliever would be able to overcome them. Moving on to the next verse found in Surah Aali’ Imran which is very interesting, lets recall in the above verse Allah is supporting those believers who follow Jesus (Christians) against the disbelievers.
The following verse in context is speaking about disciples of Jesus, and mentions those who follow Jesus must be Christians will remain superior to those who disbelieve.
[3:55] [Mention] when Allah said, “O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.
Now here’s the pressing question Muslims must answer.
If the true followers of Jesus didn’t believe Jesus was God or in the Trinity and Allah said he would make them superior against the disbelievers, Allah has failed! The dominant teachings of Christianity today are the teachings Muslims reject namely the Trinity, Jesus died on the cross and Jesus being God. If Muslims want to claim something outlandish such as Unitarians are true “Christians” that would not work because there is a small percentage of Unitarians in the world.
According to their own findings and data, the Unitarians did a study and found their numbers from 1961 were (229,103) and rose then started to decline in 1969 till 1986 with (179,712) began to rise the following years of 2002-03 (221,687) and declines again to the year 2020 (187,689).2 An honest Muslim would agree that the dominant teachings or group who identify as Christian would be those who affirm the teachings mentioned above (ie. Trinity, Jesus died on the cross, Jesus is God).
There are various denominations in Christianity and their secondary teachings may vary slightly. But this doesn’t change the fundamental beliefs all of these denominations agree on, namely, Jesus being God and the Trinity etc.3If the disbelievers are Christians who affirm these teachings then Allah failed in making the “true Christians” superior. Because just as we saw with Unitarians they are small in number and those who do believe in the Trinity are the majority.
The other view we can take away is that Allah supported the Christians who do believe in the Trinity and that Jesus is God until the day of judgement. Therefore, Trinitarians would be the true Christians Allah speaks of in 61:14 and 3:55, those are the Christians who are the uppermost the ones who follow the Bible and believe in the Trinity.
Conclusion
Now to address the Ummah, which one is it? Did Allah support “Christians” who didn’t believe in the Trinity and were overcome by the Trinitarian disbelievers Allah making Allah a big failure? Or did Allah support the same Trinitarian Christians who from the very beginning believed Jesus is God? We would like to receive some responses regarding this topic as the Qur’an cannot be from God.
Footnotes
Christianity had existed in Arabia for 400 years before Muhammad was born. For hundreds of years, Arab Christians had always called Jesus Yasu or Yasuwa. (The name is derived from the original Hebrew, Yeshua, which means “Yahweh is Salvation.”) When Muhammad lived in the 7th century, he would surely have known and heard about Yasū’ (يَسُوعَ) that the Christians believed in and spoke of. Sometime after 610 AD, Muhammad introduced a new name in Arabic that no Arab Christian had ever heard of or used for Jesus before. Isa was a character loosely based on the real Yasuwa of the Bible and other folktales and legends from unreliable gnostic sources circulating at the time and Muhammad called his name Isa. If Muhammad’s Isa is the same as the Yasuwa of the Arab Christians, why did he invent a NEW name, Isa (عيسى) instead of using the name Yasuwa (يَسُوعَ) that every Arab had known for hundreds of years? Was it because he was creating a new character that would fit his new religion? Who Is Isa And Who Is Yasuwa?↩︎
In addition, more than 285 million Christians are classified by the CSGC as evangelical, either because they belong to churches affiliated with regional or global evangelical associations or because they identify as evangelicals. Because many pentecostals and charismatics also are evangelicals, these categories are not mutually exclusive; the number of evangelicals should not be added to the number of pentecostal and charismatic Christians. Christian Movements and Denominations↩︎
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Why do Muslims feel the need to lie, here we have a Muhammadan dubbed JesusisaMuslim saying it’s ok for a follower of Islam to look up to the sky while praying. This Muslim is making his own version of Islam saying he’s allowed to look up at the sky whilst praying.
This completely conflicts with what their prophet articulated in the Hadiths calling this haram.
Concerning the prohibition on the worshipper lifting his gaze to heaven, there is the report that was narrated by al-Bukhaari (750) from Anas ibn Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “What is the matter with people who lift their gaze to heaven whilst praying?” And he spoke sternly concerning that, until he said: “They should stop that, or else their eyesight will be snatched away”
The reason for that is that lifting the gaze whilst praying is contrary to proper focus (khushoo‘), and it exposes the worshipper to the risk of being distracted by what he sees.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Because lifting the gaze to heaven is contrary to proper focus (khushoo‘), the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) stated that it is haraam and warned against it.
Unless he wants to claim he knows more than his prophet, by all means, feel free, but it only proves what we’ve said all along that Islam is an erroneous religion.
The Lord Jesus prayed in multiple ways but one of those ways was looking up into heaven, “lookinguptoheaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves tohis disciples, and the disciples to the multitude” (Matthew 14:19). Other passages which speak on the Lord looking towards heaven while praying are found in Mark 7:34 and Luke 9:16.[1]
Christ never expressed we cannot look towards the sky while praying. Christians have the freedom to pray in any way they’re comfortable praying.
Conclusion
Lastly, Allah cannot be real because I’m confident that no one’s eyes were snatched out of their head. Allah has no power because if he did we would have at least one account of an individual praying and his eyes snatched out of his head. These are scare tactics to keep people from leaving the cult of Islam. Thanks be to God many are leaving Islam and coming to know Jesus Christ as their Saviour in Muslim-majority countries.[2]
A tsunami of apostasy is happening in the Muslim world just as their Imams have been so worried about. The Gospel will continue to go forward, Muslims are getting saved for our God is working amongst them through the Holy Spirit.
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[1] Bible quotations in this article are from the KJV.
[2] Well whatever may be the theories surrounding the rise of Islam, they all seem to be overblown. Let us use the examples of two prominent Islamic countries, Turkey and Iran, to demonstrate our point. Iran’s faltering birth rate Just like his Turkish counterpart, Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is too worried about his country’s low birth rate. About 1.48 million births were recorded between March 2016 and March 2017, 1.36 million the year after, and 1.2 million the year after that — a steady decline of around 100,000 births every year. tfiglobalnews (2022, June 13). Islam is on a decline. Data from Turkey and Iran strongly suggests the same. Retrieved from https://tfiglobalnews.com/2022/06/13/islam-is-on-a-decline-data-from-turkey-and-iran-strongly-suggests-the-same/
Dawahcollective (DC) wrote an article called A Comparison of Women in the Qur’an and the Bible feel free to read it and compare it with this article. We’re exposing the Dawah lies, as the saying goes without lies Islam dies.
Christians claim that the current equality of women now enjoyed by Christian women came from the Bible, and that Islam is cruel towards women. Below are the comparisons of issues on women between the Bible and the Qur’an I leave it to you to decide which Book is the one which truly gives freedom to women and elevate their status and which Book is the hypocritical one.
Eve wasn’t alone in committing the first sin in the Garden of Eden, both Adam and Eve disobeyed God and took from the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Hence they both were involved in committing sin. Ultimately the responsibility fell on Adam, he had the duty of guiding his wife (Eve), but he failed and allowed Eve to take the lead role which was his role.
Adam was instructed by God before Eve was created not to eat from that tree saying “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:15-17).[1]
Adam was given the responsibility of headship, just as the man is the head of the woman “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.” (1 Corinthians 11:3KJV)
DC tried to mislead individuals into thinking the Bible says Eve alone was to blame for the original sin in the Garden? Notice he said both of them were at fault, now the question is which book was written first the Bible or the Qur’an? The Bible was written first and Muhammad copied the story and placed it into the Qur’an.
Therefore, we’ve had this account of Adam and Eve in our Bible recorded in Genesis written between 1445-1405 B.C. While the Qur’an came afterwards a little too late and took the story but twisted it.
In the Qur’an, it’s actually Allah who is the first sinner as he forced Adam to eat from the tree. And that’s how Adam was kicked out of Jannah, yes in Islam Adam came from heaven and fell down to earth for disobeying Allah. But Allah caused Adam to sin.
In [2:35] Allah tells Adam and his wife (who the Qur’an never mentions by name, so how would they know the name of Adam’s wife? Oh yeah, they need the Bible, yet Muslims claim it’s corrupted yet they wouldn’t know her name if it wasn’t for the Bible) they can eat in abundance from wherever. Allah then instructs them not to eat from the tree or they will be among the wrongdoers.
In the following verse [2:36] Satan causes them to be removed from Paradise, and they are expelled and sent down to Earth. Remember here it says Satan made them sin. In the Authentic Islamic Hadith which is also “revelation from Allah” as it’s the saying (Sunnah) of the prophet. A Muslim must accept the Hadith otherwise they cannot be Muslim.
In this Sahih (authentic) Hadith Adam has a debate with Moses, Moses is blaming Adam for mankind being kicked out of Paradise. Adam responds by saying it was Allah who caused him to be kicked out as it was a fate Allah decreed. The only way to make sense of the Qur’an saying Satan caused Adam to be kicked out from Jannah is to realise that Allah is Satan. That means Allah is the first sinner in Islam, not Adam as he was innocent.
2) The Bible says “the birth of a daughter is a loss” (Ecclesiasticus 22:3), The Qur’an says both are an equal blessing (Q 42:49)?
Here’s another misleading statement, the book of Ecclesiasticus is not inspired scripture, the book is from the apocryphal writings which Christians reject. The only groups which accept this book are Catholics and one other cult. This is like showing Sunni Muslims Shia sources thinking the Sunni will accept them.
First, let’s answer this: does Islam truly believe both (men and women) are equal? Not according to Sahih al-Bukhari 2658, it says a woman is “equal to half of that of a man.” Read it for yourselves from the Sahih Hadith which all Muslims must accept as the sayings of Muhammad, the link is provided.
The question now becomes why are women only half that of a man unless DC would like to admit Muhammad is wrong? It doesn’t stop there the reason why women are not equal to men in Islam is that she’s not intelligent, her brain has a deficiency. In another Hadith, the reason why her mind is deficient is that she has a monthly period. You can find this information in Sahih al-Bukhari 304.
Notice Muhammad said, “This is the deficiency in her religion.” If women are punished for having menses (monthly period) why did Allah create them that way, wouldn’t that be Allah’s fault for creating them to have monthly periods?!
3) The Bible forbids women from speaking in church (1 Corinthians 14:34-35) The Qur’an says women can argue with the Prophet (Q 58:1)?
The context of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 is in the gathering of the entire assembly or ekklēsia (ἐκκλησία).[2] This verse is not teaching that a woman can never speak, what it is saying is that women are not in the position to teach in public meetings (gatherings). That role is reserved for men, the reason is found in Genesis chapter 3 when Eve was deceived by Satan, she said “God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die” (Genesis 3:3KJV).
Eve got it wrong God never said“You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die” (Genesis 3:3NLT). God commanded Adam not to eat from it because they would die if they did, touching it was never brought up by God. Adam had the responsibility to teach his wife but failed. The devil to twisted the word of God thereby confusing Eve and causing her to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The Bible expounds on this fact in the New Testament “Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.” (1 Timothy 2:14KJV). Therefore in the Church God wants to correct the order of creation which Adam and Eve failed to display, originally men are to be in the role of leadership in the church and home. The woman was originally made to be a helper (a counterpart) for man in a complementary way, “It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him—a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him” (Genesis 2:18AMP) one is not better than the other.
This is why we seek to have order displayed in the gathering of the saints also known as headship (1 Corinthians 11:1-22). Abdoools don’t understand this because Islam actually oppresses women. Look at the hypocrisy read and laugh!
Women are separated from men in the Masjid. On the popular Islamic website Islam QA a question from a Muslima was asked:
My husband and I wanted to know if it were permissable to take Arabic classes at a college where the classes are mixed (men-women). We understand that there is no mixing between the sexes, but confused about the definition of “mixing”. Please tell us what is permissable, what is not and give proof
The meeting together, mixing, and intermingling of men and women in one place, the crowding of them together, and the revealing and exposure of women to men are prohibited by the Law of Islam (Shari’ah). These acts are prohibited because they are among the causes for fitnah (temptation or trial which implies evil consequences), the arousing of desires, and the committing of indecency and wrongdoing.
Here’s another question from a Muslim asking whether there should be partitions in the Masjid, separating men from women.
