GOD is not going anywhere and HE definitely is not going down!
No one has to defend GOD because HE is not weak or in any danger of being humiliated. In fact, let the records speak for themselves and while we, being only human beings, dwell on the subject of ‘records’ in a hopefully fruitful and constructive way because the living eyewitnesses to such events have long since been dead.
There is hope, however, when one analyses the scriptures in truth without attempts at cover ups. There is no need to get nasty or indignant or even insulting as many do on the internet.*
*For example, one should note that according to the Old and New Testaments, GOD has what is called many sons. Many Christians like to point out that many sons do not equal THE Son and that lets them off the hook in some magical way when the charge of worshiping more than ONE GOD comes up.
So in a sense these people are differentiating between little ‘s’ and capital ‘S’ or son versus Son. These records, in truth, NEVER came down in English!!! The Semitic languages discussing these things including Jesus (pbh) did NOT use capital letters. Therefore, there is nothing unique amongst men about Jesus (pbh) being equated as ‘a son‘ of GOD using Biblical terms that is.
That term ‘son’ is an unfortunate one, however, due to the fact that weak minded individuals will turn it into what IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE turned into which is anointing Jesus (pbh) as more than a man. Furthermore, those ‘guardians’ of the faith who do have the education and background in these matters (the priest class) have not lifted a finger to set the lay person straight on this matter.
The duped and those doing the duping have forged a ‘comfortable’ alliance with each other and therefore, should have no qualms about their fate. It is like the people are saying, “If this type of worship is comfortable for me, then I will stick with it.” Even according to the New Testament, that is nonsensical.
The alternative is to get real and get serious and seek out truth without trying to bend it (make it into the image and likeness of one’s own perverse behavior).
The best way to do that is NOT through slander but through acceptance that ‘the other guy’ (other religions) do have their positive messages when understood and PRACTICED CORRECTLY. After all, GOD does not favor one race over another. That garbage is restricted to men of low faith.
Therefore, you {should try to} be perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect Matthew (5: 48).
All of the Gospels belong to ‘Jewish scripture‘ in one form or another as the Christian era did not ‘officially’ begin or get a toehold until the earliest part of the second century when there was the start of the divisions led mainly by the Roman school of thought**.
Jewish scripture deemed it true that certain Patriarchs were described as being ‘perfect’ due to their unquestionable following and obedience to the ONE GOD. Therefore, it is important to look for a ‘Jewish’ meaning to the above verse – Matthew (5: 48) – since we are dealing within the Jewish/Christian connection.
**The rolling in of another religious strain deemed ‘Christianity’ did NOT happen in a flash but sort of dribbled on through the decades. We see from some ‘written expressions/predictions of the very near future‘, which are claimed to be from Paul and John concerning corrupters of The WAY, bad things will be coming in the form of incredible outright lies in the very near future.
We can be near certain that the little anti-christs that John talked about in his letters started doing their damage probably sometime around 80-85 AD thus causing a kernel of dissension to arise with the added disaster that there was to be no central power of the authority of The WAY remaining in Jerusalem to stop them as Jerusalem was broken by the pagan Roman conquest in 70 AD.
According to Acts, some perverse Jews were giving a problem to Paul and his companion concerning the ‘proper concept of the WAY’ and proclaimed this knowledge came directly from ‘headquarters’ in Jerusalem.
Paul deemed it necessary to find out if his teachings were on the right side of truth and when confirmation came from Jerusalem, the decree declared that those opposed to Paul on that particular issue were causing dissension and needed to be rebuked. Hence, the importance of having a center of truth located in Jerusalem to verify the faith and keep poisonous heresies from spreading.
This becomes important when discussing ‘GODism’, the possibility of HIS WAY or take the highway (getting out from HIM) and what we have as in reality when discussing the validity of the New Testament.
The above verse in Matthew (5: 48) talks about people of the ‘trying and doing set‘ rather than the ‘philosophical’ set. This becomes important when trying to examine the ‘realities of the New Testament’ versus the dynamics of ‘philosophical ideas’ concerning the proofs of ‘why the Christ-soul came to be or earned the title of the true Messiah’.
The Qumran followers (those who proclaimed themselves as the true ‘Jews’ or true believers of the day and the holders of the Dead Sea Scrolls) described themselves as the followers of the “Perfect WAY,” in that they were followers of what they believed was perfect dedication to the ONE GOD. That is ‘dedication’ of doing WORKS and FAITH in the doing of obedience to HIM WHO gave all life and not just the philosophization of structural beliefs which many of the Evangelists are fond of doing today.
This dedication is an important distinction when discussing Christianity today. It becomes super important, concerning the following a core set of actions (rules and behaviors) in maintaining a harmonious relatonship between THE CREATOR and the created (human entities).
