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Nganong nag-ampu si Hesus kung Siya Ginoo?

TUBAG: Ang Ginoo espirito (Juan 4:24), ug mahimo Niyang ikatag ang Iyang kaugalingon (Joel 2:28). Sa dihang si Adan ug Eba nahulog sa lit-ag ni Satanas, nawala ang ilang walay kataposang kinabuhi tungud kay ang bayad sa sala mao ang kamatayon (Roma 6:23). Ang himaya nga ginasul-ob sa ilang mga lawas nawala, pagkahinla, sila nag-antos sa pagkadaot sa lawas ug kamatayon (Genesis 2:17). Ug tungud kay mga kaliwat man kita nila, napanunod natu ang ilang kahimtang, sama kanila nag-antos usab kita sa pagkadaot sa lawas ug kamatayon. Ang lunsay o walay sala nga tawo lamang ang makabaton og kinabuhing dayon, apan ang tanan adunay mga sala, busa ang katawhan nag-ungaw sa pagkalaglag. Nangita ang Ginoo og usa ka tawo nga maoy mamahimong hinungdan ngano nga dili Niya laglagon ang katawhan, apan wala Siyay nakit-an (Isaias 59:16 & Ezekiel 22:30). Apan tungud kay gihigugma pag-ayo sa Dios ang kalibotan, nag-umol Siya og laraw sa kaluwasan, mibuga Siya og pulong o espirito dayon gihimo kini nga Iyang anak pinaagi sa usa ka mando (Salmo 2:7). Ang hinungdan ngano nga ang Anak sa Dios gipaila mao ang pagpukan sa mga buhat sa yawa (1 Juan 3:8). Kung wala pa ang sala, walay anak nga gipaila. Ang pulong, espirito, o ang anak sa Dios misulod sa kalibotan pinaagi sa tawhanong paghimugsu (Juan 6:38, Juan 1:14, ug Mateo 1:16). Nganong tawhanong paghimugsu? Tungud kay ang kamatayon miabut pinaagi sa usa ka tawo, busa ang pagkabanhaw sa mga patay magakigan usab pinaagi sa usa ka tawo (1 Corinto 15:21). Giharong ni Hesus ang iyang mapintas nga kapalaran ug gituman ang kasuguan sa hingpit maski pa sa kamatayon sa krus. Ang tuyu sa Dios mao nga ang katawhan makabaton ug usa ka lunsay o walay sala nga tawo aron sila maluwas gikan sa kalaglagan.

Nganong nag-ampu si Hesus? Tungud kay mao kana ang usa sa mga butang nga kinahanglan buhaton sa usa ka tawo ilalum sa kasuguan _ang pag-ampu. Kung si Hesus wala nag-ampu ug hinoon migamit sa iyang pagkaGinoo, dili siya mamahimong usa ka tawong walay sala tungud kay iyang gilapas ang kasuguan. Mao nga, kinahanglan ni Hesus nga magpuyu sa kalibotanong kinabuhi ug harongon ang iyang kapalaran gamit ang iyang pagkatawo. Dugang pa, siya nangatarongan ngano nga siya nag-ampu, aron kini masaksihan sa mga tawo sa ingon modayeg sila sa Amahan nga nagpadala kaniya (Juan 11:41-42). Sa laing pagkasulti, gibayaw ni Hesus ang Amahan sumala sa gipangayu sa balaod _nga mao ang paghimaya sa Ginoo (Salmo 50:15 & Juan 17:4). Kung imong ibayaw ang imong isigkaingon, kinahanglang ipaubus nimo ang imong kaugalingon ngadto kaniya, ug dayegon nimo siya.

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Why Jesus died if he is God?

Jesus saved mankind thru his death

ANSWER: Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. Jesus was a sinless man but bore the sins of humanity, thus he himself likewise partook the worldy suffering resulted from the disobedience of the law. He’s presenting himself to God as sinful mankind who was meted with death punishment. Prophet Isaiah foretold about the suffering Messiah, the savior who will bear the sin of the many, and who will take their punishment; 

[Isaiah 53:4-6] “Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all”

[Isaiah 53:12] “Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors”

COMMENT: The above verses foretell the fate of Jesus, who will become the bearer of our sins and taker of our punishment. He will become the intercessor between God and sinful mankind. Jesus though God in spirit, did not use his divine power to his advantage, instead he showed so much humility and used his humanity in going through worldly suffering. Consider the verses below;

[Philippians 2:5-8] Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider to be equal with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself, having taken the form of a servant, having been made in the likeness of men. And having been found in appearance as a man He humbled Himself, having become obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Jesus had authority on his life but he intentionally gave it up in order to redeem mankind, as he said;

[John 10:18] “No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”

Right after the fall of the first man, God had set up a plan to destroy Satan’s work. He said to the Serpent Satan;

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel” [Genesis 3:15].

COMMENT: This promised seed was fulfilled in Jesus who was born to a woman (Mary). The reason why the Son was sent by the Father is to destroy the devil’s work through his death. So that in Jesus death, he might deliver us from the power of death inflicted by Satan. Kindly read;

“He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” [1 John 3:8].

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. [Hebrews 2:14-15].

The wages of sin is death [Romans 6:23], but all people are sinners [Roma 3:23-24], therefore all people are doomed to perish physically and spiritually. Only sinless or righteous man can enter into Heaven, but how can we be sinless if we are sinners since birth [Psalm 58:3]? A sinner cannot reconnect to the glory of God by himself. God looked for a sinless or holy man to be the reason He would not destroy mankind, but He had found no one [Ezekiel 22:30 & Isaiah 59:16]. Since God so loved the world [John 3:16], He made His ‘word’ or ‘spirit’ to become His ‘son’ through His decree [Psalm 2:7]. The Son or spirit of God entered the world through a human birth [Isaiah 7:14]. The resulting man (Jesus) obeyed the law without failing even death on the cross. Sinless man is now available in mankind as the outcome of Jesus’ deed, thereby giving God a reason not to destroy them. Jesus acted as a lamb sacrificed to take away the sins of many. He bore our iniquities and died on our behalf so that through him we can become righteous and justified in the eyes of God [Romans 3:25-26]. By Jesus’ suffering and anguish, God’s wrath becomes pacified; 

“As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities” [Isaiah 53:11]

Jesus was following the will of his Father, his fate was already foretold in the Scriptures thousand years before his birth. In fact his last word was, “it is finished” [John 19:30], referring to the fulfillment of the prophecies about him. Kindly check this speech of Jesus to his apostles after his resurrection;

“These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled” [Luke 24:44] 

Mankind became separated from God the reason they lost their eternal life. ‘Sinlessness’ means ‘everlasting life’ while ‘sinfulness’ means ‘death’, thus we are dead already because of sin. But through the resurrection of Jesus we can also resurrect, all we have to do is to believe in his saving work and follow his will.

Why is it that the spirit of God needed to dwell in a human body in order to save us mankind? The answer is;

“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead” [1 Corinthians 15:21] 

For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. [Romans 5:19] 

Can God be killed? Only the human body of Jesus which was killed, but his spirit was not. Even us ordinary humans, Satan cannot kill our spirits. Only God can kill spirits including the spirit of Satan. 

[Matthew 10:28] Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 

Why Jesus did not use his divine power to stop or skip the test of life? If Jesus avoided the earthly suffering, that is a cheating already. How could he become righteous or sinless if he is a cheater? If his saving work was not done through his perfect humanity, how could it be valid? Since mankind lacked a sinless man to regain their eternal life, Jesus filled this void by obeying the law perfectly for us. As a result of his deed, a sinless man is available already in humankind. In this manner, Jesus saved mankind from death. 

Is the Father unfair by allowing Jesus to be killed? Nope, for He exalted Jesus to the highest place in return.

[Psalm 89:27] “And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth”

[Isaiah 52:13] “Behold, My Servant will act wisely; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted”

[Hebrews 2:9] “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone”

[Philippians 2:9-11] “Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” 

Watch: Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin

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Hilarious and ignorant teachings of Allah

Then Allah created the “Nun” (Whale) and He caused steam to rise out of which the heavens were created and the Earth was then laid flat on nun’s back. Then the Nun (Whale) became nervous and as a result the earth began to sway, but Allah fastened the earth with mountains lest the earth should move.

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    Islamic Earth
  • skeletal fetus before Allah covered it with flesh

Devoted Muslims are ready to kill those who ridicule their Prophet or religion. But these concerned citizens merely divulge what the Islamic Scriptures are telling, thus they are not inventing stories against Islam. Their main purpose is to tell the Muslims that they are misled by a fake prophet so that they might turn to the religion of truth (the one founded by Jesus). The exposers’ references are coming from Qur’an, Hadiths, and other Scriptures written by Muslim scholars, thus these sources are reliable. As expected, Muslim apologists would try very hard to defend these laughable side of their Faith. I appeal to the Muslim apologists to stop covering your religion just because this is the Faith of your forefathers, instead disclose its true nature. What is the use of your principle if your soul will be thrown into the fiery lake? Those who refused to love the truth will perish [2 Thessalonian 2:10]. Allah teaches Its believers to deceive other people, this is one of the works of Satan. This god Allah has no connection to the God of Israel at all. The words ‘Allah’, ‘Muhammad’, ‘Islam’, ‘Muslim’, ‘Kaabah’, ‘Shahada’, ‘Black stone’, ‘Tawaf’, ‘Ramadan’, ‘Eid al Fitr’, and ‘Hajj’ are nowhere to be found in the Bible. Muhammad wasn’t able to confirm his prophethood with a miracle, and died from poison. And his teachings are opposite to the teachings of Moses and Jesus. Muhammad’s religion is centered only on Kaabah in Mecca, the worship house of Allah. Islam is a witless religion, below are proofs of its ridiculous and ignorant teachings;

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1.) ALLAH CREATED SEVEN FLAT EARTHS AND SKIES AND LAID THEM ON THE BACK OF A WHALE (NUN)

[68:1] Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe 

[Explanation or tafsir of Ibn Kathir on the meaning of Surah 68:1]:

It was said that Nun refers to a great whale that rides on the currents of the waters of the great ocean and on its back it carries the seven Earths, . . .  Then Allah created the “Nun” (Whale) and He caused steam to rise out of which the heavens were created and the Earth was then laid flat on nun’s back. . . 

[Explanation or tafsir of Al-Qurtubi]: 

Mujahid related that ‘Nun’ is the whale that is underneath the seventh earth. He stated that the ‘Pen’ is what was used to write ‘Al-Thikir’ (The Remembrance – Quran). Likewise, it was also narrated by Mukatil, Murrah Al-Hamdani, Ata’ Al-Kharasani, Al Suddi and Al-Kalbi who all said, “Nun is the whale upon which all the earths are placed.” 

Video 1: The Nun that carries the 7 flat Earths on its back

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2.) THE NERVOUS WHALE CAUSED THE EARTH TO SHAKE  

[68:1] Nun, By the pen and what they inscribe 

[Explanation or tafsir of Ibn Kathir]: 

Then Allah created the “Nun” (Whale) and He caused steam to rise out of which the heavens were created and the Earth was then laid flat on nun’s back. Then the Nun (Whale) became nervous and as a result the earth began to sway, but Allah fastened the earth with mountains lest the earth should move. 

[Tafsir of Al-Tabari]: 

. . . God then lifted up the water vapor and split the heavens off from it. Then God created the fish (Nun), and the earth was spread out upon its back. The fish became agitated, with the result that the earth was shaken up. It was steadied by means of the mountains, for they indeed proudly tower over the earth.

3.) THE SUN SETS IN A MUDDY OR WATERY PORTION OF EARTH

[18:86] Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun, he found it setting in a spring of black muddy hot water. And he found near it a people. We said (by inspiration): “O Dhul-Qarnain! Either you punish them, or treat them with kindness. 

COMMENT: This is greatly erroneous, unscientific, and hilarious. The god of Islam who claims the creator of the universe is very ignorant about their creation. Allah thought that the sun is as small as our naked eyes could see it, and it sinks into the muddy portion of Earth every afternoon.  This swamp belongs to a village because there are people who live near it. I wonder how these people manage to withstand the sun’s heat. Additionally, the sun is extremely far away from us and enormously bigger than the Earth, how could it dives into the watery surface of the Earth? Even a child knows that the sun is far away from Earth. It shows that a child is more intelligent than Allah and their prophet. Lastly, the sun is extremely hot, it will burn and explode the planet that gets closer to it. As usual, Muslim defenders try to cover this shame by telling you that it has a deep meaning, but their prophet declared this statement literally [Sunan Abu Dawud, 3991]. Why is it necessary for Allah to cover their meaningful statements with an ignorant statements?

4.) THE SUN RISES ON A PEOPLE

[18:90] Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.

COMMENT: Like the preceding verses this statement is erroneous, unscientific, and hilarious. The sun is 150,000,000 kilometers away from Earth, how could it rise from the face of the Earth? In Florida sometime ago, their temperature had reached up to 60 degrees centigrade, thus hospitalized the people. How much more if the sun rises in their midst? Moreover, the sun is a million times bigger than the Earth, how could a huge thing emerge from a tiny thing?

5.) INVISIBLE PILLARS ERECTED BETWEEN THE SKY AND EARTH

[13:2] It is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain. 

[Tafsir of Ibn Kathir]: 

(..without any pillars that you can see.) meaning, `there are pillars, but you cannot see them,’ according to Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, and several other scholars. . . .

6.) THE SUN AND MOON ARE JOINED TOGETHER DURING ECLIPSE

[75:8-9] And the moon is eclipsed And the sun and the moon are joined together

COMMENT: This is totally erroneous, ridiculous, and superstitious. The truth is, before the moon touches the sun, it will explode. 

7.) THE EARTH AND SKY WERE ONCE JOINED

[21:30] Have not the unbelievers ever considered that the skies and the earth were once one mass, then We split them asunder? And We have created every living thing from water. Will they still not believe

COMMENT: How can an object and empty space be joined together, then later be separated? Allah thought that the sky is solid. Furthermore, not every living thing is made from water as claimed in the verse, a man for example is made from dust.

8.) THE SKY IS A ROOF OR CANOPY?

[21:32] And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents. 

[79:28] 

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On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

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He raised its ceiling and proportioned it. 

COMMENT: We know that in actuality, the sky is an empty space. Since in Islam there are seven heavens, each of them is separated by roof or canopy.

9.) FRAGMENTS OF SKY CAN FALL UPON EARTH

[34:9] Do they not see how the heavens and the earth encompass them from the front and the rear? We could, if We so wished, cause the earth to swallow them or let fragments of the sky fall upon them. Verily there is a Sign in this for every servant (of Allah) who penitently turns to Him.

COMMENT: Since Allah thought that the sky is a canopy or solid structure (79:28), They also thought that it can be broken into fragments and can fall upon Earth.

10.) THERE ARE SEVEN HEAVENS OR SKIES

[Quran 65:12] Allah is He Who created seven skies and of the earth a similar number. Through the midst of them (all) descends His Command: that ye may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah comprehends, all things in (His) Knowledge.

11.) THE STARS WERE MADE BY ALLAH AS PROTECTION AGAINST REBELLIOUS DEVIL

[37:6-7] Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars, And as protection against every rebellious devil 

12.) THE STARS WERE MADE BY ALLAH AS MISSILES FOR SHOOTING EVIL SPIRITS 

[67:5] And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire. 

COMMENT: Muhammad (alias Allah) really thought that burning meteors in the Earth’s atmosphere were stars and could be fired as missiles. Had he truly inspired by God, he would have known that meteors are not stars. The sun is a medium-sized star and is a Million times bigger than the Earth. Imagine what would happen if there are many suns that are fired through the Earth’s atmosphere? 

13.) ALLAH’S THRONE WAS ON THE WATER

[11:7] And He it is Who has created the heavens and the earth in six Days and His Throne was on the water, that He might try you, which of you is the best in deeds. But if you were to say to them: “You shall indeed be raised up after death,” those who disbelieve would be sure to say, “This is nothing but obvious magic.”

COMMENT: Idolatry is forbidden by Allah, but in the verse above he commanded his angels to worship a man. Allah must have a fickle mind.

14.) A TUNNEL INTO EARTH AND A STAIRWAY INTO THE SKY

[6:35] And if their evasion is difficult for you, then if you are able to seek a tunnel into the earth or a stairway into the sky to bring them a sign, [then do so]. But if Allah had willed, He would have united them upon guidance. So never be of the ignorant.

15.) THE AROUSAL FLUID GOES OUT FROM THE BACKBONE OF MAN AND FROM RIBS OF WOMAN

[86:6-7] “He was created from a fluid, ejected, emerging from between the backbone and the ribs”

Ibn Kathir’s Tafsir on the meaning of Surah 86:6-7]: 

(Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.) meaning, the backbone of the man and the ribs of the woman, which is referring to her chest. Shabib bin Bishr reported from `Ikrimah who narrated from Ibn `Abbas that he said,

COMMENT: This is erroneous and totally wrong, sperm or semen does not come from the backbone of the man and ribs of woman. How is it possible that the creator who knows all things, does not know where sperm or semen comes from? This is one of the many proofs that it was Muhammad who concocted the Koranic verses and not revealed by God. 

16.) ALLAH FORMED THE BONES (SKELETON) OF THE FETUS FIRST BEFORE HE COVERED IT WITH FLESH 

[23:14] Then We made the Nutfah into a clot, then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then We brought it forth as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators.

17.) THE CATTLE’S MILK LIES IN HER BELLY BETWEEN HER FECES AND BLOOD

[16:66] And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies – between excretion and blood – pure milk, palatable to drinkers.

18.) KING SOLOMON HAS A FLYING CARPET THAT CAN FLY WITH HIS KINGDOM 

[21:81] And WE subjected to Solomon the violent wind. It blew, at his bidding, toward the land which WE had blessed. And WE have knowledge of all things.

[Ibn Kathir’s Tafsir on the meaning of Surah 21:81]:

(running by his command towards the land which We had blessed.) meaning, the land of Ash-Sham (Greater Syria).

(And of everything We are the All-Knower.) He had a MAT MADE OF WOOD on which he would place all the equipment of his kingship; horses, camels, tents and troops, then he would command the wind to carry it, and he would go underneath it and it would carry him aloft, shading him and protecting him from the heat, until it reached wherever he wanted to go in the land. Then it would come down and deposit his equipment and entourage.

[34:12] And to Solomon WE subjected the wind; its morning course was a month’s journey and its evening course was a month’s journey too. And WE caused a fount of molten copper to flow for him. And of the jinn were some who worked under him by the command of his Lord. And WE said that whoever of them turned away from Our command, WE would make him taste the punishment of the burning fire.

[Ibn Kathir’s tafsir on the meaning of Surah 34:12]: 

The Favors which Allah bestowed upon Sulayman

Having mentioned the blessings with which He favored Dawud, Allah follows this by mentioning what He gave to Dawud’s son Sulayman (Solomon), may peace be upon them both. He subjugated the wind to him, so that it would carry his CARPET one way for a month, then back again the next month. Al-Hasan Al-Basri said, “He set out from Damascus in the morning, landed in Istakhar where he ate a meal, then flew on from Istakhar and spent the night in Kabil.” Between Damascus and Istakhar is an entire month’s travel for a swift rider, and between Istakhar and Kabul is an entire month’s travel for a swift rider. 

19.) KING SOLOMON DIED LEANING ON HIS STAFF, AND NOBODY HAD DISCOVERED IT UNTIL HE DROPPED BECAUSE THE WORM HAD EATEN HIS STAFF

[34:14] And when We decreed for Solomon death, nothing indicated to the jinn his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.

[Ibn Kathir’s tafsir on the meaning of Surah 34:14]:

The Death of Sulayman

Allah tells us how Sulayman, peace be upon him, died and how Allah concealed his death from the Jinn who were subjugated to him to do hard labor. He remained leaning on his stick, which was his staff, as Ibn `Abbas may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and others said. He stayed like that for a long time, nearly a year. When a creature of the earth, which was a kind of worm, ate through the stick, it became weak and fell to the ground. Then it became apparent that he had died a long time before. It also became clear to Jinn and men alike that the Jinn do not know the Unseen as they (the Jinn) used to imagine and tried to deceive people. 

[Ibn Abbas tafsir on the menaing Surah 34:14]: 

(And when We decreed death for him) for Solomon, Solomon died and remained standing in his retreat for a year (nothing showed his death) the death of Solomon (to them save a creeping creature of the earth) a woodworm (which gnawed away his staff) and it is said: his short spear. (And when he fell) when Solomon fell to the ground (the jinn saw clearly how) the jinn and human beings saw clearly that they do not know the unseen, (if they had known the unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil) they would not have continued in their subservience. People thought before this that the jinn knew the unseen but when they saw this they realised that they did not. 

20.) AN ARMY OF BIRDS CRUSHED THE ELEPHANTS BY STRIKING THEM WITH STONES OF CLAY

[105:1-5] Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? Did He not make their plan into misguidance? And He sent against them birds in flocks, Striking them with stones of hard clay. And He made them like eaten straw. 

COMMENT: How can small stones squash or crush a huge animal like elephant? 

21.) SOLDIERS OF JINNS, MEN, AND BIRDS MARCHING TOGETHER IN ROWS

[27:17] And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were [marching] in rows. 

COMMENT: Imagine what it looks like when Jinns (spirits), men, and birds line up and march together? Muhammad must be interested in fantasy.

22.) HOUSES MADE OF ANIMAL SKINS AND FURNITURE MADE OF ANIMAL HAIR 

[16:80] It is Allah who has made for you your homes as a place of rest and He made for you homes out of the skins of the cattle which you find portable on the day of your shifting and on the day of your halt, and out of their wool, their fur and hair furniture and wares [enduring] for a while.

23.) EVER-VIRGIN VAGINAS IN ALLAH’S PARADISE FOR THE JIHADISTS TO ENJOY

[56:35-38] “Lo! We have created them a (new) creation, And made them virgins, Lovers, friends, For those on the right hand” 

COMMENT: Some Muslim apologists dispute the authenticity of the Hadiths reporting the delicious 72 virgins as awards for Allah’s chosen people, but this Koranic verse confirms those reports.

Read: Ever-tight vaginas in Allah’s paradise

24.) MOSES RAN AWAY IN FEAR WHEN HIS STAFF BECAME A SNAKE AND DID NOT COME BACK

[28:31] And [he was told], “Throw down your staff.” But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], “O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear. 

COMMENT: While this statement is so laughable, it is also inconsistent, because Moses and Allah talked to each other in verses 32-35. This indicates that Moses did not flee indeed. 

25.) IT’S THE TALKING PEN THAT WROTE THE FATE OF ALL THINGS

[68:1] Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe 

[Tafsir Al-Tabari on the meaning of Koran 68:1]

Someone might say: If it is as you have described, namely, that God created the earth before the heaven, then what is the meaning of the statement of Ibn ‘Abbas told all of you by Wasil b. ‘Abd al-A‘la al-Asadi- Muhammad b. Fudayl- al-A‘mash- Abu Zabyan- Ibn ‘Abbas: The first thing God created is the Pen. God then said to it: Write!, whereupon the Pen asked: What shall I write, my lord! God replied: Write what is predestined! He continued: And the Pen proceeded to write whatever is predestined and going to be to the Coming of the Hour. 

26.) TALKING SMOKY SKY AND EARTH

[41:11] Moreover He comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: “Come ye together, willingly or unwillingly.” They said: “We do come (together), in willing obedience.”

COMMENT: While it is difficult to imagine a talking heaven/sky and Earth, Allah also erred in commanding the heaven (in smoke form) and Earth to come into being, because their beings were already there as mentioned in the verse. In fact they answered the call of Allah. Another error is that, the sky is not made from smoke, but rather a space that bears clouds, smokes, and others.

27.) TALKING BEAST

[27:82] And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust), we shall produce from the earth a beast to (face) them: He will speak to them, for that mankind did not believe with assurance in Our Signs.

28.) TALKING ANTS

[27:18] Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, “O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not.”

29.) TALKING PALM TREE 

[19:23-24] And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, “Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten.”  But he called her from below her, “Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream”. 

30.) SOLOMON HAS RIGHTEOUS SERVANTS OF ANT AND HE COULD UNDERSTAND THEIR LANGUAGE 

[27:19] So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, “My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants.”  

COMMENT: How a righteous ant behaves?  

31.) PEOPLE ARE TAUGHT WITH THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS

[27:16] And Solomon inherited David. He said, “O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given from all things. Indeed, this is evident bounty.” 

32.) SINGING MOUNTAINS AND BIRDS

[34:10] We bestowed grace aforetime on David from ourselves: “O ye Mountains! Sing ye back the Praises of Allah with him! and ye birds (also)! And We made the iron soft for him

33.) MOUNTAINS HAVE FEARFUL FEELINGS 

[33:72] There are stories of mountains that have fear 

34.) ALLAH TURNED THE JEWS INTO APES

[2:65] “And you know well the story of those among you who broke Sabbath. We said to them: “Be apes—despised and hated by all. Thus We made their end a warning to the people of their time and succeeding generation, and an admonition for God-fearing people.”

35.) RIVERS OF WINE, MILK, AND HONEY IN PARADISE

[47:15] Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord, like [that of] those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines? 

COMMENT: While Allah forbid Muslims to drink wine on Earth, They (Allah) will have their chosen people submerged in the rivers of wine in Paradise.

36.) RIVERS THAT FLOW BENEATH THE PARADISE

[5:119] Allah will say: “This is a day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal Home: Allah well-pleased with them, and they with Allah: That is the great salvation, (the fulfillment of all desires).

37.) ALLAH COMMANDED THE ANGELS TO WORSHIP ADAM

[7:11] “And We have certainly created you, [O mankind], and given you [human] form; Then We said to the angels, “Prostrate to Adam”; so they prostrated except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated.

38.) ALLAH AND THE ANGELS TOOK SHAHADA   

[3:18] Allah bears witness that there is no god but He, and (so do) the angels and those possessed of knowledge, maintaining His creation with justice; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.

39.) ALLAH SWORE BY MUHAMMAD AND WAS STRUCK BY HIS IMMENSE NOBLE STATUS 

[Quran 15:72] By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

Ibn Kathir’s Explanation:

Verily, by your life, in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly.) Allah swore by the life of His Prophet, which is an immense honor reflecting his high rank and noble status. `Amr bin Malik An-Nakari reported from Abu Al-Jawza’ that Ibn `Abbas said: “Allah has never created or made or formed any soul that is dearer to him than Muhammad. I never heard that Allah swore by the life of anyone else.

40.) ALLAH BEGGED MUHAMMAD TO FORGIVE THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE JUDGMENT IS NEAR 

[15:85] 

Pickthall. We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O Muhammad), with a gracious forgiveness.

Yusuf Ali. We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be manifest). So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness. 

41.) ALLAH SENT A CROW TO SCRATCH UP THE GROUND THEREBY TEACHING CAIN HOW TO BURY THE CORPSE OF HIS BROTHER 

[5:31] Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to hide his brother’s naked corpse. He said: Woe unto me! Am I not able to be as this raven and so hide my brother’s naked corpse? And he became repentant.

42.) IF YOU LOAN TO ALLAH, HE WILL BE THANKFUL TO YOU FOREVER 

[64:17] In case you lend to Allah a fair loan, He will double it for you, and will forgive you; and Allah is Ever-Thankful, Ever-Forbearing 

43.) ALLAH DEMANDED CONSULTATION FEES FROM MUSLIMS IF THEY WANT TO TALK TO MUHAMMAD PRIVATELY 

[58:12] O believers! When you consult the Messenger privately, give something in charity before your consultation. That is better and purer for you. But if you lack the means, then Allah is truly All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

[58:13] Are you afraid of spending in charity before your private consultations with him? Since you are unable to do so, and Allah has turned to you in mercy, then continue to establish prayer, pay alms-tax, and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

44.) SINNERS WILL EAT PUS 

[69:36-37] Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds; None will eat it except the sinners

45.) TWO EASTS AND TWO WESTS 

[55:17] [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.

46.) PEOPLE PRAYED TO ALLAH TO KNOW WHAT IS THE COLOR OF A SACRIFICIAL COW 

[2:69] They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us of what colour she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a yellow cow. Bright is her colour, gladdening beholders. 

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Reasons to believe that Jesus is God

“A religion that discourages their believers to study on divine Scriptures is afraid of the truth, therefore this religion is false. Without the knowledge of Tanakh, we believers are like flotsams which float on the sea of uncertainty, not knowing where we came from and where will we land up.”

Jesus was crucified because of the sins of mankind
A sculpture depicting crucified Jesus

While there are billions of people who believe that Jesus is God, there are also billions of people who don’t believe the Godhood of Jesus. The main cause is they are not familiar with the Holy Bible. Some have Bibles in their homes but they don’t spend time and effort to study it like what most Catholics do, the reason they are easily convinced by Antichrist Faiths. Others have read and heard the message of the Bible but simply cannot understand it, or refuse to understand it because their hearts are hardened by false belief. They stick to their own judgment and refuse to be converted, this is to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah which says;

He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I should heal them [Isaiah 6:9].

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. [Matthew 13:14]

It is not easy to fathom what the Bible is conveying, but as you dig deeper with an open heart, you will get amazed and start feeling the presence of divine being. For those who have not yet touched the Bible, I will give you a brief background about this greatest book so that you may become acquainted with the Godhood of Jesus Christ.

*KNOWING TANAKH*

To know Abrahamic Faith, we should first study Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). Tanakh is the earliest Scriptures portraying the existence of God written by Moses, prophets, and other divinely inspired writers. This prehistoric book had been preserved by the Jews through rewriting and oral tradition, and passed it down from generation to generation. Tanakh is composed of 39 books and categorized into three, namely; the Torah (Instruction/Five books of Moses), Nevi’im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings). This holy book records the creation of the universe, animals, humans, and plants. It also records the sins of man and the great love of God. The writers are acclaimed to be inspired by holy spirit. This divine being though claims He is the God of all creations, He is mostly known as the God of Abraham. Because according to Torah, Abraham was willing to sacrifice his only child to his wife just to display his firm belief in God. Because of what he did, God was pleased and made a covenant with him in return. God promised to give him numerous descendants like the stars in number. And through Abraham, all inhabitants on Earth shall be blessed [Genesis 12:1-3].

Since Islam also claims that they believe the God of Abraham, our beloved Muslims should trace back what the earliest Scriptures are telling about Abrahamic God. Studying Tanakh (also called the Old Testament) is important for Abrahamic God believers so that they can know the root of their religion. And in such a way that this acquired Abrahamic learning will become their guide to draw a wise judgment on examining their present Faith. A religion that discourages its believers to study the Hebrew Bible (like what Islam does) is afraid of the truth, therefore this religion is false. Without the knowledge of Tanakh, we Abrahamic Faith believers are like driftwoods that float on the sea of uncertainty, not knowing where we came from and where will we land up.

Torah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Ketuvim
Joshua
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah 		Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

Nevi’im
Psalms
Proverbs
Job
Song of Songs
Ruth
Lamentations
Ecclesiastes
Esther
Daniel
Ezra
Nehemiah
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
The Books in Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 

*KNOWING THE HOLY BIBLE* 

Tanakh is also the main source of the Old Testament in the Holy Bible which was compiled by Catholic Church. The Holy Bible includes 73 books and is categorized into two parts; the Old Testament and the New Testament. From Malachi (the last book in the Old Testament), it took about 400 years before the writing of the Gospel. The New Testament includes 27 books, the first four books are called Gospels. It records the fulfillment of the promised Messiah in the Old Testament, the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, the works and writings of the apostles, and Jesus’ second coming on Judgment Day (also called the Last Day or Resurrection Day).

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians		1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
The Books in the New Testament

*THE INHERITED SIN AND DEATH PENALTY*

A lot of us do not believe the fact about original or inherited sin taught by Catholicism, because we thought that it is a normal process for humans to die. We thought that we are just born on this Earth to beget children, be worn out, and then rest in peace. Many of us do not know that this dying process was caused by the sin of our first parents (Adam and Eve). It is ironic that we reject the said teaching, while each day, we suffer from sickness, aging, and death. For God commanded Adam;

“You are free to eat from any tree in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die” [Genesis 2:16-17].

But Adam and his wife disobeyed the warning of God, they succumbed to the temptation of Satan [Genesis 3:1]. They wanted to become like God as lured by the Serpent [Genesis 3:5]. And this is the beginning of sin which spread upon the world, the beginning of man’s sufferings. Man was ejected from paradise and lost his immortality [Genesis 3:23]. Man expired physically and be killed spiritually thru death penalty on Judgment day. Death entered into the world since the penalty for sin is death [Proverbs 10:16 & Romans 6:23]. And this is what we inherited as heirs of Adam and Eve, the death, for we are born sinners [Psalm 51:5 & 58:3]. 

*SALVATION OF THE WORLD BY GOD* 

At the beginning in the Bible, God already announced the coming of a Savior. Right after the first parents fell to sin, God already had set up a plan to destroy the work of Satan, He said to the Serpent Satan;

“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel” [Genesis 3:15].

COMMENT: This seed of a woman is fulfilled in Jesus who’s born to Mary. The reason why Jesus was sent by God is to destroy the devil’s work through His death. So that in His death, He might deliver us from the power of death inflicted by Satan. Kindly read;

[1 John 3:8] He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil 

[Hebrews 2:14-15] Since then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 

God just like a loving and righteous father who after disciplining and ejecting his rebellious son. He can’t help but to express his love, mercy, and righteousness to him. He wants his child to come back to him, God says; 

[Isaiah 54:8] “In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting loving kindness I will have compassion on you,” Says the LORD your Redeemer. 

[Isaiah 44:22] “I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.” 

God redeemed the world because of His great love and mercy [Psalm 103:2-4, Isaiah 51:5, & Ephesians 2:4], and not because of the righteousness of the people [Philippians 3:9]. For there’s no righteous man, all people are enslaved by the power of sin [Isaiah 64:7 & Romans 3:9]. If we won’t believe the original sin which is the cause of man’s separation from God, then why there is a need for the Almighty to save mankind? The Old Testament repeatedly announced that God will send His salvation to Earth. The fact is, God saved His people since they fell from His glory due to sin [Romans 3:23]. And only in the renewed communion with God, man can regain his eternal life. But what a sinner must undergo to achieve that everlasting life? he needs to be sinless or pure again [Leviticus 11:44, Deuteronomy 23:14, & Revelation 21:27]. But who can bring the pure from impure? It is God alone who can purify a sinner [Job 14:4]. God is holy, thus no sinful being can enter His abode. And this is the reason why God, in the human body, entered the world and brought salvation personally to the descendants of Adam [Luke 22:20]. This salvation brought by Jesus Christ is the new and everlasting covenant which is sealed with His blood. This new covenant is the fulfillment of God’s promise announced by prophet Jeremiah which says;

“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD  [Jeremiah 31:31-32]. 