In one of the mosques there is a partition between men and women. A dispute has arisen as to how important this partition is. Some think that there is no need for it, because at the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) there was no partition; others insist on having it. The resulting argument may lead those who think there should be no partition to stop praying in the mosque, despite the fact that removing the partition could lead to some degree of mixing or looking at the opposite sex when leaving the mosque, because some of the men are not strongly committed in their religion. Should we insist on keeping the partition even though some people may stop praying in the mosque, or should we remove it although this may lead to people looking at the opposite sex?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen answered this question as follows:
The partition should stay. The fact that there was no partition at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was either because there was no need for it or because there was a reason why they could not have a partition. With regard to the former, the Sahaabah, may Allaah be pleased with them, had such strong faith in Allaah that they would not look at women; with regard to the latter, the financial situation of the Sahaabah, as we know, especially before the conquests, was one of hardship, and they could not afford to put a partition between themselves and the women. Having understood this, we should next look at which is further removed from fitnah, having a partition or not having it? Everyone will agree that having the partition is less likely to cause fitnah. If that is the case, then whatever is less likely to cause fitnah is what should be done. If you say, “If we insist on keeping it, those who want to remove it will stay away from the mosque,” our response is that if they stay away, they are doing wrong. They have no excuse for failing to pray in jamaa’ah because of this partition being there. Having the partition there is not a sin such that they could say, “We are not coming to be witnesses to sin.” If they stay away, they are committing sin by failing to attend prayers in congregation.
Are Muslims so out of control in which they can’t control their sexual desires that they must separate men and women? Women are not allowed to pray among the men in Islam, according to Islam QA in al-Ahzab the command from Allah is given to keep men and women separate. The real story behind this ayat is that Muhammad had a party and his companions were in his house partying getting drunk etc.
Muhammad wanted them to leave but was afraid to say so, therefore, he pretended to receive this verse from Allah. The verse articulates about not coming into Muhammad’s house except when permitted for a meal.
DC said “women can argue with the prophet” which is a lie! Zaynab didn’t want to marry Muhammad’s adopted son Zayd, and therefore verse 33:53 was “revealed” which says.
Muhammad wanted to make sure that no one could question him, they must follow him and obey him as if they are obey Allah himself. This is shirk, take notice that Allah never makes a decision without Muhammad it’s always both of them together. Allah needs Muhammad to make decisions? Verse 58:1 contradicts verse 33:53.
The Qur’an is a book of numerous contradictions! I guess Muhammad completely forgot the verses in the Qur’an and gave contradicting ayats. Verse 33:53 says anyone who disagrees with Muhammad has “strayed into clear error.” Then in 58:1, she can argue with Muhammad?
4) Divorced Women are labelled as an adulteress, not men (Matthew 5:31-32)? The Qur’an does have double standards (Q 30:21).
Islam doesn’t value the sanctity of Marriage it’s why Muslim men are allowed to have multiple wives, 4 to be exact and they can have sex slaves. this would be the practice of polygamy which is condemned in the Bible.[3]
The insincerity in Islam is only men are allowed to marry multiple wives but women aren’t allowed to marry numerous husbands. That’s pure hypocrisy and demonstrates that Islam is made for men.
In Christianity God said marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman, “The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh…a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh” (Genesis 2:23-24NIV).
A Muslim might raise the assertion that Solomon had many wives and he sure did, but the truth is that God never commanded Solomon to marry multiple wives. In fact, God warned in the Bible that marrying women from other nations would turn him (Solomon) away from God.
The first time God mentioned this is in Deuteronomy the context is that Israel was to remain separate from the other surrounding nations in which we read “When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and He clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and stronger than you” (Deuteronomy 7:1LSB).
God then tells the Israelites in the same passage “Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons. For they will turn your sons away from following Me, and they will serve other gods; then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and He will quickly destroy you.” (Deuteronomy 7:3-4LSB).
When Solomon took many wives he disobeyed God and in doing so started worshipping false gods this is spoken of in 1 Kings chapter 11. “Now king Solomon [defiantly] loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,” (1 Kings 11:1AMP). In Deuteronomy 7:1-3 God says do not marry women from these pagan nations (גּוֹי), and Solomon did precisely what God said not to do.
The result of disobeying God was that Solomon’s wives turned him away from worshipping the one true God.[4] And he found himself plagued with all sorts of trouble and turmoil, enemies were trying to attack him, and the kingdom of Israel was split in two consisting of the Northern kingdom and the Southern kingdom.
The Qur’an says Muslims can do Mutah (paying a woman for sex) and Allah causes people to commit adultery. According to Islam’s most authentic Hadith Sahih Muslim, it says that Allah is responsible for fixing or in other words is the cause of a man indulging in adultery which he must commit.
What kind of god who is supposedly “righteous” causes people to sin? The Bible has the answer, the god of Islam is actually Satan, the devil loves for people to sin and is working under the name Allah in Islam. If Allah causes people to commit sin, what is Satan’s (Shaitan) job? Looks like Allah took Satan’s job.
The following is the Mutah verse which Shia Muslims practice today, as Sunni Muslims claim Allah abrogated this verse. Yet if you look into it Allah never abrogated this verse in Qur’an. Muhammad in the Hadith somehow abrogates Allah’s verse, so Muhammad has more authority over his own god. The verse is found in Sūrah al-Nisāa in which Muslims can have sex slaves and pay for sex, remember the words found in the [brackets] are not in the Qur’an, these words were added, so much for “perfect preservation.”
See the words “whatever you enjoy from them” meaning having sex is the context as you can see a few words before that mention “unlawful sexual intercourse.” It goes on to say to “give them their due compensation” so a Muslim man pays a woman for Mutah (sexual intercourse) for an hour or so. How ungodly is this religion?!
Here’s the same ayat but in another translation it says: “So with those among them whom you have enjoyed, give them their required due, but if you agree mutually (to give more) after the requirement (has been determined), there is no sin on you.”
Allah the pimp god peddles immorality, you can’t expect much from a god who promises men an endless penis and 70 virgins who they will deflower in Jannah for all eternity.
5) Widows and sisters do not inherit any property or wealth, only men do (Numbers 27:1-11)? The Qur’an doesn’t abolish male greediness (Q 4:22).
I don’t think DC reads very well as he just got himself busted, the claim was only men inherit any property. This is not true, in the same passage mentioned we see the women do indeed inherit property or wealth.
I guess he forgot to actually read the passage! It literally says that daughters are to be given an inheritance, to transfer the inheritance of their father to them. In contrast to Muhammad’s greediness and robbery of other people.
What kind of god needs money? Notice this is war booty for Allah who gets “one fifth” and for Muhammad. Have you come to the conclusion yet that Allah and Muhammad are the same person? Muhammad is Allah in the Qur’an, what is Allah going to use the booty for will he go shopping in Macy’s to purchase high heels?
6) The Bible allows multiple wives (1 Kings 11:3)? The Qur’an God “limits” the number to 4 (with the wife’s permission) and prefers that you marry only one wife (Q 4:3). The Qur’an gives the woman the right to choose who to marry?
DC doesn’t read at all, the Bible never allowed multiple wives, he quoted 1 Kings 11:3, the account of Solomon and his wives. This was a sin Solomon committed, God said not to do that because these women would lead him away from God or “turned away his heart” (1 Kings 11:3).
NOTE: Nowhere in the Bible does it forbid polygamy, or says that the male must marry one woman. Single marriage is a Greco-Roman tradition – one of the many influences on the true teachings of Jesus. Jesus lived for 33 years among a nation that practiced polygamy and he never prohibited, nor even ever talked about it in his teachings.
The Bible never teaches that it’s ok to have multiple wives, from the very beginning of creation God says marriage is between one man and one woman. Let’s consider the first verse found in Genesis the very first book of the Bible.
Take note of the words used all of them singular “man”, “wive” and of course “one flesh” if language serves for us to understand the message conveyed. How can anyone read this verse and try to insinuate that polygamy is taught according to the Bible? Men who because of their sinfulness practised polygamy which was wrong, but that in no way means God commanded polygamy.
The Lord Jesus Christ Himself said marriage is between “a man” (singular) and “his wife” (singular), not wives. And “the two shall become one flesh” (Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:6-8). This is great proof in showing Jesus Christ was not Muslim, Muslim missionaries like to claim He was but this is simply not true as Islam teaches polygamy.
Paul the apostle echoes Christ in 1 Corinthians clarifying that in order to avoid fornication “each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband” (1 Corinthians 7:2).
Let’s go even further, Muhammad had special privileges and was allowed to have more than 4 wives, a privilege only for himself. The hypocrisy! It’s also known that if Muhammad’s eyes fell on a married woman, her husband had to divorce her, so Muhammad could have her. This stems from the story of when Muhammad took his son’s wife Zaynab bint Jahsh because he fell in love with her after seeing her naked.
The Qur’an tries to paint a picture that Zayd no longer wanted her, but this is not true, actually, Zayd realised his father Muhammad was sexually interested in his wife. Zayd was forced to leave her allowing Muhammad to take her for himself. You can read a previous article on this subject titled Muhammad’s Flirts with his Daughter In Law Zaynab Bint Jahsh
7) “If a man meets a virgin who is not pledged to be married and “rapes” her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives” (Deuteronomy 22:28-30)?
DC grossly misunderstands the context of Deuteronomy 22:28-30, let’s read the passage together to better understand the surrounding context starting from v22 under the title Cases of Adultery. Verse 22 speaks of a married woman who has sexual intercourse with a man, “then both of them shall die” (Deuteronomy 22:22NKJV) under the Law of Moses because they both willingly committed adultery.[5]
vv23-24 Now looks at the case of a woman who is engaged but not yet married. In this particular case, this woman wanted to commit the sexual act “the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city” She should have called out for help but didn’t which alludes to her desiring the sexual encounter to take place.[6]
vv25-27 Here we have the opposite the woman in this passage was engaged and a man took her against her will and raped her. Because she was forced and cried for help she will not be killed, only the man who committed the crime will be put to death. “But if a man finds a betrothed young woman …, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man … shall die. … do nothing to the young woman; there is in the young woman no sin deserving of death … the betrothed young woman cried out” (Deuteronomy 22:25-27NKJV)[7]
Now we arrive at the main text in view vv28-30 the virgin here is not married and the man takes her and has sexual intercourse. The English translations use several words such as lay hold, seizes, overpowers, caught and rapes for the Hebrew word (וּתְפָשָׂהּ). If you’re familiar with translations you’d know that a word can have several possible meanings, therefore, you have to take the immediate context of the verse to make an informed decision.
The context doesn’t allow for this to be a case of rape taking into consideration the words “they are found” It alludes to this being a mutual consent between both parties. The man, in essence, violated her because she would no longer be fit for marriage unless the offending party marries her. During those times if a woman was found to be unfaithful before the marriage took place the fiance had the right to put her away.
This law reflects that found at Exodus 22:16 – 17 [ ET ]. But here the situation involves the complementary case of the seduction of an unbetrothed virgin. Therefore, there is no question of capital offence because no marriage or betrothal has apparently been compromised. While the NIV and many other versions treat this as a case of rape too, the terminology here is different, which points rather to a case of seduction with the expression and they are discovered (v. 28 b). If they are discovered, then the man is obliged to marry the girl, and is prevented from ever divorcing her (v. 29 b). As part of this arrangement, he has to pay the sum of fifty shekels of silver to the girl’s father, which may have represented the equivalent of a bride price.
Woods, Edward J.. Deuteronomy : An Introduction and Commentary, InterVarsity Press, 2011. pg242
This principle was given in vv13-21 which says if a man was interested in a woman and asked for her hand in marriage but later on he found out that she was unfaithful/not a virgin it was in his right to put her away. This brought shame on the woman and her family due to her immoral lifestyle.
But if the woman was a virgin and falsely accused of sexual immorality, the parents would bring evidence establishing she is indeed a virgin. In this scenario, the man who accused her would be beaten (whipped) and would have to give the family 100 shekels as compensation for her damaged reputation.[8] Again DC is ignorant of what the Bible teaches.
However, even before the marriage women in Islam are given right to choose their husband, and they can even reject if they are forced to marry somebody. In a hadith narrated by Aisha’, the Prophet said, “It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage)”.
The false claim that women have any rights in Islam is laughable at best if women are given the right to choose their husbands. Why are women being forced to marry Muslim men? The first one we look at is Muhammad the prophet of Islam in which he married a 6-year-old (Aisha).
