‘Have a piece of candy for it tastes so sweet! Inside its center is poison which will knock you off your feet’!
The use of the symbols { } are for clarification purposes only!
Islam is under attack these days by crafty and manipulative ‘tricksters’ who would like to weaken the resolve of the true believer and shift doubt on the validity of either mainstream Islam OR to try and mesmerize its members into believing a whole bunch of nonsense about Jesus the Christ (pbh). Hence, making it easier to ‘find Jesus’ and accept him as your lord, god and savior!
One type of honey-tongued trickster is the guy who likes to take non-authentic, so-called Islamic material from mainly questionable sources and prove heretical Islamic sects correct. This kind of legerdemain is represented by the following:
TRADITIONAL MUSLIM “SUBSTITUTIONIST” INTERPRETATION OF JESUS’ CRUCIFIXION: A CRITICAL PRESENTATION By Ks. Marek Nasiłowski PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO DI STUDI ARABI E D‘ISLAMISTICA
One such ‘work’ was put forward by a Mr. Nasilowski and what faith he belongs to is anyone’s guess. However, in his labored work, he tends to lean toward UNETHICAL SECTS IN ISLAM like the writings of Ismailies, Sufis, and early Sufi controlled Shias.
Such twisted logic tries to appeal to the Muslim by presenting huge amounts of materials from questionable people concerning the ‘actual crucifixion of Jesus’ and that the Quran doesn’t deny the Jewish or Christian faiths or the people who ‘devoutly’ follow their scriptures!
Here we see that using semi-truths, one can make a case for just about anything! The writer of this ‘tome’ doesn’t seem to understand REAL ISLAM and completely ignores what Prophet Muhammad (pbh) declared about his Ummah.*
{*At-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) said: “ALLAH will not cause my Ummah to agree on falsehood; the hand of ALLAH is with the jamaa‘ah (the main body of the Muslim SCHOLARS (OF FIGH, KNOWLEDGE AND HADITH MATERIAL).” Classed as hasan by al-Albaani.
We don’t know the UNSEEN but reckless and PECULIAR controversies started by half-baked personalities having ‘long winded’ logic showing tendencies to escape the true sayings of the Prophet (pbh) reflect only a deep sense of foolishness!
The other position is that Evangelical dross that will attempt any measure to ‘win souls for Christ’ as if they could win anything that ALLAH did not grant! Having been taught a big lesson in trying to combat Muslims, as if the Muslims had nothing to stand upon, they have hit on a strategy of actually agreeing with the ‘beauty of Islam’ in order to lay down their heretical thoughts as ‘ideas blessed by GOD’!
An example of this poison comes from the following website: [http://www.Christian-thinktank.com]
Combating these peoples is not easy because they don’t want to listen**but by stating that you are satisfied with ALLAH as your GOD; MUHAMMAD as your PROPHET; and ISLAM as your RELIGION with the addition of being able to point to just a ‘few’ things from their BOOK that PROVES TO YOU THAT ISLAM IS CORRECT should be enough to put them in their place without long winded discussions as they try to wear one down.
{**Hear now this, O foolish people, and {you} without understanding; which have eyes, and see NOT; which have ears, and hear NOT: Jeremiah (5:21)
This is why I {Jesus} speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do NOT see; though hearing, they do NOT hear or understand.’ Matthew (13:13)}
Unable to attack Islam from the front door, they show a feigned interest in the Quran and quote it like it really meant something to them. This FALSE CHARADE is then followed by a barrage of quotes from the Old and New Testaments proving ‘their’ points AND IN EFFECT REDUCING THE QURAN TO A PARTIALLY CORRECT BOOK ONLY.
Furthermore, this REPUGNANT AND DECEITFUL approach shows their attempt via the Quran that Muhammad (pbh) did commit sins and Jesus (pbh) is perfect. Hence, the eventual smart idea is to turn to their religion and get away from ‘mediocre’ Islam.
Their errors are many but CLEVER! Their attempts at ‘backdoor conversion’ works on weak Muslims who feel somehow that ALLAH has let them down. For sure, these so-called ‘born again Christians’ are not going to present the many pitfalls facing their beliefs coming from true history and their own holy works!