God is spirit (John 4:24) and can distribute itself (Joel 2:28). He sent forth an amount of His spirit and dwelt a human body (John 4:10), and took the name Jesus. It was man who fell to sin and died, therefore it is also man who should rise from the dead and redeem himself. This is the reason why the spirit of God (the savior) should be human. Jesus showed a lot of miracles to the people as proofs of His Godhood. He let His human body be killed on the cross and raised from the dead to show His power over death [Acts 2:24]. Before the eyes of men, He demonstrated the reality of resurrection that we will experience on the Last Day [John 6:40]. By presenting Himself as an atoning sacrifice, God showed His great love and righteousness so that those who have faith in Him would become righteous and justified [Isaiah 53:11 & Romans 3:25-26]. For there is no salvation or purification if we are not justified by faith aside from obeying the law [James 2:24]. Without faith in the salvation through Christ, we will all perish [Isaiah 51:6 & Luke 13:3]. 

*BIBLICAL VERSES ABOUT SALVATION*

Read: Jesus is the Salvation sent by God

*THE PROMISED COMING OF GOD TO EARTH* 

Read: The promised coming of God to Earth

*THE ONENESS OF GOD OF ABRAHAM AND JESUS* 

Read: The oneness of Yahweh and Jesus

*THE TRINITY OF GOD*

Read: THE MYSTERY OF TRINITY FATHOMED

*THE SON IS MENTIONED OR PROPHESIED IN TANAKH*

Read: The Son is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible

*PROPHESIES ABOUT THE MESSIAH FULFILLED BY JESUS* 

Read:  Prophesies about the Messiah fulfilled in Jesus

*BIBLICAL VERSES TELLING JESUS IS GOD* 

Read: Jesus is God, Biblical verses

*ALL POWER IS GIVEN TO JESUS BY THE FATHER* 

Read: All Authority is given to Jesus by the Father

*MIRACLES OF JESUS* 

Read: The Miracles of Jesus are proofs of His Godhood

*JESUS WAS WORSHIPED BY HIS BELIEVERS*

Read: Jesus Was Worshiped By His Believers

*APOSTOLIC EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE AND GODHOOD OF JESUS*

Read: Evidence of the existence and Godhood of Jesus

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Proofs that the Roman Catholic Church was founded by Jesus

“. . . The adjective “Catholic” began to be used in reference to the Christian church by Ignatius of Antioch (second century). “Roman” was added to “Catholic” by many Christians as a result of two serious breaches of collegiality among the Christian Churches. The first breach was in the eleventh century between Eastern (Orthodox) Christianity centered in Constantinople and Western Christianity centered in Rome. The second in the sixteenth century among Western Christians – Protestant, mainly Northern Europe . . . “

1.) THE ISRAELITES BROKE THE OLD COVENANT, THUS GOD MADE A NEW COVENANT WHICH IS THE EVERLASTING COVENANT

•[Jeremiah 31:31-32] “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.  

•[Ezekiel 16:60] Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish unto you an everlasting covenant

2.) GOD PROMISED THAT HE WILL SEND A MESSENGER TO BRING THE NEW COVENANT 

•[Psalm 89:28] “My loving kindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

•[Malachi 3:1] And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the LORD of hosts

3.) GOD SAID THAT IT IS HIS SON THAT WILL BUILD HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH, AND NO ONE ELSE  

•[1 Chronicles 17:12-14] He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever. 

•[2 Samuel 7:13-14] He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son. 

4.) THE KINGDOM OR CHURCH TO BE BUILT ON EARTH IS FOR ETERNITY. MEANING THE CHURCH FOUNDED BY JESUS IS THE ETERNAL OR HEAVENLY KINGDOM 

•[Psalm 78:69]

(Aramaic Bible in Plain English) “He built His holy place upon the height and He prepared it in the earth for eternity. 

(Brenton Septuagint Translation) And he built his sanctuary as the place of unicorns; he founded it forever on the earth.

•[2 Peter 1:11] and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

5.) THE SON (JESUS) BROUGHT THE NEW COVENANT TO EARTH 

•[Luke 22:20] In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

•[Matthew 26:28] This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

6.) JESUS FOUNDED HIS CHURCH ON SIMON PETER AND APPOINTED HIM AS THE HEAD OF HIS CHURCH ON EARTH. JESUS GAVE PETER THE KEYS (AUTHORITY) WHO TO ADMIT OR NOT TO ADMIT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

•[Matthew 16:18-19] “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” 

COMMENT:

“. . . and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it . . .” what are these gates of hades that cannot overcome the Church founded by Jesus? These are the bogus religions that if you enter them, you will end up in hell. This word of Jesus assures that his Church cannot be corrupted or defeated by Satanic forces contrary to the accusation of the man-made churches against the Catholic Church. God also said He won’t change His word and mind, thus to accuse the Catholic Church as corrupted is to accuse God of being a liar. And also, this word of Jesus proves true since the Catholic Church has been the dominant religion until now. 

“. . . Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Jesus entrusted the keys (authority) of his Heavenly kingdom to his Earthly kingdom which is the Catholic Church. It means that the salvation of all people is in the hands of the Catholic church. The Catholic Church is the gate of Heavenly kingdom. 

•[John 21:15-17] When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs. Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.” Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep”. 

•[Luke 22:32] But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers 

COMMENT: The above verses John 21:15-17 & Luke 22:32 are proofs that Peter (the head of the Catholic Church) was the one apointed by Jesus to head His Church on Earth. 

7.) PETER APPOINTED IGNATIUS AS OVERSEER OR BISHOP OF ANTIOCH. IGNATIUS WAS ALSO ONE OF THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN THE BELOVED ALONG WITH HIS FRIEND (POLYCARP) 

•[Ignatius of Antioch, WIKIPEDIA] “. . .  Ignatius converted to Christianity at a young age. Tradition identifies Ignatius, along with his friend Polycarp, as disciples of John the Apostle. Later in his life, Ignatius was chosen to serve as Bishop of Antioch; the fourth-century Church historian Eusebius writes that Ignatius succeeded Evodius. Theodoret of Cyrrhus claimed that St. Peter himself left directions that Ignatius be appointed to the episcopal see of Antioch. . . ” 

•[Saint Ignatius, NEW ADVENT] “. . . It is also believed, and with great probability, that, with his friend Polycarp, he was among the auditors of the Apostle St. John. If we include St. Peter, Ignatius was the third Bishop of Antioch and the immediate successor of Evodius (Eusebius, Church History II.3.22). Theodoret (“Dial. Immutab.”, I, iv, 33a, Paris, 1642) is the authority for the statement that St. Peter appointed Ignatius to the See of Antioch. . . ”  

8.) SAINT IGNATIUS CALLED THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH AS “CATHOLIC CHURCH”

•[Roman Catholic Church, NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA] “. . . The adjective “Catholic” began to be used in reference to the Christian church by Ignatius of Antioch (second century). “Roman” was added to “Catholic” by many Christians as a result of two serious breaches of collegiality among the Christian Churches. The first breach was in the eleventh century between Eastern (Orthodox) Christianity centered in Constantinople and Western Christianity centered in Rome. The second in the sixteenth century among Western Christians – Protestant, mainly Northern Europe, and Catholic, Southern Europe. . . .” 

•[Catholic Church, WIKIPEDIA] “. . . Catholic (from Greek: καθολικός, romanized: katholikos, lit. ‘universal’) was first used to describe the church in the early 2nd century. The first known use of the phrase “the catholic church” (καθολικὴ ἐκκλησία he katholike ekklesia) occurred in the letter written about 110 AD from Saint Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans. In the Catechetical Lectures (c. 350) of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, the name “Catholic Church” was used to distinguish it from other groups that also called themselves “the church. . .”  

9.) THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THE ORIGINAL OR OLDEST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

•[Roman Catholicism, BRITANNICA] “. . .The Roman Catholic Church traces its history to Jesus Christ and the Apostles. Over the course of centuries it developed a highly sophisticated theology and an elaborate organizational structure headed by the papacy, the oldest continuing absolute monarchy in the world. . .”  

•[Roman Catholic Church, NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA] “The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter. . .”

“As the oldest branch of Christianity, the history of the Catholic Church plays an integral part of the History of Christianity as a whole. Over time, schisms have disrupted the unity of Christianity. The major divisions occurred in 318 C.E. with Arianism, in 1054 with the East-West Schism with the Eastern Orthodox Church and in 1517 with the Protestant Reformation. . . “ 

→WARNING←

To those who left the Roman Catholic Church, you are no longer part of God’s Church or Kingdom, thus you will go to Hell;

[1 Timothy 4:1] Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons

[2 Timothy 4:3-4] For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths

[1 John 2:19] This is how we know it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. 

To those who will enter the Kingdom in some other way (Church not founded by Jesus) are thieves and robbers 

[John 10:1] “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. 

The Churches founded by men are gates of Hell 

[Matthew 16:18] And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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The Mystery of Trinity fathomed

Holy Trinity, Great Portland Street, London W1 - Wall picture

INTRODUCTION: 

†What is Trinity? Trinity is derived from the two words, tri– means three + unity means oneness; is a doctrine of the Catholic Church that teaches that God has three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) in one Godhead. The person referred in the Holy Trinity does not mean individual man, but, it does mean form or appearance of God when He introduced Himself to men. A lot of religious groups or individuals could not grasp what is the Holy Trinity as taught by Catholicism based on the Holy Scripture. Some might have perceived it but they just purposely distorted the truth either for principle’s sake or for fear of losing adherents in their own church. It is difficult to understand the Trinity specially when you are lazy in studying the Bible. Islam accuses Catholicism for practicing polytheism which is contrary to what is proclaimed in the Holy Scripture that God is one [Isaiah 45:18]. Though the mystery of Divine Trinity is hard to fathom specially for the ordinary-minded ones, it is undeniable that this mystery is manifested in the Holy Scriptures many times. The Holy Scripture teaches us that God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are interrelated to each other. The Father is God [Psalm 68:5, Isaiah 64:8, & 1 Corinthians 8:6], the Son is God [Psalm 2:11-12, John 1:1-18, & Hebrews 1:8-9], and the Holy Spirit is also God [Acts 5:3-4 & Hebrews 3:7-11]. But they are one in nature [Deuteronomy 6:4]. This triune Godhead stirs different interpretations among groups or individuals, and became one of the causes of Christian apostasies. Some Christian denominations teach that the Son and the Father are separate in nature _resulting to two Gods. This belief contradicted God’s claim that He is one. Some teach that Jesus is only a man thus he is not God. It appears that their founders were not sharp enough to comprehend the contents of the Holy Scripture, or they did perceive but just deliberately twisted the truth for personal gain.

TRINITY REVELATION IN THE BIBLE:

†There are many verses in the Bible that emphasize the three persons of God. The following are some of the verses that revealed Trinity, let us read and interpret each;

1. [Isaiah 9:6] For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

COMMENT: Isaiah 7:14 is another verse of the book of Isaiah that also predicts the birth of a Son; it says, Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Emmanuel.  ‘Emmanuel’ is a Hebrew word which means “God with us”. These prophesies by Isaiah were fulfilled in Jesus about 700 years later; the angel said to Mary, “Do not be afraid Mary; for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus” [Luke 1:30-34]. ‘Jesus’ is a transliteration derived from the word ‘Iesous’, a Greek transliteration for Hebrew word ‘Yeshua’ which means “God saves”. Isaiah 9:6 describes the Son (Jesus) as the Counselor, Mighty God, and the Everlasting Father. In John 15:26, Jesus says that this Counselor is also the Spirit of Truth; He says, “When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, He will testify about me”.  Isaiah 9:6 is a resounding evidence that God the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit are one being; this verse declares Trinity.

2. [Isaiah 48:16] “I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there I am; and now the Sovereign Lord has sent Me with his Spirit“.

COMMENT: The speaker of this verse claimed that He already existed from the beginning, so it means He is God. And then He proceeded, “. . . and now the Lord has sent Me with His Spirit”; so the speaker God is sent by Sovereign Lord with His Spirit. Notice that there are three persons mentioned in this verse: the speaker God who is sent, the Sovereign Lord who is the sender, and the Spirit of the Sovereign Lord. The sender Lord is the source (Father) of the Spirit, and the messenger God is the emanated Spirit (Son) who came to Earth and dwelt a man Jesus [Luke 1:35]. The speaker God could simply just say, “the Sovereign Lord has sent me”, but He mentioned about “Spirit” who accompanies Him. Therefore, God emphasizes the interrelation among the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Isaiah 48:16 portrays Trinity.

3. [John 14:6] Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me“. 

COMMENT: “Way” signifies Salvation. Since mankind was cut-off from God’s grace due to sin, God provided a bridge for us to cross to His Holy abode. This bridge or way is Jesus, that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life. “Truth” signifies the Spirit of Truth who will attest Jesus’ testimony.  He will prove to mankind that what Jesus promised and warned are true. “Life” signifies the Father God who is the fountain of life [Psalm 36:9]. The Lord Jesus demonstrated the Trinity.

4. [John 15:26] Jesus says, “But when the Counselor comes whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of Truth who goes out from the Father, He will testify about me”. 

COMMENT: Notice that in this verse Jesus is the one who will send the Counselor, and this Counselor is the Spirit of Truth who goes out from the Father. Who is this Counselor (Spirit of Truth) that Jesus will send from the Father? It is He who will testify about Jesus. But referring to [John 8:18], Jesus Himself will testify about Himself. For He says, “I am the one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me bear witness of me”. Therefore, the mentioned Spirit of Truth is Jesus Himself. The Father spirit is the source of the spirit of the Son and the Spirit of Truth, so they are one nature. In this verse, Jesus demonstrates the holy Trinity.

5. [John 14:15-17] If you love me, you will obey what I command. “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to help you and be with you forever, that is the Spirit of truth. 

COMMENT: Jesus tells that He will ask the Father another Counselor to be with His people forever; why another Counselor? because Jesus himself is the Counselor whom sent by the Father and dwelt among the people. After Him, will follow another Counselor who is the Spirit of Truth. But referring back to [John 8:18], we are told that this Spirit of Truth is also Jesus Himself who will return on the Last Day. And in [Isaiah 9:6], we know that the Counselor is also the Everlasting Father. Therefore, the Father, Counselor (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit (Spirit of Truth) are one being. Jesus demonstrates the Holy Trinity. 

6. [Matthew 28:19] “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”. 

COMMENT: Prior to ascension of Jesus to Heaven, He commanded His disciples to baptize His followers using the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. This formula strongly signifies interrelation among the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Why it should be the three of them? because they symbolize the three phases of God’s appearance to men: the God (as Father) on the Creation period; the God (as the Son or Jesus) on the Salvation period; and the God (as Spirit of Truth) who will appear on the Resurrection period. Jesus emphasizes the importance of the Holy Trinity in baptism.

7. [1 John 5:7] For there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. 

COMMENT: The “Word” is also Jesus according to John 1:14, it says; “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth”.  ‘1 John 5:7′ clearly emphasizes the Trinity.

8. [1 John 5:6-8] This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the Water and the Blood; and the three are in agreement. 

COMMENT: . . . For there are three that testify . . . Notice that the writer John specifies about three testifiers (‘testifier’ means person who testifies); they are the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood. The “Spirit” signifies the Spirit of Truth, who is the testifier of the truth about Jesus [John 15:26]: the “Water“signifies the fountain of living water, the source of life [Jeremiah 2:13 & Psalm 36:8-9], the Father God who is the testifier of Jesus [John 12:18]: and the “Blood” symbolizes the sacrificial Lamb who is Jesus, and testifier of the Father [John 5:36]. And these three persons of God are in agreement.

9. [2 Corinthians 13:14] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 

COMMENT: God is the source (Father) of Jesus (Son) and the Holy Spirit. This verse clearly emphasizes the Holy Trinity.

10. [Revelation 1:8] “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God the almighty, “Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come“.

COMMENT: In this verse, the speaker Lord Jesus declares that He is the Alpha (First) and the Omega (Last) equaling what God the Father’s claim in [Isaiah 41:4]. He is not pointing that His reign has First and Last for He is eternal being, but He is referring to the Beginning of Creation through out the Last Day.

“Who is“, describing Himself as the present God, the Son, who appeared to men in the form of Jesus on the Salvation period; the center of the three stages of God’s appearance to men;

“Who was“, describing Himself as the God in the Creation period who is the Father God, the first stage of God’s appearance to men.

“Who is to come“, describing Himself as the coming God on the ‘Resurrection’ period, this is the Spirit of Truth, who will return to the world to punish the sinners, and bring His devoted followers to Heaven; the last stage of God’s appearance to mankind on earth. Again, God emphasizes the significance of the Holy Trinity. 

TRINITY ANALYSIS: 

†The truth is that there is only one God, He is naturally spirit [John 4:24], but He can scattet Himself into many. He made the heavens and all living things but He took favor on humans, probably because He created them after His image [Genesis 1:26]. These humans are unique from His other living creations. They are intelligent and wise, the reason why they disobeyed His commandment and succumbed to Satan’s temptation, because they wanted to compete God’s lordship [Genesis 3:4-6]. Even until today, there are many skeptics who keep challenging God’s claim of the universe.

Why God came to the World through human birth? 

†When Adam and Eve transgressed God’s law and fell from the glory of God [Genesis 3:1], they became impure since they had committed a sin _thus they’re condemned to eternal punishment which is death [Genesis 2:16-17]. Because of the first sin, man became mortal and doomed to perish. Mankind was cut-off from God’s grace [Isaiah 59:2]. Heaven is holy, impure creation has no place in there; God is holy He won’t live with impure creation [Leviticus 11:44 & Deuteronomy 23:14]. Man can’t enter into Heaven by himself because of his sin. God is so angry with the sins of the world, that’s why He determined to destroy the world [Ezekiel 22:31]. He searched for the one among the people who would stand as the mediator between Him and mankind, but He found no one [Ezekiel 22:30], all people are sinners [Micah 7:2]. But because God so loved the world [John 3:16], and since He is the only one who can bring the pure from the impure [Job 14:4], He sent forth an amount of His Spirit to destroy the works of the devil through His death [Isaiah 48:16, 1 John 3:8, & Hebrews 2:14]. This emanated Spirit is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature [Hebrews 1:3]. God called the sender Spirit as ‘the Father’, while He called the messenger Spirit as ‘the Son’ [Isaiah 9:6]. The messenger Spirit descended to the world and became flesh through human birth _ thus He’s called “Immanuel, Jesus, and Son of God/Man” [Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:35, & Matthew 26:24]. 

†Jesus’ mission was to save the world from condemnation by purifying it with His pure nature _ thus He’s called ‘Jesus or Savior’ [Titus 2:13 & Isaiah 62:11].  He’s the only sinless man on Earth, making Him eligible to stand as a mediator between God and mankind _ thus He’s called a ‘Mediator or Counselor’ [Isaiah 9:6].  He showed His great love for mankind by giving up His life for the sins of the world [1 John 2:2]. His deed was like a sacrificial lamb prepared by men to atone their transgressions against God _ thus He’s called ‘lamb of God’.  By the saving blood of Jesus, man could regain his eternal life and became qualified to enter into Heaven. To follow Jesus’ teaching is the way or bridge of mankind to Heaven _ thus He is also called the ‘Way’ [John 14:6]. The savior (sent spirit) needed to be a pure man, since death entered the world through a man, therefore, the resurrection of the dead comes through a man [1 Corinthians 15:21]. And after the saving mission of Jesus on Earth, He ascended to Heaven and rejoined with the source Spirit, the Father God [Mark 16:19]. He promised to return on the Last Day to punish the ancient Serpent and his angels [Revelation 12:9], as well as, to punish the unrepentant human sinners [Revelation 20:15], and to bring His devoted followers into His Holy abode, the Heaven [John 14:1-3]. 

The Son of God meaning 

†Biologically, Jesus could not be called the son of God because He was not formed in the womb through sperm or sexual contact. In another sense, “father” could also mean “source or author”, for instance “Satan is the father of lies”. While the word “son” could also mean “product or emanation” that is something coming from a source, for instance; “son of soil”, ‘son of the Demon’. In [John 15:26], Jesus says that the Spirit of Truth goes out from the Father _ so this Spirit is an emanation from God the Father. And this is the Spirit who came upon Mary and dwelt in the flesh who was named Jesus, also called the Son of God [Luke 1:35] or Son of Man [Daniel 7:13 & Matthew 16:27].

How come a Spirit goes out from a Spirit? 

†Before I answer this question, I want to share with you a short story; “When I was a teenager, I met a faith-healer, he’s nickname was ‘Migo’. He confessed to me that he had an angel friend. One day right after his marriage, he had experienced a supernatural event. He narrated that while he was talking to his parent-in-law inside the house, the angel came and took him outside. To his amazement, while they were talking each other with the angel, he saw his body also talking to his parent-in-law inside the house”. At a young age, I regarded that event as impossible to happen, but not until in my early thirties. In my mid-twenties, I became somewhat curious about Spiritual Faith, I started scanning the Holy Bible occasionally. Though I was born Catholic, I didn’t go to Church to attend Mass often. I became doubtful about Trinity and using of images of Catholicism, because these had been the prevailing objections raised by many Christian denominations, and for me, they seemed had Biblical truths. I often watched Eli Soriano’s Bible Exposition on television, I admired him for his Bible adeptness, he could answer your query right away through quoting of Bible verses, as if he had memorized the whole contents of the Bible. His argument about the Son and Father God whom, for him, are different beings, was convincing on my part. But still I had a feeling left somewhere within me that there must be some explanations behind the accusations because Catholicism is the original Christian Church founded by Christ Himself, hence this should not be fallible. Thanks to the internet age! we can now scan verses comfortably in the Bible that we want to read or consult. I now understand much of the Trinity.

†The main problem why people could not comprehend the Trinity in the Bible is because they regard the capability of God as of human, remember that God is the greatest supernatural being, His capability is unlimited, hence all things are possible to Him [Matthew 19:26]. He is not human that depends only on his limited resources. The claim of ‘Migo’ is very possible because a spirit has power. We can divide or fold even our being into many through the power of God’s spirit. We are still in physical world yet, hence we don’t know about spiritual characteristic but the Bible gives us several verses relating spirits and their capabilities for us to formulate ideas about them. The following are verses about spirits and their capabilities, let us read and interpret each of them;

1. [Numbers 12:25-26] Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but did not do so again. However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. 

ANALYSIS: ” . . . He took some of the power of the Spirit . . “. God took some of the power of His Spirit and put it on seventy elders so that they prophesied including Eldad and Medad who were distant from the seventy elders. Now, if God could take out some power of His Spirit and put it upon numerous bodies in order to prophesy, how much more on one body? Therefore, it is very possible for God to take an amount of His powerful Spirit and sent it to the world to become a man. Jesus claimed that the Spirit of God is upon Him [Luke 4:18], and even it dwells in Him [John 14:10]. So, the spirit in jesus is the exact representation of God’s being [Hebrews 1:3]. 

†Actually, a spirit could transform into a human body anytime, and vice versa. God appeared to Abraham in three men [Genesis 18:1-2]; Jacob wrestled with God in the form of an ordinary man [Genesis 32:24]; and Jesus transformed into light [Matthew 17:2]. When Jesus ascended to Heaven, He was in the human form, since He was raised from the dead. Jesus’ body transfigured into brightness and shone like the sun. This is an indication that His body could transform into light or spirit, and vice versa. In light of these facts, a physical thing like a human body could ascend to the heavens. And also, a physical thing could disappear through the power of God. The birth of the sent spirit to a woman is to make him eligible to save mankind. 

2. [Revelation 5:6] Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the Earth.

ANALYSIS: ” . . the seven spirits of God sent out into all the Earth”. This verse is very evident that God could divide His Spirit into many. Therefore, no doubt that God could emanate another Spirit from His powerful Spirit and send to the world to become our purifier. God could fold His eyes into many, the same way, He could fold His Spirit into many because nothing is impossible to Him [Luke 1:37 & Job 42:2]. These Spirits could detach from each other, and even talk to each other. God has the power to fold Himself into many, and reversely converge them into one being, that’s why He could sometimes be singular or plural as described in the Bible.  “Revelation 5:6” solidifies the belief on Trinity.

CONCLUSION:  

†I wonder why those people who have read the Bible completely, still are skeptic about the holy Trinity, for there are verses in the Bible that so emphasize it. God is one being but He has the capability to divide His Spirit into many. Just like water, one nature, but it has the capability to scatter upon different places of the Earth, and reversely, it has the capability to converge from different corners into one body. God could pour His Spirit on all people [Joel 2:28]; meaning, He could distribute His Spirit on all people. Just like an electricity, one nature but it could be distributed to Billions of households. Indeed, God could approach us not just with His three persons, but even with His countless persons. He could appear and talk to all humans at the same time at different venues. Jesus appeared to His more than 500 believers at the same time [1 Corinthians 15:3-9]. God works all things in all persons [1 Corinthians 12:5], let us not limit the capability of God. 

ENCOURAGEMENT AND WARNING: 

†For those who are ignorant of the Holy Scriptures (Tanakh and New Testament), I encourage you to read them. There are lots of them available on internet today. You only waste your own intellect and education if you just depend your Godly knowledge on the rhetoric of your religious leaders. Remember that your spiritual life is put at stake here. Do you not dream of having eternal life in Heaven? Isn’t to achieve eternal life is far better than the most precious thing on Earth? Heaven and Earth will pass away but the word of God will endure forever [Mark 13:31 & Luke 21:33]. Therefore research about God, and do not rest your salvation on religious leaders, because if they are blind, then all of you will fall into the abyss. You would be easily misled by their lies if you are ignorant of the Holy Scriptures. The Bible warns us, “false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies” [2 Peter 2:1-3]. This means that the original Church would deal false prophets and heresies. And these false prophets and teachers are now among us who have misled billions of people.

†And for those people who have read the whole Scripture but still denying Jesus as God, you help Satan spreading his lies; “who is a liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the anti-Christ—denying the Father and the Son” [1 John 2:22]. You let the father of lies guide your heart in exchange of earthly pleasures, so prepare yourselves for the coming fiery lake; “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death” [Revelation 21:8]. 

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Ang katotohanan tungkol sa Palestine

Map of Palestine region in the 5th century
Mapa ng Palaestina sa ilalim ng Byzantine Empire noong ikalimang siglo

Ang mga Arabong Muslim ba ang may-ari ng Palestine? Inagaw ba ng mga Hudyo ang Palestine sa kanila?

Ang Palestine ay ang Canaan, ang lupaing ibinigay ng Diyos sa mga Israelita noong panahon ni Moises [Mga Bilang 34:2]. Ang salitang ‘Palestine’ ay nagmula sa salitang ‘Palaestina‘, isang bersyon ng Latin para sa salitang Griyego na ‘Palaistine‘ na itinitukoy sa isang distrito ng Syria noong ika-5 siglo. Ang ‘Palaistine’ ay isang corrupted word ng Biblikal na pangalan ng isang tribo na tinatawag na ‘Philistine’. Naglaho ang tribong ito nang sakopin sila ng mga Assyrian 800 taon bago si Kristo. Noong nag-alsa ang mga Hudyo laban sa Empiryong Romano 70 na taon pagkatapos ni Hesus, pinalitan ng mga Romano ang pangalang Israel at ang mga lugar na nakapalibot nito bilang ‘Syria Palaestina‘. Ang layunin ng pagpapalit ng pangalan ay upang burahin ang pagkakakilanlan ng mga Hudyo.

Noong ika-anim na siglo, sinakop ng mga Arabong Muslim (Rashidun) ang Israel, Egypt, Jordan, at Syria na noon ay nasa ilalim ng Empiryong Byzantine (Christian). Dahil sa pagkontrol ng mga Muslim sa Banal na lupain at sa pang-aabuso na ginawa nila sa mga Kristiyano, napilitan ang Iglesia Katolika na ilunsad ang Krusada. Ang layunin nito ay upang bawiin ang Jerusalem mula sa mga kamay ng mga Muslim. Nabawi ng Krusada ang Jerusalem mula sa mga Muslim noong taong 1099. Ngunit noong taong 1187, muling nabihag ang Jerusalem ng isa pang grupo ng mga Muslim (Saladin). Noong 1229, muling binuo ulit ang Krusada at nabawi nila ang kontrol sa banal na lupain. Ngunit noong taong 1517, muling nasakop ang Israel ng isa pang grupong Muslim (Ottoman). Ang Empiryong Ottoman ay hinawakan ang banal na lupain sa loob ng 400 na taon hanggang 1917 na tinapos ng United Britanya. Pinahintulotan ng Britanya ang mga nakakalat na mga Hudyo na bumalik sa Israel. Pagkatapos ay iminungkahi ng Britanya ang dalawang Estado upang lutasin ang sigalot sa pagitan ng mga Hudyo at mga Arabo; ang Estadong Hudyo at Estadong Arabo. Ngunit hindi matanggap ng mga Arabo ang nasabing panukala kahit pa man maliit na bahagi lamang ng lupa ang inilaan para sa mga Hudyo. Hindi naglaon, sumiklab ang digmaan ‘anim na araw na digmaan’ sa pagitan ng Israel at ng mga bansang Arabo (Ehipto, Jordan, at Syria). Tinalo ng mga Hudyo ang mga Arabo, at hinawakan nila ang Sinai Peninsula, West bank, Gaza strip, at Golan heights na dating kontrolado ng mga Arabo. Umalis ang Israel sa Sinai Peninsula sa ilalim ng kasunduan sa kapayapaan kasama ang Ehipto noong 1982, at noong 2005, umalis din ang Israel sa Gaza strip. Ang mga Arabo sa Gaza strip ay ginamit ang pangalang ‘Palestine’ upang maging kanilang sariling pagkakakilanlan.

Kaya’t ang slogan na “Free Palestine” ay isang propaganda lamang ng mga Arabong Muslim dahil ang Gaza strip o Palestine ay pinalaya na ng Israel mula noong 2005. Kung hindi umalis ang Israel sa Gaza strip, ang mga Arabo ay hindi makakagawa ng mga naglakihang mga lagosan sa ilalim ng lupa at hindi makakapag-imbak ng mga bigating sandatang pandigma tulad ng mga missile, mga launcher, at mga high-powered na baril. At wala ring Ethnic cleansing na ginagawa ang Israel sa Gaza strip ayon sa paratang dahil ang mga taong naninirahan sa Gaza strip ay hindi etniko kundi mga Arabong dayuhan. Kung ‘Palestinians’ ang pag-uusapan, kabilang na dito ang mga Hudyo dahil nakatira sila sa rehiyong Palestine. Kung tutuosin, ang mga Hudiyo ang tunay na may-ari ng Palestine (Canaan) na ibinigay ng Diyos Mismo sa kanila.

Ang kamatuoran kabahin sa Palestine

Mapa sa Palaestina ilalum sa Empiryong Byzantine

Ang mga Arabong Muslim ba ang tag-iya sa Palestine? Giilog ba sa mga Hudiyo ang Palestine gikan kanila? 

Ang Palestine mao ang Canaan kanhi, ang yuta nga gigahin sa Ginoo sa mga Israelinhon sa panahon ni Moises [Numeros 34:2]. Ang pulong nga ‘Palestine’ gisukad gikan sa pulong nga ‘Palaestina‘, usa ka Latin nga bersyon sa Griyegong pulong nga ‘Palaistine‘, nga gigamit sa mga Griyego sa pagtumong sa usa ka distrito sa Syria sa ika-5 nga siglo. Ang ‘Palaistine’ usa ka tinuis nga pulong sa Biblikanhong ngalan sa usa ka banay nga gitawag ug ‘Philistine’. Kini nga banay nahanaw sa dihang gisakup sila sa mga Asiryanhon 800 ka tuig sa wala pa si Kristo. Sa dihang ang mga Hudiyo mialsa batok sa Romanhong Empiryo 70 ka tuig human ni Hesus, ang pangalang Israel giilisan sa mga Romano ngadto sa ‘Syria Palaestina’, nga pinasukad sa Griyegong pulong nga ‘Palaistine’. Ang tuyu sa pag-ilis sa ngalan mao ang pagpapas sa kailhanan sa mga Hudiyo. 

Sa ikaunum nga siglo gisakup sa mga Arabong Muslim (Rashidun) ang Israel, Ehipto, Jordan, ug Syria nga kaniadto ubus sa Empiryong Byzantine. Tungud sa paggalong sa Balaang yuta ug sa pangdagmal nga gihimo sa mga Muslim sa mga Kristyano, ang Iglesya Katolika napugus paglunsad og Krusada. Ang tumong mao ang pagbawi sa Herusalem gikan sa mga kamut sa mga Muslim. Ug nabawi sa mga tagKrusada ang Herusalem niadtong tuig 1099. Apan sa tuig 1187, nakuha pagbalik ang maong Dakbayan sa laing pundok sa mga Muslim (Saladin). Niadtong 1229, laing Krusada ang gilunsad sa Iglesia Katolika, ug nabawi nila ang galong sa Balaang yuta. Apan sa tuig 1517, laing pundok na pud sa mga Muslim (Ottoman) ang misakup pag-usab sa Balaang yuta. Ang Empiryong Ottoman naggalong sa Balaang yuta sulod sa 400 ka tuig hangtod sa tuig 1917 nga gitapos sa Hiniusang Kaharian sa Britanya. Gitugotan sa Britanya ang nagkatibulaag nga mga Hudiyo nga makabalik sa ilang yutang pinuy-anan. Unya gisugyot sa Britanya ang duha ka Estado aron masulbad ang panagbangi tali sa mga Hudiyo ug mga Arabo; nga mao ang Estado sa mga Hudiyo ug Estado sa mga Arabo. Apan gisalikway sa mga Arabo ang maong sugyot bisan gamay ra ang lunang gigahin alang sa mga Hudiyo. Pagkahinla, miulbo ang gubat (‘unum ka adlaw nga gubat’) tali sa mga Hudiyo ug mga Arabo sa Ehepto, Hordan, ug Syria. Ug gipukan sa mga Hudiyo ang mga Arabo. Ilang gisudlan ang Sinai Peninsula, Gaza strip, West bank, and Golan Heights nga kanhi gihuptan sa mga Arabo. Ang Israel mibiya sa Sinai Peninsula ubus sa kasabotan sa kalinaw uban sa Ehipto niadtong 1982, ug niadtong 2005, ila usab nga gibiyaan ang Gaza strip. Ang mga Arabo sa Gaza strip migamit sa pangalang ‘Palestine’ isip ilang kaugalingong kailhanan.