According to this Sahih Hadith, I wonder if DC thinks a 6-year-old child is capable of deciding to marry a 54-year-old? This is deplorable and there’s no excuse for this, would DC marry a child 6 years of age? If not then it proves he’s ashamed of his prophet. If you notice Muhammad then had sexual intercourse with her when she was 9 years old! This is paedophilia and no true prophet of God would be a child predator.
Abu Bakr apparently objects to the young marriage, but Muhammad was going to have his way. Muhammad forced Aisha a child to marry him, were there not adult women who could have chosen to marry? Of course, there was but he is a sinful evil man.
Muhammad raped Mary The Copt, she was a Christian sex slave for Islam’s prophet. The prophet of Islam was overcome with sexual desires for Mary and wanted to have his way with her. Muhammad went to the house of Hafsa (his wife), the daughter of Omar and saw her maid Mary (Maria) attractive. Muhammad decides to get rid of Hafsa so he can be alone with Maria. He lied to Hafsa telling her that Omar her father called for her. Hafsa left and Muhammad took Maria to have sexual intercourse with her. She was a slave girl and forced to sleep with Muhammad, thereby being raped by Muhammad.
Aisha and Hafsa were upset that Muhammad committed this sexual sin, but “conveniently” he “received” a “revelation” from Allah in chapter 66 verse 4. Allah seems to be very concerned with Muhammad’s sex life.
Only during corporate worship, in other words, women are required to wear head coverings when the whole church comes together to worship the Lord Jesus. These verses can be found in the epistles more specifically in 1 Corinthians 11 the chapter on Headship “but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, … That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” (1 Corinthians 11:3-16).
Christian women are not required to wear a veil all the time like Muslim women. Muhammad placed the Muslim women in bondage, the reason why he did so was that his wives used to go into an open field to relieve themselves (take a poo). The prophet’s men would follow them to watch them naked it’s recorded in the Hadith.
Umar watched Sauda taking a poo and then he asked Muhammad to reveal a verse for the women to cover themselves when they defecated. Muhammad then came up with Surah al-Ahzab 33:59 in which he claimed that Allah gave a revelation telling him to have his wives to cover themselves from head to toe. The translators added these words in brackets “(i.e. screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way).”
9) Women were given rights to vote less than 100 years ago in the U.S. while the Qur’an gave women voting rights almost 1400 years ago?
What does the United States of America have to do with what’s taught in the Bible? Absolutely nothing! We are to judge the nation according to what God’s words command, not by what imperfect fillable men do.
Our source is the Bible and we follow the Lord Jesus, we do not follow men who have misused the Bible in order to “substantiate” their obviously wrong actions.
In what twisted world does DC live, he thinks he can fool Christians who know the Islamic sources. According to the Sahih Hadiths Muhammad is recorded in saying that women cannot testify in court unless accompanied by another woman. In other words a single woman’s testimony is not good on its own.
And here’s the hypocrisy, a single man’s testimony is good on it’s own. Let’s view the Hadith.
There you go out of Muhammad’s mouth himself is that a woman is not intelligent enough to be a witness on her own “The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Isn’t the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?” … He said, “This is because of the deficiency of a woman’s mind.””
Islam doesn’t give women rights it’s the opposite, Islam looks at women as second-class citizens who don’t share the same rights as men. This is the typical Muslim tactic to whitewash what Islam really teaches to the masses and deceive them into believing that Islam teaches equality.
Conclusion
Every argument given by DC was proven untrue, Muslims do not know the context of what the Bible actually teaches and in ignorance make false claims. A challenge once again to all the Muslim missionaries bring real references just as you see Christians bringing proof. Dawahcollective needs to apologise for misrepresenting the Bible as they have proven they have no knowledge.
As always we pray for many Muslims to have their eyes open to the truth, Islam is a big lie and there’s no salvation in it. We don’t hate Muslims we love them and want them to be saved (1 Thessalonians 3:12). Muslims the call is going out to you to leave the false prophet Muhammad, and submit yourselves to the true God Jesus Christ the Almighty! (Revelation 1:8) This concerns your eternity.
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[1] Bible quotations in this article are from the ESV unless otherwise noted.
[2]ἐκκλησία ek-klay-see’-ah; from a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564; a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both):—assembly, church.
[4] At the beginning of his reign Solomon had been promised and given wisdom, which he successfully employed in the accumulation of wealth and displayed in a massive building programme, rearmament and government. However, the continuance of his ruling house was dependent not on this outward show but on his inner spiritual state. Thus the account of his reign ends with his decline and with the seeds of evident unrest which were to lead to the break-up of the united kingdom. The theological evaluation of this is found here in the description of his personal failure to keep the law forbidding intermarriage with non-believing wives (vv. 1—13 ), and in part attributed to his weakening internal unity in the face of external adversaries (vv. 14—24 ). All this culminated in the rebellion of Jeroboam, inspired by foreign foes (vv. 14—25 ) and fuelled by internal dissent (vv. 26—40 ). The account is interspersed with theological comment to show that these events were divinely allowed as self-judgment brought upon Solomon for the sin of law-breaking, despite warnings (Deut. 7:1—4; Exod. 34:11—16 ).
[5] Deuteronomy 22:22 stands by itself as a general law concerning outright adultery. Both the man and the woman must die. The woman in this case is already married. The text does not state whether the man is unmarried or the husband of another woman. The penalty of capital punishment is the same in either case. Harstad, Adolph L. Deuteronomy. Concordia Publishing House, 2022. pg592
[6] Ibid. poses a case of infidelity within a city. The case involves an engaged woman and a man not her fiance. The assumption is that someone within a city could hear the distressed cries of a girl who is a victim of rape. Parents with daughters in cities would probably instruct them to scream as loud as they could in light of this legislation. The assumption is that since no cries were heard, the woman was a willing participant in the sexual encounter and possibly the initiator. Both the man and the woman are to be stoned at the official location the city gate. The evil will thus be swept away from Israel.
[7] Ibid. posits a case of rape in the open country. Like the previous case, this one involves an engaged woman and a man not her fiance. Only the man is to be put to death. The assumption is that the woman would have resisted but in the country no one would hear her cries. No guilt rests on her. She is declared a rape victim who had no one to rescue her like an innocent person murdered by a violent man. The law is predicated on the principle of the assumption of innocence, since there would be no one to verify the woman’s cries.
[8] In this first case, a charge of infidelity is brought by the husband against a wife whom he has just married. It is difficult to know what motives may have been behind such a charge. Here the man hates his wife, because he does not find her to be a virgin (v. 14 ). This could mean either that his new wife was not a virgin when he married her, or that she had been pregnant before the marriage and has concealed this. In any case, the parents produce the evidence required to establish the integrity of the woman’s virginity and of her household, which was necessary because of the slander brought against her character as a virgin (v. 17 ). As a result, the man is possibly beaten and fined one hundred shekels, which is double the amount of the scenario mentioned at verses 28 – 29. This may signal that the possibility of a divorce in this case has been made doubly difficult. The amount was paid to the woman’s father, possibly to restore any damaged honour to the parents (vv. 16 – 17, 19 ). Finally, verse 19 shifts the focus of the law away from the rights of the husband and father to the reputation of the woman as an Israelite virgin. The man must not divorce her as long as she lives. This law appeared to provide a strong deterrent against the possibility of a false and malicious charge motivated by greed and selfishness (e.g. to reclaim the bridal gift paid to the father). At the same time, it would provide security to the woman given in marriage, as the husband’s case would be very difficult to sustain on the basis of the parents’ protected evidence. Woods, Edward J.. Deuteronomy: An Introduction and Commentary, InterVarsity Press, 2011. pg240-241
Muslims reject the Christian claim that Jesus is God, saying God cannot die. Christians also believe God cannot die, the contention comes when we proclaim Jesus Christ is God and was crucified, killed and buried. Therefore, because He was killed they reject Jesus is God.
Let’s not overlook that the Word (λόγος) is Eternal, and Jesus Christ is identified as the λόγος. He (Jesus) is Eternal, the uniqueness about the Lord Jesus is that while He’s God, He took upon Himself a second nature. To be more specific, God became human, only the Lord Jesus who is distinct in Person from the Father and the Holy Spirit became a real Man.
Therefore, being a real Man He subjected Himself to everything we as humans experience, Christ was subject to hunger “he afterward hungered” (Luke 4:2).[1] He also became tired like a real human “Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey,” (John 4:6), He also slept at times “but he was asleep” (Matthew 8:24).
We should expect these things to happen if someone is a real human, but our Muslim friends would say that if God does anything like this it disqualifies Him from being God. Allah in the Qur’an never said he became human and doesn’t need rest, yet Allah has a throne (arsh), what’s the purpose of the throne of Allah does he sit on the throne or not? If he does that means Allah needs to rest, if he never sits on the throne then his throne is meaningless.
Thus, it is a significantly large `Arsh; none knows how great the size of its magnificence is except Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) Who created it (but we are told by the Prophet that it is very large). This `Arsh is like a dome stretching over the entire universe; it is the ceiling of the whole universe. It is also the ceiling of Paradise; nothing is above it except Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He).
Make no mistake the throne according to Muhammad, Islamic scholars and lay Muslim websites (abdurrahman.org) is large, how large they don’t know but it’s not imaginary. The question remains if the throne of Allah is real, does Allah ever sit on the throne? If he does then Allah is taking a rest, if he never sits on the throne then it’s meaningless.
This would mean because the Lord Jesus slept or ate when He was on Earth doesn’t take away the fact He’s God.[2] And here’s the hypocrisy of Islam. There’s an ayat which says people who are killed are not dead. A distinction is made between the two words. It continues to say that these people who are killed are alive.
When Christians say Jesus Christ was crucified (killed), it doesn’t mean He’s remained dead, the Bible says that Christ rose from the dead after 3 days. He is victorious over death and the grave, death was not able to hold the Lord Jesus, “Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:” (Luke 24:46).
Why do our Muslim counterparts reject this when their Qur’an says those who are killed are not dead?[3] It’s because they are in trouble and cannot answer this question. Unless they take the hypocritical road and simultaneously reject the Bible and Qur’an. The Qur’an says in [4:157] that Isa was crucified and Allah really deceived the people by placing an innocent man on the cross instead of Isa.
Isa is a coward, he’s not Jesus Christ! Isa was not willing to go to the cross, but Christ was ever willing and knew He would be crucified for the sins of the word. He mentioned to His disciples multiple times He would suffer and be killed and not stay dead. For He will raise Himself from the dead after 3 days. “The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again” (Mark 9:31ASV).
According to this ayat in which the Jews reported of killing the Messiah Jesus, Muslims would say Allah caused or fooled the Jews. In believing Jesus was crucified by causing another man who looked like Jesus to be killed instead. This would make Allah a liar, in which the adherents of Islam are completely fine with their god being a deceiver. But we Christians know better, we understand who Allah really is, the father of lies Satan.
The Lord Jesus warned us about him saying “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44NIV). How these Muslims are so deceived following Satan to utter destruction!
Perhaps the better argument for Muslims is to claim Christ was crucified but is alive just as the Qur’an says in [2:154] agreeing with the Bible that Jesus Christ is alive. Either way they choose to answer Islam crumbles and cannot stand up against the truth of God’s Holy Word the Bible.
Conclusion
There are questions Islam cannot answer that Christianity can, (1) the fact that Allah has a throne he never sits on or does he which means he’s resting? This contradicts [2:255] which states Allah doesn’t “slumber nor sleep” and if he does rest. (2) If he has a throne (arsh) then Allah cannot be god according to the Qur’an because he needs to sit. Lastly, the Qur’an tells us that (3) those who are killed are not dead [2:154], just as Christians say Jesus Christ is alive, even though He was crucified at the cross of Calvary.
These are impossible questions for our Muslim friends to answer without contradicting the Qur’an. The Bible has the answers the Son of God took upon Himself a human nature “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself” (Philippians 2:8). Christ has two natures, there was a moment in time when Christ became a Man. But He (Jesus) for all eternity existed as God “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). This is why He raised Himself from the dead
Footnotes
[1] Bible quotations in this article are from the KJV unless otherwise noted.