Normally Christians don’t understand this cohesiveness throughout history and therefore get so entangled up in the philosophical issues, for example, the dietyhood of Jesus or the need for a so called god-man to die for the sins of others on the cross that they miss the forest for the trees.***
***The Crucifixion of Jesus in View of Muslim Theology by Dr. Christine Schirrmacher written several decades ago:
According to Christine Schirrmacher’s scholarly paper: “It is commonly known, that the question whether Jesus was crucified and what significance the crucifixion has, belongs to the major points of discussion between Islam and Christianity. Whereas for Christianity a rejection of the crucifixion and salvation touches the centre of the Christian faith, in the Qur’ân the event plays only a minor role. Muslim theology nevertheless has made extensive comments on the crucifixion.”
The real value of the New Testament lies in its behavioral teachings like the Sermon on the Mount and the warning to follow the ‘Law’ or Traditions mentioned by Paul but mentioned so very sparsely by him. The reason being basically that one does not need to lecture the Jews concerning following the Law with strict observance.
Hence, Matthew (5: 48) and following every jot of the LAW as much as one is able, which also includes depending exclusively on GOD’s Mercy and Forgiveness, is important.
Do not think that I {Jesus} have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets {so don’t forget what came before and center faith in only me}; I have NOT come to abolish them, but to fulfill them {that is to complete them as I am he who must remain on the perfect way of obedience to GOD}.
For I tell you truthfully, UNTIL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Matthew (5: 17-18)
What became important for later day Christians is the MISTAKEN NOTION that the arguments by Paul and a few others notably John was in presenting Jesus (pbh) as the ‘true Messiah’ constituted the core of the faith. A kind of ‘Jesus died for our sins so we are well blessed and why worry about the Hereafter since we are already saved’.
These polemics, however, are accomplished using hard to follow imagery. In other words, one doesn’t have to teach the Jews to be Jews but they needed to know that the Messiah really came based on historical proofs, namely the holy records and they really needed to accept him and believe and follow him to obtain salvation, for like all true prophets, he was appointed by GOD HIMSELF for the purpose of spreading truth AND TO BE FOLLOWED.
As a result of these ‘prove it’ writings we have the polemics that have caused so much controversy we face today. As a result of this controversy, we find many of those who call themselves Christians ignorant of the ‘Standards of Faith’ but harping on things so complicated and so much abused such as the nature of the Christ-soul.
The result is much like two people arguing over a plate of food while a raging fire is burning their house down. Not much good comes from those activities. And the rewards or the lack thereof is quite and truly devastating. How so?
The obvious outcome is that the nations (Jews, Christians and Muslims) will be raised up IN THE ORDER OF THEIR FEALTY TO THE KEEPING OF THE ORIGINAL DAY OF GATHERING WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET ON A FRIDAY. It may sound peculiar and hard to understand but it is kind of a ‘reward’ for those who have a taste for some kind of fealty to the truth.****
****It is understandable that few will understand that point but all should understand that ONLY GOD IS IN CONTROL AND HIS ACTIONS WHETHER UNDERSTOOD OR NOT ARE NOT HIT OR MISS, WILLY-NILLY DECISIONS. In other words, we ‘play’ by HIS RULES and HIS RULES alone! So there is no wiggle room to circumvent the truth and pretend otherwise.
According to Prophet Muhammad (pbh) the Muslims get raised up first and all will be Judged individually (some to enter Hell-Fire and some to enter Paradise) followed by the Jews and last comes the Christians amongst the labeled believers*****. This, according to the Prophet (pbh) or the Spirit of truth, is based on the keeping of the ‘sworn’ contract of the souls who VOWED TO KEEP THE ORIGINALITY OF THE COLLECTIVE DAY OF WORSHIP WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET DOWN AS FRIDAY.
*****O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of ALLAH anything but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of ALLAH, and HIS Word, which HE bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from HIM: so believe in ALLAH and HIS messengers. Say not “Trinity” : desist: it will be better for you: for ALLAH is ONE: Glory be to HIM: (far exalted is HE) above having a son. To HIM belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is ALLAH as a Disposer of Affairs. Quran (4: 171)
What does that entail?
That entails a long wait under intense pressure and heat as the sun will come so very, very near****** causing people to sweat so very much that towards the end some people who have been standing around will be standing around in their sweat which will rise up to their noses. How uncomfortable and bone breaking that would be. Standing at attention until one feels one’s feet will shatter and one’s legs will fall off?
******Of course mankind will NOT be in their normal, limited physical state that we are familiar with that we presently find ourselves in, in this temporal orientation we call ‘normal life’.
What does one expect for ‘aggressively’ ignoring the prophets and sallying forth on one’s own desire to impose new conditions upon already established principles? But some may say, “I have been good.” When will people learn that human’s are not their own judges!!!
If they wish to rob a bank or dilly dally around, they must pay the penalty for their ‘fun adventure’ as the scriptures do point out. They had a choice and chose what titillated them the most. But their ego or self-love forces them in a grave mistaken notion that GOD will follow and bless their peculiar, perverted ways.
This statement is applied to all peoples of every faith with no exception. An example of this is the corrupt Jews versus the honest followers who made the graven image of the golden calf to be as their god. Look what happened to them!!!!!!!