Now as to Jesus (pbh) the man and some interesting items concerning him and a notion offered up as opposed to the born again Christian ‘cult’:
A soul, like any man’s soul including the soul of Jesus, is given A TERM APPOINTED, MEANING A ‘STRETCH OF TIME’, DETERMINED ONLY BY ALLAH, FOR HIS/HER LIFE’S WORK. WHATEVER THAT ‘GRACE PERIOD’ IS, AND LIKE SNOWFLAKES OF WHICH NO TWO ARE THE SAME, IT BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW THE UNSEEN!
SINCE JESUS (pbh) HASN’T DIED YET (AFTER ALL HE DOES RETURN – as he went up in his SPECIAL condition, so shall he return) AND WILL EVENTUALLY DIE*** WHEN HE IS SUPPOSED TO DIE (HIS TERM OF APPOINTMENT COMING TO AN END) AND WILL RAISE FROM THE SAME GRAVE WITH MUHAMMAD (pbh)! THAT IS THE ‘PHYSICALITY OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST MEN NOT MORE AND NOT LESS.
{***(And as it is appointed {BY GOD} unto {ALL} men to die once but after this the judgment {THEIR TERM OF APPOINTMENT IS UP AND THIS EQUALS THE FINISHED BOUNDARIES AND THEN ON TO JUDGMENT} Hebrews (9:27)}
ABOUT THEIR SOULS OR SPIRITS, THAT IS ANOTHER MATTER AND WHAT DIMENSION THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN OR WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR BLESSEDNESS IS FOR ME A MATTER OF THE UNSEEN! SO, IT IS BEST TO LEAVE THAT ALONE!!!
We know from the Christian’s Holy Book that Jesus (pbh) DID NOT DIE (ALTHOUGH THEY (Christians) DISAGREE WITH THEIR OWN BOOK) especially when this is backed up by the Book of Jonah in the Old Testament!
The Sign of Jonah:
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees told Jesus, “Teacher, we want to see a SIGN from you.”
But he replied to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign. Yet NO SIGN will be given to it EXCEPT THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET JONAH,
because JUST AS JONAH {I WILL BE THE SAME AS JONAH} WAS IN THE STOMACH OF THE SEA CREATURE for three days and three nights {in deep meditation-like trance communicating with his LORD}, SO SHALL THE SON OF MAN {WILL} be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. Matthew (12:38-40)
HOW WAS JONAH’S CONDITION, ACCORDING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, WHILE HE WAS IN THE STOMACH OF THE SEA CREATURE? SIMPLY PUT, HE WAS AND REMAINED ALIVE THROUGH ALL OF THAT ORDEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!
From this we get two very important things:
- 1. Jesus (pbh) will be entombed for a ‘length of time’ inside that grotto-like tomb ALIVE BUT LOGICALLY DOING SOMETHING OF SOME NATURE
- 2. He is in there NOT FOR FUN but to accomplish some goal of which the details are, for the most part, kept in the UNSEEN.
He either is in there alone and STILL ALIVE and healing himself or he is in there with ‘another’ (according to the Substitution Theory)who took his place on the cross and healing him – Simon a Cyrenian, according to Peter’s secretary (Glaucus).
We know FOR A RECORDED FACT that the Tomb was emptied after the period of several days and nights and that it was guarded by Roman soldiers PREVIOUSLY. We also know for a fact that a SINGLE LIVING PERSON CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE SUCH THAT THE GRAVE REMAINED EMPTY.
There are only two ways to go with this type of logic and that was expressed in several of my writings dealing with a possible occurrence of Jesus (pbh) performing what the taunting Jews told him to do and that was {‘Physician HEAL THYSELF’ – Luke (4:23)}. {It can also apply to another soul companion ( or the one that was reportedly in the grave with Jesus being the one who was actually crucified in place of Jesus) in that ‘THIS {VERY SAME DAY} YOU {the crucified one} will be with me in Paradise – Luke (23:43)!}
In order for that to occur, Jesus (pbh) would have to be put asleep after his labors and RAISED to ALLAH AND CLEARED BY ALLAH HIMSELF AND THEN SENT BACK TO EARTH TO AID HIS DISCIPLES IN UNDERSTANDING CERTAIN MYSTERIES AS IS DECLARED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.****
****Then he said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me {who I actually am, why I have come and what is to occur}.”
And {then} he opened their understanding, that they might {fully} comprehend the Scriptures {which up until that time due to mysterious circumstances they could not process.} Luke (24: 44-45)
Some may say that he (Jesus) remained in heaven but that would be very doubtful because the Quran does not deal out ‘massive corruption charges’ against the former Books, in the case of the New or Old Testaments {Quran (4:136) and (2:136)} – basically some misplaced wording and some alteration of the texts (by subtraction and addition), however, is implied!