Busa ang slogan nga “Free Palestine” (Buhii ang Palestine) usa lamang ka propaganda sa mga Arabong Muslim sanglit ang Gaza strip o Palestine gibuhian na man sa Israel sukad pa niadtong tuig 2005. Kung wala pa mibiya ang Israel sa Gaza, ang mga Arabo dili unta makamugna og dinagkung mga lutsanan ilalum sa yuta, ug dili unta sila makatapok og dinagkung mga hinagibang panggubat sama sa mga igsusupot (missiles), mga tigtugpu (launcher), ug gamhanan nga mga pusil. Lain pa, dili tinuod ang ilang gipasangil sa mga Hudiyo nga nagpahigayon og “Ethnic Cleansing” (Lumadnong paghinlu) sa Gaza strip tungud kay ang mga nanimuyu sa Gaza strip dili man mga lumad kundili mga Arabong dayo. Usa pa pud, aduna lamay 22,000 ka tawo ang napatay sa pagsulong sa mga Hudiyo, giming itandi sa 2.048 ka milyong lumulupyu sa Gaza para hukman nga adunay lumadnong paghinlu. Kung maghisgot kita og tagaPalestine (Palestinian), lakip na niana ang mga Hudiyo tungud kay sila nagpuyu man usab sa habig nga gitawag og Palestine. Kung buut hunahunaon, sila ang tiunay nga tag-iya sa Palestine nga gihatag sa Ginoo mismo kanila. 

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The truth about Palestine

Palestine niadtong ikalimang siglo
Map of Palaestina under Byzantine Empire in the 5th century

Are Arab Muslims the owner of Palestine? Did the Jews grab Palestine from them? 

Palestine was the Canaan, the land given to Israelites by God at the time of Moses [Numbers 34:2]. The word ‘Palestine’ is derived from the word ‘Palaestina‘, a Latin version for the Greek word ‘Palaistine‘, which was used by the Greeks to refer to a district of Syria in the 5th century. ‘Palaistine’ is a corrupted word for Biblical name of a tribe called ‘Philistine’. This tribe vanished when the Assyrians conquered them 800 years before Christ. When the Jews revolted against the Roman Empire 70 years after Jesus, the Romans renamed Israel and the surrounding areas into ‘Syria Palaestina‘, adopting the Greek word ‘Palaistine’. The intention of the renaming was to erase the identity of the Jews. 

In the sixth century the Muslim Arabs (Rashidun) conquered Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria which were under the Byzantine Empire. Because of the Muslims’ control over the Holy land and the abuse they had done to Christians, the Catholic Church was forced to launch the Crusade. The aim was to take back Jerusalem from the grasp of Muslims. The Crusaders were able to take Jerusalem back from the Muslims in the year 1099. But in the year 1187, another group of Muslims (Saladin) captured the City again. In 1229, a Crusade was formed again and regained control of the holy land. But in the year 1517, another Muslim group (Ottoman) reconquered the holy land. The Ottoman Empire ruled the holy land for 400 years until 1917 which was ended by the United Kingdom. The British allowed the scattered Jews to return to their homeland. Then the British proposed two states in Palestine to solve the conflict between the Jews and Arabs namely; Jewish state and Arabs state. But the Arabs could not accept the proposal though only a small portion of land was allotted to the Jews. In consequence, the war (‘six-day war‘) broke out between Israel and the Arab countries (Egypt, Jordan, and Syria). The Jews defeated the Arabs, and occupied the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza strip, West bank, and Golan Heights which were formerly controlled by the Arabs. Israel left Sinai Peninsula under peace agreement with Egypt in 1982, and in 2005, Israel also left Gaza strip. The Arabs in Gaza took the name Palestine as their own identity.

So the slogan “Free Palestine” is just a propaganda by Arab Muslims since Gaza strip or State of Palestine was already freed by Israel since 2005. Had Israel not left Gaza, the Arabs could not have built massive tunnels and could not have stocked massive armaments such as missiles, launchers, and high-powered firearms. And there is no such thing as “Ethnic cleansing” conducted by the Jews because the people who occupy Gaza strip are not ethnic but Arab colony. Likewise, there are only 22,000 people killed during Israel’s attack, too little compared to the 2.048 million population in Gaza strip to conclude that there is an ethnic cleansing going on. If we talked about ‘Palestinians’, it includes the Jews because they live in the region called Palestine. In fact, they are the true owner of Palestine (Canaan) as given by God Himself to them.

Video: Watch how the Muslims (Saracens) savagely controlled Jerusalem in the 7th century

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The Roles of Jesus in coming to Earth

There were many roles that the Father assigned to Jesus when he came to Earth; as the Speaker of God, as the messenger of the New Covenant, as the Builder of God’s Church or kingdom, as the Messiah or Anointed king, as the Son of God or Man, as the Salvation or Savior of the world, as the Purifier or Perfecter of our Faith, and as the Judge of the world. 

1.) AS THE SPEAKER OF GOD 

[Deuteronomy 18:18-19] I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.

[Isaiah 51:16] I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people

[John 14:10] Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me.

2.) AS THE MESSENGER OF THE NEW COVENANT 

[Malachi 3:1] “Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

[Luke 22:20] In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

3.) AS THE BUILDER OF GOD’S KINGDOM

[1 Chronicles 17:12-14] He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever. 

[2 Samuel 7:13-14] He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son. 

[Psalm 78:69] “He built His holy place upon the height and He prepared it in the earth for eternity. 

[Matthew 16:18-19] “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

4. AS THE MESSIAH OR ANOINTED KING 

[1 Samuel 2:10] “Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered; Against them He will thunder in the heavens, The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; And He will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

[Psalm 132:17] “There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed.

[Micah 5:2] As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – from you a King will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past 

[Psalm 2:6] “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.” 

[Psalm 72:11] And let all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him.

[John 4:25-26] The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”

[Mark 15:2] “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

5.) AS THE SON OF GOD OR MAN 

[1 Chronicles 17:13-14] I will be his father, and he will be My son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.” 

[Psalm 2:7] The king proclaims the LORD’s decree: “The LORD said to me, ‘You are My Son. Today I have become your Father. 

[Isaiah 7:14] Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a Son, and she will call Him ‘Immanuel’ (God with us)

[Daniel 3:25] He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. 

[Daniel 7:13] “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 

[Matthew 14:32-33] And when they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!” 

[Luke 9:26] If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels. 

[Luke 22:70] So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” Jesus answered them, “You say that I am.”

[Mark 2:27-28] Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath”.

6.) AS THE SALVATION OR SAVIOR OF THE WORLD 

[Psalm 67:1-2] God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, that Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation (Yeshua) among all nations” 

[Isaiah 62:11] The LORD has sent this message to every land: “Tell the people of Israel, ‘Look, your Savior is coming. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.’”

[John 4:42] Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world.” 

[1 John 4:14] And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

7.) AS THE PURIFIER OR PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH 

[Psalm 37:37] Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

[Jeremiah 33:8] ‘I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me. 

[Daniel 12:10] Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

[1 John 1:7] But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

[John 5:48] Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. 

[Hebrews 1:3] The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

[Hebrews 12:2] Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 

8.) AS THE JUDGE OF THE WORLD 

[Psalm 8:6] You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet

[Matthew 13:40-42] “Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[John 5:22] For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 

[Acts 10:42] And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.

Jesus died and resurrected according to the Scriptures

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Contrary to the prophecies in Tanakh and testimonies in the Gospels, the Muslims assert that Jesus did not die because Allah took him to His Jannah. Allah supposedly snatched a man, and made him looked like Jesus in order to suffer death sentence in place of the real Jesus. Allah did this in order to deceive the people who watched the crucifixion of Jesus at that time. The question is, who was that innocent man who was made by Allah as a sacrifice? The New Testament books also narrate about the resurrection of Jesus, His activity after He resurrected, and His ascension to Heaven. But Islam has no rebuttal about the resurrection and ascension taught in the Bible. If not Jesus, who was that man who rose from the dead, talked and ate with the apostles, and ascended to Heaven? The Muslims could not support their first claim that Jesus did not die. The fact is, Jesus died and resurrected according to the Scriptures. The verses below are prophecies about Jesus’s death in the Old Testament and their fulfillment in the New Tastament.

Prophecies in the Old Testament 

1.) [Psalm 22:14-18] I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet. I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me. They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing. 

2.) [Psalm 31:5] “Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, LORD, my faithful God”

3.) [Isaiah 53:1-12] Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth. Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. 

4.) [Psalm 16:10] For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave.

5.) [Jonah 1:17] Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.

6.) [Hosea 6:2] After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

7.) [Hosea 13:14] I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Fulfillment in the New Testament

1.) [Matthew 20:28] Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

2.) [Matthew 26:24] “For the Son of Man must die, as the Scriptures declared long ago. But how terrible it will be for the one who betrays him. It would be far better for that man if he had never been born!”

3.) [Matthew 16:21] From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

4.) [Matthew 12:40] For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 

The Resurrection

1.) [John 20:1-31] Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!” Then Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there. The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed. For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

2.) [John 20:10-18] Then the disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet. “Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus. “Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’ ” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

3.) [John 20:19-29] It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them. After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.” Jesus Appears to Thomas Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.” Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

4.) [1 Corinthians 15:3-4] For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

5.) [Revelation 1:18] I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. 

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Jesus was crucified, Biblical verses

This post is to prove that Jesus was crucified contrary to the assertion of Muslims that he was not crucified and did not die because Allah took him to His Jannah. Allah allegedly replaced Jesus with an innocent man to be killed on the cross. The question is, who was that mystery man that Allah seized and caused to suffer crucifixion? Below are Biblical verses about crucifixion of Jesus;

1. [Psalm 22:16] For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

2. [Matthew 20:19] Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”

3. [Matthew 26:2] “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

4. [Matthew 27:26] Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

5. [Matthew 27:35] And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

6. [Matthew 27:38] Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.

7. [Matthew 27:44] And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

8. [Matthew 28:5] But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 

9. [Mark 15:15] Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

10. [Mark 15:24] And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.

11. [Mark 15:25] It was the third hour when they crucified him.

12. [Mark 15:27] They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left.

13. [Mark 15:32] Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

14. [Mark 16:6] “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 

15. [Luke 9:22] “The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things,” he said. “He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.” 

16. [Luke 23:23] But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.

17. [Luke 23:33] When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals— one on his right, the other on his left.

18. [Luke 24:7] ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’”

19. [Luke 24:20] The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 

20. [John 19:16] Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.

21. [John 19:18] Here they crucified him, and with him two others— one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

22. [John 19:20] Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.

23. [John 19:23] When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

24. [John 19:32] The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.

25. [John 19:41] At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 

26. [Acts 2:23] But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him.

27. [Acts 2:36] “So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, to be both Lord and Messiah!”

28. [Acts 4:10] Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead. 

Jesus was killed for Blasphemy

Crucified Jesus

One of the reasons why the Muslims hate the Jews is because of their assumption that the Jews killed Jesus for no reason. But if you examine the Gospel, Jesus was killed for claiming he’s God or he’s the Son of God. This claim was a blasphemy against the Jewish law which was punishable by death. The god of Islam proved ignorant about the Gospel since He taught His believers that Jesus did not claim Godhood, but on the contrary, claiming Godhood was the very reason why Jesus was nailed on the cross. Below are proofs that Jesus claimed divinity which drew the ire of the Jewish leaders, thereby meted him with death sentence.

1. [John 10:30-33] I and the Father are one. At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him. But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?” “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”

2. [John 10:34-36] Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’? If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

3. [John 19:6-7] As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.” “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

4. [Matthew 26:63-66] But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.” “You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”“He deserves to die,” they answered.

5. [Mark 14:62-64] But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?” “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.” At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “Why do we need any more witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.

6. [Luke 22:70-71] So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.” “Why do we need any more testimony?” they declared. “We have heard it for ourselves from His own lips.’ 

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AKSO READ: JESUS CLAIMED DIVINITY

Can we be saved by Faith alone?

This is to disagree with the doctrinal belief of the protestants that we are already saved by our faith in Jesus, citing the teaching of apostle Paul as their basis that says, “man is not justified by works of the law but by faith in Jesus” (Galatians 2:16). And that ‘Salvation’ is a grace given by God so we need not to work for it, all we have to do is to have faith in Jesus alone (Ephesians 2:8-9).

You know what, God is perfect so we should be perfect in order to be saved. When Paul talked about “man is not justified by works of the law but by faith in Jesus”, he was referring to the Old Covenant law (Mosaic law). Because we did not earn our ‘Salvation’ by perfect obedience of the Old Covenant law but it’s given by God freely. It is impossible for us to obey that law perfectly, that’s the reason why God sent His Son to be our perfecter of faith. Christians are not under the Old Testament law but under the New Testament law or Christ law. So when Paul said, “one is justified by faith aside from the doing the law” (Romans 3:28), he was referring to the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2). Our Salvation can be earned by believing the saving work of Jesus plus obeying his will. Below is a debate or comments quoted from a Facebook post that says;

“We are not sinners saved by Grace _we are Saints! Read Bible to see the Truth”

Cheryl Matko (Protestant) vs. Leon Kilat (Catholic) debate

Leon Kilat: Saint means sinless or purified. the reason why the Son of God was manifested is to save sinners. Why God needed to save the people if they were already sinless?

Cheryl Matko: Leon Kilat. we are all sinners but when you enter into a relationship with Jesus Christ, God sees you as blameless or purified through Christ. We are sinners saved by Grace but in the bible we are only ever referred to as saints.

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. Saint means holy, and not all christians are holy. The Saints referred to in the Bible are holy people, they are purified or perfected thru believing the saving work of Jesus. If you are already purified in this world that means you will no longer face Judgment, you will no longer die. Death is the effect of our sin, if you are sinless, you have no death.

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. Believing without work is empty. How can you say to your husband “I love you” but you refuse him on the bed? How can you say to someone “I believe you” if you don’t show it by your deed? If you really believe in God, you should observe His law. Faith and deed should go together in order to be saved;

1. [2 John 1:8] Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded

2. [James 1:22-25] Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

3. [Romans 2:13] For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

4. [2 Thessalonians 2:17] encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed. 

Cheryl Matko: Leon Kilat. that’s incorrect. Throughout Paul’s letters in the New Testament, all of Christ’s followers are only ever called saints. This is because God sees us as holy because of what Christ Jesus did for us. That’s Grace. https://seminary.grace.edu/what-does-saint-mean/… .

Cheryl Matko. Leon Kilat. James 2:17-18 actually says ‘…faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith BY my works.’ You’re interpreting those verses to mean that if you have faith you must also do good works. What they are really saying is that TRUE faith in Christ inspires and produces good works.

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WORK IS THE EVIDENCE OF FAITH. IF YOU BELIEVE WITHOUT DOING FOR IT IS NOT TRUE FAITH. IF YOU LOVE GOD, HOW YOU SHOW IT? IF YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD, HOW YOU SHOW IT?

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. PAUL WAS ONLY REFERRING TO THE FAITHFUL BELIEVERS, AND NOT TO ALL CHRISTIANS. JESUS TOLD US CARRY YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO DO THE EXAMPLE SET BY HIM. AND APOSTLE JOHN REMINDED US NOT TO WASTE WHAT WE HAVE WORKED FOR. MEANING, WE NEED TO WORK AND KEEP DOING GOOD WHILE WE ARE ON EARTH. AND THERE IS A POSSIBLITY THAT WE FAIL TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

[2 John 1:8] Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. 

Cheryl Matko: Leon Kilat. that’s incorrect. All true Christians (ppl who have a relationship with Jesus Christ) are faithful believers.

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. 2 John 1:8 refers to the true christian yet still in danger of failing to make it to the final. And Jesus said, “Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” (John 15:2). Christians are branches of Jesus, but if a Christian does not bear fruit, meaning you don’t work for the growth of Christianity, God will cut you out.

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko.

[James 2:14-26] What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? So too, faith by itself, if it is not complemented by action, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless? Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did. And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God. As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone. In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

Cheryl Matko: Leon Kilat. 2 John 1:8 is a warning about false teachers. Loss of salvation is not in view here, it’s about the loss of spiritual reward. https://www.bibleref.com/2-John/1/2-John-1-8.html… . https://versebyversecommentary.com/2001/10/13/2-john-18/

In John 15:2, the branches that don’t bear fruit refer to people who have attached themselves to the church, but don’t have a real relationship with Christ. They may have grown up in the church, know scripture and profess to be Christians but they never really knew Jesus and therefore produce no fruits of the Holy Spirit. https://www.bibleref.com/John/15/John-15-2.html… . https://www.biblestudytools.com/…/gills…/john-15-2.html

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. This teaching of your Church that “you can be saved by Faith alone” was already condemned by the apostles. Ponder this verses;

[James 2:14-15] What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? So too, faith by itself, if it is not complemented by action, is dead. 

Cheryl Matko: Leon Kilat. Our deeds/works/fruits have nothing to do with earning our salvation – rather they are EVIDENCE of our relationship with Jesus Christ. Our salvation is assured because of what Christ did on the cross for us. That’s what GRACE is all about! You can’t lose your salvation once you have entered into a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the GIFT of God, NOT A RESULT OF WORKS, so that no one may boast.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:38-39 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 6:37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

John 10:27-30 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.

Titus 3:5 He saved us, NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

https://www.christianity.com/…/how-can-i-have-assurance… https://www.gotquestions.org/assurance-salvation.html

Cheryl Matko: Leon Kilat. this teaching is not just from “my church”. It’s from the Bible. The verses you quote need to be taken in the context of the gospel that was preached by all of the apostles. The gospel clearly states that our salvation is a free gift and not dependent on our works.

Yes faith without works is dead. But if there is no evidence of works or the fruits of the spirit, there is no true faith. Our “works” are evidence of a true relationship with Jesus Christ. But nothing we do can give us salvation and nothing can cause us to lose it. It’s all about what Christ did on the cross.

Go and search Google for assurance of salvation and you’ll find many more articles by biblical scholars of all denominations.

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. Don’t lie to yourself, don’t twist the passage just to suit to the teaching of your Church. The verse is very clear, that work is a requirement for our salvation. In fact, it is through our actions that we can be righteous in the eyes of God.

[James 2:20-24] O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless? Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did. And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God. As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.

The saving work of Jesus is a free gift to those who accept it. And once you accept it, it has a stipulation, you need to follow the will of Jesus. Faith and works of the law should go together in order for you to be saved.

[Romans 3:28] For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law. 

Cheryl Matko: Leon Kilat. I’m not lying to myself. Most Christian biblical scholars have the same understanding of the scriptures that I have. Go and read a few different commentaries on those specific verses and you’ll find that I’m right. How can salvation be a free gift if it comes with stipulations? And how do you explain

Ephesians 2:8-9 “For its by GRACE you have been saved THROUGH FAITH. And this is not your own doing; it is the GIFT of God, 9 NOT A RESULT OF WORKS, so that no one may boast.”

What’s your interpretation of God’s Grace?

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. You cannot understand the Bible by one or two verses, you need to understand its context. Mankind was separated from God because of sin, the reason we lost our eternal life. And we have no ability to reconnect to God by our own efforts so that we can retrieve that eternal life. No matter what we do, it is nothing to God because in the first place we are sinners. God is perfect, therefore the one that can intercede between Him and us is a perfect or sinless man. And that’s what apostle Paul meant when he said we are saved not by works. And the salvation is a grace or free gift, because we did not work for it. It’s God who reconnected to us through His son. Jesus is our bridge to God, but what about the one who won’t accept Jesus and refuse to do his will? Can they be saved also? the answer is “they cannot”. So this is the stipulation; believe in Jesus and follow his will. To have an eternal life, you have to be perfect or sinless. And we cannot be perfect without following the will of Jesus. Once we believe Jesus’ saving work, we need to do his example.

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. give me a Biblical verse that says “we can be saved by faith alone”

Cheryl Matko: Amen! As I have already said to you, I agree it’s so important when reading the Bible to understand it in its context. The message throughout the new testament is the gospel – that Jesus died for us and paid the penalty of sin for us on the cross. It’s a free gift. All he asks is that we accept his invitation to follow him and commit our lives to living the life he intends for us to live. Nothing else we do can give us eternal salvation and we are never more acceptable to him than we are when we first come to him. It’s all about what Christ did for us. Our works and deeds contribute nothing.

In this context we need to understand that true faith in Jesus Christ produces good works and the fruits of the spirit. Lack of these good works and fruits is an indication that the person does not have a real personal relationship with Jesus Christ. They may say they believe in him but they don’t really know him.

Matthew 7:20: “Therefore by their fruits you shall know them”.

But if a man comes to Christ on his deathbed and he has no works or deeds, does this mean he doesn’t have salvation? Of course not! Because his salvation is totally dependent on what Christ did on the cross and his response to that. It has nothing to do with good works.

Cheryl Matko: Leon Kilat.

Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Galatians 2:16: Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Romans 3:28: For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Romans 5:1: Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 4:5: And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.

Philippians 3:9: And be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith.

Romans 11:6: But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Galatians 2:21: I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

John 6:28-29: Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 

Leon Kilat: Cheryl Matko. When Paul said about “man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus”, he was referring to the Old Covenant law. Because we did not earn the Salvation by obeying that law perfectly, but given by God freely. No man can obey that law perfectly, that means we will fail certainly if we follow the Old Testament law. This is the reason why God sent His Son to be our perfecter. Christians are not under the Old Testament law, but under the New Testament law or Christ law. So when Paul said “one is justified by faith aside from the doing the law”, he was referring to the law of Christ;

[Galatians 6:2] Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 

Ang kaligtasan ay manggaling sa mga Hudyo

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Saan manggaling ang kaligtasan? 

Lingid sa kaalaman ng mga Muslim na patuloy na iginiit ang Islam sa mga hindi-Muslim bilang tunay na relihiyon umano, ipinaalam na sa atin ng Tanakh (mga aklat ng mga Hudyo) na ang Kaligtasan ng sangkatauhan ay magmula sa mga Hudyo o Herusalem, at hindi sa mga Arabo o Mecca. Kung ang Islam ay tunay na Abrahamic na Paniwala at ang Dyos ay hindi nagbabago ng Kanyang isip, ang mga Muslim ay dapat makinig sa kung ano ang hinahanap o sinasabi sa Banal na Kasulatan. Si Muhamad ay lubos na bagsak sa pamantayan sa pagkapropeta na isinasaad sa mga aklat ng Tanakh. Sinasabi ng aklat ng Genesis na ang Tipan ng Dyos ay itatatag kay Isaak, at hindi kay Ismael. Sinasabi din ng aklat ni Isaias na ang batas o salita ng Dyos ay lalabas mula sa ‘Zion’ (isang bundok sa Herusalem). Ipinahayag ni Hesus na ang Kaligtasan ay manggaling sa mga Hudyo simula sa Herusalem. Kinumpirma ni San Lukas na ang Ebanghelyo ay kailangang ipangaral muna sa mga Hudyo bago ang mga Hentil (mga hindi Hudyo). Kinumpirma rin ni San Pablo na ang Ebanghelyo na nagdadala ng Kaligtasan ay kailangang ipangaral muna sa mga Hudyo bago ang mga Hentil. 

[Genesis 17:20-21] At tungkol kay Ismael, narinig kita: Narito, aking pinagpala siya, at siya’y aking palalago, at siya’y aking pararamihin na mainam; labindalawang prinsipe ang kanyang magiging anak, at gagawin ko siyang isang malaking bansa. Ngunit ang aking tipan ay aking itatatag kay Isaac, na ipanganganak ni Sara sa inyo sa takdang panahon sa susunod na taon. 

[Isaias 2:3] At maraming mga tao ang darating at magsasabi: “Halika, umakyat tayo sa bundok ng Panginoon, sa bahay ng Diyos ni Hakob. Tuturuan niya tayo ng Kanyang mga paraan upang makalakad tayo sa Kanyang mga landas.” Sapagka’t ang kautusan ay lalabas mula sa Zion, at ang salita ng Panginoon ay mula sa Herusalem.

[Juan 4:22] Kayong mga Samaritano ay sumasamba sa hindi ninyo nalalaman; sinasamba namin ang aming nalalaman, sapagkat ang kaligtasan ay mula sa mga Hudiyo.

[Lucas 24:47] at ang pagsisisi para sa kapatawaran ng mga kasalanan ay ipangangaral sa kanyang pangalan sa lahat ng mga bansa, magsisimula sa Herusalem. 

[Mga Gawa 3:23-26] Sapagka’t sinabi ni Moises, ‘Ang Panginoon mong Dios ay magpapatindig para sa iyo ng isang propeta na gaya ko mula sa iyong sariling bayan; dapat makinig ka sa lahat ng sinasabi niya sayo. Ang sinumang hindi makikinig sa kaniya ay lubusang ihihiwalay sa kanilang bayan.’ “Sa katunayan, simula kay Samuel, ang lahat ng propeta ay nagsisihuhula sa mga araw na ito. At kayo ay tagapagmana ng mga propeta at ng tipan ng Diyos sa inyong mga ninuno. Sinabi niya kay Abraham, ‘Sa pamamagitan ng iyong supling ay pagpapalain ang lahat ng mga tao sa lupa.’ Nang ibinangon ng Diyos ang kanyang lingkod, ipinadala Niya muna siya sa inyo upang pagpalain kayo sa pamamagitan ng pagtalikod sa bawat isa sa iyo mula sa iyong masasamang lakad.” 

[Mga Gawa 13:36-39] “Nang maipaglingkod ni David ang layunin ng Diyos sa kanyang sariling henerasyon, siya ay nakatulog; siya ay inilibing kasama ng kanyang mga ninuno at ang kanyang katawan ay naagnas. Ngunit ang binuhay ng Diyos mula sa mga patay ay hindi nakakita ng pagkabulok. “Kaya nga, mga kaibigan, nais kong malaman ninyo na sa pamamagitan ni Hesus ay ipinahayag sa inyo ang kapatawaran ng mga kasalanan. Sa pamamagitan niya ang bawa’t sumasampalataya ay pinalaya sa bawat kasalanan, isang katuwirang hindi mo nakuha sa ilalim ng kautusan ni Moises. 

[Mga Gawa 13:45-47] Nang makita ng mga Hudio ang maraming tao, napuno sila ng paninibugho. Sinimulan nilang salungatin ang sinasabi ni Pablo at pinagbuntunan siya ng pang-aabuso. Pagkatapos, sinagot sila nina Pablo at Barnabas nang buong tapang: “Kailangan muna naming sabihin sa inyo ang salita ng Diyos. Dahil tinatangkilik ninyo ito at hindi ninyo kinikilala ang inyong sarili na karapat-dapat sa buhay na walang hanggan, bumaling kami ngayon sa mga Hentil. Sapagkat ito ang iniutos sa atin ng Panginoon: ‘Ginawa kitang ilaw para sa mga Gentil, para magdala ka ng kaligtasan hanggang sa kasuluksulukan ng mundo.’

[Roma 1:16] Sapagka’t hindi ko ikinahihiya ang ebanghelyo, sapagka’t ang kapangyarihan ng Dios ang nagdudulot ng kaligtasan sa bawa’t sumasampalataya: una sa Hudiyo, pagkatapos ay sa Gentil. 

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Ang kaluwasan magggikan sa mga Hudiyo

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Asa maggikan ang kaluwasan? 

Luyo sa kahibalo sa mga Muslim nga nagpunay og pugus sa Islam ngadto sa mga dili-Muslim nga mao’y tinuod nga relihiyon kuno, ang Hudiyohanong Kasulatan (Tanakh) nagpahibalo na kanatu nga ang Kaluwasan sa katawhan maggikan sa mga Hudiyo o Herusalem, ug dili maggikan sa mga Arabo o Mecca. Kung ang Islam tinuod nga Abrahamnong Pagtoo, ug ang Ginoo dili mag-usab sa Iyang hunahuna, ang mga Muslim mopatalinghog gayod unta kung unsa ang gipangpangita diha sa kasulatan sa Tanakh. Si Muhamad hingpit nga hagbong sa kapasikaran sa pagkapropeta nga gilatid sa mga Hudiyohanong libro. Ang basahun sa Genesis nag-ingon nga ang Kasabotan sa Ginoo ipasukad kang Isaak, ug dili kang Ismael. Ang basahun ni Isaias nagtug-an nga ang balaod o pulong sa Dios mogula gikan sa Zion, (ang Zion usa ka bukid sa Herusalem). Gipahayag ni Hesus nga ang Kaluwasan maggikan sa mga Hudiyo sugod sa Herusalem. Si San Lukas mipamatuod nga ang Maayong balita o pulong sa Ginoo isangyaw una sa mga Hudiyo dayon sa mga Hentil. Mipamatuod pud si San Pablo nga ang Maayong balita nga nagdala sa Kaluwasan isangyaw una sa mga Hudiyo sa dili pa ang mga Hentil.

[Genesis 17:20-21] Ug mahitungod kang Ismael, ikaw akung gidungog: sa pagkatinuod panalanginan ko siya; Pabungahon ko siya ug padaghanon ko pag-ayo. Mamahimo siyang amahan sa napulu’g duha ka mga magmamandu, ug himoon ko siyang ngilngig nga nasod. Apan ipasukad ko ang akung kasabotan kang Isaak, nga ianak ni Sara kanimo niining panahona sa sunod tuig.

[Isaias 2:3] Daghang katawhan ang moabut ug moingon, “Dali, manungas kita sa bukid ni Hehoba, ngadto sa templo sa Diyos ni Hakob. Siya magatudlu kanatu sa iyang pamaagi, aron kita makalakaw sa iyang mga dalan.” Ang kasuguan mogula gikan sa Zion, ang pulong ni Hehoba gikan sa Herusalem.

[Juan 4:22] Kamong mga Samarianhon nagasimba sa wala ninyo hiilhi; kami nagasimba sa amung nahibaloan, kay ang kaluwasan maggikan sa mga Hudiyo.

[Lucas 24:47] ug ang paghinulsol alang sa kapasayloan sa mga sala isangyaw sa iyang ngalan sa tanang kanasuran, sugod sa Herusalem.

[Mga Buhat 3:22-26] Kay si Moises nag-ingon, ‘Ang Ginoo nga inyong Dios magpatindog alang kaninyo ug usa ka manalagna nga sama kanaku gikan sa inyong kaugalingong katawhan; kinahanglan nga mamati kamo sa tanan nga iyang isulti kaninyo. Si kinsa nga dili maminaw kaniya pagaputlon sa hingpit gikan sa iyang katawhan. “Sa pagkatinuod, sugod ni Samuel, ang tanang mga manalagna namulong nang daan niining mga adlawa. Ug kamo mga manununod sa mga manalagna ug sa kasabotan nga gihimo sa Dios uban sa inyong mga amahan. Miingon siya kang Abraham, ‘Pinaagi sa imong kaliwat ang tanang katawhan sa yuta mapanalanginan.’ Sa dihang gibanhaw sa Dios ang iyang suluguon, gipadala siya og una kaninyo aron sa pagpanalangin kaninyo pinaagi sa pagpatalikod sa matag usa kaninyo gikan sa daotang mga binuhatan.

[Mga Buhat 13:36-39] “Karon sa dihang si David nag-alagad sa katuyuan sa Diyos sa iyang kaugalingong kaliwatan, siya nahikatulog; gilubong siya uban sa iyang mga katigulangan, ug nadugta ang iyang lawas. Apan ang gibanhaw sa Dios gikan sa mga patay wala nakita sa pagkadunot. “Busa, akung mga higala, buut ko nga masayran ninyo nga pinaagi kang Hesus ang kapasayloan sa mga sala gisangyaw kaninyo. Pinaagi kaniya ang tanan nga nagatoo maluwas sa matag sala, usa ka pagpamatarong nga dili ninyo maangkon ilalum sa kasuguan ni Moises.

[Mga Buhat 13:45-47] Sa pagkakita sa mga Hudiyo sa panon sa katawhan, nangabubho sila. Misugod sila sa pagsupak sa gisulti ni Pablo ug nagbutangbutang ug nag-abuso kaniya. Unya si Pablo ug si Barnabas mitubag kanila nga maisugon: “Kinahanglan nga isulti una namo kaninyo ang pulong sa Dios. Tungud kay gisalikway ninyo kini ug wala kamo nag-isip sa inyong kaugalingon nga takus sa kinabuhing dayon, mipaling kami karon sa mga dili Hudiyo. Kay mao kini ang gisugu kanatu sa Ginoo: “Himoon ko usab ikaw nga kahayag alang sa mga Hentil, aron ang akung kaluwasan makaabot sa kasuukan sa kalibotan.” (Isias 49:6) 

[Roma 1:16] Kay wala ko ikaulaw ang maayong balita, kay ang gahum sa Ginoo mao ang nagadala ug kaluwasan sa tanan nga nagatoo: una sa mga Hudiyo, dayon sa mga Gentil. 

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Salvation comes from the Jews

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Where does Salvation come from?

Unknown to the Muslims who keep forcing Islam on non-Muslims as the true religion supposedly, the Jewish Scriptures (Tanakh) already told us that the Salvation of mankind will come from the Jews or Jerusalem, and not from Arabs or Mecca. If Islam is truly an Abrahamic Faith and God does not change His mind, the Muslims should heed what the books of Tanakh required. Muhammad totally failed the prophethood criteria stipulated in the Jewish books. The book of Genesis says that the Covenant of God will be established with Isaac, and not with Ishmael. The book of Isaiah says that the law or word of God will go forth from Zion (a mountain in Jerusalem). Jesus declared that the Salvation comes from the Jews begining at Jerusalem. Saint Luke had confirmed that the Gospel or word of God should be preached first to the Jews prior to the Gentiles (non-Jews). Saint Paul also confirmed that the Gospel which brings Salvation should be preached to the Jews first prior to the Gentiles.

[Genesis 17:20-21] And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto you at this set time in the next year.

[Isaiah 2:3] And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 

[John 4:22] You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

[Luke 24:47] and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 

[Acts 3:23-26] For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’ “Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days. And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’ When God raised up his servant, He sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

[Acts 13:36-39] “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay. “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. 

[Acts 13:45-47] When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him. Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ 

[Romans 1:16] For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 

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If Jesus is God, why He has a Beginning?

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The birth of Jesus was God’s entrance to the world in human form as foretold by prophet Isaiah, he announced; 

[Isaiah 9:6] For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

[Isaiah 7:14]: Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (God with us). 

Roughly 700 years before Jesus, prophet Isaiah predicted the coming of the Son. He will be born to a virgin woman and will be called Mighty God or everlasting Father. The prophecies above was fulfilled in Mary, angel Gabriel said to her;

[Luke 1:30-32] So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you shall give Him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 

The first couple fell to sin, thus death entered the world. Mankind became separated from the glory of God. The Holy Spirit that clothed them and gave them eternal life vanished from them. Only perfect or sinless man can wear the clothes of eternal life. God searched for a perfect man among us to be the savior of mankind, but found no one [Isaiah 59:16 & Romans 3:10]. Because of His great love, God put the saving work in His hand. It is man who died because of sin therefore it is also man who will rise from the dead. This is the reason why God raised a human being and took a spirit from His spirit and put on this man [Deuteronomy 18:18, Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18, & John 14:10]. The human body of Jesus has a beginning, but His Spirit has no beginning and end because It is a portion of God’s spirit. Jesus declared that He has no beginning and end;

[John 8:58] Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM” 

[John 8:23-24] “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I AM HE, you will indeed die in your sins.” 

[John 13:19] “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I AM WHO I AM. 