The hunt for the truth takes balance and understanding and not flash in the pan preaching or goofy stubbornness. After all, perfect justice is perfect justice and not as wishy-washy or so completely frail as human preaching has tended to make it out to be.
Actually, faith (not made-up faith) and works do go together. So, if a Christian reads the New Testament perhaps James is the best epistle to read followed by most of Mark, Matthew and Luke and the Acts. That isn’t disparaging the other parts of the New Testament but the other parts can be extremely difficult to understand and to put into a proper concept.
The best way is to research what the spirit of Truth******* had to say and what came down to him in REVELATION. They were told to do that but those who felt the need to circumvent the proper WAY were NOT going to be given carte blanche in soul development. This is described in the Quran and by Paul in 2 Thessalonians meaning that there is a price to pay for ‘slinging mud’ at something deemed holy and sacrosanct.
*******This is so strongly expressed in the Gospel of John in the New Testament and so much ignored that it is totally amazing. For all have stood up proclaiming the need for truth and the excellence of truth that it is quite mind-blowing that several verses in the Gospel of John direct us, all of us really, to follow what must surely be an easy way to ‘contact’ this ‘Spirit of truth’ if indeed it is extremely so essential as the New Testament/Dead Sea Scrolls make it out to be!!!
Why broadcast such an event if it is out of the reach of humanity??? However, the Quran and acceptable hadiths are not out of the reach of human endeavors therefore allowing man the chance to seek out or turn to the Spirit of truth unless ALLAH refuses this GIFT to the individual soul.
Therefore, do turn to the Spirit of truth to find out about ALL truth by trying to understand the Quran and acceptable hadiths. AND HE HAS THE POWER TO WITHHOLD OR TO GRANT THIS…AND THAT IS ALLAH!
Research NOT based on whims towards one’s own justifications but on covering the issues from many angles as was addressed in these articles previously is what has been called for. Indeed! It literally is a matter of true life or death if truth is really important and if the supposed words of Jesus (pbh) actually mean anything.
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness {found} in them that perish; because they did not receive {believe in or fight for} the love of the truth that they might be saved.
And for this cause {contempt for GOD’s TRUTH} GOD shall send {upon} them strong delusion that they should believe {in} a lie {focus not on doing what is right – the real food for the soul}:
That they all might be damned who didn’t believe the truth but had pleasure in {took their comfort in doing other than the truthfull WAY} unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians (2: 10-12)-words accredited to Paul.
“You have met this fate because you rejoiced on the earth in things OTHER than the truth, and then exulted in it.” Q (40:75)
When he {the Spirit of truth} comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment {as they have invented many falsehoods concerning these issues}: about sin, because people do not believe in me (Jesus) {as I really am but mock me by calling about me falsely}; about righteousness {the true pathway of salvation is righteousness}, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer {so you must carry out the truth I am leaving with you}; and about judgment, because the prince of this world {for I am that prince whom the worldly will refute} now stands condemned {as was prophesied about me from before}.
“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into ALL the truth {concerning our LORD, salvation and how to avoid the great evils of the world and bring all of the goodness to your remembrance such that nothing of true faith will be hidden from you which the foolish will not be able to abide by}. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears {through Revelation}, and he will tell {you truthfully about the future and afterlife by telling} you what is yet to come. He will glorify me {hold up my name in honor because it is {NOT} from me that he will receive what he will make known to you {but from GOD your LORD and my LORD}. All {those spiritual blessings including the position of high prophethood} that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me {our GOD}******** what he will make known to you (advice to be given to the general public) {through Trusted Revelation}.” John (16: 8-15)*********
********Revelation in all of its forms according to the records (Old Testament, New Testament and Quran) came upon the prophets from GOD and not Jesus.
*********People may object to {these added additions} but not one of these so-called additions takes away or adds to the proper content of what we know to be true.
The importance of being actually able to extract and build on TRUTH through a channel reachable by any human being must be made available to be learned, memorized, looked up or reached in some way by the seekers of truth. Either that or one has to go to a ‘crystal ball’ or a sectarian preacher or make the arrogant claim of having the Spirit come and serve one like a dutiful slave.
And so many preachers differ in their instructions and schools of thought. So see how utterly foolish it becomes to collect real truths that keep contradicting each other. The ONE GOD did not require man to reach a doctorate’s degree in theoretical physics to understand the pathway of truth. HE made it easy for the human being to be immersed in the realities of what we call TRUTH and then to build upon that by progression-step by step.
In his final sermon Prophet Muhammad (pbh) declared:
“There is NO superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, NOR for a non-Arab over an Arab. Neither is the white superior over the black, nor is the black superior over the white except by piety.” That sentiment is obtainable by any human being across the racial divide which is a divide which the evils of this world so eagerly promote!!!
That truth takes the concept of the Spirit of truth out of the boogie realm and into REALITY whether the world likes it or not!