[2]i. Jesus calms the storm (4:35-41) With the series of parables closed, we enter a new section: here Jesus will be shown as Lord of nature. This is a new revelation in Mark, yet a very necessary one, if Jesus is God: for, both in the Law and in the Prophets, God is seen as Controller of the natural world and natural phenomena. The God who blew with an east wind and dried up the waters of the Red Sea before Israel his people (Exod. 14:21) is now about to make a path over the wind and waves of Gennesaret for the disciples, the new ‘people of God’. Already, Mark has shown Jesus as one who sees heaven opened, one upon whom the Spirit rests, who is responsive to the Spirit’s guidance, who enjoys angelic ministry, and who receives the testimony of demons to his divine nature. Jesus in Mark preaches and teaches with a new ring of authority: he heals the sick, expels demons and forgives sins. Now, only the one who had initially created the wind and sea in the first place would dare to rebuke them so (verse 39): their instant obedience shows his full deity as Creator as well as Redeemer. The wondering question of his disciples in verse 41 shows that they realized in part at least the implications of his action here. It is significant that no ‘nature miracles’ are recorded in Mark as having been performed by the apostles, although (as Anderson well points out) Mark would not have distinguished nature miracles sharply from healings and exorcisms, as we might do today. Apart from calming storms (here and 6:51), Mark records Jesus as multiplying loaves (6:41 and 8:6) and withering a fig tree (11:20): he therefore accepts completely the power of Jesus over the natural world, as Son of God Cole, R. A. Mark : An Introduction and Commentary. Second edition. [North American version], Second edition. [North American version] ed., Inter-Varsity Press, 2008. pg 156
[3](And say not of those who are killed in the way of Allah, “They are dead.” Nay, they are living,) indicates that the martyrs are alive and receiving their sustenance. (The souls of the martyrs are inside green birds and move about in Paradise wherever they wish. Then, they take refuge in lamps that are hanging under the Throne (of Allah). Your Lord looked at them and asked them, `What do you wish for’ They said, `What more could we wish for while You have favored us with what You have not favored any other of your creation’ He repeated the question again. When they realize that they will be asked (until they answer), they said, `We wish that You send us back to the earthly life, so that we fight in Your cause until we are killed in Your cause again,’ (because of what they enjoy of the rewards of martyrdom). The Lord then said, `I have written that they will not be returned to it (earthly life) again.) Imam Ahmad reported that `Abdur-Rahman bin Ka`b bin Malik narrated from his father that Allah’s Messenger said: (The believer’s soul is a bird that feeds on the trees of Paradise until Allah sends it back to its body when the person is resurrected.) This Hadith includes all the believers in its general meaning. Thus, the fact that the Qur’an mentions the martyrs in particular in the above Ayah serves to honor, glorify and favor them (although the other believers share the rewards they enjoy). Ibn-Kathir Tafsir Surah Al-Baqara 153
Any sensible honest person who has taken time to survey the world we live in can logically see the sun setting, but would they claim it sets in a pound or spring of water? Depending on where you’re located and have watched the sun set we can say it seems to set in an ocean, or behind mountains, even behind buildings etc. Muslims are blinded by the god of this world.
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
In Islam, we have teachings that the sun literally sets in a spring of warm water. This of course is completely wrong, are Muslims following a god who doesn’t know how a sunset works?
The Qur’an speaks about Dhu’l-Qarneyn otherwise known as Alexander the Great, stating he reached the place where the sun sets. The words “Until, when he reached” means he actually reached where the sun sets. Also, note there are people there as well “and he found near it a people” what’s the “it” here in this verse? It’s the sun!
Ibn ‘Abbas the cousin of Muhammad in his Tafsir says:
(Till, when he reached the setting place of the sun) where the sun sets, (he found it setting in a muddy spring) a blackened, muddy and stinking spring; it is also said that this means: a hot spring, (and found a people thereabout) these people were disbelievers: (We said: O Dhu’l-Qarnayn!) We inspired him (Either punish) either kill them until they accept to believe that there is no deity except Allah (or show them kindness) or you pardon them and let them be.
Obviously, Allah cannot be god and neither can the Qur’an be a book from god, as we know for a fact the sun doesn’t go into a muddy, stinking spring. The Qur’an is unscientific and has proven to be a false book.
Even their Hadith shows that Muhammad is a crazy man, also note how Shirk is committed. Muhammad was riding on a donkey and saw the sun setting, he asked his companion “Do you know where this sets?” He comes the Shirk! the reply was “Allah and his Apostle know best.”
Islam teaches a mere man called Muhammad had equal knowledge with Allah the god of Islam. This is why Muslim worship a man called Muhammad (the praised one) even his name is proof of Shirk. Only God is to be praised not a mere man who goes to the toilet (as Muslims argue) if that’s their standard.
Conclusion
The Qur’an cannot be a book from God as it’s scientifically incorrect, the sun doesn’t set in a muddy pool of water. There is no place in which you can reach the setting place of the sun. Muhammad even contradicted himself saying it sets in a pool of water, but also it sets under the throne of Allah.[2] Which is it does it set in water or under Allah’s throne?
This is why we tell Muslims to reject Muhammad and the false religion of Islam. A person must completely abandon all logic and thought to the point of being brain-dead in order to believe this nonsense.
We call Muslims to the true and Living God who has given us the true Word of God Jesus Christ, He created all things and is the source of all life.[3]
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[1] Bible quotations in this article are from the KJV unless otherwise noted.
[2] It was narrated that Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said to Abu Dharr when the sun set: “Do you know where it goes?” I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: “It goes and prostrates beneath the Throne, then it asks for permission (to rise) and permission is given to it. Soon it will prostrate, but it will not be accepted from it, and it will ask for permission (to rise) but permission will not be given to it; it will be said to it: “Go back to where you came from.’ So it will rise from its place of setting, and that is what Allah, may He be glorified, refers to in the verse (interpretation of the meaning): “And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the Decree of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing” [Yaa-Seen 36:38].
[3]1 Corinthians 8:4-6 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.
There’s a thought in Islam that women are highly esteemed, Muslims will quickly point out that in the Qur’an there’s an entire Surah dedicated to the Islamic version of Mary (Maryam). Our quest today is to see how women in general (including Muslim women) are viewed.
Before we dive into the Islamic sources let’s briefly see how women in Christianity are viewed. Women in Christianity are highly valued and just as important as their male counterparts. While they both have different roles they complement each other.
Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Husbands are commanded to love their wives as Christ loves the church and gave Himself for her (the church).[1] We know Christ laid down His own life for the church, likewise, husbands should have unselfish Christlike love for their wives. Another writer in the Old Testament who is considered the wisest of men Solomon in Proverbs speaks on a woman’s value. She is described as a virtuous woman and “her price [is] far above rubies” (Proverbs 31:10KJV).
Take the time to read chapter 31 in the book of Proverbs and you’ll see just how highly valued godly women are. They are a blessing to their husbands and cherished. Now getting back into Islam we have this comment from a Muhammadan (mostafizurpranto4417) who said women are “precious things” in Islam they’re called “queen of the house”
Let’s find out if this is true? According to Islam, a prayer can be “annulled” or more simply said “severed” by 3 things. Those being a dog, a donkey and a woman.[2]
Notice the words in the reaction of Aisha she was appalled and offended by what Muhammad said, she said “You have compared us (women) to donkeys and dogs”. Why are not men found in this list of things which cut off someone’s prayer? The value of women in Islam is that of an animal.
Muslims are shocked to learn that in Islam women are thought of as animals, I wonder if they consider the gravity of this statement. Do they not realise that Muhammad is saying their mother, grandmother, aunt and sister are no more than animals.
The same Muslim then wants to know where to find this particular Hadith, let me remind you he’s never heard of this hadith before otherwise he wouldn’t ask where to find it. Once presented with the Hadith you would assume he would conclude that he never heard of this and needs to look into this further by doing some research. Logical right? Now in the next 5 minutes, he’s become a scholar in this particular Hadith providing an answer.
Why the dishonesty? He said Muhammad didn’t compare the women to animals when the Hadith literally says “You have compared us (women) to donkeys and dogs”. He then contradicts himself saying “Comparing referred to here”. Wait but he just said “Muhammad did not compare” so which is it?
Why does the Hadith specifically target women lumping them with dogs and donkeys if this is not derogatory towards women? How about adding men to the Hadith if it has “nothing to do with the bad attribution”? All throughout Islamic teaching dogs are painted in a bad light and considered impure.
Muhammad had very nagative things to say about dogs saying black dogs are the devil [3] and he places women in the same list with dogs. What’s so bad about dogs? Yet the hypocrisy of their prophet is he took baths in filthy water which had dead dogs floating around in it.
He would have killed all dogs especially black dogs, why would he want to kill defenseless animals? It’s because he was pure evil and this is supposed to be a messenger of God?
Also I hope you picked up on the connotations of racism, why black dogs must be killed? Is it because Allah made white people from Adam’s right shoulder and will send them to paradise while the black people from Adam’s left shoulder will be sent to Hell?
Abud Darda’ reported God’s messenger as saying, “God created Adam when He created him and struck his right shoulder and brought forth his offspring white like small ants. And he struck his left shoulder and brought forth his offspring black as though they were charcoal. Then He said to the party on his right side, ‘To paradise, and I do not care’ and He said to the party in his left shoulder, ‘To hell, and I do not care’.”
Muhammad was a crazy man who hated women and dogs, the false notion that women are highly esteemed in Islam is a fabrication. Women are not allowed to marry 4 men but Muslim men can marry 4 women. Men can subjugate and dominate women even to the point of beating them [4]
If this is not enough Muhammad also said the majority of women will be in Hell-fire because they are deficient in intelligence because of getting their monthly menses (period) and are not of equal value to Muslim men.[5] Any women who has self dignity would quickly leave this cult and stay far away from Islam.
Praise God for the truth in His Holy Word the Bible which gives women their rightful place, for fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 111:10) and this makes her “praiseworthy” (Proverbs 31:30NET)
Footnotes
[1] Bible quotations in this article are from the AMP unless otherwise noted.
[4] Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband’s] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance – [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand. [an-Nisa 4:34]
[5] Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Once Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) of `Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, “O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women).” They asked, “Why is it so, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ?” He replied, “You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.” The women asked, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?” He said, “Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?” They replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn’t it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?” The women replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in her religion.” [Sahih al-Bukhari 304]
The majority of human civilisation agrees that a 54-year-old man shouldn’t have sexual relations with minors. Most countries have strict laws against child paedophilia and surprisingly there are countries which have no laws against child paedophilia.[1]
Ever wondered what certain groups thought of when it came to adults having intimate relations with young children? What would you think if there were a religion which believed child paedophilia was proper? Even more so, how would you perceive this “religion” if their “Holy Book” actually taught such practices?
Well, my friend, it might shock you, but Islam is the second-largest religion in the world behind Christianity. And their Qur’an teaches paedophilia [2] don’t believe me? No problem, We’ll provide the references for you to go research yourself, if you have an Imam perhaps you can ask him to explain these verses in the Qur’an?
The first verse we’ll look at is Surah 65 sūrat l-ṭalāq (The Divorce) in this verse there are 3 types of females in view, (1) women who are experiencing menopause, therefore, they no longer expect menstruation (2)those who have not menstruated this group 2 will be the main focus, and (3) those who are pregnant.
Another rendition of this same ayat (verse/sign) by Yusuf Ali reads:
[Yusuf Ali] Such of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the prescribed period, if ye have any doubts, is three months, and for those who have no courses (it is the same): for those who carry (life within their wombs), their period is until they deliver their burdens: and for those who fear Allah, He will make their path easy.
Surah 65:4
It goes without saying that if a woman is menopausal then it’s safe to say she’s experienced menstruation before, even though she no longer receives her monthly period. As for the women who are pregnant it’s obvious they’ve had that time of the month otherwise they wouldn’t be pregnant. The second group is surprising as this group never had any menstruation before and the chapter this verse is found in is called “The Divorce” which means this group was married.
This is the Surah which teaches Muslim men what they’re to do if they are looking to divorce their wife(s) but have to wait for a 3-month period in order to make sure the wife is not pregnant. In Islam, this is called the Iddah, known as the waiting period.
Muslim websites such as Islam.QA agrees when it comes to the waiting period between a Muslim man and a woman to make certain she’s pregnant or not is 3 months. I’ve extrapolated the most relevant portion, I’ve provided a link to the article as they went into multiple waiting periods.
According to Surat l-aḥzāb (The Combined Forces) 33:49, it states that if a man divorces his wife before having sexual intimacy with her then there’s no waiting period, in other words, there’s no Iddah. This agrees with the above quote from Islam.QA.
33:49 … you have no period to reckon against them; …
In the word-for-word Arabic grammar and syntax for this verse, the word ʿiddatin (عِدَّةٍ) translates to “waiting period.”