Jesus took the name of God given to Moses in John 8:23-24 & John 13:19, Compare these verses to Isaiah 43:10 & Exodus 3:13-14; 

[Exodus 3:13-14] “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you’.

[Isaiah 43:10] “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I AM HE. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.

“I AM, I AM HE, or I AM WHO I AM”, is the title of God mentioned in the Bible. It speaks His self-existence; that He has no beginning and end, that He is the First and the Last, ever the same. 

The savior must be a perfect man, that’s why Jesus though also God, did not use his divinity to his advantage (Philippians 2:6), instead he used his humanity in obeying the law perfectly. If Jesus had used his power to bypass the law, how could he be sinless? How could he be righteous? And how could his saving sacrifice for humankind be valid? 

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If Jesus is God, why he did not know the Last hour?

“So Jesus in his human body, he belongs to humanity whom God withheld from knowing the exact time of the Last Day.” 

Why Jesus did not know the Last Hour?
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Questioned verse:

[Mark 13:32] But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

ANSWER: Jesus claimed that he came down from Heaven only to do the will of the Father [John 6:38]. He did not come to Earth to do his own initiative. Meaning, Jesus can do anything, only that, he followed the will of the Father. He has many roles assigned by the Father to him in coming to Earth; he is the savior or purifier of the world, confirmer of the law, bringer of the new covenant, builder of the Kingdom or Church, and a prophet or speaker of the Father. Being a prophet or speaker of the Father, he talked only what the Father commanded him to speak. Let us read what Jesus said;

[John 12:49] “For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

Jesus spoke it under the will of the Father who commanded him to glorify Him. If you glorify someone it means you praise, exalt, honor, revere, or even serve him. And that is what Jesus did to the Father, kindly read;

[Psalm 50:15] And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.

[John 17:4] “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. 

[John 11:41-42] They took the stone away. Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank You for hearing Me. I know You always hear Me. But I have said this for the people standing here, so they may believe You have sent Me.” 

COMMENT: In this verse Jesus reasoned why He looked up the sky and gave thanks to the Father, it is for the people to believe that he is sent by the Father. In this act, Jesus glorifies the Father in the eyes of the people who have been observing him.  

In exchange, the Father glorifies Jesus. The Father and the Son were glorifying each other. So why is it that the Father glorifies Jesus if he is not divine? Kindly read;

[John 13:31-32] Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately

[John 17:1] Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,

Jesus also claimed that he and the Father are one [John 10:30 & Isaiah 9:6], and he is in the Father and the Father dwells in him; 

[John 14:10-11] Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The things I have told you don’t come from me. The Father lives in me, and he is doing his own work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or believe because of the miracles I have done.

What the Father knows, the Son also knows for They are one in nature. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does [John 5:19]. Jesus knows the exact Hour, but He withheld it in following the will of the Father. In fact, not only he knows what will become after the Tribulation Day, but he will be the one to come with great power. He said in Mark 13:24-27;

24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

25And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

Jesus is God in spirit and human in body. In his human nature, he prayed to the Father because that should humans do. On the other side, in his divine nature, he accepted worship from the people [Luke 24:52]. It is not for the people to know the exact time fixed by God [Acts 1:7], so Jesus in his human body, he belongs to humanity whom God withheld from knowing the exact time of the Last Day. 

Moreover, imagine the situation if God told the people the exact time of the Judgment Day, what would happen? Certainly there would be a massive panicking in the eve of that catastrophic Day. Jesus described the Last Day as the most terrifying moment of men. People will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from terror [Isaiah 2:21]. The stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken [Matthew 24:29], the sun will stop shining, and the Earth will be covered with darkness. Just as the exact hour of our death, God needs to hide it for us not to be panicked and terrified. Moreover, God purposely hide this matter from us so that to test our faith in Him.

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¿Por qué Jesús oró si Él es Dios?

RESPUESTA: Dios es espíritu (Juan 4:24), y podría esparcir Su naturaleza (Joel 2:28). Cuando Adán y Eva cayeron en la trampa de Satanás, perdieron su vida eterna ya que la paga del pecado es muerte (Romanos 6:23). La gloria que cubría sus cuerpos había desaparecido, como resultado, sufrieron deterioro corporal y muerte (Génesis 2:17). Y como somos descendientes suyos, heredamos su condición, como ellos también sufrimos deterioro corporal y muerte. Sólo un hombre perfecto o sin pecado puede tener vida eterna pero todos tenemos pecados, por eso la humanidad está condenada a perecer. Dios buscó a un hombre para que fuera la razón por la cual no destruiría a la humanidad, pero no encontró a nadie (Isaías 59:16 y Ezequiel 22:30). Pero debido a que Dios amó tanto al mundo, estableció un plan de salvación, envió Su palabra o espíritu y luego lo hizo como Su hijo mediante un decreto (Salmo 2:7). La razón por la que el Hijo de Dios se manifestó fue para deshacer las obras del diablo (1 Juan 3:8). Si no fuera el pecado, no habría ningún hijo manifestado. La palabra, el espíritu o el hijo de Dios entró en la Tierra a través del nacimiento humano (Juan 6:38, Juan 1:14 y Mateo 1:16). ¿Por qué el nacimiento humano? Porque por cuanto la muerte entró por un hombre, también por un hombre viene la resurrección de los muertos (1 Corintios 15:21). Jesús enfrentó su cruel destino y obedeció perfectamente la ley incluso la muerte en la cruz. La intención de Dios era que la humanidad tuviera un hombre perfecto o sin pecado para poder salvarse de la destrucción.

¿Por qué Jesús oró? Porque esa es una de las cosas que un hombre debe hacer bajo la ley: orar. Si Jesús no orara y en cambio usara su divinidad, no podría ser un hombre sin pecado ya que violó la ley. Por tanto, Jesús necesitaba vivir su vida terrenal y afrontar su destino utilizando su humanidad. Además, razonó por qué oró: es para que el pueblo observe, para que crean al Padre que lo envió (Juan 11:41-42). En otras palabras, Jesús exaltó al Padre como lo exige la ley, es decir, glorificar al Padre (Salmo 50:15 y Juan 17:4). Si exaltas a tu prójimo, debes humillarte ante él y alabarlo.

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Bakit nagdasal si Hesus kung Siya ay Diyos?

SAGOT: Ang Diyos ay espiritu (Juan 4:24), at maaari Niyang ikalat ang Kanyang sarili (Joel 2:28). Nang mahulog sina Adan at Eba sa bitag ni Satanas, nawala ang kanilang buhay na walang hanggan dahil ang kabayaran ng kasalanan ay kamatayan (Roma 6:23). Ang kaluwalhatiang suot ng kanilang katawan ay nawala, bilang resulta, sila ay dumaranas ng pagkasira ng katawan at kamatayan (Genesis 2:17). At dahil tayo ay kanilang mga supling, minana natin ang kanilang kalagayan, tulad din nila tayo ay dumaranas ng pagkasira ng katawan at kamatayan. Ang taong perpekto o walang kasalanan lamang ang magkaroon ng buhay na walang hanggan, ngunit lahat tayo ay may kasalanan, kaya ang sangkatauhan ay nanganib na mawasak. Ang Diyos ay naghanap ng isang tao upang maging dahilan kung bakit hindi Niya wasakin ang sangkatauhan, pero wala Siyang nakita (Isaias 59:16 & Ezekiel 22:30). Ngunit dahil mahal na mahal ng Diyos ang sanlibutan, gumawa Siya ng plano ng kaligtasan, ipinadala Niya ang Kanyang salita o espiritu at ginawa Ito bilang Kanyang anak sa pamamagitan ng isang decree (Awit 2:7). Ang dahilan kung bakit ipinahayag ang Anak ng Diyos ay upang sirain ang mga gawa ng diyablo (1 Juan 3:8). Kung wala ang kasalanan sa sanlibutan, wala ring anak na ipinahayag. Ang salita, espiritu, o ang anak ng Diyos ay pumasok sa mundo sa pamamagitan ng pagkasilang sa tao (Juan 6:38, Juan 1:14, at Mateo 1:16). Bakit pagkasilang sa tao? Sapagka’t yamang ang kamatayan ay dumating sa pamamagitan ng isang tao, ang muling pagkabuhay ng mga patay ay dumarating din sa pamamagitan ng isang tao (1 Corinto 15:21). Hinarap ni Hesus ang kanyang malupit na tadhana at ganap na sinunod ang batas maging sa kamatayan man sa krus. Ang layunin ng Diyos ay para sa sangkatauhan na magkaroon ng isang perpekto o walang kasalanan na tao upang ito’y maligtas mula sa pagkawasak.

Bakit nagdasal si Hesus? Dahil iyan ang isa sa mga bagay na dapat gawin ng isang tao sa ilalim ng batas _ang magdasal. Kung hindi nagdasal si Hesus at sa halip ginamit ang kanyang pagkaDiyos, hindi siya matatawag na taong walang kasalanan dahil nilabag niya ang batas. Kaya kailangan ni Hesus na mamuhay sa mundo at harapin ang kanyang kapalaran gamit ang kanyang lubos na pagkatao. Bukod dito, ipinaliwanag din niya kung bakit siya nagdasal, ito ay para sa mga tao na maobserbahan upang sila ay maniwala sa Ama na nagsugo sa kanya (Juan 11:41-42). Sa madaling salita, dinakila ni Jesus ang Ama ayon sa hinihingi ng batas _iyon ay upang luwalhatiin ang Ama (Awit 50:15 & Juan 17:4). Kung dakilain mo ang isang tao, kailangan mong magpakumbaba sa kanya, at purihin mo siya. 

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BASAHIN RIN: Cebuano bersyon ng post na ito. Nganong nag-ampu si Hesus kung Siya Ginoo?

Why Jesus prayed if He is God?

ANSWER: God is spirit (John 4:24), and He could scatter His nature (Joel 2:28). When Adam and Eve fell to the trap of Satan, they lost their eternal lives since the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). The glory that clothed their bodies had gone, as a result, they suffered body deterioration and death (Genesis 2:17). And since we are their descendants, we inherited their condition, like them we also suffer body deterioration and death. Only a perfect or sinless man can have eternal life but all have sins, thus mankind is doomed to perish. God looked for a man to be the reason why He won’t destroy mankind, but found no one (Isaiah 59:16 & Ezekiel 22:30). But because God so loved the world, He set up a salvation plan, He sent forth His word or spirit then made It as His son through a decree (Psalm 2:7). The reason why the Son of God was manifested was to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). If not the sin, there would be no son being manifested. The word, spirit, or the son of God entered the Earth through human birth (John 6:38, John 1:14, & Matthew 1:16). Why human birth? For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man (1 Corinthians 15:21). Jesus faced his cruel destiny and obeyed the law perfectly even death on the cross. The intention of God was for mankind to have a perfect or sinless man in order for them to be saved from destruction. 

Why Jesus prayed? Because that’s one of the things that a man should do under the law _to pray. If Jesus did not pray and instead used his divinity, he could not be a sinless man since he violated the law. Thus, Jesus needed to live his earthly life and face his fate using his humanity. Moreover, he reasoned out why he prayed, it is for the people to observe so that they would believe the Father who sent him (John 11:41-42). In other words, Jesus exalted the Father as required by the law _that is to glorify the Father (Psalm 50:15 & John 17:4). If you exalt your fellow, you need to humble yourself to him, and you praise him. 

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Spanish version of this post. ¿Por qué Jesús oró si Él es Dios?

If Jesus is God, why He said the Father is greater than I?

Bakit namatay si Hesus kung Siya ay Diyos?

SAGOT: Namatay si Hesukristo para sa ating mga kasalanan, inilibing, at muling nabuhay sa ikatlong araw ayon sa Kasulatan. Si Hesus ay isang taong walang kasalanan ngunit dinala ang mga kasalanan ng sangkatauhan, kaya siya rin ay nakibahagi sa makamundong pagdurusa na bunga ng pagsuway sa batas. Inihaharap niya ang kanyang sarili sa Diyos bilang makasalanang sangkatauhan na pinarusahan ng kamatayan. Inihula ni Propeta Isaias ang tungkol sa nagdurusang Mesiyas, ang tagapagligtas na magdadala ng kasalanan ng marami, at tatanggap ng kanilang kaparusahan;

[Isaias 53:4-6] Tunay na kanyang pinasan ang ating mga karamdaman, at dinala ang ating mga kalungkutan; gayunma’y ating itinuring siya na hinampas, sinaktan ng Diyos at pinahirapan. Ngunit siya’y nasugatan dahil sa ating mga pagsuway, siya’y binugbog dahil sa ating mga kasamaan; ipinataw sa kanya ang parusa para sa ating kapayapaan, at sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga latay ay gumaling tayo. Tayong lahat ay gaya ng mga tupang naligaw; bawat isa sa atin ay lumihis sa kanyang sariling daan; at ipinasan sa kanya ng Panginoonang lahat nating kasamaan.

[Isaias 53:12] Kaya’t hahatian ko siya ng bahagi na kasama ng dakila, at kaniyang hahatiin ang samsam na kasama ng malakas; sapagka’t kaniyang idinulot ang kaniyang kaluluwa sa kamatayan, at ibinilang na kasama ng mga mananalangsang: gayon ma’y dinala niya ang kasalanan ng marami, at namagitan sa mga mananalangsang. 

KOMENTO: Ang mga talata sa itaas ay hinuhulaan ang kapalaran ni Hesus, na siyang magiging tagadala ng ating kasalanan at mananagot ng ating kaparusahan. Siya ang magiging tagapamagitan sa pagitan ng Diyos at ng makasalanang sangkatauhan. Si Hesus bagaman Diyos sa espiritu, ay hindi ginamit ang kanyang banal na kapangyarihan sa kanyang kalamangan, sa halip ay nagpakita siya ng labis na pagpapakumbaba at ginamit ang kanyang pagkatao sa pagdanas ng makamundong pagdurusa. Isaalang-alang ang mga talata sa ibaba; 

[Filipos 2:5-8] Magkaroon kayo sa inyo ng ganitong pag-iisip na na kay Cristo Jesus din naman, na siya, bagama’t nasa anyo ng Diyos, ay hindi niya itinuring na isang bagay na dapat panghawakan ang pagiging kapantay ng Diyos, kundi hinubaran niya ang kanyang sarili at kinuha ang anyong alipin na naging katulad ng tao. At palibhasa’y natagpuan sa anyo ng tao, siya’y nagpakababa sa kanyang sarili, at naging masunurin hanggang sa kamatayan, maging sa kamatayan man sa krus.

Si Hesus ay may kapangyarihan sa kanyang buhay ngunit sinadya niya itong ibigay upang tubusin ang sangkatauhan, gaya ng sinabi niya; 

[Juan 10:18] Walang makakakuha ng aking buhay, kundi kusa ko itong ibinibigay. May kapangyarihan akong ibigay ito, at may kapangyarihan din akong bawiin ito. Sinabi ito ng aking Ama sa akin.

Pagkatapos mismo ng pagbagsak ng unang tao, nagtakda ang Diyos ng plano para sirain ang gawain ni Satanas. Sinabi niya sa Serpyenteng si Satanas; 

“Maglalagay ako ng alitan sa pagitan mo at ng babae, at sa pagitan ng iyong binhi at ng kaniyang binhi; dudurog niya ang iyong ulo, at dudurog mo ang kaniyang sakong” [Genesis 3:15]. 

KOMENTO: Ang ipinangakong binhing ito ay natupad kay Hesus na isinilang sa isang babae (Maria). Ang dahilan kung bakit ang Anak ay isinugo ng Ama ay upang sirain ang gawain ng diyablo sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kamatayan. Upang sa kamatayan ni Hesus, mailigtas niya tayo mula sa kapangyarihan ng kamatayang dulot ni Satanas. Pakibasa; 

“Ang gumagawa ng kasalanan ay sa diyablo; sapagkat ang diyablo ay nagkakasala mula pa sa simula. Sa layuning ito ay nahayag ang Anak ng Diyos, upang sirain niya ang mga gawa ng diyablo” [1 Juan 3:8]. 

Ngayon, yamang ang mga anak ay may laman at dugo, Siya rin ay nakibahagi sa kanilang pagkatao, upang sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang kamatayan ay mapuksa Niya ang may hawak ng kapangyarihan ng kamatayan, sa makatuwid baga’y ang diyablo, at mapalaya yaong buong buhay nila ay inalipin ng kanilang takot sa kamatayan. [Hebreo 2:14-15]. 

Ang kabayaran ng kasalanan ay kamatayan [Roma 6:23], ngunit ang lahat ng tao ay makasalanan [Roma 3:23-24], kaya lahat tayo ay nakatakdang mawasak sa laman at sa espiritu. Tanging ang walang kasalanan lamang ang makapasok sa kaharian ng panginoon, ngunit paano tayo magiging walang kasalanan kung tayo ay makasalanan na mula pa noong tayoy ipinanganak [Mga Awit 58:3]? Ang isang makasalanan ay hindi makakonektang muli sa kaluwalhatian ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng kanyang sarili. Hinanap ng panginoon ang walang kasalanan o banal na tao upang maging dahilan kung bakit hindi Niya wasakin ang sangkatauhan, ngunit wala Siyang nakitang ni isa [Ezekiel 22:30 & Isaiah 59:16]. Dahil mahal na mahal ng Diyos ang sanlibutan [Juan 3:16], ibinuga Niya ang Kanyang ‘salita’ o ‘espiritu’ upang maging Kanyang ‘anak’ sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang decree [Awit 2:7]. Ang Anak o espiritu ng Diyos ay pumasok sa mundo sa pamamagitan ng pagkasilang sa tao [Isaias 7:14]. Ang naging tao na si Hesus ay sumunod sa kautosan nang hindi napalya kahit sa kamatayan sa krus. Nagkaroon na ng taong walang kasalanan ang sangkatauhan bunga ng ginawa ni Hesus, kaya ang Diyos ay nagkaroon na ng rason upang hindi sila lipulin. Si Hesus ay umasta bilang isang kordero na inihain para alisin ang mga kasalanan ng marami. Pinasan niya ang ating mga kasamaan at namatay para sa atin upang sa pamamagitan niya tayo ay maging matuwid sa paningin ng Diyos [Roma 3:25-26]. Sa pamamagitan ng pagdurusa at paghihirap ni Hesus, ang poot ng Diyos ay napatahimik; 

Kanyang makikita ang bunga ng paghihirap ng kanyang kaluluwa, at masisiyahan sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kaalaman. Aariing-ganap ng matuwid kong lingkod ang marami, at papasanin niya ang kanilang mga kasamaan [Isaias 53:11]. 

Si Hesus ay sumusunod sa kalooban ng kanyang Ama, ang kanyang kapalaran ay hinula na sa Kasulatan libong taon bago siya ipinanganak. Sa katunayan ang kanyang huling salita ay, “naganap na” [Juan 19:30], na tumukoy sa katuparan ng mga propesiya tungkol sa kanya. Pakisuri ng salita ni Hesus sa kaniyang mga apostol pagkatapos ng kaniyang pagkabuhay-muli; 

“Ito ang aking mga salita na sinabi ko sa inyo noong ako ay kasama pa ninyo, na ang lahat ng mga bagay na nasusulat tungkol sa Akin sa Kautusan ni Moises at ng mga Propeta at ng mga Awit ay kinakailangang matupad” [Lucas 24:44]. 

Ang sangkatauhan ay nahiwalay sa Diyos dahilan kung bakit nawala ang kanilang buhay na walang hanggan. Ang kaakibat ng walang kasalanan ay buhay na walang hanggan, habang ang kaakibat ng pagkakasala ay kamatayan. Patay na tayo dahil sa kasalanan, ngunit sa pamamagitan ng muling pagkabuhay ni Hesus maaari din tayong mabuhay muli, ang kailangan lang nating gawin ay maniwala sa kanyang gawaing pagliligtas at sundin ang kanyang kalooban.

Bakit kailangan ng espiritu ng Diyos na manahan sa katawan ng tao upang mailigtas tayong sangkatauhan? Ang sagot ay; 

“Sapagka’t yamang sa pamamagitan ng tao ay dumating ang kamatayan, sa pamamagitan naman ng tao ay manggaling ang muling pagkabuhay ng mga patay” [1 Mga Taga-Corinto 15:21]

Sapagkat kung paanong sa pagsuway ng isang tao ang marami ay naging makasalanan, gayon din sa pagsunod ng isang tao ang marami ay magiging matuwid. [Roma 5:19] 

Maaari bang patayin ang Diyos? Tanging ang katawang-tao lamag ni Hesus ang napatay, ngunit ang kanyang espiritu ay hindi. Kahit tayong mga ordinaryong tao, hindi kayang patayin ni Satanas ang ating espiritu. Ang Diyos lamang ang makapatay ng mga espiritu kasama na ang espiritu ni Satanas. 

[Mateo 10:28] Huwag kayong matakot sa mga pumapatay ng katawan ngunit hindi nakakapatay ng kaluluwa. Bagkus, matakot kayo sa Isa na kayang wasakin ang kaluluwa at katawan sa impiyerno. 

Bakit hindi ginamit ni Hesus ang kanyang banal na kapangyarihan upang ihinto o laktawan ang pagsubok sa buhay? Kung iniwasan ni Hesus ang makamundong pagdurusa, iyon ay isang pagdaraya. Paano siya magiging matuwid o walang kasalanan kung siya ay isang manloloko at nilabag ang kautosan? Kung ang kanyang gawaing pagliligtas ay hindi ginawa sa pamamagitan ng kanyang perpektong katauhan, paano ito magiging balido? Dahil ang sangkatauhan ay kulang ng isang taong walang kasalanan upang mabawi ang kanilang buhay na walang hanggan, pinunan ni Hesus ang kawalan na ito sa pamamagitan ng ganap na pagsunod sa batas para sa atin. Bilang resulta ng kanyang gawa, ang sangkatauhan ay nagkaroon na ng taong walang kasalanan. Sa ganitong paraan, iniligtas tayo ni Hesus mula sa kamatayan. 

Hindi ba patas ang Ama sa pagpayag na patayin si Hesus? Hindi, dahil itinaas Niya si Hesus sa pinakamataas na lugar bilang kapalit; 

[Awit 89:27] “At itatalaga ko siya upang maging aking panganay, ang pinakadakila sa mga hari sa lupa”

[Isaias 52:13] “Narito, ang Aking Lingkod ay kikilos nang may katalinuhan; Siya ay itataas at itataas at lubos na itataas” 

[Hebreo 2:9] “Ngunit nakikita natin si Jesus, na ginawang mababa ng kaunti kaysa sa mga anghel, na ngayon ay pinutungan ng kaluwalhatian at karangalan, sapagkat Siya ay nagdusa ng kamatayan, upang sa pamamagitan ng biyaya ng Diyos ay matikman Niya ang kamatayan para sa lahat”

[Filipos 2:9-11] “Kaya’t siya’y itinaas ng Dios sa kataastaasang dako, at binigyan Siya ng pangalan na higit sa lahat ng mga pangalan, upang sa pangalan ni Jesus ay luluhod ang lahat ng tuhod, sa langit at nasa lupa at nasa ilalim ng lupa, at lahat ng dila. ipahayag na si Jesu-Cristo ay Panginoon, sa ikaluluwalhati ng Diyos Ama”

Nganong namatay si Hesus kung Siya Ginoo?

TUBAG: Si Hesu-Kristo namatay alang sa atung mga sala, gilubong, ug nabanhaw sa ikatulo ka adlaw sumala sa Kasulatan. Si Hesus usa ka tawo nga wala’y sala apan nagdala sa mga sala sa katawhan, busa siya sa iyang kaugalingon mipailawum usab sa kalibotanong kapintas nga namugna sa pagsupak sa kasuguan. Iyang gitahan ang iyang kaugalingon ngadto sa Ginoo ingong makasasalang katawhan nga gipahamtangan ug silot sa kamatayon. Si Propeta Isaias nagtagna mahitungod sa nagbangotan nga Mesiyas, ang manluluwas nga mopas-an sa sala sa daghan, ug modawat sa ilang silot;

[Isaias 53:4-6] Sa pagkatinuod gidawat niya ang atung mga kaluyahon ug mipas-an sa atung mga kasubu; apan giisip natu siya nga gihampak sa Dios, gihampak ug gisakit. Apan siya gisamaran tungud sa atung mga kalapasan, Gidugmok siya tungud sa atung mga kasal-anan; ang silot nga nagdala kanatu og kalinaw diha Kaniya, ug pinaagi sa Iyang mga labud kita nangaayo. Kitang tanan sama sa karnerong nahisalaag, ang matag usa mitalikod sa iyang kaugalingong dalan; ug gipapas-an sa Ginoo kaniya ang pagkadautan natung tanan.

[Isaias 53:11-12] Human sa kasakit sa Iyang kalag, Siya makakita sa kahayag sa kinabuhi ug matagbaw. Pinaagi sa iyang kahibalo ang akung matarong nga Alagad magapamatarong sa daghan, ug siya magapas-an sa ilang mga sala. Busa hatagan ko siya ug usa ka bahin uban sa mga ngilngig, ug siya magabahin sa mga linungkab uban sa mga kusgan, tungud kay gibubu niya ang iyang kinabuhi ngadto sa kamatayon, ug Siya giihap uban sa mga malapason. Apan gipas-an niya ang sala sa kadaghanan ug naghimo sa pangamuyu alang sa mga malapason.

BUYAG: Ang mga garay sa ibabaw nagtagna sa kapalaran ni Hesus, nga mamahimong tagdala sa kasal-anan sa katawhan ug tagdawat sa ilang silot. Siya mamahimong tigpataliwala tali sa Ginoo ug sa makasasalang katawhan. Si Hesus bisag Ginoo sa kalag, wala mogamit sa iyang balaang gahum sa iyahang pabor, hinuon nagpakita siyag hilabihang pagkamapaubsanon ug gigamit ang iyang pagkatawo sa paghiagum sa kalibotanong kasakitan. Palihug panumbalinga ang mga garay sa ubus; 

[Filipos 2:5-8] Batoni ninyo kini nga panghunahuna nga iya usab ni Kristo Hesus: Bisan ang kinaiya sa Dios anaa kaniya, wala niya hunahunaa ang iyang pagkatupong sa Dios. Kundili gipaubus niya ang iyang kaugalingon pinaagi sa pagsul-ub sa kinaiya sa usa ka ulipon Nagpakatawo siya sama sa mga tawo. Sa dihang nahimo siyang usa ka tawo, gipaubus niya ang iyang kaugalingon pinaagi sa pagtuman sa Dios hangtod sa kamatayon, bisan pa ang kamatayon didto sa krus. 

Si Hesus adunay gahum sa iyang kinabuhi apan gituyu niya kini pagtugyan aron matubus ang katawhan, sumala sa iyang giingon;

[Juan 10:18] Walay makapatay kanaku kundili ko kini itugot. Apan kabubut-on ko nga ihatag ang akung kinabuhi. Akung pagbuut ang paghatag niini, ug pagbuut ko usab ang pagbawi niini. Mao kini ang giingon kanaku sa Amahan.” 

Human gilayon sa pagkahulog sa sala sa unang tawo, ang Dios nag-umol ug usa ka laraw sa pagpukan sa buhat ni Satanas. Miingon siya sa Bitin nga si Satanas;

“Magbutang ko og kaligutgut tali kanimo ug sa babaye, ug tali sa imong binhi ug sa iyang binhi; bunalan niya imong ulo, ug samaran nimo ang iyang tikod” [Genesis 3:15].

BUYAG: Kining gisaad nga binhi natuman diha kang Hesus nga natawo sa usa ka babaye (Maria). Ang hinungdan ngano nga ang Anak gipadayag mao ang pagpukan sa buhat sa yawa pinaagi sa iyang kamatayon. Aron diha sa kamatayon ni Hesus, iya kitang maluwas gikan sa gahum sa kamatayon nga gipahiagum ni Satanas kanatu. Palihog basaha;

Ang nagabuhat sa pagpakasala iya sa yawa, kay ang yawa nagpakasala sukad pa sa sinugdanan. Mao kini ang hinungdan nga ang Anak sa Dios gipadayag, aron sa pagpukan sa mga buhat sa yawa [1 Juan 3:8]. 

Tungud kay ang mga anak adunay unud ug dugu, siya usab nakig-ambit sa ilang pagkatawhanon aron pinaagi sa iyang kamatayon mabuntog niya ang nagkupot sa gahum sa kamatayon nga mao ang yawa, ug mapalingkawas niya ang mga naulipon sa tibuok nilang kinabuhi tungud sa ilang kahadlok sa kamatayon [Hebreohanon 2:14-15]. 

Ang bayad sa sala mao ang kamatayon [Roma 6:23], apan ang tanan nga mga tawo makasasala [Roma 3:23-24], busa ang tanan nga mga tawo gitakdang mamatay sa lawasnon ug kalagnon. Ang putli o walay sala nga tawo lamang ang makasulod sa kaharian sa Dios, apan unsaon man natu pagkaputli kung kita makasasala na sukad pa sa pagkahimugsu [Salmo 58:3]? Ang usa ka makasasala dili makasumpay pag-usab ngadto sa himaya sa Dios pinaagi sa iyang kaugalingon. Nangita ang Dios og wala’y sala o balaan nga tawo nga mamahimong hinungdan nga dili Niya laglagon ang katawhan, apan wala Siyay nakit-an [Ezekiel 22:30 & Isaias 59:16]. Tungud kay gihigugma pag-ayo sa Dios ang kalibotan [Juan 3:16], mibuga Siya og pulong o espirito, ug iya kining gihimong Iyang ‘anak’ pinaagi sa mandu [Salmo 2:7]. Ang Anak, pulong, o espirito sa Dios misulod sa kalibotan pinaagi sa tawhanong paghimugsu [Isaias 7:14]. Ug ang nahimugsong tawo mituman sa kasuguan sa walay kapakyas bisan pa man diha sa kamatayon sa krus. Tungud sa panubus nga buhat ni Hesus, ang katawhan nakabaton na og tawong walaý sala, busa kini nakahatag og hinungdan sa Ginoo aron dili Niya laglagon sila. Si Hesus milihok sama sa usa ka karnero nga gihalad aron pagwagtang sa mga sala sa kadaghanan. Iyang gipas-an ang atung mga sala ug namatay alang kanatu aron nga pinaagi kaniya kita mamahimong matarong ug mahimong tul-id sa mga mata sa Dios [Roma 3:25-26]. Pinaagi sa pag-antos ug kasakit ni Hesus, ang kasuku sa Amahan nahupay;

Human sa pag-antos sa iyang kalag, makakita siya sa kahayag ug matagbaw. Ang akung matarong nga alagad magapamatarong sa daghan pinaagi sa kahibalo sa iyang kaugalingon; ug siya magapas-an sa ilang mga kasal-anan [Isaias 53:11].

Gituman ni Hesus ang kabubut-on sa iyang Amahan, ang iyang kapalaran gipahibalo nang daan sa Kasulatan libohan ngadto sa gatosan ka tuig sa wala pa siya matawo. Gani, ang iyang kataposang pulong mao ang, “natapus na” [Juan 19:30], nga nagtumbok  sa katumanan sa mga panagna mahitungod kaniya. Palihog hilinga kining pakigpulong ni Hesus ngadto sa iyang mga apostoles human sa iyang pagkabanhaw;

“Kini mao ang akung mga pulong nga akung ginasulti kaninyo samtang ako uban pa kaninyo, nga ang tanang mga butang nga nahisulat mahitungod Kanaku sa Balaod ni Moises ug sa mga Manalagna ug sa mga Salmo kinahanglang matuman” [Lucas 24:44] 

Ang katawhan nahimulag sa Ginoo hinungdan nga nawala ang ilang kinabuhing dayon. Ang ‘pagkawalay sala’ nagkahulogan og ‘kinabuhing walay kataposan’ samtang ang ‘pagkamakasasala’ nagkahulogan og ‘kamatayon’. Mao nga kita patay na tungud sa sala, apan pinaagi sa pagkabanhaw ni Hesus kita usab mabanhaw, ang atung buhaton mao lamang ang pagtoo sa iyahang pangluwas nga buhat ug pagsunod sa iyahang kabubut-on.

Ngano nga ang espirito sa Ginoo nagsul-ub og tawhanong lawas aron maluwas kita? Ang tubag mao;

“Kay sanglit pinaagi sa tawo miabut ang kamatayon, pinaagi sa tawo usab maggikan ang pagkabanhaw sa mga patay” [1 Corinto 15:21]

Kay ingon nga pinaagi sa pagkasupakan sa usa ka tawo ang daghan nahimong mga makasasala, sa ingon usab pinaagi sa pagkamasinugtanon sa usa ka tawo ang daghan mahimong matarong. [Roma 5:19] 

Mapatay ba ang Diyos? Ang tawhanong lawas lamang ni Hesus ang gipatay, apan ang iyang espirito wala namatay. Maski kita nga mga yanong tawo, dili makapatay si Satanas sa atung mga espirito. Ang Dios lamang ang makapatay sa espirito maski ang espirito ni Satanas;

[Mateo 10:28] Ayaw kamo kahadlok niadtong makapatay sa lawas apan dili makapatay sa kalag. Hinunoa, kahadloki ang Usa nga makalaglag sa kalag ug lawas didto sa impiyerno.

Ang Amahan ba dili makiangayon pinaagi sa pagtugot kang Hesus nga mapatay? Dili, kay Iyang gibayaw si Hesus ngadto sa kinatas-ang dapit agi’g bugti;

[Salmo 89:27] “Ug itudlu ko siya nga akung kamagulangan, ang labing halangdon sa mga hari sa yuta”

See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

[Isaias 52:13] “Tan-awa, ang Akung Alagad molihok nga maalamon; Siya iisa ug ituboy ug ibayaw pag-ayo”

[Hebreohanon 2:9] “Apan atung nakita si Hesus nga gihimong ubus ug diyutay kay sa mga manolonda, karon gipurongpurongan sa himaya ug dungog tungud kay Siya nag-antos sa kamatayon, aron nga pinaagi sa grasya sa Dios makatilaw siyag kamatayon alang sa tanan.”

[Filipos 2:9-11] Busa gibayaw siya sa Dios ngadto sa kahitas-an ug mihatag Kaniya sa ngalan labaw sa tanang mga ngalan, nga sa ngalan ni Jesus ang tanang tuhod moluhod, sa langit ug sa yuta ug sa ilalum sa yuta, ug ang matag dila magasugid nga si Hesu-Kristo mao ang Ginoo, sa himaya sa Dios nga Amahan. 

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If Jesus is God, why he said the Father is greater than I?

The Father is greater than I

The believers of Islam, Iglesia ni Cristo, Jehovah’s witnesses, and other antichrists used to quote John 14:28 in trying to disprove the divinity of Jesus. 

