Word for Word,
Christian
Not all Jews liked everything Jesus was
saying. Jewish leaders were upset because Jesus' followers called him
the messiah. These leaders did not accept the claim that Jesus was the
messiah. The Greek word for Messiah comes from Christos which
is the Greek word for Christ.
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something, copyright problems, sorry)
As Jesus gained followers among the Jewish
population, opposition from religious leaders grew. The leaders of the
Roman empire were also against Jesus. In 63 B.C., Rome had conquered
Judah, which then became known as Judea (jooDEEuh). The Roman leaders
thought that Jesus was stirring up the Jewish community. They feared
he might lead a revolt against Roman rule.
The Roman leaders did not fear Jesus. Pilate
did everything he could to wash his hands of it, even demonstrating
so. What historians, experts, scholars were these?
The Death of Jesus
Finally, in about A.D. 33, Jesus' opponents
acted. (Finally? Were we tired of Him?)
Jesus and his followers, called
disciples, came to Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish festival of
Passover. According to the New Testament, people gathered and cheered Jesus as he entered
the city. Nevertheless, he was arrested just after he ate the
traditional Passover meal.
Not one word about Jesus telling His
disciples He would be killed, of His preparations. That would be more
than a teacher as Islam claims.
According to the New Testament, his opponents
took Jesus before the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate. They said Jesus
claimed to be king of the Jews. They charged him with treason against
Rome. The Romans did not permit any kings within their empire. All
people were expected to obey only the Roman emperor. Pilate ordered
that Jesus be put to death. He was crucified--nailed to the cross to
die--by Roman guards, according to Roman custom.
The New Testament says that the body of Jesus
was placed in a tomb of solid rock. A large stone was rolled in front
of the tomb to seal it. Three days later, however, a woman returned to
the tomb. The stone had been rolled away. The tomb was empty.
(What, no angels? Where is Mary? No
compelling descriptions of the reappearance of Jesus? Aisha said much
of Muhammad and an angel...)
The disciples of Jesus believed that Jesus
rose from the dead. This event is called the Resurrection. It
convinced the disciples that Jesus was the messiah. They spread the
gospel, or "good news," about Jesus and his teachings.
(do they mean the good news that Jesus died for
our sins? can't they admit Christians believe that?)
They also wrote the New Testament. The religion
based on the teachings of Jesus, called Christianity, became
the largest religion in the world. You will read about how
Christianity spread in Chapter 15.
What about our belief, according to the New
Testament, that Jesus rose from the dead? That He walked among us for
40 days and then rose into heaven seen by many? Muhammad's version of
ascension was written up twice in the Islam section, once with a photo
of the Mosque he supposedly ascended from. What about ANYTHING about
Jesus that would take more than a popular teacher?
The Bible says and Christians believe that
Jesus is the Son of God. Islam does not. The textbook omits the
belief. The Quran states:
9:30. The Jews call Ůzair [Ezra] a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ
the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but
imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them:
how they are deluded away from the Truth!
4:171
Say not "Three (Trinity)" : desist: it
will be better for you: for Allah is One God. Glory be to Him: (far
exalted is He) above having a son.
As stated before, there is 10x the text
supporting the idea that Muhammad is the Prophet with FEWER
disclaimers such as "Muslim's believe..." (see
graph) 10 times more than dedicated text than what Christians
believe about Jesus. These are the small allowances that give Jesus
more credit than being a "popular teacher."
1. Found in another section, "Christianity
and the Fall of Rome," pg 459, there
is a small picture of a stone fish and cross and the caption reads,
"The fish was one of the earliest Christian symbols. The Greek word
for fish contains the first initials of the words, Jesus Christ, Son
of God, Savior." This is
the closest the textbook comes to admitting that Christians might
believe He was the Savior, Son of God. Is this balanced? 19 times
Jesus is described as a teacher. How many songs do Christians sing
about Jesus the teacher?
2. There is a picture of Jesus with the
caption, "According to the New
Testament, Jesus healed the sick and performed other miracles to
demonstrate the power of God."
Muslims believe that Jesus healed people by permission of Allah. (see
below)
3. The story of Paul of Damascus
seeing a vision of Jesus is given. This small concession is
surrounded both before and after with disclaimers of "According to the
New Testament" and "Christians believe." These concessions make up
what constitutes 1/10th of what is devoted to Muhammad as the Prophet,
and these concessions are heavily surrounded with "Christians
believe."
Muslims believe that Jesus
could heal people. In the Quran, Allah is quoted
supposedly giving instruction to Jesus in Surah 5:110: "O Jesus son of
Marium!" (Islam believes that the sister of Moses is the same
Mary...dates and stories are all mixed up) ... you healed the blind and
the leprous by my [Allah's] permission;..." All miracles performed by
Jesus are claimed to be by permission of Allah. Muslims believe Jesus
could perform miracles "to demonstrate the power of Allah."
Very similar to the textbook and noted in the tiniest font.
To see documentation of the parallels of
Islam's beliefs lining up with what is in the textbook, while omitting
what Christian's believe that doesn't line up with Islam,
click here.
For those who do not know, Mohammad first went
to the Jews as a prophet, writing of peace; was rejected. Mohammad then
went to the Christians claiming to be a prophet and wrote peace; was
rejected. Mohammad went back to his own people and was rejected until he
(for a short time) said Allah allowed them to worship Allah's daughters.
Mohammad then began to mastermind or lead slaughters of unbelievers in 60 massacres, and the Quran changed dramatically to hate, that is why there are so many
contradictions. That is also why there are so many familiar phrases and
precepts between the religions. Mohammad appeared on the scene over 600
years after Jesus was resurrected, he tried to claim to be a prophet,
though illiterate, he knew the scriptures of the Bible well. But "Allah"
is certainly NOT the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The characters are
exactly opposite! In fact the Hebrew phonetic word Allah (aw-law) means
to lament, mourn and curse. (Strong's Exhaustive Concordance #421, 422,
423)
This has been a word for word sample
comparison of the Islam and Christian sections.
Other items found in the Christian section:
