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It was a doable task but it wasn’t meant to be. What I’m talking about is getting rid of that jackal in Syria and set up a real fair and Islamic way of life. I’m talking about a true Islamic society whereby people are guaranteed freedom of expression without hurting the believers. But factions whose mentality, but not valor, has to be questioned especially when they end up killing their own kind, from their own sect. What does that mean? It means that bravery backed up with stupidity equals nothing good will come of it!

Well that is the way life is sometimes. This is the Destiny of those souls who end up and will end up paying the price. Arguing over what in reality are insignificant things and then causing death to any who claim to be believers is a criminal act and shows the primitive psyche of an uncontrolled brute not quite on the level of being totally human.

Strong language indeed and a good reason to seek out ALLAH’s Protection from the handiwork of Satan and his followers is what is needed. So, in the end because we don’t know what has NOT BEEN GIVEN US, we all have to bow down to the WILL of THE SUPREME, THE POWER, THE WISE, and THE DOMINANT! Just hope for the best, be positive and keep seeking to do that what is right or to seek out knowledge about that what is right and ask HIM WHO is BEST TO GUARD and GUIDE to guard and guide one through life.

Some people have asked about the Book of Daniel. It is not an Islamic prerequisite, of course, and neither is the knowing about protons, electrons and neutrons. However, certain people in certain professions do find it useful to know of these things basically because they are working with that knowledge or need that knowledge to do research or some type of practical science. That science would be the science of awareness as it pertains to religious matters.

Some people have asked about the book, He Is Not My Ancestor and the discussion of the ‘before time’ as well as the journey of mankind through the ages. These things are events that are not well known and almost belong into an ‘ethereal-type’ category. There is evidence from all of the Holy Books but that is justifiably scanty as the importance of obedience to THE LORD takes utmost precedence in our lifetimes rather than long ago non-remembered past events that are quite simply PAST and quite frankly, would be disturbing and beyond the common reckonings of man.

One of Islam’s strong points is that of ‘progression’ as pertaining to one’s improvement of religion and its results as is proven in a hadith concerning the benefits ALLAH will grant to any believer who improves upon his religion. That is, I would think, be much higher in rewards than reflection on the distant and unfathomable past although it is good to also take the time to reflect from the past on certain issues as the Quran says.

Anyway, the New Testament, as was stated in the last article, is a peculiar book and by going into the substance of that idea one can perhaps see a little more clearly into the past. As was stated before in article number 40:

“People, many decades after Paul and those being of the so-called philosophical smart set, were the ones who could not understand the ‘deeper meanings’ taken from the ancient writings. Most of these writings were written, by the way, not by Paul or the original Disciples but by the Presbyters who ‘coded’ a lot of things in secrecy. It isn’t claimed from this source that those writings are defective, filled with errors and just plain wrong {but what is stated is that those writings are very peculiar and extremely hard to understand such that only for the few can this secret knowledge be understood in a more proper framework}.

On the contrary, keeping the ‘idea’ alive especially after the tragedy of 70 AC was uppermost in their minds. So they kept their secrets well but layered them within these so called epistles and filled them with their teacher’s philosophy, which in case of most of the epistles, show a definite Pauline flavor. Hence, we now have in reality Paul’s words or approximately the same being presented by another who is of that philosophical persuasion.”

Hence, most of the writings found in the New Testament were written by those mysterious men called Presbyters who never saw Jesus (pbh) but studied under the Original Disciples or students of the Disciples. This doesn’t mean that the writings are wrong but that, due to the times of stress around 70 AC and after, many things were coded. Unfortunately, as we have found out to our dismay, these writings became historically highly susceptible to various and troublesome interpretations and craven manipulations.

In a way that action would spell doom to the teachings of Jesus (pbh) because the philosophers came upon the scene several decades later (4 to 6 decades after 70 AC) and mish-mashed the contents of these writings which they turned inside out and thus altered THE WAY or the pure essentials of the teachings of Jesus the Christ (pbh).

In other words, what is commonly agreed upon by truthful scholars at least is that the New Testament may have kept the flavor of the truth alive but it also contains blatant tampering. This corruption is aided and abetted by the preachers of various flocks who continue to abuse the real truths contained in the New Testament.