[John 14:28] You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I

ANSWER: Jesus came out from the source Spirit who is the Father God [Isaiah 6:8 & John 15:26], for this reason the Father is greater than Jesus. No messenger is greater than the sender as Jesus said in John 13:16. Moreover, Jesus went to the world only to serve, consider the statement of Jesus below;

[Luke 22:27] For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

In the verse above, Jesus pointed out that the Father Spirit is greater than him in the sense that the Father is sitting at the table, than himself who is serving at the table. For instance, if you serve food or drinks to your visitor at a table, he is greater than you in that instance since you are serving him, but it doesn’t mean he is greater than you in general sense.

The persons of God are co-equal since they are one in nature _Divine spirit. When the spirit or word of God (the Son) came to the world, he lowered himself because he lived on Earth in human flesh [John 14:10]. And why the Son needed to become a man? Because all people sinned, thus they are doomed to perish since the wages of sin is death [Romans 6:23]. Humankind needed a perfect or sinless man to save themselves. Jesus should be a perfect man and live without sin because that is what the law requires from a man. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man [1 Corinthians 15:21]. The Son’s lesser status was only for meantime while his saving work on Earth was not yet finished. But when his flesh died and was glorified, his status renewed to equality with the Father, the same glory he had with the Father before the world was [John 17:5]. Consider the verse below;

[Hebrews 2:9] But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Prophet Isaiah testified that the Son to come to Earth is God;

[Isaiah 7:14] Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (God with us). 

[Isaiah 9:6] For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

Even the Father called the Son as God;

[Psalm 45:6-7] Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

[Hebrews 1:8-9] But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”

If Allah can not show to the people in flesh, then he is not God, for all things are possible to God [Matthew 19:26]. Our God Yahweh visited us in human form and performed miracles before the many [Isaiah 52:10]. 

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If Jesus is God, why he cried out, “my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

crucified Jesus
Jesus cried to the Father in behalf of sinful mankind

Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Although he was in the form of God and equal with God, he did not take advantage of this equality. Instead, he emptied himself by taking on the form of a servant, by becoming like other humans, by having a human appearance. He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, death on a cross. 

Philippians 2:5-8

ANSWER: Actually this cry, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” is a fulfillment of the prophesy in [Psalm 22:1]. But to better understand this cry, let us read Psalm 22 from verse 1 to 2; 

[Psalm 22:1-2]

1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning, 

2 O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest. 

COMMENT: From analyzing the verses, definitely it is not a personal entreaty of Jesus to the Father because in verse 2, the Psalmist is restless by night, and his cry is not answered by God. While Jesus was never deserted by the Father, in fact the Father dwelt in him [John 14:10]. The passage above is a pleading prophecy of a sinner (sinful mankind) who is forsaken by God. Since Jesus was the bearer of our sins and the taker of our punishment, he’s presenting himself to God as a sinful mankind who was sentenced to death because of sin. The begging and crying of Jesus is the begging and crying of mankind which he represented.  

Prophet Isaiah foretold about the suffering Messiah or Jesus, to quote;

[Isaiah 53:4-6] Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 

[Isaiah 53:12] Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors. 

COMMENT: The above verses foretold the fate of Jesus who will be the bearer of our sins and the taker of our punishment. He will become the intercessor between God and sinful mankind. 

Jesus although also God (since he is the spirit of God) did not use his power to his advantage, instead he emptied himself to become an ordinary human. He humbled himself, and followed perfectly the law assigned to humanity even death on a cross. Consider the verses below; 

[Philippians 2:5-8] Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Although he was in the form of God and equal with God, he did not take advantage of this equality. Instead, he emptied himself by taking on the form of a servant, by becoming like other humans, by having a human appearance. He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, death on a cross. 

Jesus had authority on Himself if He wanted to but He intentionally gave up His human life to redeem us, as He said;

[John 10:18] “No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”

Right after the first parents sinned because of the Serpent’s deception, God already had set up a plan to destroy Satan’s work, He said to the Serpent Satan; 

[Genesis 3:15]“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel”. 

COMMENT: This mentioned seed was fulfilled in Jesus who was born to a woman (Mary). The reason why Jesus was sent by God is to destroy the devil’s work through His death. So that in Jesus death, He might deliver us from the power of death inflicted by Satan. Kindly read;

[1 John 3:8] He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil 

[Hebrews 2:14-15] Since then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 

The wages of sin is death, therefore mankind should die. God looked for a sinless man to be the reason He would not destroy mankind, but found no one [Ezekiel 22:30 & Isaiah 59:16]. Because of His great love for humanity, God raised a man (Deuteronomy 18:18) and dwelt in him (John 14:10) in order to save mankind by perfect obedience of the law. Jesus took the penalty of death in place of us so that we may not perish because of sin [Psalm 73:27]. He bore our iniquities and died on our behalf so that we may become righteous and justified through Him [Romans 3:25-26]. By His suffering and anguish on the cross, God’s wrath became satisfied. As Isaiah prophesied;

[Isaiah 53:11] As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.

Jesus was following the will of the Father , His fate was already written in the Scriptures since thousand of years before His birth. In fact His last word was, “it is finished” [John 19:30], referring to the fulfillment of all the prophecies about Him. Kindly check this speech of Jesus to His apostles after His resurrection;

[Luke 24:44] “These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled” 

Furthermore, Christians are the modernizers of the world. They are the inventors of electricity, spaceship, computers, internet, cellphones, satellites, and many more. Therefore, Christians are genius for they are guided by God. Do you think when it comes to identifying God, they are so dumb? Christians believe Jesus as God  because they have convincing reason. You study the Bible and you will see that Jesus is God. Imagine the world without Christians, the world of today would have been still barbaric. As a matter of fact even until now, many of the Islamic countries are still barbaric. Marrying a cousin, marrying a child/sex with a child , raping/selling slaves, and beheading/mutilating people are still practiced. 

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ALSO READ: Jesus claimed Godhood

Kung si Hesus Ginoo, nganong wala man Siyay mahimo?

Ang mga magtotoo sa Islam, Saksi ni Jehovah, Iglesia Ni Cristo ug uban pang mga pundok sa antikristo kanunay mokutlu sa Juan 5:30 sa tinguha nila nga ipanghimakak ang pagkaDyos ni Hesus. 

[Juan 5:30] Sa akung kaugalingon ako walay mahimo; Ako nagahukum lamang sumala sa akung nadungog, ug ang akung hukum matarong, kay ako wala mangita sa pagpahimuot sa akung kaugalingon kundili kaniya nga nagpadala kanaku. 

TUBAG: Ang tubag sa maong pangutana anaa sa tudling mismo. Sumala sa mamatikdan nimo sa tudling sa ibabaw, adunay hinungdan ngano si Hesus walay mahimo, kini tungud kay siya nagtinguha sa pagpahimuot sa Amahan nga nagpadala kaniya. Sa tataw, wala kini magpasabut nga wala siyay mahimo kay makahimo siyag mga milagro ug bisan sa pagbanhaw ug mga patayng lawas. Ang iyang gipasabut mao nga ang tanan niyang mga buhat ug mga pulong nahiuyon sa kabubut-on sa Amahan. Kung gusto nimong pahimut-an ang imong yutan-ong amahan, kinahanglang sundon nimo ang iyang tambag ug buhaton ang iyang kabubut-on, ug kana ang gibuhat ni Hesus. Mahimo nimong lapason ang mandu sa imong amahan kutub sa imong gusto, apan imong gipili ang pagsunod niini tungud kay gihigugma nimo siya, ug gusto nimo nga pahimut-an siya. Sa ubus mao ang mga tudling nga nag-ingon nga si Hesus nagbuhat sa kabubut-on sa Amahan; 

[Juan 6:38] Kay nanaug ako gikan sa langit, dili sa pagbuhat sa Akung kaugalingong kabubut-on, kundili sa pagbuhat sa kabubut-on sa nagpadala Kanaku.

[Juan 14:10] Wala ka ba motoo nga ako anaa sa Amahan ug ang Amahan ania kanaku? Ang mga pulong nga akung gisulti kaninyo wala ko isulti sa akung kaugalingong awtoridad, kundili ang Amahan nga nagpuyu kanaku mao ang nagbuhat sa iyang mga buhat. 

[Juan 5:19] Busa si Hesus mipatin-aw, “Sultihan ko kamo sa tinuod, ang Anak walay mahimo sa iyang kaugalingon. Iyang gibuhat lamang ang iyang nakita nga gibuhat sa Amahan. Bisan unsa ang gibuhat sa Amahan, gibuhat usab sa Anak. 

BUYAG: . . . Ako anaa sa Amahan ug ang Amahan ania kanaku. . . ang Amahan nga nagapuyu kanaku nagabuhat sa iyang mga buhat . . . Bisan unsa ang gibuhat sa Amahan, gibuhat usab sa Anak. Kini nga mga pahayag nagpasiugda nga adunay pagkausa sa Amahan ug ni Jesus. Sa pagkatinuod si Hesus miingon nga Siya ug ang Amahan usa ra (Juan 10:30). 

Ang usa pa ka hinungdan kung nganong miingon si Hesus nga wala siyay mahimo mao nga gibayaw o gihimaya niya ang iyang Amahan. Kung imong ibayaw ang usa ka tawo, kinahanglan ipaubus nimo ang imong kaugalingon ngadto kaniya. Ang Amahan misugu kang Hesus sa paghimaya Kaniya (Salmo 50:15), ug agig balos, himayaon usab sa Amahan ang Anak (Juan 12:28). 

Read: The Father and the Son glorified each other.

Ang Pulong (kalag ni Hesus) misulod sa kalibotan aron sa pagdala sa Bag-ong Kasabotan, sa pagtukod sa Iglesia o Gingharian sa Dios, sa pagpahayag sa Iyang balaang mga pulong, sa pagpakita og mga kahibulongan ngadto sa mga tawo, sa pagluwas sa katawhan pinaagi sa hingpit nga pagsunod sa balaod, ug sa pagbutang sa iyang kaugalingon isip usa ka panig-ingnan sa mga tao kung unsaon niila pagkinabuhi nga may kalabotan sa Diyos. Gibuhat ni Hesus kining tanan sa pag-alagad sa Amahan. 

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If Jesus is God, why He can do nothing?

The believers of Islam, Jehovah’s witnesses, believers of Iglesia Ni Cristo and other antichrist groups used to quote John 5:30 in trying to disprove the divinity of Hesus. 

[John 5:30] By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.  

ANSWER: The answer of the question is in the verse itself. As you can notice in the verse above, there is a reason why Jesus can do nothing, it is because he seeks to please the Father who sent him. Obviously, this doesn’t mean he cannot do anything for he can perform miracles and even raising corpses. What he meant is that all of his works and words are in accordance with the will of the Father. If you want to please your earthly father, you need to heed his advice and do his will, and that’s what Jesus did. You can violate your father’s order anytime you want, but only you chose to follow it because you love him, and you want to please him. Below are verses telling Jesus is doing the will of the Father;

[John 6:38] For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

[John 14:10] Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

[John 5:19] So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.  

COMMENT: . . . I am in the Father and the Father is in me . . . the Father who dwells in me does his works . . . Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. These statements emphasize that there is oneness of the Father and Jesus. In fact Jesus said that He and the Father are one (John 10:30). 

Another reason why Jesus had said he can do nothing was because he exalted or glorified the Father. If you will exalt someone, you need to humble yourself to him. The Father commanded Jesus to glorify Him (Psalm 50:15), and in return, He will glorify the Son (John 12:28). 

Read: The Father and the Son glorified each other.

The Word (spirit of Jesus) entered the world to bring the New Covenant, to build God’s Church or kingdom, to convey His divine words, to exhibit miracles to the people, to save mankind by perfect obedience of the law, and to set himself as an example how people should live in relation with God. Jesus did all these works in the service of the Father. 

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ALSO READ: If Jesus is God, why He has a Beginning _His birth?

Muhammad the bandit

There were many robberies done by Muhammad and his men but I just excluded the unsuccessful ones. In the beginning of Islam, Muhammad and his gang had scanty budget for daily consumption so they resorted to banditry. They ambushed many caravans, seized their goods, and captured caravanners for ransom. They also attacked many tribes, seized their valuable properties, and captured inhabitants for ransom. Below are links of some of the successful banditry perpetrated by the gang of Muhammad;

1.)  MUHAMMAD RAIDED A RICH CARAVAN IN NAKHLA 

READ: Muhammad ambushed a caravan in Nakhla and seized their goods

2.) MUHAMMAD RAIDED A CARAVAN IN NEJD KNOWN AS AL-QARADA RAID

READ: Muhammad ambushed a caravan in Nejd, seized their goods, and captured people for ransom

3.) MUHAMMAD RAIDED A CARAVAN IN Al-IS

READ: Muhamamd ambushed a caravan in Al-Is, seized their goods, and captured people for ransom

4.) MUHAMMAD RAIDED A RICH CARAVAN IN BADR (BATTLE OF BADR)

READ: Muhammad’s ambushed a rich caravan, seized their goods, and captured people for ransom

WATCH: The robbery of Badr

5.) MUHAMMAD ATTACKED THE TRIBE OF THALABAH THE SECOND TIME 

READ: Muhammad raided Banu Thalabah, seized their cattles and clothes

6.) MUHAMMAD ATTACKED AND ROBBED THE JEWISH TRIBE OF QAYNUQA 

READ: Muhammad plundered banu Qaynuqa

7.) MUHAMMAD ATTACKED AND ROBBED THE JEWISH TRIBE OF NADIR

READ: 

Muhammad plundered Banu Nadir

Muhammad pillaged Banu Nadir

8.) MUHAMMAD ATTACKED AND ROBBED THE JEWISH TRIBE OF QURAYZA

READ: Muhammad plundered Banu Qurayza

9.) MUHAMMAD ATTACKED AND ROBBED THE ARAB TRIBE OF MUSTALIQ 

READ: Muhmmad plundered Banu Mustaliq

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MUHAMMAD, a psychopath

The Prophet said, ‘The (people of) Bani Israel used to take bath naked (all together) looking at each other. The Prophet Moses used to take a bath alone. They said, ‘By Allah! Nothing prevents Moses from taking a bath with us except that he has a scrotal hernia.

The people asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him): Can we perform ablution out of the well of Buda’ah, which is a well into which menstrual clothes, dead dogs and stinking things were thrown? He replied: Water is pure and is not defiled by anything. 

Sunan Abu Dawud Book 1, Hadith 66 & 67

The Hadiths record the weirdness of Muhammad’s behavior and statements that you can’t help but to think he has a mental problem. For instance, he testified that Moses had scrotal hernia who chased a stone that ran away his clothes. Imagine a man who runs with legs astride because of his scrotal hernia. And when Moses caught up the thievish stone he beat it excessively. Muhammad also testified that the penis of his god Allah is uncircumcised. The following are some of his weird actions and stupid teachings;

1. MUHAMMAD WORE HIS WIVES’ DRESS, AND REVELATION ONLY CAME WHEN HE WORE AISHA’S DRESS

[Sahih al-Bukhari 2581] “. . . Umm Salamah spoke to him about what they had said, but he did not say anything to her, so they asked her. She said, “He did not say anything to me.” So they said to her, “Speak to him.” She said, so she spoke to him when he turned to her again, but he did not say anything to her, so they asked her. She said, “He did not say anything to me.” So they said to her, “Speak to him until he speaks to you.” So he turned to her and she spoke to him. He said to her, “Do not trouble me about Aisha, for the revelation did not come to me while I was wearing the clothing of a woman other than Aisha.” She said, “I repent to God for whoever harmed you, O Messenger of God.” . . . “

2. MUHAMMAD SPAT WATER AT A LITTLE BOY

[Sahih Bukhari 1:3:77] Mahmood bin Rabi narrates, “When I was a boy of five, I remember, the Prophet took water from a bucket (used far getting water out of a well) with his mouth and threw it on my face.

3. MUHAMMAD TESTIFIED THAT MOSES HAD SCROTAL HERNIA, AND RAN AFTER THE STONE THAT STOLE HIS CLOTHES, THEN BEAT IT EXCESSIVELY 

[Sahih al-Bukhari 278] 

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, ‘The (people of) Bani Israel used to take bath naked (all together) looking at each other. The Prophet Moses used to take a bath alone. They said, ‘By Allah! Nothing prevents Moses from taking a bath with us except that he has a scrotal hernia.’ So once Moses went out to take a bath and put his clothes over a stone and then that stone ran away with his clothes. Moses followed that stone saying, “My clothes, O stone! My clothes, O stone! till the people of Bani Israel saw him and said, ‘By Allah, Moses has got no defect in his body. Moses took his clothes and began to beat the stone.” Abu Huraira added, “By Allah! There are still six or seven marks present on the stone from that excessive beating.” 

4. MUHAMMAD CLAIMED THAT ALLAH HAS A PENIS WHICH IS UNCIRCUMCISED

[Sahih al-Bukhari 6524 & 6525] Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, “You will meet Allah barefooted, naked, walking on feet, and uncircumcised.”

5. MUHAMMAD SAID THAT THE PENIS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST IS AS THIN AS STRAW

[The Quran and its Interpreters, vol. II: The House of Imran: (State University of New York Press (SUNY), Albany, 1992, p. 109)]

“… ‘Everyone of the sons of Adam shall come on the day of resurrection with a sin [of sexual impropriety], except Yahya (John the Baptist) b. Zechariah.’ Then, picking up a tiny straw, he continued, ‘This is because his generative organ was no bigger than this straw” 

6. MUHAMAMD SAID THAT THE HELLFIRE COMPLAINED TO ALLAH

[Sahih al-Bukhari 3260] Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “The (Hell) Fire complained to its Lord saying, ‘O my Lord! My different parts eat up each other.’ So, He allowed it to take two breaths, one in the winter and the other in summer, and this is the reason for the severe heat and the bitter cold you find (in weather).” 

7. MUHAMMAD CLAIMED THAT SATAN URINATES IN A MAN’S EAR

[Sahih al-Bukhari 1144] Narrated ‘Abdullah : A person was mentioned before the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and he was told that he had kept on sleeping till morning and had not got up for the prayer. The Prophet said, “Satan urinated in his ears.” 

8. A WATER MIXED WITH DEAD DOGS AND MENSTRUAL BLOOD IS STILL PURE FOR MUHAMMAD

[Sunan Abu Dawud Book 1, Hadith 66 & 67] Narrated AbuSa’id al-Khudri: The people asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him): Can we perform ablution out of the well of Buda’ah, which is a well into which menstrual clothes, dead dogs and stinking things were thrown? He replied: Water is pure and is not defiled by anything. 

9. MUHAMMAD BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE SUPERGIANT GOATS AND MOUNTAIN IN THE OUTERSPACE

[Sunan Abu Dawud 4723]

Narrated Al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib: I was sitting in al-Batha with a company among whom the Messenger of Allah was sitting, when a cloud passed above them. The Messenger of Allah looked at it and said: What do you call this? They said: Sahab. He said: And muzn? They said: And muzn. He said: And anan? They said: And anan. AbuDawud said: I am not quite confident about the word anan. He asked: Do you know the distance between Heaven and Earth? They replied: We do not know. He then said: The distance between them is seventy-one, seventy-two, or seventy-three years. The heaven which is above it is at a similar distance (going on till he counted seven heavens). Above the seventh heaven there is a sea, the distance between whose surface and bottom is like that between one heaven and the next. Above that there are eight mountain goats the distance between whose hoofs and haunches is like the distance between one heaven and the next. Then Allah, the Blessed and the Exalted, is above that. 

10. MUHAMMAD CLAIMED THAT SATAN ALSO FARTS LOUDLY

[Sahih Bukhari 1:11:582]“Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s apostle said, ‘When the Adhan is pronounced Satan takes to his heels and farts with noise during his flight in order not to hear the Adhan. When the Adhan is completed he comes back and again takes to his heels when the Iqama is pronounced and after its completion he returns again till he whispers into the heart of the person (to divert his attention from his prayer) and makes him remember things which he does not recall to his mind before the prayer and that causes him to forget how much he has prayed.’”

11. MUHAMMAD ADVISED A MUSLIMA TO BREASTFEED AN ADULT MAN TEN TIMES 

[Sunan Ibn Majah 1943] It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “Sahlah bint Suhail came to the Prophet and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I see signs of displeasure on the face of Abu Hudhaifah when Salim enters upon me.” The Prophet said: “Breastfeed him.” She said: “How can I breastfeed him when he is a grown man? The Messenger of Allah smiled and said: “I know that he is a grown man.” So she did that, then she came to the Prophet and said: “I have never seen any signs of displeasure on the face of Abu Hudhayfah after that.” And he was present at (the battle of) Badr.

12. MUHAMMAD BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE EVER-TIGHT VAGINAS AND EVER-ERECT PENISES IN ALLAH’S PARADISE

[Sunan Ibn Majah, Zuhd (Book of Abstinence) 39] “Abu Umama narrated: “The Messenger of God said, ‘Everyone that God admits into paradise will be married to 72 wives; two of them are houris and seventy of his inheritance of the [female] dwellers of hell. All of them will have libidinous sex organs and he will have an ever-erect penis” 

[Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur’an, p. 351] Each time we sleep with a Houri we find her virgin. Besides, the penis of the Elected never softens. The erection is eternal; the sensation that you feel each time you make love is utterly delicious and out of this world and were you to experience it in this world you would faint. Each chosen one [i.e. Muslim] will marry seventy [sic] houris, besides the women he married on earth, and all will have appetizing vaginas. 

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ALSO READ: Hilarious and ignorant teachings of Allah

MUHAMMAD, a rapist

Muhammad, a rapist

In defense for their prophet, the Muslims reason out that what Muhammad did to Aisha is not a rape because they were married. According to Wikipedia, Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability, or is below the legal age of consent. Muhammad had sex with Aisha who was not capable of giving valid consent because her mind was immature. Marriage is not an excuse because in the first place how could a 6 year old agree to a marriage? Her mind is set to just playing. In fact, Aisha was still playing dolls when Muhammad penetrated her. Muhammad also had sex with the body of his aunt without her consent because she was dead. Based on the definition stated, Muhammad had committed rapes against a child and his aunt.

1.) MUHAMMAD RAPED A NINE-YEAR OLD AISHA

[Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 65] Narrated ‘Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old. Hisham said: I have been informed that ‘Aisha remained with the Prophet for nine years (i.e. till his death).”

COMMENT: Muslim apologists viewed this as not a rape because Muhammad married her. But the fact that she is still immature not knowing what she is into, this counts as a rape. Imagine if you a have a 9 year old daughter who engaged sexually with a 54 year old man, what would you do? Other muslims  tried to deny the authenticity of this report, but why the Muslim leaders or writers needed to fabricate stories against their prophet? And why their reports strikingly coincided with one another? ‘Ezekiel 16:7-8’ specifies the ripe age for a girl to marry. Biblically and scientifically, it is wrong to cohabit a 9-year old girl. 

Read: Muhammad had sex with a child

2.) MUHAMMAD COULDN’T CONTROL HIS SEXUAL URGE, HE STOPPED FROM HIS JOURNEY JUST TO RAPE A CAPTIVE WOMAN

[Bukhari, Book of Nikah 3:60] After the fall of Khyber, people described the beauty of Safia Bint Hui, the new bride of a slain enemy soldier. The Prophet chose her for himself. On the way to Madina he stopped and had intercourse with her. His companions did not know if she was a wife or a concubine. Later, a veil was drawn between her and the men-folk and they came to know that she was a wife. 

3.) MUHAMMAD RAPED A WAR CAPTIVE GIRLS AFTER KILLING THEIR HUSBANDS AND FAMILIES

a.) He raped Juwairiya bint al-Harith

[Sahih Muslim, Book 019, Number 4292] Ibn ‘Aun reported: I wrote to Nafi’ inquiring from him whether it was necessary to extend (to the disbelievers) an invitation to accept (Islam) before meeting them in fight. He wrote (in reply) to me that it was necessary in the early days of Islam. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) made a raid upon Banu Mustaliq while they were unaware and their cattle were having a drink at the water. He killed those who fought and imprisoned others. On that very day, he captured Juwairiya bint al-Harith. Nafi’ said that this tradition was related to him by Abdullah b. Umar who (himself) was among the raiding troops. 

[Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 46, Number 717] Narrated Ibn Aun: I wrote a letter to Nafi and Nafi wrote in reply to my letter that the Prophet had suddenly attacked Bani Mustaliq without warning while they were heedless and their cattle were being watered at the places of water. Their fighting men were killed and their women and children were taken as captives; the Prophet got Juwairiya on that day. Nafi said that Ibn ‘Umar had told him the above narration and that Ibn ‘Umar was in that army. 

COMMENT: This narration tells us that the prophet of Islam attacked the clan of Bani Mustaliq without sending them a warning as traditional rule. The people of Banu Mustaliq were clueless of the impending danger, they were tending their cattle when the attack occured. This report contradicts with what the Muslim apologists are claiming that Islam is peaceful, that Muslims only kill if they are under attack. This narration also proves that Islam is more disposed to looting and robbing wealth, enslaving people, making women their sex slaves rather than spreading the words of God. According to other reports, Juwairiya was very beautiful like fairy, that even Aisha startled at her beauty. She was also educated and very rich women, but since she was enslaved by the band of Muhammad, she reduced from glory to nothingness. She preferred to be the wife of Muhammad than to become sex slave all her life. She had no recourse except to have sex with the killer of her husband and clan all her life. There were incidents that when Muhammad came to her, she pretended to pray all day so that she could avoid having sex with him. Spreading terrorism, beheading, robbing wealth, holding captives for ransom, and enslaving girls for sex are endemic to Islam. It startled me upon hearing Imams telling that Islam condemns the violence committed by the extremists, as if these Imams are unknowing about their Scriptures despite of their long years of study. For sure, they are aware of this fact, but they just pretend to be ignorant and secretly support this Islamic cause. After all, you can not be a true Muslim if you don’t help killing non-Muslims. As proof of Imam’s support, they let the Mosques to be the Jihadists’ hideouts and storehouses for armaments, like what happened in Marawi City battle. The armaments could not enter into the Mosques without the knowledge of the Imams and other Muslim leaders. Tunnels are built in the City connecting the buildings and Mosques to facilitate the secret entry of armaments. Moreover, all Islamic Fighters declared that they are fighting for Allah’s cause and not for personal motives. 

b.) He raped Safiyya of Khaybar

[Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 14, Number 68] 

Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) offered the Fajr prayer when it was still dark, then he rode and said, ‘Allah Akbar! Khaibar is ruined. When we approach near to a nation, the most unfortunate is the morning of those who have been warned.” The people came out into the streets saying, “Muhammad and his army.” Allah’s Apostle vanquished them by force and their warriors were killed; the children and women were taken as captives. Safiya was taken by Dihya Al-Kalbi and later she belonged to Allah’s Apostle who married her and her Mahr was her manumission. 

COMMENT: After Muhammad had learned that Safiya was beautiful, he grabbed her from Dihya AL-Kalbi and married her. Poor Safiyah, she had to spend the rest of her life having sex with the man who tortured and murdered her husband and families.

[Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 524] 

Narrated Anas: The Prophet stayed for three rights between Khaibar and Medina and was married to Safiya. I invited the Muslim to his marriage banquet and there was neither meat nor bread in that banquet but the Prophet ordered Bilal to spread the leather mats on which dates, dried yogurt and butter were put. The Muslims said amongst themselves, “Will she (i.e. Safiya) be one of the mothers of the believers, (i.e. one of the wives of the Prophet) or just (a lady captive) of what his right-hand possesses” Some of them said, “If the Prophet makes her observe the veil, then she will be one of the mothers of the believers (i.e. one of the Prophet’s wives), and if he does not make her observe the veil, then she will be his lady slave.” So when he departed, he made a place for her behind him (on his) and made her observe the veil. 

READ: Safiyah

c.) He raped Rayhana of Banu Qurayza

[Biography of Muhammad, Ibn Ishaq p. 466] 

On the same page of Ibn Ishaq’s biography quoted above, we read the following: The apostle had chosen one of their women for himself, Rayhana bint ‘Amr bin Khunafa, one of the women of B. ‘Amr b. Qurayza, and she remained with him until she died, in his power. The apostle had proposed to marry her and put the veil on her, but she said: ‘Nay, leave me in your power, for that will be easier for me and for you.’ So he left her. She had repugnance toward Islam when she was captured and clung to Judaism. So the apostle put her aside and felt some displeasure. 

COMMENT: Muslim defenders refute that these girls mentioned above were not raped by Muhammad because there was no physical force applied, but what could you expect from the girls who were captured and enslaved? Having no father, brother, or husband that could defend them? How could they consent to have intercourse with the killer of their husbands, fathers, and brothers? They left no choice, except to submit to Muhammad’s sexual urges. 

Read: Rayhana bint Zayd and Safiya bint Huyayy

4.) MUHAMMAD A.K.A. ALLAH ALLOWED HIS JIHADISTS TO RAPE THEIR SLAVES OR CAPTIVE GIRLS EVEN IF THEY’RE MARRIED TO PAGAN HUSBANDS

[Bukhari Kitabul Qadr 3:543] A man inquired, “We earn income from these bondwomen, (other narratives mention prostitution) so can we do coitus interrupts with them?” The Prophet said, “There is no sin in doing that” 

[Sunan an-Nasa’i 3333] It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Prophet of Allah sent an army to Awtas. They met the enemy, fought them, and prevailed over them. They acquired female prisoners who had husbands among the idolaters. The Muslims felt reluctant to be intimate with them. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime revealed:  “Also (forbidden are) women already married, except those (slaves) whom your right hands possess,” meaning, this is permissible for you once they have completed their ‘Iddah. 

5.) MUHAMMAD RAPED THE DEAD BODY OF HIS AUNT, AND ASKED HIS BELIEVER TO RAPE A DEAD WOMAN 

Muhammad Had Sex with the Dead Body of His Aunt 

[The issues of women, Kanz Al Umal (“The Treasure of the Workers”) by Ali Ibn Husam]:

“I (Muhammad) put on her my shirt that she may wear the clothes of heaven, and I SLEPT with her, in her coffin (grave) that I may lessen the pressure of the grave. She was the best of Allah’s creatures to me after Abu Talib”… The prophet was referring to Fatima, the mother of Ali. 

Muhammad Asked His Believer to Have Sex With a Dead Woman 

[Sahih al-Bukhari 1285] Narated By Anas bin Malik: We were (in the funeral procession) of one of the daughters of the Prophet and he was sitting by the side of the grave. I saw his eyes shedding tears. He said, “Is there anyone among you who did not have sexual relations with his wife last night?” Abu Talha replied in the affirmative. And so the Prophet told him to get down in the grave. And so he got down in her grave.

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MUHAMMAD, a brutal killer

Muhammad, a brutal murderer
Muhammad beheaded more or less 800 Jews

Their leaders were left prostrate. Their heads were sliced off like melons. Many adversary I left on the ground to rise in pain, broken, and plucked. When the battle was joined, I dealt them with a vicious blow. Their arteries cried aloud, their blood flowed. This is  what I did on the day of Badr. 

[Ishaq: 357] 

1. MUHAMMAD ORDERED MUSLIMS TO CUT OFF THE HEADS AND FINGERTIPS OF NON-MUSLIMS

[Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 220] Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “I have been sent with the shortest expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy), I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them. 

2. MUHAMMAD BEHEADED AROUND EIGHT HUNDRED JEWS

[Tabari, vol viii, pp.35-36] 

The messenger of God went out into the marketplace of Medina and had trenches dug in it; then he sent for them and had them beheaded in those trenches. They were brought out to him in groups. Among them were the enemy of God, Huyayy b. Akhtab, and Ka’b b. Asad, the head of the tribe. They numbered 600 or 700—the largest estimate says they were between 800 and 900. As they were being taken in groups to the Messenger of God, they said to Ka’b b. Asad, “Ka’b, what do you understand. Do you not see that the summoner does not discharge [anyone] and that those of you who are taken away do not come back? By God, it is death!” the affair continued until the Messenger of God had finished with them.

[Ishaq 464] 

The Jews were made to come down, and Allah’s Messenger imprisoned them. Then the Prophet went out into the marketplace of Medina, and he had trenches dug in it. He sent for the Jewish men and had them beheaded in those trenches. They were brought out to him in batches. They numbered 800 to 900 boys and men.

3. HE ORDERED TO CHOP OFF PEOPLE’S HANDS AND FEET, TO GOUGE OUT THEIR EYES AND LET THEM DIED EVENTUALLY ON BURNING SAND

[Bukhari Kitabul Mahrabain and Kitabut Tib p.254] Some people got sick in Madina. The Prophet advised them to drink camel’s urine and milk. After they became well, they killed a shepherd. The Prophet ordered that their hands and feet be chopped off and their eyes gouged out. They were laid on burning sand. When they asked for water it was denied them. So much so that they tasted sand until they died. 

4. MUHAMMAD ORDERED A MAN TO BURN MUSLIMS ALIVE

[Sahih al-Bukhari 657] Muhammad said: “I decided to order a man to lead the prayer and then take a flame to burn all those, who had not left their houses for the prayer, burning them alive inside their homes.” 

5. MUHAMMAD APPROVED KILLING OF CHILDREN IN THE EVENT OF WAR SINCE THEY ARE PAGANS

[Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 256] Narrated As-Sab bin Jaththama: The Prophet passed by me at a place called Al-Abwa or Waddan, and was asked whether it was permissible to attack the pagan warriors at night with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet replied, “They (i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans).” I also heard the Prophet saying, “The institution of Hima is invalid except for Allah and His Apostle.”

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MUHAMMAD, a sex addict

Muhammad, a sex addict

A prophet should have utmost control of himself, he should be the moral model of his believers. But Muhammad’s behavior was in contrast with the quality that a prophet should possess. He had no control of himself thereby lavishing himself with women. He was sexually addict, that he took many wives and possessed sex slaves. His Allah even commanded the women to present their bodies to him. Muhammad grabbed the wife of his stepson to satisfy his sexual attraction to her with the permission of his Allah. Muhammad even raped a child, dead body, and captive girls to obey his insatiable thirst for sex.

1.) MUHAMMAD HAD SEX WITH ALL HIS WIVES IN ONE NIGHT

[Sahih Bukhari 1:5:268 & Bukhari Kitabul Ilm vol. 2, hadith 77] Narrated Qatada: Anas bin Malik said, “The Prophet used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night and they were eleven in number.” I asked Anas, “Had the Prophet the strength for it?” Anas replied, “We used to say that the Prophet was given the strength of thirty (men).” And Sa’id said on the authority of Qatada that Anas had told him about nine wives only (not eleven). 

2.) MUHAMMAD HAD INTERCOURSE WITH HIS WIVES EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD MENSES

[Bukhari The Book on Menstruation 1:98, chapter 207] The Qur’an prohibits men having intercourse with women when they are menstruating, but one of the hadiths says this: If the Prophet wanted to have intercourse with a menstruating wife, he ordered her to tie a loincloth even though the menstruation would be at its peak. Then he had intercourse. 

[Sahih al-Bukhari 302] Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad: `Aisha said, “Whenever Allah’s Apostle wanted to fondle anyone of us during her periods (menses), he used to order her to put on an Izar and start fondling her.” `Aisha added, “None of you could control his sexual desires as the Prophet could.”  