Now here’s the shocker! Early Muslim scholars that lived closer to the time of Muhammad would know how these verses are to be understood. What’s their interpretation for verse 65:4 in regards to the second group who never had menstruation, in verse 65:4? Well, their scholars tell us about this group (please remember this is from the official website of the kingdom of Jordan; this is a Muslim site). You can read the interpretations for yourself below, links are provided if you want to visit the site.
Both Ibn Abbas and al-Jalalayn said this group cannot have menstruation because of their young age. Those who are young are to also observe the 3-month waiting period, which means the Muslim man had sex with this young girl and must wait to see if she’s pregnant. This is what Islam teaches child paedophilia.
According to their own laws in Sharia known as Fiqh we have the general consensus or ruling on men having sexual intercourse with young girls. Once again this is an Islamic website here’s what they say.
If we’re to judge Islam it’s only fair to judge from the source, which would be their own prophet who according to the Sunnah (sayings of the prophet) married a 6-year-old Aisha and consummated the marriage when she was 9 years old. Also, note how the Muslims try to hide this fact, look at how they worded it above in the blue text, they never mention the words “consummated the marriage.”
“Second: From the Sunnah on the authority of Aisha, may God be pleased with her: ((The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, married her when she was a girl of six years, and she was married to him when she was the daughter of nine, and she stayed with him for nine years.))”
No matter how hard Muslims try to hide these disgusting facts concerning their prophet, the truth will come out exposing Muhammad and his ungodly teachings. Light and darkness cannot exist in the same place, light always shines out the darkness. If you’re a Muslim reading this for the first time we would love for you to leave a comment. Have you heard of this before, does your Imam hide this from you, have you asked your Imam questions about this? If not I would encourage you to look into this for yourself, this concerns your own eternity.
The Lord Jesus Christ is always willing to receive you as He loves you and offers the free gift of eternal life to you. Come to trust in the Son of God who was crucified, buried and rose from the dead. He’s alive and seated at the right hand of the Father. Believe in Christ Jesus the Saviour of sinners.
Footnotes
[1] Daily Star Online can reveal perverts can legally have sex with children as young as 12 in the likes of the Philippines and Mexico. But deliberately vague laws in other countries – such as Saudi Arabia and Yemen – put children of ANY AGE at risk of rape. Dailystar (20, July 2019). REVEALED: Shocking list of countries where child sex is legal. Retrieved from https://www.dailystar.co.uk/
[2] Moroccan activist Najia Adib has made a controversial claim, arguing that pedophilia and the sexual abuse of children are more “prevalent in Arab and Muslim countries” than others. During her participation in a recent Hespress seminar on “pedophilia and the enforcement of the death penalty,” Adib defended calls for the death penalty as punishment for perpetrators of sexual assault against children. The news outlet held a seminar to discuss the issue of pedophilia following the murder and rape of Adnane Bouchouf, an 11-year-old boy from Tangier. On September 11, Moroccan police found the remains of Adnane, who had been missing since September 7. A 24-year-old man murdered Adnane in cold blood after kidnapping and raping him in his apartment, not far from the victim’s home. Safaa Kasraoui (2020, September 14). Moroccan Activist Claims Pedophilia More Prevalent in Muslim Countries. Retrieved from https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/
Truth will always be able to stand the test of scrutiny, since the first century the death, burial and crucifixion of Christ has been attacked countless of times by the Gnostics and others. But truth can never be refuted, the Lord Jesus said that He is the Truth, this is why He will always be above all.
Internal Evidence (Biblical)
The Lord Jesus Christ said about His own crucifixion:
Matthew 20:17-19 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify [him]: and the third day he shall rise again.
Mark 10:33-34 [Saying], Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Luke 18:31-33 Then he took [unto him] the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: And they shall scourge [him], and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
Matthew, Mark and Luke informs us that Christ was not secretive about His death, He (Jesus) plainly mentioned to His disciples that He would be “condemn to death” by being delivered “to the Gentiles”. As we know Pontius Pilate was the Roman (Gentile) governer in Judea at the time, the Jewish leaders persuaded Pilate to crucify the Lord Jesus.
The Jews crying out crucify Him in the Gospel of John:
John 19:6, 15-16 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him. … But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led [him] away.
The apostle John fills in some information we see Pilate replied “Shall I crucify your King?” the Jews answering Pilate said “We have no king but Caesar.” (John 19:15). The Jews rejected Christ as their Messiah (King) the didn’t recognise the time of their visitation from the Lord.
All four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) record the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus. We have the words of Christ Himself and the testimony of the Jews and Pontius Pilate. All the verses are explicit that the Lord Jesus would be crucified. In the epistles we are given more scriptures concerning Christ crucifixion.
The apostle Peter:
Acts 2:22-24 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
We have another apostle (Peter) of the inner circle also mentioning the crucifixion of Christ. How wicked men laid hold on Christ, crucified and slain Him. And how God raised up Christ from death, as it was not possible for death to keep the Lord Jesus from rising from the dead.
The apostle Paul:
1 Corinthians 2:7-8 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Paul the apostle to the Gentiles tells us they (the Jews) wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of Glory if they would have known beforehand who He was. It was ordained by God that Christ should taste death for every man (Hebrews 2:9). Moving backwards into the Old Testament the Prophets also spoke about the One to come who would suffer.
The prophet Isaiah:
Isaiah 53:4-10 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 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. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither [was any] deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
The prophet Isaiah mentions he was (speaking in the singular tense) bruised for our iniquities, he also mentions this individual having stripes and with them we are healed. This gives a picture of the flogging the Lord Jesus endured. Isaiah goes unto say the LORD laid on this individual the iniquities of us all. As we know Christ bore our sins in His body (1 Peter 2:24). How he was cut off out of the land of the living, he never done violence,neither was any deceit in His mouth; This is speaking of Christ.
The prophet Zechariah:
Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.
Here we see the LORD is speaking and says they (those who crucified Christ) shall look upon the LORD who they pierced. The Jews don’t deny that Christ was crucified, they just don’t accept Him as their Messiah.
The Psalmist king David speaking by the Spirit of God says:
Psalm 22:15-18 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
We can see a common theme running through the pages of scripture which speak of the One who would come, He would be “pierced” the Lord Jesus had His hands and feet pierced, in addition the Roman soldiers had cast lots for His (Christ) garments (Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:23,24).
External Evidence (Non- Christian)
The next 2 sources have no sympathy for Christianity yet both agree that Christ indeed was crucified, which further proves what the Bible says.
The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus:
Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure.He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ.And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.
Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews
Note that Josephus speaks of Jesus Christ as being “a wise man”, “a doer of wonderful works” etc. We know that in our Bible Christ spoke with the Jews in the temple as a child and they were amazed at His wisdom (Luke 2:46-47). Josephus continues saying Christ drew both Jews and Gentiles to Himself, these would be recognised as believers. Flavius even mentions He was called The Christ which means “the anointed One”. Pilate is also mentioned as the one who condemned Him to the cross because of “the principal men”, he even speaks of Christ resurrection saying “for He appeared to them alive again the third day”. And lastly followers of Christ are called Christians which he also mentions.
Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus, The Annals
But all human efforts, all the lavish gifts of the emperor, and the propitiations of the gods, did not banish the sinister belief that the conflagration was the result of an order. Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judæa, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind.
Cornelius Tacitus, The Annals
Also Cornelius Tacitus speaks of those who were called Christians, and he used the Roman name for Jesus “Christus”saying He suffered the extreme penalty. Once again Pontius Pilatus is mentioned as the one who carried this penalty through. As we’ve seen that outside sources also testify of the crucifixion of Christ.
The death, burial and resurrection of Christ cannot be denied, and its wonderful when we see the truth stand high above all the lies. The Lord Jesus is risen and He conquered death and hell.
The entire Islamic religion is contingent upon if Muhammad was a “true prophet” sent by God. Muslims compassionately profess that Muhammad was the last prophet sent by God, but is this true? Can we test this claim?
Each prophet from the beginning spoke about the One who would come. The prophets successively followed after another proclaiming the same message without contradiction from Genesis 1445-1405 BC, until the Messiah’s arrival, James 44-49 AD till the book of Revelation 94-96 AD which closes the door on anyone claiming to be a prophet afterwards.
Muhammad arrives on the scene hundreds of years later being born in 571 AD and started Islam in 613 AD (7th century). That’s 580 years after Christ, additionally, Muhammad was “illiterate”, therefore, the Qur’ān was written by his companions. Muhammad died in the year 632 AD the companions completed the Qur’ān at least 200 years or more after Muhammad’s death.
No text of the Qur’ān was compiled during Muhammad’s time according to Sahih al-Bukhari4679, take notice of the highlighted portion below.
Here’s further proof from the following traditions.
[Zaid b. Thabit said:] “The Prophet died and the Qur’ān had not been assembled into a single place.” (Ahmad b. Ali b. Muhammad al ’Asqalani, ibn Hajar, Fath al Bari [13 vol., Cairo 1939], vol. 9, p. 9)
With that background let’s compare Muhammad to the prophets who came since the time of Moses until Christ and see if Islam’s message lines up with them.
Muhammad claims to follow the same footsteps of the prophets before him.
Here, the Qur’ān claims Allah inspired Noah, the prophets after him, Abraham etc. Notice: one of those names doesn’t seem to fit among the rest.
The Arabs wanted a prophet so badly that they inserted the name of Ishmael among them. If you’re familiar you’re aware that Ishmael was not a prophet according to the Torah. In fact, God told Abraham to bring your son your only son Issac.
The God of the Bible never claims Ishmael to be Abraham’s son even though he was the firstborn of Abraham biologically. Ishmael was not part of the prophetic line in which the Messiah would come. God did tell Hagar He would multiply her seed (Genesis 16:9-12) through Ishmael, but this is not the line in which Arabs came.
What Muslims are unaware of, like most people, is that the Arabs are not the descendants of Hagar through Ishmael, they are the descendants of Keturah found in Genesis 25:1-6.
Muslims claim Muhammad is of the line of Ishmael and try to assert his “prophethood” in this way. But Ishmael was cast out and was never part of God’s plan.
Ishmael lived in Paran and married an Egyptian woman and had twelve sons (Genesis 21:13-21). The scriptures locate Paran near Israel and Egypt, below Judah. If Muhammad is born in Mecca this would place him nowhere near Paran.
Muhammad is told to follow and to confirm his message with the scriptures that proceeded.
Therefore, Muhammad’s message must be in agreement with the previous prophets before him, right? The problem is Muhammad’s message contradicts the prophets before him. The Bible says Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that all prophets must speak in his name or authority and preach the Gospel.
Because Muhammad contradicts the message of Jesus Christ, denying He’s God, therefore, Muhammad cannot be a prophet from the true God. Muhammad in essence is calling God a liar thereby he’s an antichrist.
Muslims it’s quite obvious that Muhammad contradicts the Lord Jesus Christ. The Qur’ān is a book riddled with plagiarism taking sources from the Jewish Talmud, Targums and Bible. Muhammad gets all the facts wrong further proving he’s not a messenger from God but instead a false antichrist prophet.
My Muslim friends Jesus Christ calls you to repentance, to place your faith in the One who has holes in His hands and feet. The only One who came into His own creation to save sinners from hell. The true God of the Bible, come to Him in faith and He will save you from the darkness of Islam. The Lord Jesus says:
What’s the message? The Qur’an was not compiled during the lifetime of Muhammad which is confirmed by their own traditions. Muhammad’s name is not even among the prophets spoken of in 4:163 and they deceptively inserted Ishmael into the prophetic line when he doesn’t belong there. Issac was the son of Abraham was chosen by God not Ishmael. Muhammad is commanded to follow the previous scriptures before him, namely the Torah and Injil (Bible). And lastly, Muhammad is called an antichrist as he denies the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Muslims believe that Muhammad was a “prophet of God”, yet Muhammad’s message contradicts every prophet (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel etc.) before his time which came with the consistent message of Jesus Christ. For example in Isaiah we read that the one who would be born through a virgin is called God.
Isaiah 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.
Muhammad and his followers reject that Jesus Christ is God, yet their Quran tells them the Torah, Psalms and Gospel (Injeel) are from Allah (Surah 2:87, 4:163, 3:3, 5:46) and its preserved because the Quran says Allah’s words cannot be changed (Surah 6:34, 6:115, 10:64).
Why Did Muhammad Attempt Suicide?