Records are kept in heaven of EVERY ACTION AND DEED so the ignorant Jews at that time and place had, in their own minds, caught an evil criminal (according to them) who paraded around as a possible Messiah trapping some Jews into false belief, hence the crucifixion according to GOD’s LAW!
So ALLAH raised Jesus (pbh) up to HIMSELF and expunged the lying record (their excuses for what they did) and set it right! Q (3:55)
The BIGGEST ERROR FROM THE FORMER PEOPLES OF THE BOOK IS NOT BEING CARING/CAREFUL ENOUGH TO REALLY STUDY THEIR OWN WORKS (AS THEY SHOULD BE STUDIED) AND TO HAVE A CERTAIN ‘MENTALITY’ THAT PAUL TALKED ABOUT AMONG OTHERS which the Quran supports***** while simultaneously going hand in hand lazily taking their priests, (religious leaders) as determiners as to interpreting their scriptures:
They {Part of the Peoples of the Book} take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords {determiners of scriptural meanings} in derogation {opposition to the truth} of ALLAH, and (they take as their LORD) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One {GOD ONLY} ALLAH: there is no god but HE. PRAISE and GLORY to HIM: (Far is HE) from having the partners they associate (with HIM). Quran (9:31)
{*****And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness {defined by GOD and not defined by themselves found} in them that perish {in the secret recesses of the heart or that seat of blessedness of the soul}; because they did NOT truly 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 so that they will be rejected by GOD} GOD SHALL SEND {WILLFULLY 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 unrighteousness {took their comfort in DOING OTHER THAN THE TRUTHFUL WAY with the highest example of believing in joining partners with THE ONE GOD}. 2 Thessalonians (2:10-12)
“You have met THIS FATE because {OF WHAT YOUR OWN HANDS HAVE PASSED ON BEFORE YOU – Q (18:57) – AND} you REJOICED on the earth in things OTHER THAN THE TRUTH, and then EXULTED {REVELED} in it.” Q (40:75)}
Even though these people try to deceive the Muslims the thing to do with them is to admonish them in good faith showing that you do understand your duty as a Muslim, a human being and a believer in the Truth from the ONE GOD:
Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and amusement, AND ARE DECEIVED BY THE LIFE OF THIS WORLD. BUT CONTINUE TO ADMONISH THEM WITH IT (AL-QURAN, TRUTH) LEST A SOUL {human being} IS CAUGHT IN ITS OWN RUIN BY ITS OWN ACTIONS: it will find for itself no protector or intercessor EXCEPT ALLAH: if it {that soul} offered every ransom, (or reparation), none will be accepted: such is (the end of) those who deliver themselves to ruin BY THEIR OWN ACTS: THEY WILL HAVE FOR DRINK (ONLY) BOILING WATER AND FOR PUNISHMENT ONE MOST GRIEVOUS: FOR THEY PERISHED IN REJECTING ALLAH. Quran (6:70)
Jesus (pbh) at this time, the time of his METAMORPHOSIS has a corporal as well as a spiritual body as a ONE UNIT. So, he can enter into a building without walking through a door BUT HE STILL IS AND REMAINS A HUMAN BEING that has to eat his daily food – here on Earth anyway!
Hence, he can be raised up into the heavens without a spacesuit and come down the same way without a spacesuit. The question may be asked as to what kind of human being did he become.
WHAT KIND OF HUMAN did he become? The kind that he was BEFORE he became adam of the flesh or the kind that can enjoy the ‘fruits of Paradise’ as promised in the Quran. So, he completed his ‘tested journey‘ and in many, various ways became a SIGN unto mankind!
The ‘form of death‘****** that Jesus (pbh) underwent is NOT THE TOTAL, BODY DECAYING DEATH (prophets’ bodies, by the way, don’t decay according to Islam)/ or finality of death as in I go and you will see me no more on this Earth unless you see my skeleton!
{******In Islam the soul of a person is taken when in deep sleep and is either returned by ALLAH and the person lives another day or is kept such that the body starts to decay.}
We can’t solve this mystery by only logic and thankfully we don’t have to! It is NOT a requirement to believe in this stuff which admittedly goes beyond the ‘normal’ teachings. However, it does explain a lot of things and if men were smart, they would Praise ALLAH ALONE!
