There are three dominate religions in the world. It doesn't take a genius to know which three: Christianity, Judiasm, and Islam. I am a Christian and thus my theology does conflict with both Jews and Islamists. However, there is common ground between ua all. With Jew we have the Old Covenant, the Torah, The Prophets, and the Books of Wisdom. The Jew is like our half brother, they believe half of truth, they acknowledge Jehovah, The One True God. However, they reject the Messiah Yeshua or Jesus. While we diagree, we can coexist in peace, we can be loving towards each other. Afterall it was jews that did preserve the the truth for six thousand years. It was also jews, messianc jews who wrote and safe guarded the Gospels.
As for the Arab, the Islamist. We have common ground in that we were once condemned, lost, and considered blind until Christ payed our ransom. Contrary to common knowledge, Mohammand actually was trying to do something positive. He was confronting idol worshipers, and in process he went overboard. In fact, in Quaron it says Jesus is the Messiah, born of the Virgin Mary. THe reason Mohammand said don't worship Christ, that there is no father or son, is because of context. In arab colture, a father and son are made because of sexual relations. A father, has to father a son. So its biological to them, they don't understand how we see the Father and Son relationship. That it is qualities and behavior, how Jehovah is like father to us, that protects us, takes care of us, and judges those who seek to harm us.
So ultimately, it is possible that Islam is merely a twisted copy of Christianity, that Mohammand was simply trying to purge idolatry and that what he has said has been taken way of context. That Satan took hi words and created a lie, a cult. This has happened numerious times in the Church, someone reads scripture and misinterprets it and soon opression and deception rule the minds of innocent peoples.
I often wonder what will become of the decieved? Unlike someone who overtly rejects the Gospel, these people have been raised and reared to believe fallices. They have been brainwashed to precieve things a certain way. I know that the only way to attain eternal life is through Jesus Christ. That he is the only way to father. I am not making a case that all paths lead to heaven,I don't believe you can obtain salvation except through Christ alone, that you must believe the Apostle's Creed. However, I am curious how God will judge those lost in false doctrines.
In conclusion, Jesus said to love our enemies. The jews aren't are enemies, they are our brothers. I love them from bottom of my heart, I respect them as people, I thank them for being adament, even obstinate to the point of never surrending the truth. I pray that in these days their eyes might be opened, that viel be torn and they have the epifany, the revelation that Yeshua is LORD and Savior. As for the Islamist arabs, I pray they discover that God is not Allah but Elohim: Father, Spirit, and Son. That he is loving, not tyrannical. That they could be free from chains of fear and despair and rest in arms of a loving Father. That the Sons of Ishmael can be reconciled with the Sons of Isacc in Christ. That even though Abraham rejected them, God, El Elyon, Abba El Shaddai is waiting to open his arms to them.
As for the Arab, the Islamist. We have common ground in that we were once condemned, lost, and considered blind until Christ payed our ransom. Contrary to common knowledge, Mohammand actually was trying to do something positive. He was confronting idol worshipers, and in process he went overboard. In fact, in Quaron it says Jesus is the Messiah, born of the Virgin Mary. THe reason Mohammand said don't worship Christ, that there is no father or son, is because of context. In arab colture, a father and son are made because of sexual relations. A father, has to father a son. So its biological to them, they don't understand how we see the Father and Son relationship. That it is qualities and behavior, how Jehovah is like father to us, that protects us, takes care of us, and judges those who seek to harm us.
So ultimately, it is possible that Islam is merely a twisted copy of Christianity, that Mohammand was simply trying to purge idolatry and that what he has said has been taken way of context. That Satan took hi words and created a lie, a cult. This has happened numerious times in the Church, someone reads scripture and misinterprets it and soon opression and deception rule the minds of innocent peoples.
I often wonder what will become of the decieved? Unlike someone who overtly rejects the Gospel, these people have been raised and reared to believe fallices. They have been brainwashed to precieve things a certain way. I know that the only way to attain eternal life is through Jesus Christ. That he is the only way to father. I am not making a case that all paths lead to heaven,I don't believe you can obtain salvation except through Christ alone, that you must believe the Apostle's Creed. However, I am curious how God will judge those lost in false doctrines.
In conclusion, Jesus said to love our enemies. The jews aren't are enemies, they are our brothers. I love them from bottom of my heart, I respect them as people, I thank them for being adament, even obstinate to the point of never surrending the truth. I pray that in these days their eyes might be opened, that viel be torn and they have the epifany, the revelation that Yeshua is LORD and Savior. As for the Islamist arabs, I pray they discover that God is not Allah but Elohim: Father, Spirit, and Son. That he is loving, not tyrannical. That they could be free from chains of fear and despair and rest in arms of a loving Father. That the Sons of Ishmael can be reconciled with the Sons of Isacc in Christ. That even though Abraham rejected them, God, El Elyon, Abba El Shaddai is waiting to open his arms to them.
Excellent!
ReplyDeleteI pray often for the lost...it breaks my heart to think of them...and where they are going.
I long to spread the Truth about Christ with all men...may Christ bring them to Him!!!
To be clear, thou dost not believe the the Muslims can got to Heaven dost thou? Unless, of course, they turn to Christ.
The only way to heaven, to attain eternal life is through Jesus Christ. Muslims cannot be ransomed, they will not be admitted into Heaven unless the profess Christ as Lord and Savior. I do not believe all paths lead to heaven. :)
ReplyDeleteAh, I did not think thee did... :D
ReplyDeleteI was trying to expose something about Islam and how we need to pray for the lost, that they may recieve Salvation in Christ Jesus. :)
ReplyDeleteI see that in thy post now. :D I wast merely trying to make sure I understood thee.
ReplyDeleteTis a battle! But one I gladly fight. I am so thankful for the grace of Christ in my life that I long to share the beauty of it with others.