The point of this article is to prove Muslims follow a man who was demonically influenced to the point that he wanted to commit suicide. Early Muslim sources dictate that Muhammad attempted to commit suicide. Sahih al-Bukhari tells us that Muhammad attempted suicide on more than one occasion. The various accounts agree on how Muhammad tried killing himself (jumping off a cliff), they fail to agree on why. Here are the different narrations.
…But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while and the Prophet (ﷺ) became so sad as we have heard that he intended several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw himself down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, “O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) in truth” whereupon his heart would become quiet and he would calm down and would return home. And whenever the period of the coming of the inspiration used to become long, he would do as before, but when he used to reach the top of a mountain, Gabriel would appear before him and say to him what he had said before. (Ibn `Abbas said regarding the meaning of: ‘He it is that Cleaves the daybreak (from the darkness)’ (6.96) that Al-Asbah. means the light of the sun during the day and the light of the moon at night). — Sahih al-Bukhari 6982
Sahih al-Bukhari 6982, Book 91, Hadith 1, Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 111
Sahih al-Bukhari explains how Muhammad became sad (depressed) and several times tried throwing himself of a mountain. This is obviously not the acts of a sane man.
On the authority of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah (the biographical account of the life of Muhammad), the “prophet” attempted to end his own life because he believed he was possessed by an evil spirit. After a terrible nightmare about a spirit attacking him while forcing him to recite the Quran. Muhammad thought hurling himself off a cliff was the best thing to do.
Ibn Ishaq, p. 106—[Muhammad said,] “So I read it, and he departed from me. And I awoke from my sleep, and it was as though these words were written on my heart. (T. Now none of God’s creatures was more hateful to me than an (ecstatic) poet or a man possessed: I could not even look at them. I thought, Woe is me poet or possessed—Never shall Quraysh say this of me! I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself and gain rest. So I went forth to do so and then) when I was midway on the mountain, I heard a voice from heaven saying, “O Muhammad! thou art the apostle of God and I am Gabriel.”
Al-Tabari also provides narrations depicting Muhammad’s suicide attempts in Ta’rikh al-Rusul wa’l-Muluk. Apparently Muhammad tries to kill himself before receiving the first Quranic revelation. During Muhammad’s yearly pagan retreat, a spirit came to him and said, “Muhammad, you are the Messenger of God.” Muhammad then fled to his wife Khadijah and begged her to cover him. After this Muhammad considered killing himself.
Al-Tabari, Volume VI, p. 68—He (Muhammad) said: I had been thinking of hurling myself down from a mountain crag, but he appeared to me, as I was thinking about this, and said, “Muhammad, I am Gabriel and you are the Messenger of God.” Then he said, “Recite!” I said, “What shall I recite?” He took me and pressed me three times tightly until I was nearly stifled and was utterly exhausted; then he said: “Recited in the name of your Lord who created,” and I recited it. Then I went to Khadijah and said, “I have been in fear for my life.”
Muhammad was not a stable individual he was depressed and tried killing himself on several occasions. How are followers of Islam comfortable following a suicidal man? None of the prophets found in scripture thought of killing themselves. As we continue to critique the teachings of Islam we will realise more how Muslims are blindly following someone who was demonically possessed.
Our Muslim friends need their eyes open to the reality that Muhammad was nothing but a self proclaimed false prophet. The path of Islam only leads to a lost eternity. There’s only hope in the one who has the nail prints in His hands and His feet, the Lord Jesus Christ who is God and offers all Muslims eternal life.
The Quran presents Muhammad as the perfect example Muslims are to emulate. We’ve heard from Muslims that Islam is the religion of peace, but is this true? Most non-Muslims don’t understand how Islam works. There are underlying rules as to how Islam goes about in establishing itself.
Islam is a 3 stage approach, to have a deeper understanding a quick history lesson is in order. When Muhammad first received his “revelation” from angel “Jibril” as being “the last of the prophets”, he preached in his own city of Mecca. It was not well received only Muhammad’s closet friends and family followed his new religion.
Muhammad then went to Medina as he intended to bring his new religion to the Jews who lived in Medina which at the time was a Jewish business hub. He thought if he could get the Jews to follow his religion this would give him more authenticity, respect and stature among the Arabians which would make them more willing to accept him.
Muhammad then plagiarised from the Old Testament, this is why you’ll find similar stories in the Quran for instance verse 5:45 in the Quran says:
Pickthall: And We prescribed for them therein: The life for the life, and the eye for the eye, and the nose for the nose, and the ear for the ear, and the tooth for the tooth, and for wounds retaliation. But whoso forgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be expiation for him. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are wrong-doers. — Surah 5:45
Does this sound familiar? It should if you’re familiar with your Bible you’ll know that this comes from the Torah, in Exodus we’re given this verse.
Exodus 21:23-25 And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
There are verses and stories such as these plagiarised in the Quran as it’s a book which takes from the Bible and Talmud. Muhammad did this in order to make his religion more palatable to the Jews, hence why you’ll find similarities with Judaism and Islam like Yom Kippur and Ramadan, kosher and halal.
Muhammad went to Medina trying to recruit the Jews into his religion but was rejected. This is when Muhammad started to wage war killing Jews and non-Muslims.
Islam’s Model of Dealing with Enemies
Stage 1:Preach tolerance when outnumbered by unbelievers/No retaliation stage. In this stage Muslims will preach “tolerance” quoting “peaceful” verses. These verses are usually referred to as the Mecca verses, this is when Islam was more peaceful as Muhammad didn’t have an army yet. This is why you’ll hear Muslim’s who live in non-Muslim countries saying “there’s no compulsion in religion”, “To you your religion, and to me my religion!”.
Pickthall: There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower. — Surah 2:256
Pickthall: Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion. — Surah 109
Stage 2:Permit Defensive Fighting when there are enough Muslims and weapons to successfully carry it out. Muhammad at this stage bought his time building an army but stood on the defensive. This is what you’re currently seeing in countries such as the United Kingdom or in the United States (Dearborn Michigan)
This is when verses teaching Muslims to fight back is instituted such as Surah 2:190-194 which says:
Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors. And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al- Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers. And if they cease, then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] worship is [acknowledged to be] for Allah. But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression except against the oppressors. [Fighting in] the sacred month is for [aggression committed in] the sacred month, and for [all] violations is legal retribution. So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is with those who fear Him. — Surah 2:190-194
Do you see the progression? Islam becomes more violent as the Muslims become more in number in any particular place. This is why we see Sharia zones in the UK.
Stage 3:After amassing a large number of soldiers and resources permission is given to carry out Offensive Warfare in order to kill the pagans and humble the Christians and Jews. This is when the true face of Islam is on display, countries like Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries treat non-Muslims as second class citizens.
[This is a declaration of] disassociation, from Allah and His Messenger, to those with whom you had made a treaty among the polytheists. So travel freely, [O disbelievers], throughout the land [during] four months but know that you cannot cause failure to Allah and that Allah will disgrace the disbelievers. And [it is] an announcement from Allah and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allah is disassociated from the disbelievers, and [so is] His Messenger. So if you repent, that is best for you; but if you turn away – then know that you will not cause failure to Allah . And give tidings to those who disbelieve of a painful punishment. Excepted are those with whom you made a treaty among the polytheists and then they have not been deficient toward you in anything or supported anyone against you; so complete for them their treaty until their term [has ended]. Indeed, Allah loves the righteous [who fear Him]. And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah . Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know. — Surah 9:1-6
The message is clear in Islam the call is to overtake anyone who’s not a Muslim, to capture and to kill them; these are the teachings of Islam. Muhammad was not a man of peace but one of war.
Contrasting the Bible and what the Lord Jesus Christ taught from that of the Quran and Muhammad, we are given a completely different message.
Christians are commanded to love our enemies, bless them, do good to them and pray for them. Our LORD shows mercy to our enemies, therefore, we should also. He gives them rain and sunshine. If we only love other Christians then we are likened to a Publican; they only love those who love them.
Christ commands us to love them unconditionally, this is how we become perfect in love.
Again we are to love our enemies, do good to them and lend wishing for nothing in return; as well as we need to show mercy as our Father in heaven shows them mercy. We also read in the Gospel of Luke about The Good Samaritan.
Notice how this man who was most likely an Israelite was beaten and left for dead. Those who first saw him were prominent “religious” individuals who didn’t show love. They were involved in outward appearances. Then a Samaritan man the least likely person to help being that the Jews and Samaritans had very poor relations. The Samaritans were viewed as a lower class, yet the Samaritan man was willing to help by bounding his wounds and taking him to an inn.
The Bible teaches compassion, love, grace, mercy and truth. The Old Testament does have violent passages we can’t deny that, but it was not because of the God of the Bible. Violence in the Old Testament was on the account of the sin of man. Moving into the New Testament which is where Christians derive all of our foundational teaches like the beatitudes and how we’re to treat others.
The Quran is the opposite, a have a sinful man named Mohammad commanding his followers to rape, murder, lie, marry young girls, idolatry, jihad and polygamy. Muslims are trapped in an ideology which teaches to slay unbelievers everywhere. Muslims leave the darkness of Islam and come into the Light of the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation.
If the Trinity were true, it should be clearly and consistently presented in the Bible. Why? Because, as the apostles affirmed, the Bible is God’s revelation of himself to mankind. And since we need to know God to worship him acceptably, the Bible should be clear in telling us just who he is.
Should You Believe in the Trinity? pg 5
The Watchtower Society claims the doctrine of the Trinity is not “clearly and consistently presented in the Bible.” Before we prove this statement to be untrue we have to understand how the Watchtower is structured. The governing body (8 men) are the ones who call all the shots, they’re responsible for disseminating Watchtower doctrine to its members.
The everyday Jehovah Witness in my personal view are people who are sincere, but in all their zeal they are sincerely mistaken. In fact they are kept in the cult by confusion and manipulation of the scriptures. On the other hand the governing body in my opinion are deceivers and are fully aware of what they are doing. For this reason when dealing with Jehovah Witnesses I try to view the every day Witness as someone who’s lost and deceived by a group of deceivers. Therefore, a little compassion goes a long way in dealing with the JW’s at the carts.
Why are the JW’s confused about the Trinity doctrine, well first and foremost is because they’ve failed in knowing who the Lord Jesus is; if you get Christ wrong then all your doctrine will be erroneous.
Let’s go through some scriptures which lays out the Trinity doctrine. And we will aim to make it consistently clear and present it for our Jehovah Witness friends.
Jesus Christ is the Creator of the heavens and the earth:
Notice the LORD created the heavens alone and spread abroad the earth by His self. Let’s move on, if God created everything then what do Jehovah Witnesses do with John 1:1-3, 10.
Is this a contradiction when God says He’s created all things alone? Well if you’re a Jehovah Witness it is because according to their theology Jesus is not God yet Jehovah used Jesus to create everything other than Himself.
Question if Jesus is a created creature as Watchtower teaches that would place Jesus in the created category with everything else besides God who is uncreated/eternal. But wait the scriptures especially Colossians 1:16 which says Jesus created all things. This means Jesus Christ can’t belong in the same category otherwise Christ would have to create Himself.
Watchtower takes Colossians 1:16 and instead of saying “all things” they altered the scripture to say “all other things” in order to fit with their own theology claiming Jesus is a created lesser god. Can you see how adding the word “other” completely changes the meaning of this text? these are just 1 of the sneaky tricks the Watchtower is known for.
This would make Jesus Christ God because He created the heavens and earth.
The Bible is clear that the Holy Spirit is God. We can determine the Holy Spirit is God in the following ways: (1) He’s called God. (2) He’s treated on an equal basis with God the Father and God the Son. (3) He has the attributes of God. (4) He does the work of God.
It certainly clear the Trinity can be seen in just these few verses and there are many more found in our Bible. This is a big dilemma for Jehovah Witnesses, and because this information is damaging to the Watchtower theology JW’s are instructed by the governing body not to research in order to keep them in the dark.
The Watchtower taught to worship Jesus until 1954, afterwards they changed their beliefs saying to worship Jesus Christ was idolatrous. Now The Jehovah Witness religion is in reality a polytheistic religion claiming Jesus is not God but a god.
Most Jehovah Witnesses are ignorant of the history of the Watchtower and what they taught. Charles Taze Russell taught the worship of Jesus Christ in the initial Watchtower Charter’s. In the 1950’s and onward worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ became viewed as idolatry.