If the Christians are caught up and overly preoccupied with the CROSS BIT leading to fantastic dispensations of a broad swath of forgiveness of sins by a personal, fleshy deity in so-called human form, we Muslims are fed with the backbone of TRUE FAITH!
This was predicted in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Old Testament and New Testament in the advent and coming of the Spirit of truth, (Muhammad) THE PROPHET FOR THE WHOLE WORLD MEANING HE IS THE PROPHET FOR THE GENTILES to render unto us the NECESSARY TRUTH FOR SALVATION IN THE HEREAFTER AND THE CLARIFICATION OF THE REALITIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE!!!!!!!!
But these people don’t stop trying to maneuver into a position to catch unsuspecting/weak/nominal Muslims that ALLAH has portioned off.
Clever are the ways some Christians try to SUBVERT Islam by praising it! EVEN HALF-BAKED DELUSIONAL MUSLIMS CAN BE SWAYED TO FOREGO COMMON SENSE AND SURRENDER TO CORRUPTION.
There is no better way to destroy Islam than to show how it agrees with Christian thinking that Jesus (pbh) was in reality crucified! The next step can lead to him as the only true savior and GOD’s personal SON.
Whether its by razzle-dazzle MISINTERPRETATIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE ACCORDING TO THEIR LUSTFUL DESIRES or by simpering about how the Quran is agreeing with the notion of a crucified Christ, they intend to get half-baked (weak) Muslims to see the ‘reality’ of one of the world’s most successful dodges (the crucifixion of Jesus) and ignore plain SIMPLE TRUTH!
There is a ton of evidence (all of it wrong!) to prove that the world is only 6,000 years or so old; that the world is really flat; and that Jesus (pbh) died on the cross to erase our sins; and that he is ‘god’!
The joy is that people who REALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR RELIGION WON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THIS CLEVER MANIPULATION OF WHAT IS PASSED OFF FALSELY AS DIVINE TRUTH!
Let us take a look at some of their torpedoes and a way of DISMANTLING THEIR SOFT BUT MONSTROUS CALL which will be presented towards the end of this article – GOD WILLING!!!
Eventually, this putrid way of thinking is supposed to wear a person down who does NOT really have ‘TRUE FAITH’ in one’s heart – which it really tends to do especially to those whose faith is weak!
They don’t see that the ‘gods’ that they love (basically their own self-desires locked in their hearts) are ruining them because their FAILURE to see it is as so prophesied!******* They are like those who are deaf, dumb and blind and as prophesied IN THEIR OWN SCRIPTURES as being led to their own destruction!
{*******There are many instances of WARNINGS given to be weary of misleading falsehoods so that people don’t fall into a corrupted trap. Some examples are:
- The warning about the true but highly complex words of the ‘beloved brother’ Paul being twisted out of context leading one to one’s own destruction (damnation in the HELL-FIRE) 2Peter (3:15-18):
and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which UNTAUGHT and UNSTABLE people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
You therefore, beloved, since you {already} know this beforehand, BEWARE lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;
but grow in the grace and knowledge about our lord and {the one who opened our eyes to salvation} Savior Jesus Christ. 2Peter (3:15-18)
- The words of Peter and Proverbs about the ‘dog RETURNING to its own {smelly, gross/ugly and putrid} VOMIT’ showing that one can take something of beauty and twist it to one’s PERVERTED WAY because of the love for that way WHICH HE/SHE PREVIOUSLY SHOWED. That equals returning to the ‘Joy of that SIN’ because one love’s that type of ‘perversion’.
- The words of Paul proving that THE ONE GOD is NOT a passive, helpless thing but rather ONE WHO LOVES THOSE WHO DO RIGHT ACCORDING TO HIS SYSTEM AND WILL NOT PERMIT MAN OR ANYTHING TO GET AWAY WITH UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
IN OTHER WORDS ‘GOD WON’T BE FOOLED OR TRICKED’ (Galatians 6:7) INTO ABANDONING HIS FAITHFUL EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD WANTS TO DUCK ITS RESPONSIBILITY. THEREFORE, WHATEVER A MAN SOWS, HE WILL GET IT RETURNED UNTO HIM – GOOD MULTIPLIED MIGHTILY AND BAD FOR BAD. So, whatever and WHENEVER a man, any man sows, that shall he reap! (New Testament)
Truly, man writes his own history like a forger who is committed to lying but GOD keeps THE TRUE RECORDS OF MAN’S ACTIVITIES FOR HE IS THE ALL KNOWING, THE WISE!