In my first article, Islam and the Rise and Fall of the Teachings of Jesus I gave a good example of this nonsense when I expressed Paul’s saying that “We preach Christ crucified as a STUMBLING BLOCK TO THE JEWS AND FOOLISHNESS TO THE GREEKS.”      1 Corinthians (1: 23)

In understanding the above quote together with the understanding of Islam, one can easily see that this declaration by Paul does NOT DENOTE THE CRUCIFICTION AT ALL! This statement by Paul is a peculiar way of approaching the subject. If one is patient and familiar with the Great Jihad of the nefs as well as the condition that the Christ-soul was placed under, one can see that history has been completely fulfilled to the humiliation of the Jews and the Western-Greek temperament.

Later on, when history became a ghost of its true self, things were not clear at all. However, some things remained from the original as what can be said as ‘parts’ of the story. And these things could be played up or capitalized on but without showing a true or valued connection to the truth. Hence, one finds several later dated gospels, called forgeries here, harping on some things with little or no connection as to what really happened to Jesus’ life.

The example I’m referring to is the gospel of ‘The Shape Changer’. Jesus (pbh) was known to be able to walk amongst people who would normally recognize him but he would remain CONCEALED FROM THEIR EYES AND BEING SEEN AS BUT ONLY A STRANGER.

A nearly 1,200 year old, newly deciphered Egyptian apocryphal text gives the crucifixion story some bizarre turns which tries to fit the reasoning of the kiss of Judas into the story. The reason this text gives for the ‘Judas kiss’ is that the soldiers who were to arrest Jesus would not be able to locate him due to Jesus’ shape shifting or form changing. Shape changing for this context of course is quite absurd but it does present a clue for the Jesus’ non-crucifixion.

In knowing this fact, for fact it really is and is in agreement with Peter’s own disciple (Glaucias), who gives us an important clue into knowing that Jesus (pbh) WAS NOT REALLY CRUCIFIED BUT THAT SOMEONE ELSE TOOK HIS PLACE ON THE CROSS. Proof of this must come from the scriptures and the idea that one Simon of Cyrenian, who was the closest living human being to Jesus’ face that fateful day, is the most logical of candidates to be the one who was ‘hung from a tree’. Proof of Jesus’ (pbh) shape changing can be gleaned from the following:

And it came to pass that while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

But {while walking with them} their eyes did NOT behold {recognize him} that they should NOT KNOW him {for who he really was}.    Luke (24: 15-16)

And it came to pass, as he sat {to eat meat with them}, he took bread and blessed it and gave {it} to them.

And {then} their eyes were {finally} opened, and they knew him; and {when this occurred} he {then} vanished out of their sight.     Luke (24: 30-31)

And when she {at the gravesite} had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, {but she} knew NOT that it was {really} Jesus.    John (20: 14)

But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples Knew NOT {did NOT recognize} that it was Jesus.    John (21: 4)

So we can get so far into the ‘mystery’ but can go no further except as always to rely on GOD’s OWN HOLY AND SANCTIFIED WORD – THE QURAN:

That they {the Jews} said (in boast), “We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah”; – but they killed him NOT, NOR crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not: –                  Q (4: 175)

That of course is not the only mystery. Confirmation of one of the most puzzling mysteries is alluded to in the New Testament that accords well with the Quran. But there are ages here and these things we hardly have any knowledge about.

There is the ‘before time’ and the age of the first ADAM (pbh) and the ‘inheritance’ of his way which was preordained as the hadith featuring the discussion between Moses (pbh) and Adam (pbh) shows. Yet we know that man is responsible to himself for his own actions EVEN THOUGH he shares a common bond with the created hollowness found in the back of the original father of the human race – Adam.

The question remains and that question is, “Is {was} Jesus (pbh) Adam?” The answer is definitely NO! First of all, Jesus is declared the “Son of Man” and the “Man” here is Adam. So like all human beings, Jesus (pbh) is made in the image of Adam – being his son as we ourselves are called, “sons of Adam.”

Secondly, it is clear even in the New Testament concerning this aged soul.

For whom HE did foreknow {as was preordained} HE also did predestinate {him} to be conformed to the image of HIS son {HIS first man creation – Adam} that he {Jesus} might be the firstborn among many brethren {peoples of different faiths}.                  Romans (8: 29)

And other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be ONE FOLD {at the end} and ONE SHEPHERD {one appointed central leader over them at the end}

Therefore does my Father {GOD} love me because I lay down my life that I might take it again {for it is given unto me as a GIFT} No man takes it {my life} from me but I lay it {my life} down by myself. I have been given {that} power to lay it down and I {have been given that} power to take it {up} again. This commandment {GIFT} I have received from my Father {GOD}       John (10: 16-18)

But now {in finality} is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them {spokesperson, leader as in Messiah} that slept.