First, we have to understand what Paul meant here by worship. He used the Greek word pro·sky·neʹo. Unger’s Bible Dictionary says that this word literally means to ‘kiss the hand of someone in token of reverence or to do homage.’ An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, by W. E. Vine, says that this word “denotes an act of reverence, whether paid to man . . . or to God.” In Bible times pro·sky·neʹo often included literally bowing down before someone of high stature.
Is It Proper to Worship Jesus? Awake! April 8, 2000
προσκυνέωproskynéō, pros-koo-neh’-o; from G4314 and a probable derivative of G2965 (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master’s hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore):—worship.
to kiss the hand to (towards) one, in token of reverence
among the Orientals, esp. the Persians, to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence
in the NT by kneeling or prostration to do homage (to one) or make obeisance, whether in order to express respect or to make supplication
used of homage shown to men and beings of superior rank
to the Jewish high priests
to God
to Christ
to heavenly beings
to demons
The Watchtower changed the word “worship” which all bibles use in order to show Jesus Christ is to be worshipped as God, and replaced it with “obeisance” in the verses which speaks about Christ deity.
Here are Watchtower quotes which prove they used to teach to worship Jesus Christ as God.
Russell’s understanding of who the Lord Jesus Christ is was incorrect because he thought Jesus was God the Father. That aside Russell did teach Jesus was to be worshipped. When Russell died the new president Joseph Franklin Rutherford continued teaching the same.
In the 1950’s, the Watchtower organisation changed their teaching on Jesus to correspond with their manipulated the New World Translation. In opposition to other scholarly translations, the Jehovah Witness “bible” translates the word proskuneō as obeisance rather than worship when pertaining to Jesus Christ. Every other occurrence, in the New World Translation translates the word proskuneō as worship.
With all the flip flops in doctrine we can clearly see that the Watchtower is not being used by God in anyway. We have verse upon verse which proves the Lord Jesus is to be worshipped as God.
Sin has been the downfall of mankind ever since the first man and woman sinned in the garden. All it took for Adam and Eve to sin was the first doubt/lie to be sown. The devil approached Eve in the garden and asked “Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” this was the first seed of doubt.
After Eve answered him the first lie ever told was spoken “Ye shall not surely die” then satan appealed to her temptations saying “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”.
Notice satan told Eve you shall be like gods, and because they believed the lie they ate the fruit which God told them not to do and sin entered the world ever since and has been our downfall.
This lie continues on today as we see a world which rejects God, a world in which people indulge in sin, a world which prides itself on unrighteousness. As morals decline with each passing moment love dwindles away only to give rise to false love. A “love” that says “do what thou wilt”, not only that but also a world which claims there’s no absolutes.
In that statement alone we find contradiction and hypocrisy to claim “there are no absolutes” or “all truth is relative”. A claim as such in essence is making an absolute truth claim. Where mankind truly deviated and was lead astray was with the embrace of Atheism.
I think it’s quite interesting when you start to look into the history of Atheism and it’s roots. It started in India during the Vedic age. The name is derived from the Vedas which comes from the Hindu text. It’s ironic Hinduism a religion with the most “gods” has any relation to a religion which rejects the idea of any deity.
As Christians it’s normal to have Atheist upset at the notion of mentioning God, The Lord Jesus Christ, morals and sin. I wanted to take the time to look at some alarming responses from Atheist.
“As these ChristoTalibans sow? So should they reap. Here are a whole bunch more of your psychotic, ChristoTaliban Christian preachers of hate and death. All of them crying for the brutal murders of lgbts based on their bibles.
I wonder how Christians would feel if LGBTS had a book that said all Christians should be put to death, how fast Christians would call that hate speech?
Or I wonder how Christians would react if all LGBTS stated that as Christians want to do unto us? The same shall be done unto them, how fast you Christians would cry that LGBTS are persecuting you?
But as all these Christians sow? So should they reap and as they want to do unto lgbts? The same should be done unto them”—Anonymous Atheist
Atheist comment # 1 Ever since the attacks on 9/11 when planes flew into the WTC and Pentagon buildings the term Taliban has been tossed around. Nowadays if you disagree with someone you’re automatically labeled. In the case of this person they think all Christians are “ChristoTalibans”. I don’t understand how someone who doesn’t believe in God would try to quote from the Bible?
I guess by using this term they are trying to say that Christians are chopping people’s heads off, shooting people in the head and tossing their bodies in a ditch? In my response to this individual I said that as Christians we don’t hate anyone that includes individuals who identify as LGBT.
I went on to say that I don’t agree with the sin of homosexuality but that doesn’t mean I hate them, I desire for them to be saved the same as I have the desire to see a heterosexual saved. I’m not certain what kind of “Christians” this atheist has come across? I’ll be the first to say that anyone who claims to be a Christian and looks to inflict harm even to the point of death is not a Christian! Perhaps they think the Westboro Baptist cult are “Christians”?
“Again, you fool, telling a native American they should become a Christian? Is like telling a Jew to join the Nazi party or a black person to join the KKK” —Anonymous Atheist
Atheist comment # 2 This comment shows the lack of knowledge of what Christianity stands for. This individual keep on insisting that “Christians” were responsible for the Crusades and other atrocities which are attributed to the Roman Catholics. This is common between atheist and unbelievers in general in which try to place Christians in the same boat as Catholics.
No, Christians were not responsible for the Spanish Inquisition, sorry to break the news but Christians were persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church. The Pope at that time Pope Clement VII was against the people to own a personal copy of the Bible in english. The clergy wanted to remain in power by keeping the Holy Scriptures written in Latin, by doing so no lay person would be able to read God’s word without the church’s interpretation.
Praise be to God for men like William Tyndale who translated most of the Bible in English. He played a vital role in the production of the Authorised King James Bible first published in 1611. Tyndale while in a discussion with a clergyman who made this blasphemous statement “We had better be without God’s laws than the Pope’s.” responded saying:
As I digress I’m not certain how telling anyone regardless of race would take offence to being told they should become a Christian. If we truly believe salvation is found only in the Lord Jesus Christ then wouldn’t we want others to come, taste and see that the Lord is good?!
“Stop lying you fake Christian. Enjoy the same judgment you have given unto me and others”—Anonymous Atheist
This was in response to my comment “I love you and hope you don’t get the Coronavirus. God help you and your soul.”
Atheist comment # 3 In loving kindness we pray for those who are outside of the Ark (the Lord Jesus Christ). In this particular discussion I made reference of staying safe, praying this person would remain healthy from the Coronavirus. And in turn they felt the need to say “stop lying you fake Christian” as well as being hatful saying “enjoy the same judgement”.
I’m uncertain of what judgement this person is speaking of because I never declared judgement upon anyone. So how can this atheist say “Enjoy the same judgment you have given unto me and others”?
Just goes to show how depraved humans have become when you reject the God who made you. It brings a verse to my mind in Jeremiah.
How true the word of God is which exposes the sinfulness of our hearts. We have to pray for atheist because while they may shake their little fist up to the sky. Wholeheartedly angry at the God they claim doesn’t exist which makes no sense.
We need to show these people who have been indoctrinated to believe that everything came from nothing, a scientific impossibility. May the Lord open their eyes and show them they were created in the image of God, and their lives do have meaning.
That their lives are not “star dust” that “evolution” is completely false, that abortion is murder; and that outside of God they have no basis for their moral standards. Anything outside of the existence of God is meaningless.
Mankind has been trying to be god ever since the downfall of man and the tragic fact is many have fallen for this lie of the devil. Souls are at stake and therefore we must speak the truth in love to these lost individuals.
The Watchtower uses such terminology as ‘ransom sacrifice’ in reference to the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ at Calvary. Talking with Jehovah’s Witnesses or other cults can sometimes be a bit confusing. They will use similar vocabulary with different meanings.
Packaged in the words ‘ransom sacrifice’ the Jehovah Witnesses say Adam was created as a perfect man but because he sinned in the garden he lost the perfect life for all humans. Sounds straight forward right? They then say Jesus was Jehovah God’s ‘first created creature’ as Michael the archangel. Then ‘Jehovah transferred Jesus from heaven to earth, and Jesus was born as a perfect human, without sin’. Meanwhile Michael the archangel ceased to exist while Jesus was on the earth. When Jesus went back to heaven Jesus ceased to be and Michael the archangel was recreated in heaven.
The Watchtower would insinuate this by inserting their own meaning into the text. Just as a side note Jehovah Witnesses have their own manipulated bible called the New World Translation, this bible (using the term loosely) was created in order to fit their doctrine. It’s a false bible just so you’re aware. Back to the point is Jesus a created creature or God Himself? We’ll let the Bible answer this for us.
1. The book of Hebrews tells us that Jesus Christ created the worlds.
Groups such as the Watchtower place an emphasis on works by taking John 3:16 adding the word ‘exercises’ give the notion of working for salvation. If you visit the Watchtower’s Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures someone at the organization goofed. They didn’t realise their kingdom interlinear doesn’t agree with their New World Translation if you compare them.
You’ll also notice in the above quote that they claim Jesus ‘returned to heaven as a spirit creature’. In the book of Luke chapter 24 we have the account when Jesus Christ showed Himself to the disciples after His resurrection.
1. The Lord Jesus Christ appears to His disciples and they were afraid and thought Jesus was a spirit.
2. The Lord then corrects them showing His disciples He is not a spirit. How does He do this? By showing them His hands and feet which bore the prints of the nails proving it was the same body which hung on the cross. They also physically touch Him and Jesus said He has flesh and bones. A spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones.
It’s interesting that the Watchtower would claim Jesus Christ serves as ‘an advocate’ for those who ‘exercise faith’ in His sacrifice. While this sounds nice and it is true that Jesus is the advocate for all believers, that’s what the Bible teaches.
In Watchtower theology it’s just not that simple. You see they teach that Jesus is the mediator only for ‘anointed Christians’ who number 144,000. The Greek word for advocate is paráklētos
παράκλητος paráklētos, par-ak’-lay-tos; an intercessor, consoler:—advocate, comforter.
The Biblical usage for advocate is as follows. A. one who pleads another’s cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal assistant, an advocate. B. one who pleads another’s cause with one, an intercessor. i. of Christ in his exaltation at God’s right hand, pleading with God the Father for the pardon of our sins C. in the widest sense, a helper, succourer, aider, assistant. ii. of the Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after his ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge of the gospel truth, and give them divine strength needed to enable them to undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom.
This is very similar to what a mediator does, here’s the Biblical definition for mediator.
μεσίτης mesítēs, mes-ee’-tace; from G3319; a go-between, i.e. (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor):—mediator.
I. one who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore peace and friendship, or form a compact, or for ratifying a covenant. II. a medium of communication, arbitrator.
Both of these roles are fulfilled by Christ as our mediator and advocate. Unfortunately most Jehovah Witnesses are not part of the New Covenant according to Watchtower theology therefore this leaves them without a mediator / advocate. Here’s a few quotes from the Watchtower concerning this teaching.
Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 2 p.362 Mediator
The society robs the Jehovah Witness of all the promises given by God because the general Jehovah’s Witness has no clue Jesus is not their mediator. And because they don’t have a the Lord Jesus as mediator being an advocate for them they don’t have salvation.
Lastly, the Jehovah Witnesses believe you must perform works in order to be in a ‘good standing’ when you see ‘exercise faith’ this is what it means. This means they believe by going good deeds they are proving to Jehovah they are worthy of being saved or savable. This teaching is contrary to what God’s word says.
There you go, the Watchtower teaches believing in Jesus Christ is not sufficient that ‘more is required’. They cite James 2:26 as a proof text but the Watchtower entirely misses the meaning of the verse. The apostle James is not contradicting Paul (Ephesians 2:8-10).
James is telling us that true faith produces genuine works but those works have no baring on our salvation. Works are the by product of real faith not a means of acquiring salvation.
Jehovah Witnesses must understand that we are not against them personally, our heart goes out to those who are trapped in the Watchtower and afraid to leave because they will lose their families, jobs, friends etc. We understand it’s giving up a lot. But the Lord Jesus said:
Your soul is on the line, our desire and more importantly God’s desire is that you come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour. In doing so by trusting in Him for the forgiveness of your sins you can have the free gift of eternal life. You can know right now presently that you have eternal life.
God bless and hope you’ll trust in Christ Jesus alone for salvation.
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Please note the Watchtower is claiming that during the second century A.D. the Church Jesus Christ established was “overrun by false Christians”. This is a blatant contradiction to the Lord Jesus words in which we read concerning this found in the gospel of Matthew.