- If one tries to ‘flim-flam’ GOD, HE puts the ‘flim-flam’ back on men who have a habit of trying to deny HIM through various means of manipulation. This is your ‘eye for an eye’ but GOD is MERCY and OVERLOOKS MUCH as the Quran says! This equates to the idea that although men plot and plan, ALLAH IS THE BEST TO PLAN Quran (8:30)!
- Paul’s unflattering remark concerning the crucifixion (we preach Christ crucified as a STUMBLING BLOCK to the Jews and as FOOLISHNESS {Stupidness} to the GREEKS which I have discussed several times in my writings.
My last article, ‘For the Curious a Double Edged Sword‘, went outside the Quran to show that INDEED, THE QURAN IS 100% PURE! THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT SAY “WELL, IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT THE QURAN MIGHT SAY SO, MUSLIMS MIGHT SAY SO.”
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE COMPETING COUSINS OF THE MUSLIMS (JEWS) OVER A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE THE QURAN WAS REVEALED AND PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBH) CAME TO EARTH!
It is important to realize that the ‘WAY OF MUHAMMAD’ IS ALSO FOUND IN HIS SAYINGS, which although NOT held as high as the Quran, they are very, very close to it and very much needed amongst the ‘considered ethical works’ by Sunni Scholars.
One of the important keys to combat this clever maligning of the truth is to understand one important thing and this ‘thing’ will help to explain some of the most so-called ‘BIZARRE’ PASSAGES FOUND IN THE NEW TESTAMENT!
This is called bringing the complex into a form of simple reality. However, this too has its ‘pitfalls’ for those ‘WHO GO BEYOND THE STATED RULES AND TRY TO CREATE, AS IT WERE, A MADE UP SET OF RULES THAT ARE SPECIFIC AND SO BROAD IN SCOPE AS TO TRY AND ‘ARTIFICIALLY’ CREATE WHAT DOESN’T EXIST!
It is hard and nearly impossible to discuss certain things that require a mature thought process due to the complexity and suddenness of the issue. PEOPLE MUST BE CAUTIOUS AND NOT GO OVERBOARD BY MAKING BROAD SWATHS OF GENERALITIES.
For example, one night I saw the Moon shinning brightly in the sky. The next night I was unable to see the Moon in the night sky. Therefore, I have concluded that the Moon has become extinct.
The most curious thing about the New Testament is a look at the personality of Jesus (pbh). It is true that he declared: “Of my own will I can do nothing” I came to do the WILL of my FATHER (GOD)********
{********I can of mine own self do {absolutely} nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just {why?}; because I DON’T SEEK MY OWN WILL, but the will {The DESIGN/PLAN of my GOD} of the Father {WHO} has sent me. John (5:30)}
BUT DID THAT TURN OUT TO BE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD???
Peculiarly, when one takes a closer look one would think so! This also throws some cold water on Jesus being anywhere near being a universal savior, a general dispenser of good things to all and sundry and a total embracer of humanity.
His words speak for themselves:
Think NOT that I have come for peace …. Matthew (10:34)
I speak in parables so that they won’t understand … and get healed {on the pathway to redemption}. Matthew (13:13)
So, he really didn’t come for ‘all humanity’ according to his own testimony. In other words, this so-called ‘blanket coverage idea‘ is in reality blatantly false and that Jesus (pbh) doing the will of his CREATOR is in fact a person who willfully and joyfully is a SPECIAL PARTICIPANT IN THROWING SOME SOULS TO THE ‘DOGS’ – according to the WILL of GOD!
I mention this little item to show that possible snares were laid down, even including the ‘crucifixion’ AS A PURPOSEFUL SNARE to entrap the ‘intended’ or at least to ‘number them‘ as to those who ‘willingly and joyfully’ fall into error as in RETURNING TO THEIR OWN VOMIT.
The ‘return’ is of those who did so in the past and though being admonished by these actions STILL went ahead anyway as to rejoice in worshiping things contrary to the truth!
This is such a radical thought but it has some very interesting points such as:
- Don’t underestimate THE ONE GOD and what HE is capable of doing. HE RULES AND THERE IS NO WEAKNESSES IN HIS RULE. ALTHOUGH HE INSCRIBED MERCY TO OVERRULE HIS WRATH, HE IS NOT SOMEONE THAT CAN BE FOOLED OR TRIFLED WITH.