For since by Man came death, by Man came also the resurrection of the dead.                     1 Corinthians (15: 20-21)

The similitude of Jesus before ALLAH is that of Adam; HE created him from dust then said to him: “BE” and he was.   Q (3: 59)

Several Christian organizations are trying to smear the Quran, The WORD of ALLAH, over this verse but in reality they do nothing but hurt their own souls and show their own ignoble ignorance!

Finally, we have a revelation in the Old Testament which I have written and discussed about in one of my books that declares that this soul, this very son of Man is an ancient one.

In conclusion, there is nothing here in these verses which claim Divine Status for the patient and long-enduring soul known as Jesus the son of Mary.

The penalty for disobedience to ALLAH was death in the sense that the spiritual body which travels between heaven and Earth as it used to do by desire would one day be cutoff and left to its own devices. Hence, the taking-on of the monkey-flesh as an abode and being castoff into the wilderness while the doors to heaven were ordered closed. So, like in the book, He Is Not My Ancestor, one finds the wretched in a earthly-hell and one can understand Sura Tin verse number 4 as well as the mystery collection of ‘man-like beasts’ or fossils of primitive ‘things’ looking something like man but ‘not quite all there’.

This horror can be further enhanced through the Epistle of the Romans among other parts of the New Testament showing man’s (as to each entities) original sin especially that of arrogance and the lust for dominance. Dominance because they were ‘lords’ that acted like gods but misused their potential and lordly dominance to create mischief and bloodshed which the angels did see and did fear but still these angels obeyed their ONLY REAL LORD and bowed down to Adam (pbh). So that answers that question in brief.

Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your {Jewish} law, I {GOD} said, “Ye are gods?”

If HE called them gods {as a form of humiliating speech}, unto whom the word of GOD came {for instructions to revive the Truth amongst the degraded and helpless} and the scripture cannot be broken.     John (10: 34-35)

Here are some telling verses from the Epistle Romans:

For the invisible things of HIM from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even HIS eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Because that, when they knew GOD, they glorified HIM NOT as GOD, neither were {they} thankful {for their glorified state and power}; but {they} became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Professing themselves to be wise {as powerful entities and dictators often do}, they became fools,

And changed the glory of the incorruptible GOD {HIS universal laws on Earth} into an image made like to corruptible man, {such that his desires and NOT GOD’s DESIRE would be fulfilled} and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things {with whom they did mingle and adulterated for their own illicit pleasures}.

Wherefore GOD also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves {and thus they became wretched, rejected and humiliated:                                           Romans (1: 20-24)

And man was gifted above many a thing and became prideful that he was the master even of many angels and foolishly believed that his and his alone was the command in the mastery of the world. Yet even though they were granted glorious power, they still were originally reminded of what was right and what was wrong when their own group had a go of it:

Ubayy bin Ka’ab declared from the knowledge he received from the Prophet (pbh) that all of mankind was assembled in separate groups giving them the understanding that they were to be made vicegerents on Earth {lords of the Earth} while imparting their wisdom and understanding, i.e. granting them power such that each individual (would be) completely and fully responsible for his actions.  (Hadith)

Therefore, no individual can absolve him or herself (by making excuses) from the responsibility of deviation from ALLAH’s WAY. It therefore becomes man’s duty to make use of all his facilities of the GIFTS granted to them to be able to discern or put up a struggle to discern TRUTH from ERROR.

So we have different wordings but the same concept. Hopefully, we can put away as a long lost tale the ‘evolving’ baboon who once was king of all that he surveyed. A creature with only a spiritual body as ‘sons’ (before he was given a physical body) that could live forever but who ended up defacing himself along with nature and paid a horrible price of being locked up in the earthly struggles or lower realms of existence of the vicious world of eat or be eaten.

When the doors of heaven (not paradise) were shut permanently against this audacious criminal that would make a mockery of the ONE TO BE WORSHIPED, he fell from GRACE and became more animal than man. And his record is found in the fossil evidence as has been dug up. A kind of evolution in a way, but still it was a very painful one.

Then do WE abase him to be the lowest of the low.   Q (95: 5)

Then one was born on the Earth to start the human race in its pure form (not mingled with or stigmatized with ‘earthly pollution’ so very long ago but he too fell and those peoples coming from his line have been struggling ever since to understand and be accounted on the pathway called ‘The Straight and Narrow’.