What does our Lord mean when He says “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (the Church)”? It’s pretty simple to understand that Christ was saying nothing will be able to go against His Church.
κατισχύωkatischýō, kat-is-khoo’-o; from G2596 and G2480; to overpower:—prevail (against).
Yet the Watchtower is saying the Church was “overrun”? Who are we to believe the Watchtower or Jesus Christ? I’ll trust in the words of Christ. Watchtower goes on to say “From that time until the late 19th century, there was no organized group of God’s servants on earth”.
The early Watchtower came into existence in the 1800’s during that time other “restoration” movements began. If there were no true Christians until Charles Taze Russell founded the bible students which later became known as the Watchtower/Jehovah Witnesses under Joseph Franklin Rutherford then the Church Christ created died out according to this article. Who was God using before the Watchtower came to be?
Who was a Christian then between the ascension of Jesus Christ until Charles Taze Russell came? Do you see the significance of such a statement? The Watchtower is saying they alone are the only “true Christians” in the world. We see that in this next portion of the statement “From that time until the late 19th century, there was no organized group of God’s servants on earth”.
In essence they’re saying God had none who were “true Christians” and are calling Jesus Christ a lair because Christ said “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (the Church)”? The Watchtower says “false Christianity hid the identity of true Christians”. If you’ve ever spoken with a JW before you might hear them say “what other group do you know in the world is preaching from door to door”.
The mindset of a Jehovah’s Witness is no one is preaching, no one is fulfilling the great commission the Lord Jesus has commanded for us to fulfill found in the Gospel of Mark.
The Watchtower fails to see that Christian missionaries have been going to other countries preaching Christ for centuries. An easy search for Christian missionaries history will bring up a slew of information on this subject. Christian missionaries have preached all over the world including Ghana (David Livingstone), Guatemala, Japan etc.
Anyone who follows Jesus Christ is a true Christian, it’s quite amazing that the Watchtower denies so many biblical truths which Christianity has believed and taught throughout the centuries. The greatest truth being of Jesus Christ deity as God, yet Jehovah’s Witnesses claim to be “true Christians”? How can one be called a Christian if they deny Christ?
The very word Christian bears the name of Christ, to be a Christian means you’re a follower of Jesus Christ and proclaim His name to a dying world. Have you noticed Jehovah Witnesses never pray in the name of Jesus Christ, they rarely mention His name.
ΧριστιανόςChristianós, khris-tee-an-os’; from G5547; a Christian, i.e. follower of Christ:—Christian.
The only name that comes forth from a Jehovah’s Witness is “Jehovah” not Jesus Christ. Isn’t that interesting?
If you’ve been following along, last time we took a look at one of the Christadelphians core beliefs. The Christadelphians deny that God is three persons, a common error you’ll find with groups such as these is they deviate from fundamental Christian beliefs. If you missed the article you can read it here: Christadelphians “Doctrines to be Rejected” We reject the doctrine that God is three persons.
We reject The Son of God was co-eternal with the Father.
This article is to compare the Jesus of the Christadelphians with the Lord Jesus of the Bible. Paul the apostle said to the saints in Corinth that it was possible to be deceived by an another Jesus, another spirit and another gospel. We endeavour to seek the truth of God’s word so that we’re not deceived into believing in a Jesus which cannot save us from our sins.
As Christians it’s simple to know when a religion tries to pass off their version of Jesus as being “just a prophet” or “just a good teacher”. We can agree Jesus Christ is a prophet and teacher but to believers He’s much much more! Identifying non-Christian cults is more tricky as they tend to use the same biblical terminology but with different meanings, that’s what makes them dangerous.
Some religions have suggested that their gods have sexual relations with mortals. The account of the birth of Jesus is not like this at all. The one true God, who created all life, created His Son in the womb of Mary. Jesus was truly the son of Mary and truly the Son of God; a child miraculously formed in her womb by the Spirit power of the Creator Himself. — Who is Jesus?
(christadelphia.org)
Please pay close attention to the quote, notice the Christadelphians believe that Jesus Christ was “created in the womb”. They deny His pre-existence, what this article will seek to prove is that Jesus Christ indeed pre-exist before the incarnation. A classical way to prove this would be to start where most would in the Gospel of John but we’re not going to do that, we other scriptures which prove who is Jesus Christ.
The book of Psalms gives us an answer when compared with other scriptures, king David a man after God’s own heart was also called a prophet (Acts 2:29-30) he prayed to the LORD saying:
It’s a prayer to God how do we know? Because he says “Hear my prayer, O LORD”. We established this is a prayer to God later on in verses 25-27 we’re told about the attributes of the LORD.
The verses above tell us that God “laid the foundation of the earth” and created the heavens. The immutable unchanging eternal LORD God will never perish and will remain forever, but the earth and heavens will perish. Keeping our place turn with me to the book of Hebrews chapter 1.
In Hebrews the focus is the Lord Jesus Christ, Hebrews chapter 1 talks about how Christ is better than all the angels, therefore Christ cannot be an angel (sorry Jehovah Witnesses). The chapter tells us that God spoke to us in various ways, those ways are through the Old Testament prophets and fathers but in these last days was spoken by His Son (Hebrews 1:1-2)
Continuing down in verse 8 the Father calls the Son God saying the Son’s throne will last forever.
Notice that the writer of Hebrews is quoting from Psalm 45:6-7 and is directly applying them to Jesus Christ in verses 8, 9 but that’s not the main point, it’s the next 3 verses we’re interested in.
Please note the quote from Psalm 102:25-27 and Hebrews 1:10-12 are word for word the same. This shows that Jesus Christ created the heavens and the earth because He’s God. The final nail in the coffin of the Christiadelphian beliefs is found in the book of Isaiah in which we have the LORD saying He created everything alone by Himself.
Now if Jesus is not God but created as the Christadelphians would suggest then that would be a contradiction in God’s word. We know that God’s word never contradicts even if it seems like one, therefore, we know that Jesus Christ did in fact pre-exist. There you have it straight from God’s word, Jesus Christ is God!
Other scriptures which prove His deity are: John 1:1-3 (All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.), Colossians 1:15-17 (…For by him were all things created,…), John 8:58 (…Before Abraham was, I am.).
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Learn more about the Christadelphian cult from these sites:
The Christadelphians are a non-Trinitarian, millennial non-Christian group which was started by Dr. John Thomas who was born in London England. He immigrated to the United States in 1832. Thomas was a member of the Campbellite group known as the Disciples, after leaving the Campbellites he started Christadelphian movement.
A group that states they believe in the Bible and are Christians but in some way divert from the biblical teaching of Christianity aren’t Christian at all. In-fact all cults will in some way try to include “works” as a means of obtaining salvation.
“Doctrinally, the Christadelphians are unique in Christendom in our understanding of the nature of Christ, and the way in which we are redeemed by his death. We reject as unbiblical the idea that Christ could die as a replacement sacrifice for us, thus covering all our sins forever with that one act. Certainly it is through his sacrifice that we may be forgiven, but only if we walk the path of self-denial that he marked out for us.” — (christadelphia.org)
As the late Dr. Walter Martin put it “the Christadelphians a very small cult, …but very influential”. This quote from Martin given at a talk he gave about the Jehovah Witnesses and the doctrines the Watchtower absorbed from the Christadelphians through Charles Taze Russell. Jehovah Witnesses are one of the worlds largest cult behind Mormonism so we can see how a small cult influenced another. Both cults deny the Trinity or Godhead and this is where our focus will be.
We reject the doctrine that God is three persons.
The Christadelphians are a “restorationist” group, this Movement began in the United States during the “Second Great Awakening” (1790–1840) of the early 19th century. A lot of cults developed during this time due to much confusion of what the Bible teaches and claims of “new revelation” from God, some notable mentions are Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses and Christian Science.
Getting to the doctrine of the Trinity this is what one of their online pamphlets “One God or a Trinity?“ has to say.
“So far in this booklet everything that was said was supported by quotes from the Bible, and only the Bible. However when discussing the Trinity that will not be possible, because the Trinity is something that originates from outside the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible do we find the word ‘Trinity’, nor do we find the Trinitarian terms ‘God the son’ or ‘God the Holy Spirit’. Religious historians and commentators, who believe in the doctrine of the Trinity, admit that the doctrine is not a teaching from the Old Testament:” — One God or a Trinity? (christadelphia.org)
Must the words “God the Son” or “God the Holy Spirit” be expressed in this exact same way in order for the Trinity to be true? The word “Bible” is nowhere to be found yet we all agree to the word of God as being the Bible. The doctrine of the Trinity (Godhead) is found all throughout the scriptures.
To start John the apostle says “no man hath seen God at anytime” in the Gospel of John.
John is very clear no man has seen God, but what does that mean? In the second verse quoted John says “Not that any man hath seen the Father” and we can all agree that the Father is God, I don’t think anyone would disagree on that. If that’s so does the Bible contradict itself? Absolutely not, not by any means therefore let us consider other passages in scripture.
Adam and Eve were the first man and woman created by God yet they walked with God in the garden (Genesis 2:15-3:24). They enjoyed direct fellowship with God before being removed from the garden after they sinned.
Abraham saw God and even had a meal prepared by Sarah for Him Genesis 18:1 “And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;” read Genesis chapter 18 for the entire account.
Genesis 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes upon the hearth.
Hagar also saw God when she ran away and encountered the LORD in the desert (Genesis 16:9-16) God then told her she would have a son and to call him Ishmael.
Moses saw God and spake with him mouth to mouth (Numbers 12:8). Others who saw God include Jacob, Isaiah, David, Job, Gideon, Manoah and his wife. Plenty of accounts in the Old Testament with people seeing God, yet in John’s Gospel we read “Not that any man hath seen the Father…”. The question must be asked, who then did they see?
Old Testament and New Testament quotations
The Christadelphians affirm that the Father is God, as do all Christians but they are stuck logically when we compare verses such as in the book of Isaiah and the Gospel of John we read:
Here we have the vision of Isaiah seeing the Lord sitting upon His throne. If you could ask Isaiah who did he see Isaiah would say he saw God Almighty. Keeping this in mind and reading in John’s Gospel the apostle answers the question of who Isaiah saw on the throne.
John tells us that Isaiah saw Jesus Christ in that vision and Isaiah says he saw the Lord. We must come to the conclusion that if the Bible has no contradictions which we believe does not. Then it’s straight forward to see Jesus Christ is God Almighty just as the Father and the Holy Spirit are also God Almighty.
It is a serious error on the part of the Christadelphians and the position they hold to is one concerning salvation. As they reject the fact Jesus is God then they cannot be saved no this premise alone as well as many other heretical beliefs they hold.
We beseech you if you’re part of this cult be aware you’re being mislead by false doctrine. We will be examining point by point more of the beliefs of the Christadelphians. The Bible tells us to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them (Ephesians 5:11). The Christadelphians teach another gospel which is not another and are accursed because of it.
You can still come to know the true God of the Bible, Jesus Christ can be your redeemer if you place your trust in Him and in Him alone. We hope you enjoyed this reading, feel free to leave any comments. God bless and praise the Lord Jesus our Lord and our God (John 20:28).
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, 41, died Sunday in a helicopter crash. Fatal crash: Bryant was one of nine people who died when the helicopter they were in crashed on a hillside in Calabasas, California. Among the victims was Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna.
What a tragic event it is when a soul is lost for all eternity. I’m sure Kobe Bryant enjoyed the fame and publicity which came from being a basketball star, but if he could speak right now I’m certain it wouldn’t be about basketball. It would be about knowing his Creator knowing Jesus Christ before passing away.
Here’s a man who had everything going for him yet with all the wealth accumulated, fame and fortune what did it profit him in the end? He couldn’t take any of it with him and if Kobe never got saved by trusting in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of his sins; then as sad as it is to say Kobe is forever separated from God.
I hope that when he was alive he trusted in the Lord Jesus and was saved, as far as I know Kobe Bryant was not a believer in Jesus Christ. And if not then tragically he’s in hell. This reminds me of what the Lord Jesus said about the rich man and Lazarus in the Gospel of Luke. Read it for yourself and determine if being rich is worth more than knowing Christ.
It is with out sincerest condolences that our hearts go out to the Bryant family. While this is a great tragedy perhaps this will wake up his family that they may see that life is fleeting. One day you’re here and the next moment you’re not. May we all take heed to the words of the Lord Jesus.
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