- If one catches flies with fly paper, then how can one catch known and willful returning deviants who refuse to learn a lesson unless one has a plan to do so?
- The words of Jesus (pbh) shows that he was very caring especially to the ‘lost sheep of Israel’ but that he followed ALLAH’s WILL to the LETTER such that he was NOT ABOUT TO TIP HIS HAND TO CERTAIN PEOPLE.
TELL THEM THE TRUTH, YES BUT NOT GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO BE HELPFUL IN EXPLANATION TO THOSE GROUPS. HENCE HE TALKED IN PARABLES.
- Strangely enough, the Quran deals with these type of sentiments also! This idea is found in the declaration of ‘they would not really believe’ even if WE sent a sign unto them that special sign which they are requesting or even if a BOOK descended especially upon them or that if Angels came down declaring things to them personally or even if they could ascend into the heavens on a ladder!
- The words of Paul (We preach Christ crucified as a STUMBLING BLOCK TO THE JEWS AND AS FOOLISHNESS TO THE GREEKS – 1Corinthians (1:23) – can’t be fully explained by people who believe in the crucifixion of Jesus. Neither can the warnings given in the ‘Letters’ of various people as they show tantalizing warnings of those who will make mischief with the ‘true teachings‘ but do not explain things in full. Why?
- The historical occurrences in the SEARCH FOR THE REAL TRUTH CONCERNING THE SUPPOSED CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS TAKING PLACE IN AROUND 148 AD BY JUSTIN MARTYR, OVER ONE HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS AFTER SAID EVENT CAUSES ‘CRITICAL DOUBTS’ ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED BACK THEN.
THE CRUCIFIXION EVENT IS THE REAL BEDROCK OF CHRISTIANITY OF TODAY. YET IT IS ONLY LOGICAL TO ASSUME THAT GRAVE DOUBTS WERE PRESENT PRIOR TO 148 AD TO CAUSE SUCH A BLOCKBUSTER ATTEMPT AT FINDING THE ANSWER WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY ALREADY 100% APPARENT.
The question to be asked is, ‘why were there grave doubts about this even in the first place‘? Wasn’t this a known fact like the world being spherical?
- The real meaning of the Cross, which can be verified through a careful study of Jesus’ words, is that of SELF SACRIFICE OR THE GREAT JIHAD IN ARABIC – AS TO WHY ONE FASTS, PRAYS AND SUBMITS HIS SELF TO THE ONE LORD. This is a practice of obedience and not something to form a ‘cult’ over.
- If the New Testament records reflect what people were supposed to see and if the trend of ‘knowledge is given only unto you’ {the Disciples} and NOT others (see # 3), doesn’t it make sense for a division to be set up between believers and corrupters?
- The other meaning of the cross as one doing self-emulation for the ‘sins of mankind’ is much more closely related to pagan cultures that have used that same type of scenario in the past.
- Glaucus, Peter’s interpreter/secretary and writer of Peter1 and Peter2 found in the New Testament has himself declared, historically, that a man named Simon the Cyrene was the man who was ‘substituted’ for Jesus on the cross.
In conclusion, when the ONE GOD declares that Jesus (pbh) was NOT KILLED AND NOT CRUCIFIED, one should be thinking the following:
- People in the Philippines undergo crucifixion every year BUT THEY LIVE. Hence, to be crucified is to be put on the cross ONLY, and NOT NECESSARILY KILLED, even if it is just for a brief few seconds.
- The critical Quranic verse does NOT read: they did NOT kill him, NOR did they kill him by nailing him to a cross until he expired! Why say he was NOT killed, meaning, IN GENERAL, BY ANY METHOD and then GO ON TO MENTION A SPECIFIC FORM OF NON-DEATH?
The end result is that according to the TRUTH, the idea of a crucifixion of Jesus (pbh) is of little account to real believers although it appears to be big as mountains to those who feel a need of a ‘GOD’ feeling sorry for HIS creation such that HE has to kill himself who isn’t really HIMSELF!
The magic of this particular legerdemain is solved by making a trinity of gods who happen to mysteriously be only one!
O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of ALLAH aught 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 {in totality}. Say not “Trinity”: desist: it will be better for you: for ALLAH is ONE ALLAH: 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 {our} affairs. Q (4:171)
That they 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 THEIR SENSES} 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 (4:157)