3. MUHAMMAD WAS ATTRACTED TO HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, AND GRABBED HER FROM HIS SON

[Quran 33:37] And [remember, O Muhammad, when you said to the one on whom Allah bestowed favor and you bestowed favor, “Keep your wife and fear Allah ,” while you concealed within yourself that which Allah is to disclose. And you feared the people, while Allah has more right that you fear Him. So when Zayd had no longer any need for her, We married her to you in order that there not be upon the believers any discomfort concerning the wives of their adopted sons when they no longer have need of them. And ever is the command of Allah accomplished.  

COMMENT: According to Hadiths, Muhammad went to the house of Zayd, and accidentally saw Zainab’s naked body which attracted him sexually.  Zainab was the wife of Zayd, Muhammad’s adopted son. Since Muhammad had four wives already as prescribed in Koran and also marrying his adopted son’s wife is against the pre-Islamic code of ethics, the Koranic verse above supposedly revealed to him by Allah, giving him the right to satisfy his sexual interest in Zainab. To cover this sexual goal, Muhammad (or Allah) reasoned out that this revelation is just a guide for future Muslims who want to marry their adopted son’s divorcee. Sensing that the prophet attracted to his wife and believing that he could go to Heaven by being generous to his prophet, Zayd divorced his wife to give way to his prophet’s desire. Even Aisha marveled at the quickness of Allah to answer her husband’s desire. After this event, Muhammad took another wives and concubines mostly from war captives. Most of these women were married. 

Watch: Allah lifted the curtain of Zainab’s room for Muhammad to peek her naked body

4. WOMEN LINED UP TO OFFER THEIR VAGINAS TO MUHAMMAD AS COMMANDED BY ALLAH (Q33:50)

[Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 48] Narrated Hisham’s father: Khaula bint Hakim was one of those ladies who presented themselves to the Prophet. ‘Aisha said, “Doesn’t a lady feel ashamed for presenting herself to a man?”

[Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 53] Narrated Thabit Al-Banani: “A woman came to Allah’s Apostle and presented herself to him, saying, ‘O Allah’s Apostle, have you any need for me ?’ “Thereupon Anas’s daughter said, “What a shameless lady she was! Shame! Shame!” Anas said, “She was better than you; she had a liking for the Prophet. 

5. MUHAMMAD BELIEVED THAT PARADISE IS FILLED WITH SEX

[Sunan Ibn Majah, Zuhd (Book of Abstinence) 39] “Abu Umama narrated: “The Messenger of God said, ‘Everyone that God admits into paradise will be married to 72 wives; two of them are houris and seventy of his inheritance of the [female] dwellers of hell. All of them will have delicious sex organs and he will have an ever-erect penis”

COMMENT: The paradise of Allah is full of sex. What’s more disturbing, the statement above implies that He will transfer females from hell and award them to the Jihadists in paradise. In Islam, the dwellers of hell and paradise can live together. In the Bible, hell and paradise are separated by a great chasm that no people could cross over [Luke 16:26]. Likewise sexual immorality (that is sex outside one’s wife) is condemned by God, He says; “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death” [Revelation 21:8]. 

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Muhammad, A Woman Beater

Muslims described their prophet as the greatest moral model, the paragon of virtue, and the most merciful in the whole universe. But the Islamic Scritpures say the opposite; Muhammad was greatly immoral, unrighteous, and brutal. One of the brutal deeds of Muhammad is beating a woman.

1. MUHAMMAD BEAT HIS FAVORITE WIFE AISHA

[Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 2127] Aisha narrated, “He struck me on the chest which caused me pain.” 

2. AISHA COMMENTED THE ABUSE SUFFERED BY MUSLIM WOMEN

[Sahih al-Bukhari 5825] “Aisha said, ‘I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women’” 

3. MUHAMMAD COMMANDED MUSLIMS TO STRIKE THEIR ARROGANT WIVES

[Quran  4:34] Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband’s] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance – [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.

[Quran 38:44] “And take in your hand a green branch and beat her with it, and do not break your oath…”  Allah telling Job to beat his wife (Tafsir). 

COMMENT: Muhammad is lying. In the Bible God never told Job to beat his wife, contrarily, God instructed husbands to love their wives [Ephesians 5:25-28]. 

4. MUHAMMAD COMMANDED HIS FOLLOWER TO BEAT HIS FORNICATING FEMALE SLAVE

[Sunan Abi Dawud 4473]  Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib:  A slave-girl belonging to the house of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) committed fornication. He (the Prophet) said: Rush up, Ali, and inflict the prescribed punishment on her. I then hurried up, and saw that blood was flowing from her, and did not stop. So I came to him and he said: Have you finished inflicting (punishment on her)? I said: I went to her while her blood was flowing. He said: Leave her alone till her bleeding stops; then inflict the prescribed punishment on her. And inflict the prescribed punishment on those whom your right hands possess (i.e. slaves). 

COMMENT: Women are so oppressed in Islam, if they committed fornication, they should be punished severely and even to death by stoning, crucifixion, etc. On the other hand, if Muslim men committed fornication, they are free from blame. This judgment is brutal and unfair, and take note, this is mandated by Allah, the supposed most merciful and off-forgiving god. Islam is so vague in their teachings, what their right hand is telling is not what their left hand is doing. In contrast, Jesus though sinless, He did not condemn a prostitute [John 8:6-10]. God does not allow us to judge our sinful fellow because we are all sinners. All of us will undergo judgement, only God has the power to judge. Not one of us can redeem ourselves from sinful world, we cannot be saved by our own righteousness contrary to Islamic teaching. No human is perfect or sinless, hence no one can meet God’s standard. Salvation could be provided by God alone. That’s why we need to accept the redemption provided by Jesus Christ (the only sinless man on Earth) in order to be saved. 

5. A MUSLIM HUSBAND IS NOT OBLIGATED TO TELL THE REASON WHY HE BEAT HIS WIFE

[Sunan Abi Dawud 2147] Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab] The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man will not be asked as to why he beat his wife. 

COMMENT: Allah not only allows Muslim husbands to beat their wives, but also the wives have no right to complain. This is an absolute abuse of woman, where is the righteousness and mercy of Allah in this regard?

6. MUHAMMAD LAUGHED AND ALLOWED HIS WIVES TO BE BEATEN BY HIS COMPANIONS

[Sahih Muslim 1478] . . . Then came ‘Umar and he sought permission and it was granted to him, and he found Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) sitting sad and silent with his wives around him. He (Hadrat ‘Umar) said: I would say something which would make the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) laugh, so he said: Messenger of Allah, I wish you had seen (the treatment meted out to) the daughter of Khadija when you asked me some money, and I got up and slapped her on her neck. Allah’s Messenger (mav peace be upon him) laughed and said: They are around me as you see, asking for extra money. Abu Bakr (Allah be pleased with him) then got up went to ‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) and slapped her on the neck, and ‘Umar stood up before Hafsa and slapped her saying: You ask Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) which he does not possess. They said: By Allah, we do not ask Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) for anything he does not possess. Then he withdrew from them for a month or for twenty-nine days. . . .

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Jesus claimed Godhood

Jesus is God

“It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.

[Revelation 21:6-7] 

The Muslims and other adherents of Antichrist religions challenge the Christians (Catholics) where Jesus said “I am God, worship me”? These people want a literal statement of Jesus declaring he’s God because they know for a fact that Jesus claimed Godhood according to the teachings of the Gospels. Thus to evade the reality of the claim they instead require a direct word of Jesus telling “I am God, worship me”. Since they are Antichrists, they are bent to twist the teaching of God’s Salvation for humanity. They failed to think that the Gospels were written only according to the witnesses or interviews done by the apostles _and not written by Jesus himself. So whether Jesus claimed Godhood directly or indirectly in the Gospel, still it is according to the witness of the second party. Whatever things that are written in the Gospel, their weights are equal since they came from one author. Therefore you cannot look for a statement in the Gospel, and regard it as superior over the rest. Below are Biblical verses informing us that Jesus claimed Godhood;

1. [John 5:16-18] Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him. But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.” Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. 

2. [John 8:23-24] You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I AM HE, you will indeed die in your sins.” 

COMMENT: “I am He”, Jesus took this name or title of God from Isaiah 43:10.

[Isaiah 43:10] “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I AM HE. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. 

3. [John 8:58] “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I AM!”

4. [John 10:30-33] I and the Father are one.” At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him. But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?” “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God. 

5. [John 13:19] “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I AM WHO I AM. 

COMMENT: “I AM WHO I AM”, Jesus took this name or title of God given to Moses in Exodus 3:14.

[Exodus 3:13-14] “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.  

6. [John 14:9] Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?

7. [Luke 21:31-32] I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass from the scene until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

8. [Revelation 21:6-7] “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.

9. [Revelation 1:8] “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come–the Almighty. 

10. [Revelation 1:17-18] When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

11. [Revelation 2:8] “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Smyrna. This is the message from the one who is the First and the Last, who was dead but is now alive: 

12. [Revelation 22:13] “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

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Do they not consider how camels have been created? Nor how the sky has been lifted up? Nor how the mountains have been erected? Nor even how the earth has been flattened out?

Quran 88:17-20

When Muhammad presented his Qurans to the people, they did not believe him, instead they accused him of copying his Qurans from legends or mythical stories. The Quranic verses below are testimonies how the people at the start of Islam reacted to the Qurans of Muhammad.

[Quran 6:25] And among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. Even when they come to you arguing with you, those who disbelieve say, “This is not but legends of the former peoples.”

[Quran 8:31] And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, “We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples.”

[Quran 16:24] And when it is said to them, “What has your Lord sent down?” They say, “Legends of the former peoples,”

[Quran 23:83] We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples.”

[Quran 25:5] And they say, “Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon.”

[Quran 27:68] We have been promised this, we and our forefathers before. This is not but legends of the former peoples.”

[Quran 46:17] But one who says to his parents, “Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?” while they call to Allah for help [and to their son], “Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth.” But he says, “This is not but legends of the former people” –

[Quran 68:15] When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Legends of the former peoples.”

[Quran 83:13] When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Legends of the former peoples.”

This accusation by the people against Muhammad turned out to be true, because the Quran contains legends indeed;

1. Islamic myth and legend

2. List of Legends in Quran

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Say, “Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allah ? [It is that of] those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of Taghut. Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way.” 

Quran 5:60

[Quran 2:88] And they said, “Our hearts are wrapped.” But, [in fact], Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is it that they believe. 

[Quran 2:89] And when there came to them a Book from Allah confirming that which was with them – although before they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieved – but [then] when there came to them that which they recognized, they disbelieved in it; so the curse of Allah will be upon the disbelievers.

[Quran 2:159] Indeed, those who conceal what We sent down of clear proofs and guidance after We made it clear for the people in the Scripture – those are cursed by Allah and cursed by those who curse,

[Quran 2:161-162] Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers – upon them will be the curse of Allah and of the angels and the people, all together, Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

[Quran 3:61] Then whoever argues with you about it after [this] knowledge has come to you – say, “Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate earnestly [together] and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars [among us].”

[Quran 3:87] Those – their recompense will be that upon them is the curse of Allah and the angels and the people, all together, 

[Quran 4:46] Among the Jews are those who distort words from their [proper] usages and say, “We hear and disobey” and “Hear but be not heard” and “Ra’ina,” twisting their tongues and defaming the religion. And if they had said [instead], “We hear and obey” and “Wait for us [to understand],” it would have been better for them and more suitable. But Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few.

[Quran 4:47] O you who were given the Scripture, believe in what We have sent down [to Muhammad], confirming that which is with you, before We obliterate faces and turn them toward their backs or curse them as We cursed the sabbath-breakers. And ever is the decree of Allah accomplished. 

[Quran 4:52] Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed; and he whom Allah curses – never will you find for him a helper.

[Quran 4:93] But whoever kills a believer intentionally – his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and has cursed him and has prepared for him a great punishment. 

[Quran 4:118] Whom Allah has cursed. For he had said, “I will surely take from among Your servants a specific portion. 

[Quran 4:155] And We cursed them for their breaking of the covenant and their disbelief in the signs of Allah and their killing of the prophets without right and their saying, “Our hearts are wrapped”. Rather, Allah has sealed them because of their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few.

[Quran 4:156] And We cursed them for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander,

[Quran 5:13] So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard. They distort words from their [proper] usages and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded. And you will still observe deceit among them, except a few of them. But pardon them and overlook [their misdeeds]. Indeed, Allah loves the doers of good. 

[Quran 5:60] Say, “Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allah ? [It is that of] those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of Taghut. Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way.” 

[Quran 5:64] And the Jews say, “The hand of Allah is chained.” Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.

[Quran 5:78] And the Jews say, “The hand of Allah is chained.” Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters. 

[Quran 7:44] And the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, “We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?” They will say, “Yes.” Then an announcer will announce among them, “The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers.”

[Quran 9:30] And the Jews say: ‘Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: Messiah is the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouths. They imitate the saying of the disbelievers of old. Allah’s Curse be on them, how they are deluded away from the truth!

[Quran 9:68] Allah has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the disbelievers the fire of Hell, wherein they will abide eternally. It is sufficient for them. And Allah has cursed them, and for them is an enduring punishment.

[Quran 11:18] And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allah ? Those will be presented before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, “These are the ones who lied against their Lord.” Unquestionably, the curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers.

[Quran 11:60] And they were [therefore] followed in this world with a curse and [as well] on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, ‘Aad denied their Lord; then away with ‘Aad, the people of Hud.

[Quran 11:99] And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift which is given.

[Quran 13:25] But those who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and spread corruption on earth – for them is the curse, and they will have the worst home.

[Quran 15:34-35] (Allah) said, “Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled. And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense.”

[Quran 24:7] And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him if he should be among the liars.

[Quran 24:23] Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment

[Quran 28:42] And We caused to overtake them in this world a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be of the despised.

[Quran 33:57] Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger – Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.

[Quran 33:61] Accursed, wherever found, they shall be seized and killed with a (terrible) slaughter.

[Quran 33:64] Indeed, Allah has cursed the disbelievers and prepared for them a Blaze.

[Quran 33:68] Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them with a great curse.” 

[Quran 38:78] And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense.”

[Quran 40:52]The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home.

[Quran 47:23] Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision. 

[Quran 48:6] And [that] He may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the polytheist men and polytheist women – those who assume about Allah an assumption of evil nature. Upon them is a misfortune of evil nature; and Allah has become angry with them and has cursed them and prepared for them Hell, and evil it is as a destination.

[Quran 51:10] Cursed be the liars, 

[Quran 74:19-20] So let him be cursed! How he plotted! And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 

[Quran 80:17] Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

[Quran 85:4] Cursed were the companions of the trench

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CIRCUMCISION, Does God need it?

One of the attacks by Muslims against apostle Paul is about circumcision. The Muslims accuse Paul of being a liar because he is advocating uncircumcision which is against the teaching of the Bible. Paul had said that in order to explain to the puritan Jews who were indignant to accept the non-Jew Christians since they were not circumcised. Paul was not against circumcision, he merely emphasized that it is useless because your sins cannot be purified by it. Circumcision is not a requirement for our salvation, in fact, when the covenant between God and Abraham was established, Abraham was not yet circumcised. What God can get from a circumcised penis? God is spirit therefore we should worship Him in spirit [John 4:24]. Physical circumcision was just employed by God as a sign of His covenant between Him and Abraham. Christians are not covered by this covenant because they are under Christ law. God will judge us based on spirit (heart and mind), He will punish those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit [Jeremiah 9:25]. What God truly wants is a spiritual circumcision _that is cleaned or circumcised heart. Below are Biblical verses about Circumcision;

Quoted from Old Testament

1. [Genesis 17:10] This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

2. [Genesis 17:11] You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

3. [Genesis 17:12] And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

4. [Genesis 17:24] So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised

5. [Genesis 34:22] But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.

6. [Deuteronomy 30:6] The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

7. [Deuteronomy 10:16] Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.

8. [Leviticus 26:41] When I have turned their hostility back on them and brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their stubborn hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins. 

9. [Joshua 5:3] So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the entire male population of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

10. [Joshua 5:5] All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not.

11. [Joshua 5:7] So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way.

12. [Joshua 5:8] And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.

13. [Jeremiah 4:4] Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, circumcise your hearts, you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.

14. [Jeremiah 9:25] “A time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—

15. [Jeremiah 9:26] Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places. For all these nations are really uncircumcised, and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

16. [Ezekiel 44:7] In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food–the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant 

17. [Ezekiel 44:9] This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites. 

Quoted from New Testament

1. [Luke 2:21] And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. 

2. [John 7:22] Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.

3. [John 7:23] Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? 

4. [Acts 7:8] Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth. Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

5. [Acts 7:51] You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

6. [Acts 15:24]seeing we have heard that some having gone forth from us troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying to be circumcised and to keep the Law, to whom we gave no charge,

7. [Romans 2:25] Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

8. [Romans 2:27] In fact, uncircumcised Gentiles who keep God’s law will condemn you Jews who are circumcised and possess God’s law but don’t obey it.

9. [Romans 2:28] For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision.

10. [Romans 2:29] No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people. 

11. [Romans 3:1] What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 

12. [Romans 4:9] Now, is this blessing only for the Jews, or is it also for uncircumcised Gentiles? Well, we have been saying that Abraham was counted as righteous by God because of his faith.

13. [Romans 4:10] In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.

14. [Romans 4:11] And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

15. [Romans 4:12] And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

16. [1 Corinthians 7:18] Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.

17. [1 Corinthians 7:19] For it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised. The important thing is to keep God’s commandments.

18. [Collosians 2:11] When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.

19. [Philippians 3:5] I was circumcised on the eighth day. I’m a descendant of Israel. I’m from the tribe of Benjamin. I’m a pure-blooded Hebrew. When it comes to living up to standards, I was a Pharisee.

20. [Galatians 5:2] Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit to you.

21. [Galatians 5:6] For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.

22. [Galatians 6:13] Not even those who are circumcised keep the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.

23. [Galatians 6:15] It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.

24. [Ephesians 2:11] Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.

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No Islam before Islam

There was no Islam before Islam
There was no Islam before Islam

One of the inflated assertions of Muslims about their religion is Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus were muslims. This assertion declares that Islam did exist since at the time of Adam. Unluckily for Muslims, their own scriptures contradict and debunk this claim. The Islamic writings themselves tell us that there was no Islam prior to Muhammad’s prophethood claim. The Quran even says that Muhammad was the first Muslim (Q6:163) testifying that Islam started only with him. Furthermore, it is only on Muhammad that Allah entrusted His perfected religion which is called ‘Islam’ (Q5:3), and no one else. By saying He has perfected Islam, Allah admitted that He failed to perfect a religion in the previous. If there was no perfected religion before the time of Muhammad, therefore there was no Islam at that time. Had Allah perfected a religion in the previous, He would not make another religion called Islam. Below are some of the numerous Hadiths testifying that before the time of Muhammad there was no Islam hence it was the time of ignorance _the pre-Islamic period.

1. [Sahih al-Bukhari 126] Narrated Aswad: Ibn Az-Zubair said to me, “Aisha used to tell you secretly a number of things. What did she tell you about the Ka`ba?” I replied, “She told me that once the Prophet said, ‘O `Aisha! Had not your people been still close to the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (infidelity)! I would have dismantled the Ka`ba and would have made two doors in it; one for entrance and the other for exit.” Later on Ibn Az-Zubair did the same. 

2. [Sahih al-Bukhari 1648] Narrated `Asim: I asked Anas bin Malik: “Did you use to dislike to perform Tawaf between Safa and Marwa?” He said, “Yes, as it was of the ceremonies of the days of the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance, till Allah revealed: ‘Verily! (The two mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwa are among the symbols of Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who performs the pilgrimage to the Ka`ba, or performs `Umra, to perform Tawaf between them.’ ” (2.158) 

COMMENT: This hadith informs us that the early Muslims disliked performing Tawaf since they know in their hearts that this ceremony is of pagan origin. But Allah (formerly a pagan god) intervened, assuring that those who perform Tawaf, Umra, and pay pilgrimage (Hajj) to the Ka`ba (the worship house of the pagans) commit no sin. 

3. [Sahih al-Bukhari 1770] Narrated Ibn ‘ `Abbas: Dhul-Majaz and `Ukaz were the markets of the people during the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance. When the people embraced Islam, they disliked to do bargaining there till the following Holy Verses were revealed:– There is no harm for you If you seek of the bounty Of your Lord (during Hajj by trading, etc.) (2.198) 

4. [Sahih al-Bukhari 1893] Narrated `Aisha: (The tribe of) Quraish used to fast on the day of Ashura’ in the Pre-Islamic period, and then Allah’s Apostle ordered (Muslims) to fast on it till the fasting in the month of Ramadan was prescribed; whereupon the Prophet said, “He who wants to fast (on ‘Ashura’) may fast, and he who does not want to fast may not fast.” 

COMMENT: This narration informs us that Muhammad observed a pagan fasting called Ashura. He even ordered the Muslims to observe Ashura continuing their pagan fasting practice in pre-Islamic time. The God of Abraham condemned and even killed his people who performed pagan practices. But this Allah of Muhammad is pro-paganism.

5. [Sahih al-Bukhari 1993] Narrated Abu Huraira: Two fasts and two kinds of sale are forbidden: fasting on the day of `Id ul Fitr and `Id-ul-Adha and the kinds of sale called Mulamasa and Munabadha. (These two kinds of sale used to be practiced in the days of Pre-Islamic period of ignorance; Mulamasa means when you touch something displayed for sale you have to buy it; Munabadha means when the seller throws something to you, you have to buy it.)

COMMENT: Not just Tawaf and Ramadan were of pagan practices that were copied and continued by Muhammad, but also the `Id ul Fitr and `Id-ul-Adha. Along with Mulamasa and Munabadha, `Id ul Fitr and `Id-ul-Adha were performed by the Quraish (pagans) in pre-Islamic period. From these informations we can conclude that Islam is certified paganism. How can muslims say they are not pagans when they observe pagan practices? 

6. [Sahih al-Bukhari 2002] Narrated Aisha: Quraish used to fast on the day of ‘Ashura’ in the Pre-Islamic period, and Allah’s Messenger too, used to fast on that day. When he came to Medina, he fasted on that day and ordered others to fast, too. Later when the fasting of the month of Ramadan was prescribed, he gave up fasting on the day of ‘Ashura’ and it became optional for one to fast on it or not.

7. [Sahih al-Bukhari 2042] Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: `Umar bin Al-Khattab said, “O Allah’s Messenger! I vowed in the Pre-Islamic period to perform I`tikaf in Al-Masjid-al-Haram for one night.” The Prophet said, “Fulfill your vow.” So, he performed I`tikaf for one night. 

COMMENT: In this report, Muhammad commanded a muslim to continue performing I`tikaf, a pagan practice. How come a perfected religion is filled with pagan practices and rituals? islam does not walk the talk.  

8. [Sahih al-Bukhari 2098] Narrated Ibn `Abbas: `Ukaz, Majanna and Dhul-Majaz were markets in the Pre-Islamic period. When the people embraced Islam they considered it a sin to trade there. So, the following Holy Verse came:– ‘There is no harm for you if you seek of the bounty of your Lord (Allah) in the Hajj season.” (2.198) Ibn `Abbas recited it like this. 

9. [Sahih al-Bukhari 2143] Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah’s Messenger forbade the sale called ‘Habal-al-Habala which was a kind of sale practiced in the Pre- Islamic Period of ignorance. One would pay the price of a she-camel which was not born yet would be born by the immediate offspring of an extant she-camel. 

10. [Sahih al-Bukhari 2220] Narrated `Urwa bin Az-Zubair: Hakim bin Hizam said, “O Allah’s Messenger! I used to do good deeds in the Pre-Islamic period of Ignorance, e.g., keeping good relations with my Kith and kin, manumitting slaves and giving alms. Shall I receive a reward for all that?” Allah’s Messenger replied, “You embraced Islam with all the good deeds which you did in the past.” 

11. [Sahih al-Bukhari 2425] Narrated Khabbab: was a blacksmith In the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance, and ‘Asi bin Wail owed me some money. I went to him to demand it, but he said to me, “I will not pay you unless you reject faith in Muhammad.” I replied, “By Allah, I will never disbelieve Muhammad till Allah let you die and then resurrect you.” He said, “Then wait till I die and come to life again, for then I will be given property and offspring and will pay your right.” So, thus revelation came: “Have you seen him who disbelieved in Our signs and yet says, ‘I will be given property and offspring?’ ” (19.77)

12. [Sahih al-Bukhari 2538] Narrated Hisham: My father told me that Hakim bin Hizam manumitted one-hundred slaves in the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance and slaughtered one-hundred camels (and distributed them in charity). When he embraced Islam he again slaughtered one-hundred camels and manumitted one-hundred slaves. Hakim said, “I asked Allah’s Messenger, ‘O Allah’s Messenger! What do you think about some good deeds I used to practice in the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance regarding them as deeds of righteousness?’ Allah’s Apostle said, “You have embraced Islam along with all those good deeds you did.” 

COMMENT: This hadith informs us that the Islamic practices of manumitting slaves and giving alms are originated from paganism. 

13. [Sahih al-Bukhari 4519] Narrated Ibn `Abbas: `Ukaz, Mijanna and Dhul-Majaz were markets during the Pre-islamic Period. They (i.e. Muslims) considered it a sin to trade there during the Hajj time (i.e. season), so this Verse was revealed:– “There is no harm for you if you seek of the Bounty of your Lord during the Hajj season.” (2.198) 

COMMENT: From this narration, we can know that Hajj is also of pagan origin.  

14. [Sahih al-Bukhari 7116] Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger said, “The Hour will not be established till the buttocks of the women of the tribe of Daus move while going round Dhi-al-Khalasa.” Dhi-al-Khalasa was the idol of the Daus tribe which they used to worship in the Pre Islamic Period of ignorance. 

15. [Sahih al-Bukhari 3847] Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: To run along the valley between two green pillars of Safa and Marwa (mountains) was not Sunna, but the people in the pre-islamic period of ignorance used to run along it, and used to say: “We do not cross this rain stream except running strongly. ” 

16. [Sahih al-Bukhari 3848] Narrated Abu As-Safar: I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, “O people! Listen to what I say to you, and let me hear whatever you say, and don’t go (without understanding), and start saying, ‘Ibn `Abbas said so-and-so, Ibn `Abbas said soand- so, Ibn `Abbas said so-and-so.’ He who wants to perform the Tawaf around the Ka`ba should go behind Al-Hijr (i.e. a portion of the Ka`ba left out unroofed) and do not call it Al-Hatim, for in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance if any man took an oath, he used to throw his whip, shoes or bow in it.

17. [Sahih al-Bukhari 3850] Narrated Sufyan: ‘Ubaidullah said: “I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, “Following are some traits of the people of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (i) to defame the ancestry of other families, (ii) and to wail over the dead.” ‘Ubaidullah forgot the third trait. Sufyan said, “They say it (i.e. the third trait) was to believe that rain was caused by the influence of stars (i.e. if a special star appears it will rain). 

18. [Sahih al-Bukhari 5338] Narrated Um Salama: A woman was bereaved of her husband and her relatives worried about her eyes (which were diseased). They came to Allah’s Messenger, and asked him to allow them to treat her eyes with kohl, but he said, “She should not apply kohl to her eyes. (In the Pre-Islamic period of Ignorance) a widowed woman among you would stay in the worst of her clothes (or the worst part of her house) and when a year had elapsed, if a dog passed by her, she would throw a globe of dung, Nay, (she cannot use kohl) till four months and ten days have elapsed.” 

19. [Sunan Abi Dawud 1134] Narrated Anas ibn Malik: When the Messenger of Allah came to Medina, the people had two days on which they engaged in games. He asked: What are these two days (what is the significance)? They said: We used to engage ourselves on them in the pre-Islamic period. The Messenger of Allah said: Allah has substituted for them something better than them, the day of sacrifice and the day of the breaking of the fast.

20. [Sunan Abi Dawud 2442] ‘Aishah said: The Quraish used to fast on the day of ‘Ashurah in pre Islamic days. The Messenger of Allah would fast on it in pre-Islamic period. When the Messenger of Allah came to Medina, he fasted on it and commanded to fast on it. When the fast of Ramadan was prescribed, that became obligatory, and (fasting on) ‘Ashurah was abandoned. He who wishes may fast on it and he who wishes may leave it. 

21. [Sunan Abi Dawud 2914] Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet said: An estate which was divided in pre-Islamic period may follow the division in force then, but any estate in Islamic times must follow the division laid down by Islam. 

22. [Sunan Abi Dawud 3886] ‘Awf b. Malik said: In the pre-Islamic period we used to apply spells and we asked: Messenger of Allah ! how do you look upon it ? He replied : Submit your spells to me. There is no harm in spells so long as they involve no polytheism.

23. [Sunan Abi Dawud 5227] Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: In the pre-Islamic period we used to say: “May Allah make the eye happy for you,” and “Good morning” but when Islam came, we were forbidden to say that. AbdurRazzaq said on the authority of Ma’mar: It is disapproved that a man should say: “May Allah make the eye happy for you,” but there is no harm in saying: “May Allah make your eye happy.

24. [Mishkat al-Masabih 142] Ibn ‘Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “The people most hateful to God are of three classes: he who is heretical in the sacred territory, he who wants to introduce into Islam the sunna of the pre-Islamic period, and he who unjustly demands the death of a Muslim to shed his blood.” 

25. [Mishkat al-Masabih 201] Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “Men are of different origins just as gold and silver are; the best among them in the pre-Islamic period are the best among them in Islam when they are versed in the religion.” Muslim transmitted it.  

26. [Mishkat al-Masabih 1727] Abu Malik al-Ash’ari reported God’s messenger as saying, “Among my people there are four characteristics belonging to the pre-Islamic period which they do not abandon: boasting of high rank, reviling other people’s genealogies, seeking rain by the stars, and wailing.” And he said, “If the wailing-woman does not repent before she dies, she will be made to stand on the day of resurrection wearing a garment of pitch and a chemise of mange.” 

27. [Mishkat al-Masabih 3067] ‘Abdallah b. ‘Umar reported God’s Messenger as saying, “An estate which was divided in the pre-Islamic period following the division in force then, but any estate in Islamic times must follow the division appointed by Islam.” Ibn Majah transmitted it. 

28. [Mishkat al-Masabih 3176] Ibn ‘Umar told that Ghailan b. Salama ath-Thaqafi accepted Islam and that he had had ten wives in the pre-Islamic period who accepted Islam along with him; so the Prophet told him to keep four and separate from the rest of them. Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

29. [Mishkat al-Masabih 4158] Buraida said: When a boy was born to one of us in the pre-Islamic period he sacrificed a sheep and smeared his head with its blood; but when Islam came we sacrificed a sheep on the seventh day, shaved his head and smeared it with saffron. Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Razin added, “and gave him his name.” 

30. [Riyad as-Salihin 371]] Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard Messenger of Allah saying, “People are like gold and silver; those who were best in Jahiliyyah (Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance) are best in Islam, if they have religious understanding; and the souls are like recruited soldiers, they get mixed up with those similar with them in qualities and oppose and drift away from those who do not share their qualities”. 

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Quran means revelation, “to reveal” means to let someone know about something that is secret or has not been known. So If I reveal an information to you that means you did not know about this information in the previous. But the revelation of Allah is very unique because the recepient of His Revelation knew it already. And not only that, His recepient received similar Revelations at numerous times. So what happened to the mentality of this god? He is like a damaged phonograph disc which keeps repeating when played. Supposing you are Muhammad, then Allah gives you this quran today through Jibril, “So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?“. After a week Jibril will come back to you descending from Heaven and give you this same quran, “So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?“. And then in the third week Jibril will meet you again descending from Heaven and give you this same quran again, “So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?” and so forth until 31 times. What do you think? How do you find the way Allah is giving you His Revelations, is it amazing or stupid? And how about the substance of His revelation, is it sensical or nonsense? Allah is simply asking in His Revelation, so what is the benefit or learning that a muslim can get from this Quran mentioned?

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Repeated 31 times;

1. [Quran 55:13] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

2. [Quran 55:16] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

3. [Quran 55:18] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

4. [Quran 55:21] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

5. [Quran 55:23] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

6. [Quran 55:25] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

7. [Quran 55:28] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

8. [Quran 55:30]  So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

9. [Quran 55:32] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

10. [Quran 55:34] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

11. [Quran 55:36] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

12. [Quran 55:38] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

13. [Quran 55:40] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

14. [Quran 55:42] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

15. [Quran 55:45] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

16. [Quran 55: 47] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

17. [Quran 55:49] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 

18. [Quran 55:51] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

19. [Quran 55:53] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

20. [Quran 55:55] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 

21. [Quran 55:57] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

22. [Quran 55:59] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

23. [Quran 55:61] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

24. [Quran 55:63] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

25. [Quran 55:65] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

26. [Quran 55:67] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

27. [Quran 55:69] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

28. [Quran 55:71] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

29. [Quran 55:73] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

30. [Quran 55:75] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

31. [Quran 55:77] So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

Repeated 12 times;

1. [Quran 52:11] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

2. [Quran 77:15] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

3. [Quran 77:19] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

4. [Quran 77:24] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

5. [Quran 77:28] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

6. [Quran 77:34] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

7. [Quran 77:37] Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 

8. [Quran 77:40] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

9. [Quran 77:45] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

10. [Quran 77:47] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

11. [Quran 77:49] Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

12. [Quran 83:10] Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 

And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful. 

Repeated 8 times;

1. [Quran 26:9] And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful. 

2. [Quran 26:68] And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful. 

3. [Quran 26:104] And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful. 

4. [Quran 26:122] And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful. 

5. [Quran 26:140] And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful. 

6. [Quran 26:159] And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful. 

7. [Quran 26:175] And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful. 

8. [Quran 26:191] And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful. 

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

Repeated 8 times;

1. [Quran 26:8] Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

2. [Quran 26:67] Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers. 

3. [Quran 26:103] Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

4. [Quran 26:121] Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

5. [Quran 26:174] Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

6. [Quran 26:190] Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

7. [Quran 26:139] . . . Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

8. [Quran 26:158] . . . Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

Repeated 7 times;  

1. [Quran 37:105] Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

2. [Quran 37:107] Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

3. [Quran 37:110] Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

4. [Quran 37:123] Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

5. [Quran 37:141] Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

6. [Quran 37:143] Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

7. [Quran 77:44] Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

So fear Allah and obey me

Repeated 7 times;

1. [Quran 26:108] So fear Allah and obey me

2. [Quran 26:110] So fear Allah and obey me

3. [Quran 26:126] So fear Allah and obey me

4. [Quran 26:131] So fear Allah and obey me

5. [Quran 26:144] So fear Allah and obey me

6. [Quran 26:150] So fear Allah and obey me

7. [Quran 26:179] So fear Allah and obey me

Ha, Meem.