The following is based on an adaptation from the book, He Is Not My Ancestor

There is a law, for those who have understanding that goes something like this. One is accursed if one tries to enter the flesh {any fleshy existence} without the pattern {that has been laid down from before}. Truly this sounds like science fiction if one breezes over this thought without consideration.

The basic idea found in Islam is that a man, in order to be a true man and placed in the category of the sons of Adam for salvation, must be born of the flesh from a woman. This includes the normal birth or even virgin birth. Otherwise, the soul that does things differently has willfully disobeyed ALLAH’s Will and is accursed. It is accursed because it has rejected the Way and has tried perversion and can only be forgiven if it truly repents from its perversion.

Then there are mysteries built around the Christ but those mysteries DO NOT grant him super being status or being other than only a human being. Both Islam and Christianity can prove through their records that Jesus (pbh) was born sinless – not touched by the devil on the umbilical cord and Islam throws in that knowledge also about Mary the Mother of Jesus (may ALLAH be pleased with them both). That is not a mystery.

What would cause some people to be taken aback is that in the Epistle of the Hebrews in the New Testament there is recorded that the Christ-soul did sin — once. Now that news makes him completely human and here we have another mystery but the New Testament calls out a partial explanation (only when things are put together in the proper way).

This explanation fits the declarations found in Isaiah (pbh), the Gospel of John (the esoteric gospel) and other epistles.

“Who needs not daily, as those {regular} high priests, to offer up a sacrifice, first for his own sins, {shortcomings/imperfections} and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself” {to be that Sign or Sacrifice}.                            Heb. (7: 27)

When and where this occurred we are not told but we are given in the records (mostly the Dead Sea Scrolls) about a certain person representing a ‘soul in travail’ and Isaiah (pbh) is clear about his ‘patience and total dependency on GOD’ such that he opened not his mouth….

Along with this thought, it is interesting to note as I have pointed out in the book, The Non-Crucifixion of Jesus, that Jesus (pbh) knew his future ‘fate’ and while going to Jerusalem, discussed future events that would soon happen. The New Testament records that the Disciples became afraid even though Jesus (pbh) was calm and collected. All this shows, in truth, is that Jesus (pbh) knew he was NOT going to be crucified or put on the cross but he was concerned about his Disciples and their safety and the meeting up with them again after 3 days in a special ‘safe’ house.

So along with this notion we find a curious verse in Hebrews:

From the New Revised Standard Bible:

 

In the days of his flesh, Jesus {he} offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the ONE who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.   Hebrews (5: 7)

 

Again, when did this happen? Only ALLAH knows for sure! We can surmise, however, that due to ALLAH’s declaration about the people of the Book being admonished to read and understand their own scriptures Q (4: 47), which of course must still be existent for that Quranic verse to make sense, that the verse from Hebrews (5: 7) will show the careful reader that indeed!

 

Although Jesus the son of Mary was threatened with death, in fact, he did NOT die but was eventually raised up into the heavens. At least the logic behind the above sentiment expresses an Islamic viewpoint by the fact that Jesus (pbh) has NOT yet died but was raised up body and soul. This counteracts the confusion of Christian theology when it is stated, quite erroneously of course, that he died but then came back to life. If that was the case, the verse above (Hebrews 5: 7) would have to be altered in such a way as to show that he would die temporarily in the physical sense instead of being saved from death.

 

O you, to whom the Book had been given! Believe in the Book WE have sent down now {the Quran}, confirming the Book you already have with you; believe in it before WE distort faces and set them backwards, or lay down OUR curse on them as WE laid down OUR curse on the Sabbath-breakers – for the decision of ALLAH must be carried out.      Q (4: 47)

 

And it is interesting to note that this man, for surely a remarkable man but ONLY A MAN NONETHELESS, is claimed to be a ‘second’ adam and the last adam. To repeat again, Definitely NOT THE FIRST ADAM who is the father of the human race but another adam and quite definitely the LAST ONE leading up to the last days.

And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.   1 Cor. (15:25)

As tantalizing as these things are, the only benefit of knowing any of this is to reinforce the notion that Jesus the son of Mary, as remarkable as he really is, is only a human being blessed and aided in a quest or journey by the ONE GOD and who predicted the downfall of his teachings (his universal way) by corrupt individuals and who predicted that another Prophet would come to usher in the REAL TRUTH that being the man known as Prophet Muhammad (pbh).

