Jesus: A Prophet?!! Not Divine?!!

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Jesus: A Prophet?!! Not Divine?!!

 

I know it sounds blasphemous the first time you hear it, but in reality it is

more demeaning to call God a human! God literally contained in a man named

Jesus? God needing sleep? God needing food? God falling on His Face in prayer?

to whom? God going to the bathroom? God being born from between the legs of a

woman? God at the mercy of His enemies; being spit upon, beaten, mocked? God

dying? God a man? No! And Jesus never claimed to be more than a man sent by God,

sustained by the mercy of God and bound in obedience to God.

 

If we wish to follow Jesus let us look at what Jesus taught, not Paul. There

is much confusion over which verses in the Bible are authentic and which are not

but we can still try to locate the true message of Jesus. Jesus refers to

himself as a prophet upon many occasions; Mark (6:4) and Luke(13:33) for

example. Jesus 'speaks not on his own authority'; John (12:49), (4:4) and

(7:16) for example. Jesus denies perfect (full) knowledge: '...I know not the

Hour but the Father in heaven Only Knoweth...'(Matthew). Neither did Jesus say:

'saved by my blood'. He described 'keeping the commandments and having faith' as

the road to heaven; Matthew (22:37-40), (4:10), (5:20), (15:7-9), (19:17), Luke

(13:3) and John (17:3), (5:24).

 

We Muslims raise Jesus up to a higher standard of respect than Christians do.

You might ask, " How is that so? " . First of all we honor Jesus in truth not in a

myth. We revere him as a mighty, courageous, God-fearing, obedient Prophet of

God the Almighty. Jesus lived his life in accordance with the will of God..

'the one who sent me'. We believe Jesus was chosen by God. This is a great honor

indeed! Chosen by God to deliver the Divine Message. We also avow that he was

born of a virgin, Mary. (A fact which many university educated Christians do

not believe!) Note that Joseph is not to be found in the Islamic literature. We

are told in the Quran that Jesus spoke from the cradle to defend his mother from

the accusations of fornication. The Quran also states that Jesus fashioned a

bird out of clay and it came alive by the will of God. He healed blind men and

lepers and raised a man from the dead , all by the will of God. And, yes, he

spoke with authority. God gave

him the authority. All the prophets were authorized to carry out Gods' mission

for them and God gave each prophet special talents and miracles in order to

enable them to carry out His plan. We are not Muslims if we do not honor and

believe in Jesus as a mighty prophet of God.

 

Remember... I said that we believe Jesus will be returned to earth.

 

But what do I believe Jesus will do when he returns?

 

Muslims expect Jesus to come again to set the record straight about his being

a prophet and not one of a trinity, nor the Son of God. We expect him to live

among the Muslims for years in peace after killing the Anti-Christ . He will

be the leader of the believers and will pray and judge according to Islam ,

which is and always has been the religion of all the prophets since Adam.

[Remember Islam means submission to the One and Only God.] At this time all the

people will know the truth about him and there will be one religion and peace

will reign until the time God will decide. His coming is one of the major signs

of the Last Hour (the Day of Judgement). But it will not be over yet. God

Alone knows its time.

 

 

 

 

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