Repeated 7 times;

1. [Quran 40:1] Ha, Meem.

2. [Quran 41:1] Ha, Meem.

3. [Quran 42:1] Ha, Meem.

4. [Quran 43:1] Ha, Meem.

5. [Quran 44:1] Ha, Meem.

6. [Quran 45:1] Ha, Meem.

7. [Quran 46:1] Ha, Meem.

And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

Repeat 6 times;

1. [Quran 10:48] And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

2. [Quran 2:39] And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

3. [Quran 27:71] And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

4. [Quran 34:29] And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

5. [Quran 36:48] And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

6. [Quran 67:25] And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

Alif, Lam, Meem.

Repeated 6 times;

1. [Quran 2:1] Alif, Lam, Meem.

2. [Quran 3:1] Alif, Lam, Meem.

3. [Quran 29:1] Alif, Lam, Meem.

4. [Quran 30:1] Alif, Lam, Meem.

5. [Quran 31:1] Alif, Lam, Meem.

6. [Quran 32:1] Alif, Lam, Meem.

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

Repeated 5 times;

1. [Quran 26:109] And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

2. [Quran 26:127] And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

3. [Quran 26:145] And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

4. [Quran 26:164] And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

5. [Quran 26:180] And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds. 

And We have certainly made the Qur’an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Repeated 5 times;

1. [Quran 54:17] And We have certainly made the Qur’an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 

2. [Quran 54:22] And We have certainly made the Qur’an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 

3. [Quran 54:32] And We have certainly made the Qur’an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 

4. [Quran 54:40] And We have certainly made the Qur’an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 

5. [Quran 54:51] And We have certainly made the Qur’an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

Repeated 5 times;

1. [Quran 37:80] Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good. 

2. [Quran 37:105] Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

3. [Quran 37:110] Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

4. [Quran 37:121] Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

5. [Quran 37:131] Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

Whatever is in the heavens and earth exalts Allah , and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Repeated 4 times;

1. [Quran 57:1] Whatever is in the heavens and earth exalts Allah , and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

2. [Quran 59:1] Whatever is in the heavens and earth exalts Allah , and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

3. [Quran 61:1] Whatever is in the heavens and earth exalts Allah , and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

4. [Quran 59:24] . . . Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Repeated 4 times;

1. [Quran 54:16] And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

2. [Quran 54:18] And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

3. [Quran 54:21] And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

4. [Quran 54:30] And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Indeed, he was of Our believing servants

Repeated 3 times;

1. [37:81] Indeed, he was of Our believing servants

2. [37:111] Indeed, he was of Our believing servants

3. [37:132] Indeed, he was of Our believing servants

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

Repeated 3 times;

1. [Quran 56:74] So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

2. [Quran 56:96] So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

3. [Quran 69:52] So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Repeated 3 times;

1. [Quran 7:78] So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

2. [Quran 7:91] So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

3. [Quran 29:37] . . . so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Say, “Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day.”

Repeated 3 times;

1. [Quran 6:15] Say, “Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day.”

2. [Quran 39:13] Say, “Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day.”

3. [Quran 10:15] . . .  “Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day.”

He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah . But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] – then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 2:173] He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah . But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] – then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

2. [Quran 16:115] He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah . But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] – then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. 

And say, “Do [as you will], for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger and the believers. And you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do.” 

Repeated 2 times;

[Quran 9:95] And say, “Do [as you will], for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger and the believers. And you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do.” 

[Quran 9:105] And say, “Do [as you will], for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger and the believers. And you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do.”

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples.”

Repeated 2 times;

[Quran 23:83] We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples.”

[Quran 27:68] We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples.”

Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 2:162] Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

2. [Quran 3:88] Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Legends of the former peoples.”

Repeated 2 times;

[Quran 68:15] When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Legends of the former peoples.”

[Quran 83:13] When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Legends of the former peoples.”

Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 17:48] Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

2. [Quran 25:9] Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

Who establish prayer and give zakah, and they, of the Hereafter, are certain [in faith].

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 27:3] who establish Salah and pay Zakah and who have faith in the Hereafter

2. [Quran 31:4] who establish Prayer and pay Zakah, and have firm faith in the Hereafter

And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 37:50] And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

2. [Quran 52:25] And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

The revelation of the Book is from Allah , the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 45:2] The revelation of the Book is from Allah , the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

2. [Quran 46:2] The revelation of the Book is from Allah , the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

[Abraham] said, “Then what is your business [here], O messengers?”

Repeated 2 times;

[Quran 15:57] [Abraham] said, “Then what is your business [here], O messengers?”

[Quran 51:31] [Abraham]said, “Then what is your business [here], O messengers?”

And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 37:108] And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

2. [Quran 37:129] And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

And the companions of the left – what are the companions of the left?

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 56:9] And the companions of the left – what are the companions of the left?

2. [Quran 56:41] And the companions of the left – what are the companions of the left?

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

Repated 2 times;

1. [Quran 52:41] Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

2. [Quran 68:47] Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

They said, “We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 7:121] They said, “We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

2. [Quran 26:47] They said, “We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 10:48] And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

2. [Quran 27:71] And they say, “When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?”

And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

Repeated 2 times;

[Quran 11:96] And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

[Quran 40:23] And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 26:173] And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

2. [Quran 27:58] And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

They said, “Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 7:111] They said, “Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

2. [Quran 26:36] They said, “Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

He said,”My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.”

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 15:36] He said,”My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.”

2. [Quran 38:79] He said,”My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.”

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 27:53] And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah.

2. [Quran 41:18] And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah.

They said, “You are only of those affected by magic.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 26:153] They said, “You are only of those affected by magic.

2. [Quran 26:185] They said, “You are only of those affected by magic.

[Allah] said, “So indeed, you are of those reprieved

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 15:37] [Allah] said, “So indeed, you are of those reprieved

2. [Quran 38:80] [Allah] said, “So indeed, you are of those reprieved

[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 56:80] [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

2. [Quran 69:43] [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

Except, among them, Your chosen servants.”

Repeated 2 times;

[Quran 15:40] Except, among them, Your chosen servants.”

[Quran 38:83] Except, among them, Your chosen servants.”

Until the Day of the time well-known.”

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 15:38] Until the Day of the time well-known.”

2. [Quran 38:81] Until the Day of the time well-known.”

But not the chosen servants of Allah 

Repeated 2 times;

1. [37:40] But not the chosen servants of Allah 

2. [37:74] But not the chosen servants of Allah 

These are the verses of the clear Book.

Repeatd 2 times;

1. [Quran 26:2] These are the verses of the clear Book.

2. [Quran 28:2] These are the verses of the clear Book.

And our forefathers [as well]?”

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 37:17] And our forefathers [as well]?”

2. [Quran 56:48] And our forefathers [as well]?”

The Lord of Moses and Aaron.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 7:122] The Lord of Moses and Aaron.

2. [Quran 26:48] The Lord of Moses and Aaron.

On adorned couches, observing.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 83:23] On adorned couches, observing.

2. [Quran 83:35] On adorned couches, observing.

Rather, we have been deprived.”

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 56:67] Rather, we have been deprived.”

2. [Quran 68:27] Rather, we have been deprived.”

Then We destroyed the others.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 26:172] Then We destroyed the others.

2. [Quran 37:136] Then We destroyed the others.

Then he followed a way

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 18:89] Then he followed a way

2. [Quran 18:92] Then he followed a way

In an elevated garden,

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 69:22] In an elevated garden,

2. [Quran 88:10] In an elevated garden,

By the clear Book,

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 43:2] By the clear Book,

2. [Quran 44:2] By the clear Book,

Ta, Seen, Meem.

Repeated 2 times;

1. [Quran 26:1] Ta, Seen, Meem.

2. [Quran 28:1] Ta, Seen, Meem. 

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Yahweh cares for Nonbelievers

God saved the world through death of His Son

Yahweh commands His believers to care for nonbelievers; show love to them, do not oppress them, respect them, and give them equal justice. Unlike Allah who commanded His believers to kill nonbelievers esp. Jews and Christians, oppress them, or exact submission taxes from them. Below are Biblical verses showing that Yahweh cares for other people; 

  1. [Exodus 22:21] You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  2. [Exodus 23:9] Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  3. [Deuteronomy 10:19] So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  4. [Deuteronomy 23:7] Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
  5. [Deuteronomy 24:17] Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
  6. [Deuteronomy 27:19] Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.
  7. [Leviticus 19:33] When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
  8. [Leviticus 19:34] You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  9. [Ezekiel 22:7] They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.
  10. [Ezekiel 22:29] The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice
  11. [Ezekiel 47:23] In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells, you are to assign his inheritance there,” declares the Lord GOD

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Angel Jibril is afraid of Dogs?

Can you believe this, angel Jibril is afraid of dogs according to Muhammad? Angel Jibril was the one who brought the revelations from God to Muhammad, therefore he’s a close servant of the creator of the Universe. But only to find out that he has a phobia of one of his master’s creations _the dogs? Isn’t this teaching so ignorant and hilarious? This teaching is just one of the numerous hilarity taught by Muhammad, but sadly his believers accept his teachings as true and with zeal.

1. [Sahih al-Bukhari 3227] Narrated Salim’s father: Once Gabriel promised the Prophet (that he would visit him, but Gabriel did not come) and later on he said, “We, angels, do not enter a house which contains a picture or a dog.”

2. [Sahih al-Bukhari 5960] Narrated Salim’s father: Once Gabriel promised to visit the Prophet but he delayed and the Prophet got worried about that. At last he came out and found Gabriel and complained to him of his grief (for his delay). Gabriel said to him, “We do not enter a place in which there is a picture or a dog.”

3. [Sahih Muslim 2104a]  A‘isha reported that Gabriel (peace be upon him) made a promise with Allah’s Messenger to come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not visit him. And there was in his hand (in the hand of Allah’s Apostle) a staff. He threw it from his hand and said:  Never has Allah or His messengers (angels) ever broken their promise. Then he cast a glance (and by chance) found a puppy under his cot and said: ‘A’isha, when did this dog enter here? She said: By Allah, I don’t know He then commanded and it was turned out. Then Gabriel came and Allah’s Messenger said to him: You promised me and I waited for you, but you did not come, whereupon he said: It was the dog in your house which prevented me (to come), for we (angels) do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.

4. [Sahih Muslim 2105]  Maimuna reported that one morning Allah’s Messenger was silent with grief. Maimuna said: Allah’s Messenger, I find a change in your mood today. Allah’s Messenger said: Gabriel had promised me that he would meet me tonight, but he did not meet me. By Allah, he never broke his promises, and Allah’s Messenger spent the day in this sad (mood). Then it occurred to him that there had been a puppy under their cot. He commanded and it was turned out. He then took some water in his hand and sprinkled it at that place. When it was evening Gabriel met him and he said to him: you promised me that you would meet me the previous night. He said: Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture. Then on that very morning he commanded the killing of the dogs until he announced that the dog kept for the orchards should also be killed, but he spared the dog meant for the protection of extensive fields (or big gardens).

5. [Sunan Ibn Majah 3651] It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “Jibril (as) promised the Messenger of Allah that he would come to him at a certain hour, but he was late. The Prophet went out and there was Jibril standing at the door. He said: ‘What kept you from entering?’ He said: ‘There is a dog in the house, and we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.’”

6. [Sunan Abi Dawud 4157] Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: Maimunah, wife of the Prophet reported him as saying: Gabriel (peace be upon him) promised to visit me last night, but he did not visit me. Then it occurred to him that there was a pup under his bed. So he ordered and it was turned out. He then got water in his hand and sprinkled it on its place. When Gabriel met him, he said: We do not enter a house which contains a dog or a picture. When the morning came, the Prophet ordered to kill dogs. He ordered to kill the dog which guarded a small orchard, and left the dog which guarded the big orchard.

7. [Sunan an-Nasa’i 4276] It was narrated that Az-Zuhri said: “Ibn As-Sabbaq said: “Maimunah told me that Jibril, peace be upon him, said to the Messenger of Allah ‘We (Angles) do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture, The next day the Messenger of Allah commanded that all dogs be killed, even small dogs.”‘

8. [Sunan an-Nasa’i 4283] Maimunah, the wife of the Prophet narrated: “The Messenger of Allah was upset one morning and Maimunah said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, you look upset today., He said: ‘Jibril, peace be upon him, had promised to meet me last night but he did not come, and by Allah, he never failed to keep an appointment,; The day passed, then he thought of a puppy that was beneath a table of ours. He ordered that it be taken out, and then he took some water In his hand and sprinkled it over the place where it had been. That evening, Jibril, peace be upon him, came and met him. The Messenger of Allah said to him: ‘You [promised to meet me last night,; He said: ‘Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture,; the next day the Messenger of Allah Commanded that dogs be killed.”

9. [Riyad as-Salihin 1685] Ibn ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: Jibril (Gabriel) promised to visit the Messenger of Allah but delayed and this grieved him very much. When he came out of his house, Jibril met him. The Messenger of Allah asked him about the reason of delay, and he replied: “We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a portrait.“

10. [Riyad as-Salihin 1686] ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: Jibril (Gabriel) made a promise with the Messenger of Allah to come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not visit him. There was a staff in the hand of the Messenger of Allah. He threw it from his hand and said, “Never does Allah back out of His Promise, nor do His messengers.” Then he noticed a puppy under his bed and said, “O ‘Aishah, when did this dog enter?” She said: “By Allah, I don’t know.” He then commanded that it should be turned out. No sooner than had they expelled it, Jibril came and the Messenger of Allah said to him, “You promised to visit me. I waited for you but you did not come.” Whereupon he said: “The dog kept me from coming. We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.” 

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Mga patunay na nagnakaw ang pamilya Marcos

Sabi ng mga makamarcos di raw totoong nagnakaw ang pamilya Marcos, bilang patunay kailan man ay di sila nakombikto sa lahat ng mga kasong inihain laban sa kanila. Ang pamilya Marcos daw ay mabait habang ang pamilya Aquino ang syang totoong salbahe. Kinokontrol umano ni Cory ang mga mamamahayag sa buong mundo dahilan na naging negatibo ang kanilang mga isinulat hinggil sa pamilya Marcos. Sa kasamaang palad, marami namang naniwala sa mga propagandang ito, di man lang gumamit ng sentido komon ang karamihan sa mga Pilipino. Paano ba makontrol sa isang tao ang mga mamamahayag sa buong mundo? Hindi mo nga makontrol ang kaisipan ng asawa o anak mo, ang mga kaisipan pa kaya ng mga tao sa labas ng bansa? Hindi mo mahawakan ang laman ng utak ng tao. Kahit nga si Hesus ay di niya nakontrol ang mga kaisipan ng mga Hudiyo sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang karisma, talino, kabaitan, at milagrong nagawa. Marami pa rin ang hindi naniwala sa kanya noon na galing siya sa panginoon, kaya siya ay pinatay. Tapos, makontrol ni Cory ang mga mamamahayag sa buong mundo? Napakababaw talaga ng mentalidad ng karamihan sa atin para paniwalaan ang nasabing paratang. Tama si Jose Rizal noong sinabi niyang hindi siya takot sa mananakop kundi sa kamangmangan ng mga Pilipino. At ang kahinaan ng mga kaisipan ng mga Pilipino at paghihikahos sa buhay ay pinagsamantalahan ng mga masamang politiko para manalo sa eleksyon at maupo sa mataas na pwesto para magnakaw at mang-abuso.

Si Marcos Sr. ay namatay noong hindi pa nakombikto sa kaso, so paano mo ikulong ang isang bangkay? Kaya inutosan nalang ng korte ang pamilya na isauli o bayaran ang yamang ninakaw nila. Si Marcos ay hindi milyonaryo noong siyay tumakbo bilang presidente. Ang mga link sa ibaba ay mga patunay na nagnakaw nang napakatindi ang pamilya Marcos, pinakamalaking bahagi ng nakaw nila ay galing kay Rogelio (Roger) Roxas. Si Roger Roxas noon ay nakahukay ng Yamashita treasure sa Baguio City. Ayon sa kanya, nakahukay siya ng golden Buddha na may dyamante sa ilalim ng ulo nito. Bukod pa dyan, nakahukay din siya ng isang patong ng mga kahon, na ang kahon ay halos kasing laki ng beer case. Sa tantiya niya, ang sukat ng patong ay 30 feet in length, by 6 feet in height, and by 6 feet in width. Ang isang kahon na dinala niya sa bahay ay may laman na 24 gold bars. Noong nalaman ito ni pangulong Marcos, ipinakompiska niya ang golden Buddha at ang natirang 17 gold bars. Noong nagsumbong si Roxas sa senado, ipinadampot siya ni Marcos atsaka pina-torture para ituro kung saan nakatago ang iba pang gintong kayamanan. Ang pamilya Marcos ay may maraming bilyones na pera at ari-arian na hindi nila maipaliwanag kung saan galing ang mga ito, na siyang naging rason para kompiskahin ng goberno ang ilan sa mga nasabing kinamal na yaman. 

1. Noong Nobyembre 17, 1998 ay natalo ang pamilya Marcos sa kasong pang-agaw ng golden Buddha at gold bars galing kay Roger Roxas sa Korte Suprema ng Hawaii. Inutosan ng korte ang pamilya Marcos na bayaran ang kampo ni Roxas ng 22 bilyon dolyares, pero sa kasamaang palad hindi sumunod ang pamilya sa utos ng korte. Isa ito sa dahilan na pinagbawalan ang pamilya na makapasok sa Estados Unidos dahil they are held in contempt. Ang isa pang dahilan ay ang hindi rin pagbayad ng pamilya sa mga human right victim alinsunod sa utos ng korte sa isa pang kaso nila kontra human right victims. Dito natin mabanaag na ugali talaga ng pamilyang ito ang hindi pagsunod sa utos ng korte o goberno lalo na kung itoy makabawas sa kanilang kayamanan.

2. Marcos Japanese ODA scandal

3. Unexplained wealth of the Marcos family

4. Marcos’ Plunder and wealth

5. 4 NEW YORK BUILDINGS CALLED MARCOS GIFTS TO WIFE

6. Former Marcos mansion in New York to be auctioned off

7. Ang 500 Milyon dolyares na presyo ng pagpatayo ng Bataan Nuclear Plant ay ginawang 2.2 bilyon dolyares ni Marcos, ibig sabihin pinatongan niya ito ng mahigit 1.7 bilyon dolyares. At ito ay inutang pa, na kasama sa binayaran ng mga pilipino sa loob ng 33 na taon. Lahat ng mga proyekto sa ilalim ng diktadoryang Marcos noon ay inutang.

8. Noong March 14, 1986, inilathala ng New York Times ang tungkol sa 800 million dollars na itinago ni Marcos sa Swiss Banks

9. Nadiskobrehan ang mga code name na ginamit nila Ferdinand at Imelda Marcos sa kanilang Swiss accounts para di matonton ang mga nakaw na yaman. Ang kanilang mga pera sa Swiss banks at ang mga perang ipinambili nila ng mga building sa Manhattan ay pinaniwalaang galing sa foreign economic aid, assistance funds ng U.S., at mga kickback galing sa mga proyekto ng goberno. 

10. Kinompiska ng gobernong U.S. ang 22 boxes of paper money, mga ginto, at mga alahas na dinala ni Marcos sa Hawaii noong siyay lumayas

11. Kinompiska ng gobernong U.S. ang mga pera sa bangko, mga painting, at propyedad ng mga Marcos na nagkahalaga ng P1 Billion 

12. Pamilya Marcos ay natalo sa kaso nila sa Switzerland; a. Swiss Banks Ordered to Give Marcos Millions to Philippines, b. Switzerland Court Orders Transfer of Ferdinand Marcos Assets to Philippines

13. Noong nailipat na ang mga nakaw na pera sa Philippine National Bank galing Switzerland, balak ng Goberno na gamitin ito bilang pambayad sa mga human right victim. Pero ang pamilya Marcos ay umapela sa Sandiganbayan dahilan na naudlot ang pagbayad sa mga human right victim, at nanalo pa sila. Hindi totoo yung alegasyon ni Bongbong Marcos noong vice-presidential debate na ang LP umano ang humadlang sa pagbayad sa mga human right victim, sa halip ang pamilya nila. Umapela din ang PCGG sa Korte Suprema, at natalo ang pamilya Marcos dahil hindi nila maipaliwanag sa korte kung saan galing ang mga perang nakalagay sa mga Swiss bank.

14. Ill-Gotten Wealth Recognized by the Philippine Supreme Court

15. Filipino panel recovers $1 billion of Marcos assets in 100 days

16. Ang Goberno ng Pilipinas nakarekober ng P174 bilyon galing sa nakaw ng pamilya Marcos, at may P125 bilyon pang pwedeng mabawi

17. Marcos dummy for money laundering held 8 million francs in Swiss bank until 2006

18. Imelda Marcos guilty of 7 counts of graft; court orders her arrest

19. Sandiganbayan orders return of hundreds of millions in Marcos ill-gotten wealth to govt

20. Sandiganbayan orders Marcos’ Traders Royal Bank to pay PH gov’t P96M, $5.4M in Marcos ill-gotten wealth

21. Government to auction Marcos ill-gotten properties

22. Noong terminong Ramos, si Bongbong Marcos ay nag-alok na isauli ang nakaw kapalit ang 25% na kickback

23. Ang ginastos ng pag-aaral ni Bongbong Marcos sa Oxford at Wharton ay galing sa kabangbayan

24. Senator Bongbong Marcos confirmed he had a direct hand in trying to withdraw US$213 Million from a Swiss bank in 1986

25. Bongbong Marcos kombiktado sa hindi pagbayad ng income tax

26. Pamilya Marcos ay ayaw bayaran ang P203.8 billion na estate tax nila

27. Inutosan ng COA si Bongbong Marcos na isauli ang P10 Million pork money

28. Si Bongbong Marcos ay sangkot sa Pdaf scam, sabi ni Janet Napoles mismong opisina ni Bbm ang lumapit sa kanyang opisina, at nag-alok na maglagay ito ng pera sa mga bogus foundation kapalit ang 50% na kickback.

29. Ayon sa COA, si Bongbong Marcos ay naglagay ng P200 Million ‘pork’ sa mga NGO ni Napoles

30. Si Imee Marcos ay harapharapang nagsisinungaling sa senado, tatlong pagbili niya ng mga sasakyan noong gobernadora pa siya ay hindi pala dumaan sa bidding lahat.

31. How Imee Marcos got away from paying $4M in damages for Trajano death

32. Nailipat na ni Irene Marcos ang kanyang 13.2 Bilyon dolyares galing Swiss bank papuntang British Virgin Islands noong 2000. Mas mayaman pa si Irene Marcos kaysa may-ari ng SM

33. Sandiganbayan: Swiss foundations were set up to benefit Marcos family

34. Irene, Imee, and Bongbong Marcos were beneficiaries of Imelda’s Swiss foundations

35. Bakit hindi nakulong ang pamilya Marcos kahit convicted sila sa pagnanakaw?

36. Si Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ay nailathala sa Guiness World of Records bilang pinakakawatan sa isang Goberno

37. Balak ng pamilya Marcos na isauli ang ibang ninakaw nila, ito ay malakas na ebidensya na nagnakaw sila dahil bakit naman nila isauli ang perang sa kanila?

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Mga Proyektong napaloob ng BOT/PPP ng mga Aquino

MCIA Terminal 2 is a PPP project of the Aquino's
New Clark City is a project of the Aquino's
CCLEX is a PPP project
CALAX is PPP project of the Aquino's

Ang nasa ibaba ay lista ng napakaraming mga proyekto na naging bunga ng BOT/PPP. Tingnan nyo kung gaano ka laki at lawak ang kaunlarang natamo ng Pilipinas dahil sa BOT na isinabatas ni Cory Aquino noon. And take note, si Cory ay hindi nagnakaw at nag-iwan ng malaking utang para pasanin ng mga Pilipino. Sa panahon ni Noynoy Aquino pinahusay pa niya ang BOT/PPP, at doon na nagsulpotan ang bigatin at magagarang mga proyekto. At katulad din ng kanyang ina hindi rin siya nagnakaw at nag-iwan ng malaking utang para pasanin ng mga Pilipino. Sa halip nabasawan pa ang utang ng bansa ng 2.2 Trillion pesos sa kanyang pamuno. Ang kanyang administrasyon ay nagkautang ng 1.4 Trillion pesos pero nakapagbayad naman ng 3.6 Trillion pesos. Ito ang mga pangulong may totoong pagmamahal at malasakit sa bayang Pilipinas. Hindi tulad ng iba dyan na panay sabing mahal nila ang mga Pilipino pero pinagnakawan nila ang kabangbayan, pinagpapatay ang kapwa Pilipino without due process, tinaasan ang mga presyo ng bilihin, at tumatanggap pa ng pera galing China kapalit ang hindi pagiit ng goberno sa panalo natin sa West Philippine Sea.

1.) 50 year Integrated Development Plan for Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/50-year-integrated-development-plan-for-mactan-cebu-international-airport-mcia-project/

2.) Automatic Fare Collection System https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/automatic-fare-collection-system/?wppa-occur=1&lang=en&wppa-cover=0&wppa-album=85&wppa-photo=1168

3.) Bakun A, B, and C Hydroelectric Power Plant https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/bakun-a-b-and-c-hydroelectric-power-plant/

4.) Baguio General Hospital Medical Center (BGHMC) Renal Center Building Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/bghmc-renal-center-building-project/

https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/baguio-baguio-general-hospital-expansion-med.2296397/

5.) Bataan EPZA Diesel Plant https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1064015

6.) Bauang La Union Diesel Power Plant https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/bauang-la-union-diesel-power-plant/

https://www.facebook.com/LabanLunaLaUnion/posts/bauang-private-power-corporation-bppc-has-turned-over-its-225-megawatt-mw-diesel/2933189973419548/

7.) Benguet Province Mini Hydroelectric Power Plant https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/benguet-province-mini-hydroelectric-power-plant/

8.) Boracay Water Joint Venture Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/boracay-water-joint-venture-project/

9.) Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/bulacan-bulk-water-supply-project/?wppa-occur=1&lang=en&wppa-cover=0&wppa-album=99.87.78.64&wppa-photo=1336

10.) Bunker-Fired Diesel Generator Power Station Project (Pinamucan, Batangas Diesel Power Plant) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/bunker-fired-diesel-generator-power-station-project-pinamucan-batangas-diesel-power-plant/

11.) C5 MRT 10 Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/c5-mrt-10-project/

12.) Cagayan North International Airport Project (Lal-lo Airport Project)

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/lal-lo-airport-project/

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078171

13.) Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) Hemodialysis Center Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/cagayan-valley-medical-center-hemodialysis-unit/

14.) Calaca Batangas Diesel Power Barges https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/calaca-batangas-diesel-power-barges/

15.) Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) Power Plant https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/caliraya-botocan-kalayaan-cbk-power-plant/

16.) Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/casecnan-multi-purpose-irrigation-and-power-project/#:~:text=Project%20Description,year%20to%20the%20Pantabangan%20Reservoir.

https://cmcgruppo.com/en/progetti%20/casecnan-multipurpose-power-project/

17.) Caticlan Airport Development Project https://ppp.gov.ph/press_releases/ppp-project-update-caticlan-airport-development-project/

https://www.silent-gardens.com/blog/caticlan-airport-development-project/

18.) Cavite EPZA Diesel Plant Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/cavite-epza-diesel-plant-project/

19.) Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/cavite-laguna-expressway/?wppa-occur=1&lang=en&wppa-cover=0&wppa-album=103&wppa-photo=1375

20.) Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/cavite-tagaytay-batangas-expressway-project/

21.) Cebu Monorail Transit System Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/cebu-monorail-transit-system-project/

22.) Civil Registry System Information Technology Project (Phase 1) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/civil-registry-system-information-technology-project-phase-1/

23.) Civil Registry System – Information Technology Project (Phase II) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/civil-registry-system-information-technology-project-phase-ii/?wppa-occur=1&lang=en&wppa-cover=0&wppa-album=93.90&wppa-photo=1281

24.) Clark Air Base Diesel Plant

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/clark-air-base-diesel-plant/

https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/BESF/BESF2016/I1.pdf

25.) Clark International Airport Expansion Project Operation and Maintenance https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/clark-international-airport-operations-and-maintenance-project/

26.) Clark International Airport Expansion Project – Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/clark-international-airport-project-engineering-procurement-and-construction/?wppa-occur=1&lang=en&wppa-cover=0&wppa-album=102&wppa-photo=1362

27.) Clark Water Supply and Sewerage Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/clark-water-supply-and-sewerage-project/

28.) Cordova-Cebu Link Expressway (CCLEX) https://ppp.gov.ph/in_the_news/cebu-cordova-bridge-87-complete/

29.) Daang Hari-SLEX Link Road (Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway) Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/daang-hari-slex-link-road-project/?wppa-occur=1&lang=en&wppa-cover=0&wppa-album=80&wppa-photo=1122

30.) Database Infrastructure and Information Technology System https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/database-infrastructure-and-information-technology-system/

31.) Davao International Airport Development, Operation, and Management https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/davao-international-airport-development-operation-and-management/

32.) Development of the Former Manila Seedling Site  https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/development-former-manila-seedling-site/

33.) Development, Operation and Management of Bacolod-Silay Airport https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/development-operation-and-management-of-bacolod-silay-airport/

34.) East-West Rail Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/east-west-rail-project/

35.) Engineering Island Power Barge Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/engineering-island-power-barge-project/

36.) Fort Bonifacio – Makati Skytrain Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/fort-bonifacio-makati-skytrain-project/

37.) General Santos 50 MW Bunker C-Fired Diesel Power Plant https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/general-santos-50-mw-bunker-c-fired-diesel-power-plant/

38.) Iligan City Diesel Plant I (58 MW Bunker-Fired Diesel Generating Power Station) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/iligan-2-40mw-bunker-fired-diesel-power-plant/

39.) Iligan City Diesel Plant II (40 MW Bunker-Fired Diesel Generating Power Station) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/iligan-2-40mw-bunker-fired-diesel-power-plant/

40.) Ilijan Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant (1200 MW Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Project) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/ilijan-natural-gas-combined-cycle-power-plant/

41.) Improving Philpost’s Financial and Operational State Through ICT/E-Commerce Opportunities Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/improving-philposts-financial-and-operational-state-through-ict-e-commerce-opportunities-project/

42.) Joint Venture Agreement for the Development and Disposition of a Portion of the North Triangle Property (Vertis North) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/joint-venture-agreement-for-the-development-and-disposition-of-a-portion-of-the-north-triangle-property-vertis-north/

43.) Laguindingan Airport https://ppp.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Project-Info-Memorandum-Laguindingan-20170224.pdf

44.) Laguna Lake Rehabilitation and Development Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/laguna-lake-rehabilitation-and-development-project/

https://www.eccp.com/events/172

45.) Land Titling Computerization Project (LTCP)

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/land-titling-computerization-project-ltcp/

https://rbap.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Atty.-Ronald-Ortile-Presentation_LRA.pdf

46.) Leyte-Cebu Geothermal Power Plant https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/leyte-cebu-geothermal-power-plant/

47.) Leyte-Luzon Geothermal Power Plant (Leyte Geothermal Power Optimization) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/leyte-luzon-geothermal-power-plant-leyte-geothermal-power-optimization/

48.) Leyte-Luzon (Malitbog) Geothermal Power Plant https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/leyte-cebu-geothermal-power-plant/

49.) Limay Bataan Combine Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant Block A Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/limay-bataan-combine-cycle-gas-turbine-power-plant-gttp-block-b-project/

50.) Limay Bataan Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant (GTTP) Block B Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/limay-bataan-combine-cycle-gas-turbine-power-plant-gttp-block-b-project/

51.) Long Term Water Source Development for Metro Manila Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/water-source-development-metro-manila-proj/

52.) LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Operation & Maintenance

https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/4d9c5bac-d4c3-4b3b-b1bb-5f2e4ebe8bda/PPPStories_Phillipines_ManilaLRT1.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=lHoxPke

https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/library/philippines-manila-lrt-1

53.) Mactan-Cebu International Airport Project (Renovation of Terminal 1 & 2) https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/project-document/172429/48271-001-iee-03.pdf

54.) Makban Binary Geothermal Plant

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/makban-binary-geothermal-plant/

https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/aboitizpower-fully-restored-6-mw-binary-plant-at-makban-geothermal-project/

55.) Malaya Thermal Power Plant 1 & 2 Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/malaya-thermal-power-plant-1-2-project/

https://www.bworldonline.com/corporate/2021/08/30/392340/malaya-plants-unit-eyed-for-power-reserves/

56.) Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (including C5 South Link Expressway Project) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/manila-cavite-toll-expressway-cavitex/

57.) Manila-North Expressway (NLEX) Project including NLEX North Harbor Link (Segments 8.1, 8.2, 9, and 10) https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/PPP/projs/NLEX_harbor_link

58.) Metro Cebu Expressway https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/metro-cebu-expressway/

59.) Metro Manila Skyway Stage 1 & 2 Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/metro-manila-skyway-stage-1-and-2/

60.) Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 (MMSS3) Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/skyway-stage-3/

61.) Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) PPP Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/metro-manila-subway-project-mmsp-operations-and-maintenance-om-ppp-project/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Manila_Subway#History

62.) Mindanao I Geothermal Plant

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mindanao-i-geothermal-plant/

https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/edc-inaugurates-binary-plant-in-mindanao-geothermal-site-philippines/

63.) Mindanao II Geothermal Plant

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mindanao-ii-geothermal-plant/

https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/edc-takes-over-the-last-2-geothermal-plants-in-mindanao-philippines/

64.) Mindanao Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mindanao-coal-fired-thermal-power-plant/

https://zamboangajournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/mindanao-coal-operational-by-december/

65.) Mindanao Diesel Power Barges Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mindanao-diesel-power-barges-project/

https://www.bwsc.com/Files/Files/PDF/Project%20brochures/Turnkey%20contractor/Asia%20and%20Oceania/BWSC_Asia_Philippines_Mindanao_30-0224.pdf

66.) MRT 3 (Light Rail Transit Line 3) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/light-rail-transit-line-no-3-mrt-3/

67.) MRT 4 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1211139/mrt-4-project-targeted-for-completion-in-20

68.) MRT Line 7 https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mrt-line-7/

69.) MRT 7 Airport Access-North Line Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mrt-7-airport-access-north-line/#:~:text=The%20MRT%207%20Airport%20Access,International%20Airport%20and%20neighboring%20provinces.