This people draw nigh unto me with their mouth and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

But in vain they do {will} worship me, teaching for {foolish notions} doctrines the {philosophical inventions} commandments of men.    Matthew (15: 8-9)*&**

*The Jews never worshiped Jesus (pbh) so we can see a difficulty here in this verse. However, retouching up a corrupted verse can bring back more of the reality by noting what was probably the original declaration by Jesus (pbh) as to the future of his teachings which is obviously implied if we use the word ‘will’ and the corruption to come of the church in the late first (around 85-90 AC) and early second centuries which led to doctrine building when ROME became the established seat of power above other voices (so-called spiritual centers).

The coalescing of spiritual power in Rome put them in control to give the ‘universal guidance’ from their declaration of doctrines. Now we can understand more fully the ‘mystery woman’ who through ‘filthy invented doctrine’ is called a whore (likened to a prostitute) in the New Testament in Revelations and this woman is likened to a city or the eventual powerhouse of doctrine forging of the ‘Church’.

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

**And upon her forehead was a name written, mystery, Babylon the Great {the adulteration of Divine Truth}, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth.             Revelations (17: 4-5)

And he said unto me, “The waters which you saw where the whore sits {resides} are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. ***

And the woman which you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.              Revelations (17: 15 and 18)

***This historically happened under the dominion of the Roman Catholic Church and continuing into somewhat the later times of the Crusades and before the European countries decided to go their own way instead of being ruled by ‘Rome’.

This is all the more reason why people should strive diligently (of course, each to his own station/situation in life) to learn about the Quran and pathway sent down to Prophet Muhammad (pbh). In this way, at least, a person shows an attempt to understand truth versus fictitious lies, false practices and foolish inventions.

In doing so, that person will become less susceptible to fictitious shenanigans within side of one’s own religion. Thus he will be able to judge better the ‘right way’ as well as to see more clearly the correct pathway from the deviant one.

‘Abdullah ibn Abbas has declared in a hadith that one is to love the Arabs on account of three things:

1. The Quran came down in Arabic

2. The Prophet (pbh) was an Arab

3. The language of paradise {on Earth} is Arabic

James the half-brother of Jesus (pbh) tells us ‘Blessed is anyone who perseveres when trials come.  Such a person is of proven worth and will win the prize of life, the crown that the Lord has promised to those who love him.’  (James 1:12)

For example as to Islam, if people proclaim to want to sit together to understand Islam and its sects better in order to unify Islam or overlook the great discrepancies found therein between divergent sects all claiming the ‘TRUTH’, let them remember the old adage found in the New Testament (to use an outside, non-prejudicial, Comparative Religious source): ‘By their fruits you will know them’:

Even so, every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit; neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Every tree that does NOT bring forth good fruit is {eventually} hewn down and cast into the fire.

Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.     Matthew (7: 17-20)

In this way, if a person REALLY DESIRES TRUTH (AND IS NOT PRETENDING SO AS TO COVER HIS SECTS DEFECTS), LET HIM NOT KEEP FALLING BACK ON ADULTERATED PRACTICES THAT ARE NOTHING MORE THAN THE MERE INVENTIONS OF CORRUPT MINDS. IN OTHER WORDS, WHY ARE ‘YOU’ TALKING ABOUT REASON WHILE YOU STILL CONTINUE**** IN THE PRACTICES OF THE WHORING OF THE TRUTH!

****That is they continue to practice innovations that were NEVER sanctioned by the original prophet of that religion/sect even when they are arguing about ‘coming together’ for a common understanding. So why are they not interested in challenging homespun, fictitious tales of repugnant essence? Could it be that they enjoy wallowing in the mud like a pig or enjoying eating their own vomit? Would a person feel safe in discussing the dignity, kindness and rightfulness of human treatment and true religious dictates with a still committed and practicing cannibal? So in the end the truth will shine out at last from deviation.

How did this mess come about? It came about due to the false belief of those trying to protect their vested interests that put them in a position of vain (futile) glory. It was not truth they sought but dominance, arrogance and leadership to mold others to their cherished sicknesses that they should follow such foul swill.

 

Say: “Shall WE tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds?

Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works (endeavors).

They are those who deny the SIGNS of their LORD and the fact of their having to meet HIM (In the Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor shall WE, on the Day of Judgment, give them any weight.

That is their reward, HELL; because they rejected Faith and took MY SIGNS and MY MESSENGERS by way of jest {not being serious or honest about those sanctified things}.                               Q (18: 103-106)