70.) MRT 7 Katipunan Spur Line Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mrt-7-katipunan-spur-line/

71.) MRT-7 variation proposal https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mrt-7-variation-proposal/

72.) MRT-11 Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mrt-11-project/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWjEY6JNw5k&t=99s

73.) MWSS Privatization Project (East) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mwss-privatization-project-east/

74.) MWSS Privatization Project (West) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/mwss-privatization-project/

75.) Naga Thermal Plant Complex Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/naga-thermal-plant-complex-project/

76.) NAIA Expressway Project

https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/PPP/projs/NAIA

77.) Navotas Diesel Power Barge 1 & 2 https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/navotas-diesel-power-barge-1-2/

78.) Navotas Gas Turbine 1-3 Project https://bilyonaryo.com/2022/07/08/smc-global-powers-planned-gas-turbine-plant-in-navotas-gets-doe-nod-for-grid-impact-study/power/

79.) Navotas Gas Turbine 4 Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/navotas-gas-turbine-4-project/

80.) New Bohol International Airport Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/new-bohol-international-airport-panglao/

81.) New Clark City National Government Administrative Center (NCC NGAC) Phase 1

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/new-clark-city-national-government-administrative-center-ncc-ngac/

http://mtd-clark-ngac.com/

82.) New Clark City – Mixed Use Industrial Real Estate Development https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/new-clark-city-mixed-use-industrial-real-estate-development/#:~:text=Project%20Description&text=The%20development%20will%20include%20a,of%20BCDA%20with%20Filinvest%20Inc.

83.) New Manila International Airport https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/new-manila-international-airport-project/

84.) New Metro Manila Food and Transport Hub Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/new-metro-manila-food-and-transport-hub/

85.) NLEx-SLEx Connector Road Project https://ppp.gov.ph/in_the_news/finally-aquino-approves-nlex-slex-road-links

86.) North Harbor Diesel Power Barges Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/north-harbor-diesel-power-barges-project/

87.) North Luzon Express Terminal (NLET) Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/north-luzon-express-terminal-nlet-project/

88.) North-South Commuter Railway

https://ppp.gov.ph/in_the_news/p287-b-north-south-railway-project-eyed-for-2020-operation/

https://nro3.neda.gov.ph/north-south-commuter-railway-operational-in-2024/

89.) Operation & Maintenance of the Francisco B. Reyes Airport and the New Busuanga Airport https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/operation-maintenance-of-the-francisco-b-reyes-airport-and-the-new-busuanga-airport/

90.) Operations and Maintenance of the North-South Commuter Rail https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/operations-and-maintenance-of-the-north-south-commuter-rail/

91.) Operations, Maintenance and Facility Upgrade of the Kalibo International Airport https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/om-and-facility-upgrade-of-kalibo-international-airport/

92.) Pagbilao Coal-Fired Power Plant Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/pagbilao-coal-fired-power-plant-project/

https://aboitizpower.com/about-us/our-businesses/power-generation/thermal/pagbilao-energy-corporation

93.) PPP for School Infrastructure Project Phase II (PSIP II) – Package A https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/psip-phase-ii-package-a/ https://en.wikipilipinas.org/view/School_Infrastructure_Project_Phase_2

94.) PPP for School Infrastructure Project Phase II (PSIP II) – Package E https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/psip-ii-package-e/?wppa-occur=1&lang=en&wppa-cover=0&wppa-album=84&wppa-photo=1161

95.) PPP for School Infrastructure Project Phase I (PSIP I) – Package A, B, & C

https://ppp.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PPPC_20201203_PUBMAT_PSIP-Case-Study-CTP.pdf

96.) Road Transport Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Project (Phase II) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/road-transport-it-infrastructure-project-phase-ii/

97.) San Roque Multi-purpose Hydroelectric Powerplant

https://ppp.gov.ph/press_releases/san-roque-multipurpose-hydroelectric-power-plant-project/

https://www.kepco.co.jp/english/corporate/info/international/generate/philippines.html#:~:text=Project%20Overview&text=Constructed%20by%20San%20Roque%20Power,Roque%20Power%20Corporation%20provides%20maintenance.)

98.) Sangley Point International Airport https://www.rli.uk.com/11-billion-deal-for-manilas-second-airport/

99.) Southeast Metro Manila Expressway (SEMME) (C6 Expressaway phase 1) https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/PPP/projs/mme

100.) South-Luzon Expressway (SLEX) Project – Toll Roads 1, 2, 3, and 4 (TRs 1-4) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/south-luzon-tollway-extension/

101.) Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/southern-tagalog-arterial-road-star-project/

102.) Southwest Integrated Transport System (ITS) Project (Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/integrated-transport-system-project-its-southwest-terminal-project-4/?wppa-occur=1&lang=en&wppa-cover=0&wppa-album=88&wppa-photo=1359

103.) Sual Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/sual-coal-fired-thermal-power-plant-project/

https://www.hadek.com/industrial-chimney/sual-power-station/

104.) Subic-Clark-Tarlac-Expressway https://bcda.gov.ph/projects/subic-clark-tarlac-expressway

105.) Subic Water and Sewerage Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/subic-water-and-sewerage-project/#:~:text=The%20project%20involves%20establishing%20and,Olongapo%20and%20the%20Municipality%20of

https://www.subicwater.com.ph/

106.) Subic-Zambales Diesel Power Plant I https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/subic-zambales-diesel-power-plant-i/

107.) Subic-Zambales Diesel Power Plant II Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/subic-zambales-diesel-power-plant-ii-project/

108.) Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) Project

https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/PPP/projs/TPLEX

109.) Tarlac-Pangasinan – La Union Expressway (TPLEX) Extension Project https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/PPP/projs/tplex_ext

110.) Toledo, Cebu Coal Thermal Power Project

https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/toledo-cebu-coal-thermal-power-project/

https://www.rappler.com/business/228314-aboitizpower-begins-operating-coal-plant-toledo-cebu-april-2019/

111.) Unsolicited Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Proposal for the Skyway Bus Transit System (BTS) https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/unsolicited-build-operate-transfer-bot-proposal-for-the-skyway-bus-transit-system-bts/

112.) Unsolicited Build-Transfer-Operate-Maintain (BTOM) Proposal for the Modified Light Rail Transit (LRT) 6, Phase 1 https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/lrt-6-cavite-line-a/

113.) Unsolicited Proposal for the Modified Light Rail Transit 6B & C Phase 1 https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/unsolicited-proposal-for-the-modified-light-rail-transit-6b-c-phase-1

114. Upgrade, Expansion,Operations and Maintenance of Laguindingan Airport https://ppp.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Project-Info-Memorandum-Laguindingan-20170224.pdf

115.) UP Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) Diliman Project https://ppp.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/PPP_PROJ_PGH_Diliman-Proj-Brief.pdf

116.) Zamboanga Diesel Power Plant Project https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/zamboanga-100-mw-bunker-c-fired-diesel-power-plant-project/

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The Spirit of God dwelt in Jesus

Spirit of God dwelt in Jesus
Spirit of God in the form of a dove

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

the word of Jesus, John 14:10

Our bodies are just vessels of our souls or spirits. Our spirits were created by God but Jesus is special since his spirit is a portion of God that went out from Him _and that’s what made Jesus also God. When God created the universe He sent forth his ‘word’, and this ‘word’ was the one which created all things. The Gospel of John says, “In the beginning was the Word”, so there’s no Son yet in the beginning of Creation but the Word. The reason why the Son was manifested is because Adam fell to sin, thus mankind lost its eternal life. The task of this Word or Spirit of God was to be part of humanity so that to defeat the devil through perfect obedience of the law [1 John 3:8]. God sent His Word or Spirit and entered the Earth through a human body so that to save humanity from perishing. It is man who died from sin, therefore it is man who will rise from the dead through perfectness or sinlessness. In Psalm 2:7 God decreed, ”You are my son, today I have become your Father”. Why God has become the father of Jesus? Because He was not the Son of God in the previous but the Word. The Sonship of Jesus of God is not biological in nature but spiritual through a divine decree. This is what the apostle John meant when he said in his Gospel, “and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” [John 1:14]. God promised to Moses that He will raise an Israelite to be His speaker [Deuteronomy 18:18-19], and He will put His spirit on him [Isaiah 42:1]. Below are Biblical passages telling about the Spirit of God (Word) who will come to the world by means of a man (Jesus)

Quoted from the Old Testament 

1. [Isaiah 11:12] And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

2. [Isaiah 42:1] “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

3. [Isaiah 59:21]  And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from this time forth and forevermore.”

4. [Isaiah 61:1] The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, 

Quoted from the New Testament 

1. [Matthew 12:15-21] Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. He warned them not to tell others about him. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

2. [Luke 4:16-21] Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read, the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him, and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

3. [John 1:14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

4. [John 10:38] But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

5. [John 14:10] Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

6. [John 14:11] Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

7. [Acts 10:38] How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. 

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Wala bang nagawa si dating Pangulong Cory Aquino?

Ang akdang ito ay sagot sa isa sa mga paratang ng kampo ni Marcos laban kay Cory, na wala raw nagawa si Cory Aquino noong siyay umupo bilang pangulo, at binangkaruta pa niya umano ang golden age na ipinundar ni Marcos Sr. noon.

Ang totoo niyan binaligtad nila ang sitwasyon, si Marcos ang may pinakawalang nagawa na naging pangulo sa Pilipinas by ratio of years sa panungkolan. Lingid sa kaalaman ng karamihan nabangkaruta na ang gobernong Marcos noong 1983, at lubog pa ito sa utang sa halagang 24 bilyones dolyares. Ito ay dahil sa labis na pagnanakaw at pagwawaldas ng pamilya Marcos ng kabang-bayan. Tumaas ang bilang ng mga rebelde likha ng pang-abuso ng military. At dahil sa kagulohan, nagsialisan ang mga mamumuhunan sa bansa. Kung ikaw ba ang sumunod na presidente sa ganyang kalagayan ng bansa, anong magagawa mo? Bukod sa mahirapan kang manghikayat ng mga mamumuhunan, kailangan mo pang bayaran ang napakalaking utang. Ang gobernong Cory ay nagbabayad ng mga inutang ni Marcos na mahigit 40% sa income ng bansa. At dahil salat sa budget, tayong mga Pilipino ay hindi makaasang si Cory ay makapagpundar ng mga bigating imprastraktura sa kanyang termino. 

*BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER (BOT)*

Pero sa kabila ng lahat, nakagawa pa rin si Cory ng kapuripuring mga bagay. Dahil di kaya ng goberno niya ang magtustos ng malaking proyekto, siya ay nakahanap ng paraan para magkaroon ang bansa ng mga bigating imprastraktura kahit walang budget. Si Cory ay nag-akda ng batas na nagbigay karapatan sa mga pribadong sektor na makagawa ng mga proyekto para sa goberno. Ang batas na ito ay kilala sa tawag na BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER (BOT). Sa ilalim ng BOT, ang pribadong kompanya ang siyang mag-BUILD ng proyekto para sa goberno. Pagkatapos ng construction ay i-OPERATE nila ito commercially para makabawi sa kanilang ginastos sa loob ng 20 na taon o mahigit pa, depende sa napagkasunduan sa kontrata. At pagkatapos ng operation, i-TRANSFER nila ang pagmay-ari ng naturang proyekto doon sa Goberno. Sa terminong Gloria, ang BOT ay tinawag niyang PUBLIC-PRIVATE-PARTNERSHIP (PPP). Sa gobernong Noynoy, pinahusay pa niya ang BOT/PPP, dahilan na nagbunga ito ng napakarami at bigating mga proyekto. 

•Noong Hulyo 9, 1990 ay nilagdaan ni dating pangulong Cory Aquino ang “BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER” para maging batas. https://www.gppb.gov.ph/laws/laws/RA_6957.pdf

•Ang PPP na pinahusay ni Noynoy Aquino ay nagmula sa batas BOT ni dating pangulong Cory Aquino na kanyang ina. https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp-program/historical-background/

Nang dahil sa BOT law, ang Pilipinas ay nagkaroon ng mga bigatin at world class na imprastraktura. Ang bagong hitsura ng Mactan Cebu International Airport ay nagbigay ng malaking karangalan sa bansa, ito ay inayos sa ilalim ng BOT law. Ang paliparang ito ay umani ng mga parangal dahil sa pagiging kabighabighani at kakaibang desinyo. Isa sa mga parangal na napanalunan ng nasabing paliparan ay iginawad ng World Architecture Festival noong 2019. Ang awarding body na ito ay ang pinakatanyag sa buong mundo sa larangan ng Architectural design. Ang parating na New Manila International Airport at Sangley International Airport ay mga proyekto ring napaloob sa BOT law. Ang mga paliparang ito ay malaki at pang-buong-mundo ang dating, na inaasahang magbigay na naman ng matinding pride at income sa Pilipinas. Ang mahaba at magandang tulay na nagkonekta sa Cordova at mainland Cebu na tinawag na Cordova Cebu Link Expressway (CCLEX) ay nagawa din sa pamamagitan ng BOT o PPP. Ang mga magagandang daan at skyway sa Manila ay naging posible dahil sa BOT o PPP system, at marami pang mga proyektong nakompleto, ginagawa sa kasalukuyan, at nakatakdang gawin sa ilalim ng BOT/PPP ng mga Aquino.

*BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (BCDA)*

Maliban sa BOT law, si Cory ay nakagawa rin ng isa pang kapuripuring bagay na nagbigay ng malaking income at matinding pride sa bansa. Noong umalis ang militar ng Amerika sa Pilipinas, si Cory ay nagbuo ng grupong maging tagapangasiwa ng mga nabakanteng lote. Ito’y tinatawag na Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). Ang layunin ng grupong ito ay gagawing mga business district ang dating mga base militar ng Amerika. At ang unang produkto ng BCDA ay ang “Bonifacio Global City”. Ang loteng tinayuan ng BGC ay dating kampo ng mga Amerkano na tinawag na Fort William Mackinley, tapos ibinalik ang pagmay-ari nito sa Pilipinas na tinatawag namang Fort Bonifacio. Ang business district na ito ay magarang at moderno. Karamihan sa mga dayuhang nakapasyal dito ay di nakatiis maliban sa paghanga. Hindi nila lubos akalain na ang Pilipinas na isang third-world country lamang ay mayroon pa lang napakaganda at napakamodernong lugar. At nagkaroon ang Pilipinas nito sa pamamagitan ng initiative ni Cory Aquino. 

Bonifacio Global City was created by Cory Aquino’s BCDA

Pagkatapos ng tagumpay sa paggawa ng naunang business district (BGC), ang grupong BCDA, pinangunahan ni dating pangulong Noynoy, ay sinimulan ang pangalawang business district na pinangalanang ”New Clark City”. Ito’y sakop ng probinsya ng Pampanga, dati itong base militar ng Amerika na pinangalanang Clark Air Base. Ang business district na ito ay napakalawak, napakamagarang, at napakamoderno. Ito ay mas kaakit-akit at malaki kaysa BGC. Sa lawak nito, pwedeng tumira ang 2 milyon ka tao sa lugar na ito. Plano ng bansa na ilipat ang seat of government sa nasabing business district.

The groundbreaking of the New Clark City led by Noynoy Aquino
The New Clark City was envisioned by Cory Aquino and made possible by Noynoy Aquino

READ: https://bcda.gov.ph/news/adb-cites-new-clark-city-model-ppp

KONKLUSYON

Sa mga ebidensyang nakalatag sa ibabaw, malinaw na napakalaki ang naitulong ni dating pangulong Cory Aquino sa ekonomiya ng bansa. Nagawa niya ito kahit pa man nabangkaruta at nalubog pa sa utang ang gobernong nasundan niya. Bukod pa sa utang, inaabala pa ang gobernong Cory ng sunodsunod na mga kudeta orchestrated by Juan Ponce Enrile na tauhan ni Marcos. Ang iniwanan ni Marcos na Pilipinas kay Cory noon ay banwa o agricultural. Ito’y salat sa mga imprastraktura (kagaya ng hotel, paliparan, pagawaan, at iba pa) na nakapag-generate sana ng income. Kaya walang golden age na nangyari sa panahong Marcos dahil saan kukuha ang kanyang goberno ng income? Dagdag pa, ang gobernong Cory ay nakatoon din sa pagsaayos ng saligang-batas. Ibinalik niya ang sistema ng goberno sa demokrasya na ginawang diktadorya ni Marcos.

Kung alisin natin ang mga proyekto na nagawa sa ilalim ng BOT/PPP at BCDA, ano kaya ang hitsura ng Pilipinas ngayon? Kawawang Pilipinas ang makikita natin, sobrang salat sa imprastraktura. Imagine kung wala ang new MCIA, CCLEX, mga skyway, BGC, New Ckark City, SLEX/NLEX, atbp. sa Pilipinas? Ano pang maipagmalaki natin sa international community? Dito natin matanto kung gaano ka laki ang naiambag ni Cory sa ekonomiya ng bansa. Bukod sa BOT law at BCDA, may magandang nagawa rin si Cory para sa Agrarian, employment, at iba pa.

And how about sa pamilyang Marcos, ano bang nagawa nila noon na nakatulong sa ekonomiya nang malaki? Ang sagot ay wala, sa halip kagutom at kahihiyan ang idinulot nila sa mga Pilipino. Imagine, 21 na taon si Marcos Sr. na nakaupo sa Malakanyang noon, pero halos stagnant ang development. Sa panahon ni Marcos naungosan ang Pilipinas ng mga karatig bansa natin partikular na ang Singapore at South Korea. Yung Nuclear Plant sana ang nagawa ni Marcos na matawag nating iconic at makatulong ng malaki sa ekonomiya. Ang kaso itinayo ito sa ibabaw ng faultline at malapit sa mga bolkan. Bakit ba nangyari ito? Kasi hindi kinonsulta ni Marcos ang mga engineer ng bansa. Kasi di naman ang kabutihan ng mga Pilipino ang pangunahing layunin niya sa paggawa ng mga proyekto, kundi para magkaroon ng oportunidad na makapagnakaw. Ang 500 million dollars na hiningi ng kontraktor ng Nuclear Plant ay ginawang 2.2 billion dollars ni Marcos. Ibig sabihin, pinatongan niya ng 1.7 Billion dollars ang presyo. Tatlumpo’t anim na taon na’ng nagbabayad ang nga Pilipino sa inutang ni Marcos, at sa taong 2025 pa ito matapos.

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Islam hates the Jews and Christians

grey and white monkeys sitting near tree
nature animals pig alp rona
Allah transformed Jews into rats

According to Islamic teaching, Allah transformed some Jews and Christians into monkeys, pigs, and rats.

”O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.”

Quran 5:51

In the Bible the Jews and Christians are people of God, while in Quran they are hated and cursed by Allah. The Bible never teaches or mentions about Muhammad, Allah, Islam, Muslim, Shahada, Kaabah, Black stone, Tawaf, Tawheed, and ever-tight vaginas in paradise. So where did this Allah of Muhammad come from? Who is this god who teaches contrary to what the Bible teaches? The God of the Bible teaches love, while Allah teaches hatred and killing of non-Muslims specially the Jews and Christians. Allah and Muhammad hate the Jews and Christians so much that they command their believers to kill them brutally to the extent of cutting their heads, arms, and feet. Satan hates the Jews and Christians so much like Allah does. Below are some of the Islamic teachings that urge its believers to hate and kill the Jews and Christians.

QUOTED FROM QURAN

1. [Quran 2:65] And indeed you knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday). We said to them: “Be you monkeys, despised and rejected.” 

COMMENT: According to this quran, some Jews violated the Sabbath day so Allah turned them into monkeys and caused them to be despised and rejected by the people. But it’s okay for Allah if the Arabs violated the Sabbath day, and even worship a vagina stone.

2. [Quran 3:28] “Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully; and Allah makes you cautious of (retribution from) Himself; and to Allah is the eventual coming.

COMMENT: This verse promotes hatred against the unbelievers. For Muslims to befriend the unbelievers will receive retribution from Allah. This verse also debunks the claim of Allah that he is ever-forgiving and ever-merciful (Quran 2:173). 

3. [Quran 5:14] And from those who say, “We are Christians” We took their covenant; but they forgot a portion of that of which they were reminded. So We caused among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. And Allah is going to inform them about what they used to do. 

COMMENT: “. . . So We caused among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. . . .”  This statement tells us that there’s no reconciliation between Allah and the Christians. Islam singled out the Christians as if He knows nothing about other religion like Hinduism. 

4. [Quran 5:51] ”O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.”

COMMENT: Here Allah explicitly forbids the Muslims to take the Jews and Christians for friends. According to Ibn Kathir’s tafsir, Allah does not allow his believing servants to befriend the Jews and Christians because they are the enemies of Islam. This verse disproves the so-called “Islam is a religion of peace” as propagated by Muslims, but instead “a religion of hatred and war”. In fact even in their own community, Muslims are fighting each other. 

5. [Quran 5:60] Say (O Muhammad to the people of the Scripture): “Shall I inform you of something worse than that, regarding the recompense from Allah: those (Jews) who incurred the Curse of Allah and His Wrath, those of whom (some) He transformed into monkeys and swines, those who worshipped Taghut (false deities); such are worse in rank (on the Day of Resurrection in the Hellfire), and far more astray from the Right Path.”

COMMENT: This verse informs us that the Jews received the curse and wrath of Allah. The reason He transformed them into monkeys and pigs. 

6. [Quran 7:163] And ask them about the town that was by the sea – when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath – when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.

COMMENT: According to this quran, Allah tortured the Jews by making the fishes show to them only on the Sabbath which is the day where they are forbidden to work or fish. As if the fishes are shouting at the Jews, “hey Jews catch us, we are ready to be eaten by you!” knowing that the Jews cannot catch them since it’s a Sabbath day. Allah won’t allow the fishes to appear to the Jews all days of the week except on Saturday which is the Sabbath day. 

QUOTED FROM HADITHS

1. [Sahih al-Bukhari 3453] Narrated `Aisha and Ibn `Abbas: On his death-bed Allah’s Messenger put a sheet over his-face and when he felt hot, he would remove it from his face. When in that state (of putting and removing the sheet) he said, “May Allah’s Curse be on the Jews and the Christians for they build places of worship at the graves of their prophets.” (By that) he intended to warn (the Muslim) from what they (i.e. Jews and Christians) had done. 

2. [Ibn Sa’d, Vol. 2, p. 322] When the last moment of the prophet was near, he used to draw a sheet over his face; but when he felt uneasy, he removed it from his face and said: “Allah’s damnation be on the Jews and the Christians who made the graves of their prophets objects of worship.” 

COMMENT: The Hadiths above numbered 1 & 2, inform us that Muhammad pleaded to Allah that He may inflict a curse on Jews and Christians

3. [Sahih al-Bukhari 3305] Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, “A group of Israelites were lost. Nobody knows what they did. But I do not see them except that they were cursed and changed into rats, for if you put the milk of a she-camel in front of a rat, it will not drink it, but if the milk of a sheep is put in front of it, it will drink it.” I told this to Ka`b who asked me, “Did you hear it from the Prophet ?” I said, “Yes.” Ka`b asked me the same question several times.; I said to Ka`b. “Do I read the Torah? (i.e. I tell you this from the Prophet.)” 

COMMENT: In this haddith, Muhammad conditioned the minds of his believers that there were Jews who were cursed by Allah and turned them into rats for good. 

4. [Sahih Bukhari 52:177] Allah’s Apostle said, “The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. “O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.” 

5. [Sahih Muslim 19:4366] It has been narrated by ‘Umar b. al-Khattib that he heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) say: I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim.

6. [Sahih Muslim 6985] “Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.” 

COMMENT: The hadiths above numbered 4 & 5, inform us that Muhammad instilled into the minds of Muslims to go after the Jews and kill them before the Last hour comes.

7. [Sahih Muslim 2167a] Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it.

8. [Tabari 7:97] The morning after the murder of Ashraf, the Prophet declared, “Kill any Jew who falls under your power.” 

9. [Tabari, vol viii, pp.35-36] The messenger of God went out into the marketplace of Medina and had trenches dug in it; then he sent for them and had them beheaded in those trenches. They were brought out to him in groups. Among them were the enemy of God, Huyayy b. Akhtab, and Ka’b b. Asad, the head of the tribe. They numbered 600 or 700—the largest estimate says they were between 800 and 900. As they were being taken in groups to the Messenger of God, they said to Ka’b b. Asad, “Ka’b, what do you understand. Do you not see that the summoner does not discharge [anyone] and that those of you who are taken away do not come back? By God, it is death!” the affair continued until the Messenger of God had finished with them.

10. [Ishaq 464] The Jews were made to come down, and Allah’s Messenger imprisoned them. Then the Prophet went out into the marketplace of Medina, and he had trenches dug in it. He sent for the Jewish men and had them beheaded in those trenches. They were brought out to him in batches. They numbered 800 to 900 boys and men. 

COMMENT: The story behind hadiths numbered 6 & 7 was that the group of Muhammad attacked the Banu Qurayza, a Jewish tribe. The Jews did not fight with the Jihadists but still Muhammad ordered to massacre about 800 to 900 of them. Obviously, the hatred of Muhammad against the Jews is as high as the sky. 

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Binangkaruta ng pamilya Marcos ang Pilipinas

Hitsura ng EDSA pagkatapos ng 21 na taong panungkulan ni Marcos Sr.. Kiniklim nina Imee at Bongbong na golden age of infrastructure umano yung termino ng ama nila.

Hitsura ng EDSA pagkatapos ng 6 na taong panungkulan ni Noynoy Aquino. Hindi niya kiniklim na may golden age of infrastructue na nangyari sa kanyang termino.

Ang artikulong ito ay sagot sa paninira ng kampo ni Marcos na binangkaruta umano ni Cory ang Pilipinas. Yung yaman umano na ipinundar ni Marcos Sr. ay binangkaruta ni Cory. Hindi pa sapat na pinatay si Benigno Aquino, ang kanilang kasalanan laban sa mga Pilipino ay ipinahid pa sa pamilya Aquino.

Naniwala ba kayo na malimas ni Cory sa anim na taon lang ang yamang naimbak ni Marcos sa loob ng 21 na taon? Imposibleng mangyari yan, ang totoong nangyari, walang nalimas si Cory pag-upo niya dahil linimas na ng pamilya Marcos ang kabangbayan. Si marcos ay nangungutang ng malaki para nakawin kasama ng kanyang mga alipores. Si Imelda ay nagnakaw din, in fact mas malaki pa ang ninakaw niya sa goberno kaysa kanyang asawa. Si Imelda ay gumasta pa ng napakalaki para sa kanyang hilig sa paggala sa ibat-ibang bansa at pag-shopping. Mayroon pang pagkakataon na nagsha-shopping si Imelda worth 3 million U.S. dollars sa parehong araw gamit ang pera ng Central Bank. Nang dahil sa pagkawaldasera ni Imelda naisilang ang salitang Englis na ”imeldific”. 

Para sa kaalaaman ng lahat, nabangkaruta ang gobernong Marcos noong 1983 at lubog pa ito sa utang sa halagang 24 bilyon dolyares. Itong nasabing utang ay 72% ng GDP ng Pilipinas noong 1983 kaya hindi nakapagtatakang nadapa ang kanyang goberno. Noong 1985, ang utang ng Pilipinas ay umabot ng 26 Bilyon dolyares, ito ay 82% sa GDP ng Bansa. Halos puro nalang kasi utang at tanggap ng mga donasyon ang ginawa niya. Tapos ninakaw pa nila ang mga donasyon ng ibang bansa para sa mga naghikahos na pamilyang Pilipino. Kaya sumikat ang ukay-ukay sa rehimeng Marcos ay dahil sa matinding kahirapan ng mga Pilipino. Ang ukay-ukay ay nagsimula sa mga segunda manong mga damit na ibinigay ng mga bansa sa Hilagang Amerika at Yuropa para sa naghikahos na mga Pilipino, at hindi naglaon, ginawa itong negosyo ng mga Pilipino. Biruin mo ultimo damit ay hirap makabili ang karamihan sa mga Pilipino noong rehiming Marcos. Kailangan pa nilang mag-iipon sa alkansya nang taonan para makabili ng mga damit sa takdang panahon, kadalasan pagsapit ng pista. Karamihan sa mga tao sa diktadoryang Marcos ay luma o butasbutas ang kanilang mga suot. Pati pante ay butasbutas din tapos isinuot pa rin ito ng mga kababaehan noon dahil sa kawalan ng pambili. Karamihan sa kabataan noon ay walang saplot lalo na sa pang-ibaba, kung mayron mang saluwal ay may butas ito sa puwetang bahagi. Karamihan sa mga estudyante ay pumunta sa paaralan na nakapaa lang, walang bag, walang baon, at minsan walang papel. Plus may bayad pa ang publikong paaralan, kaya di nakapagtaka na bihira lamang ang nakapagtapos ng pag-aaral kahit elementarya sa rehimeng Marcos. Ang mga tao sa tikdoryang Marcos ay kadalasan pandak din dahil sa kakulangan ng nutrition. Sa panahon ni Marcos, halos lahat ng kalsada ay may lubaklubak, minsan sumakit pa ang puwet mo kapag mahulog ang gulong ng sinakyan mo sa hukab ng kalsada. Sa pagdaan ni Noynoy halos lahat ng mga kalsada ay napasemento niya, at kalidad na daan pa, with 1-foot thick road and reinforced with 1-inch concrete bars. Yung ipinagmalaki ng buildbuild na marami na umano ang natapos nilang kalsada ay 90% bayad na yon sa terminong Noynoy. 

Walang magaling na estratehiya si Marcos kung paano makapag-generate ng malaking income ang goberno niya nang saganon umasenso ito. Para makautang ng malaki at maraming magpautang sa kanya, si Marcos ay gumawa pa ng batas (Presidential Decree 1177) na nag-uutos na unahin ng goberno ang pagbabayad ng utang sa labas kaysa pangangailangan ng mga Pilipino. Ang batas na ito ay tinatawag ding Automatic Appropriations law dahil automatic na kaltasin sa income ng Pilipinas ang halagang ipambayad sa utang. Ang Pilipinas lang ang tanging bansa na may ganitong klaseng batas. Sa tindi ng pagkabangkaruta, si Marcos ay humingi pa ng 90-day moratorium sa mga creditor sa U.S. ng ilang beses. Ang moratorium ay isang palugit (delay of payment) na ibinigay ng mga creditor doon sa mga debtor nilang kapos sa pambayad ng utang katulad ng Pilipinas. Kaya nakakahiya yung nangyari sa Pilipinas sa pamunu ni Marcos na nagmakaawa pa ang bansa sa mga creditor para ipagpaliban nila ang pagsingil ng utang.

Sa ilalim ng tiktadorya ni Marcos ang Pilipinas ay naging mahirap pa sa daga, na binansagan ito ng mundo bilang “sick man of Asia”. Maraming pamilya ang salat sa pagkain lalo na sa Negros. Mga tao noon ay pumipela pa sa mahabang linya para makabili ng pagkain kahit tiktik (powdered bark of palm tree) lang. Ang sikat na singer na si Fredie Aguilar ay gumawa pa ng awit tungkol sa kasalatan ng pagkain sa Negros, hinikayat niya ang kanyang mga tagasunod na tulongan ang mga bata sa Negros dahil may mga namatay sa matinding gutum. Ang mga taga ibang bansa ay nagbibigay ng mga donasyon sa Pilipinas dahil sa matinding kahirapan. Yung Nutribun (libreng tinapay para malabanan ang malnutrition) na ipinagmalaki rin ng pamilya Marcos bilang kanilang akda umano ay donasyon pala ng U.S. Aid. Dagdag pa, si Marcos ay naitala sa Guiness book of Record bilang pinakakawatan na opisyal ng goberno sa buong mundo. Kaya matinding dungis ang ipinahid ng pamilya Marcos sa mukha ng Pilipinas sa harap ng international community. At ang reyalidad na ito ay dumagdag pa sa takot ng mga investor para mamuhunan sa bansa. Sino ba ang mamumuhan sa isang bansang diniktahan ng pinakakawatan sa buong mundo at lubog pa sa utang? Ang masaklap pa, kiniklim nina Imee at Bongbong na golden age yong kapanahonan ng tatay nila. Kung golden age pa yon, bakit nagkautang ng 26 bilyon dolyares ang Pilipinas sa pamunu ng pamilya nila? Bakit maraming mga tao ang walang trabaho at malnourished? Bakit binibigyan ng mga donasyon ang goberno ng tatay nila? Sa katunayan, si Marcos ay regular na tumatanggap ng donasyon galing U.S. para maibsan sana ang kahirapan ng mga Pilipino. Pero ibinolsa ng pamilya ang perang ibinigay at ipinagbili pa ito ng mga magagarang ari-arian sa Amerika. Noong 1986, lumala pa ang sakit ng bansa hanggang sa napilitan si Marcos na mag-decree na ibenta ang ibang ari-arian ng goberno para pambayad ng mga inutang niya. Ang akma sanang sabihin nina Imee at Bongbong ay golden age yon para sa pamilya nila. Ang mag-asawang Ferdinand Sr. at Imelda ay hindi milyonaryo sa pag-upo nila sa Malakanyang  _600,000 pesos lamang ang asset nila. At kahit pa pagsamahin ang mga sweldo nina Ferdinand Sr at Imelda sa loob ng 20 na taon, umabot lamang ng 16,408,442 pesos. Kaya nga natalo sila sa korte ng Switzerland at korte ng Pilipinas dahil hindi nila maipaliwanag kung saan nanggaling yong 356 million dolyares.   

Si Marcos ay nangungutang ng malaki para sa layunin niyang golden age of infrastructure umano. Pero halos wala kang makitang infrastructure na naipatayo niya na matatawag nating big-ticket projects. Kung susumahin natin, mga sampo lang ang naipatayo ni Marcos sa loob ng kanyang 21 na taong panungkulan. So, kalahating infrastructure lamang ang naipatayo niya bawat taon in average. Bakit ba nangyari ito? Dahil hindi naman ang kapakanan ng mga Pilipino ang prayoridad ng gobernong Marcos. Lumikha lang sila ng mga proyekto para magkaroon ng pagkakataong makapagnakaw. Ang estilo ni Marcos Sr. ay ginaya rin ni Duterte, tinatakot ang mga tao sa pamamagitan ng extrajudicial killings, hinahayaan niyang magnakaw ang mga sakop ng kanyang kabinete, at nangungutang ng malaki para umano sa golden age of infrastructure pero kunti lang ang naipatayo. Kaya nga inangkin nalang ng kanyang buildbuild ang mga proyekto ni Noynoy na napaloob sa PPP para magmukha siyang mahusay sa mata ng publiko. Bakit ba mas pinili ni Duterte na mangutang para itustos sa kanyang buildbuild program sa halip na gumamit siya ng PPP na wala sanang gastosin ang goberno? Ito ay dahil kapag PPP system ang gagamitin, ang pribadong sektor ang may hawak ng budget dahil sila ang mag-build ng project. Therefore walang kontrol ang goberno sa financing, at dahil hindi sila ang may hawak ng budget, hindi sila makapagnakaw.  

Ang mga kritiko ni Marcos noon ay pinadampot, pina-torture, pinakulong, at yung iba ay pinaslang pa, kaya dumarami ang nagrebelde. Sa termino ni Marcos nabuo ang dalawang malaking rebel group sa bansa. Noong 1969 nabuo ang CPP-NPA at noong ng 1972 nabuo ang MNLF. Sa umpisa ng panungkolan ni Marcos 60 lang ang bilang ng mga rebelde, pero sa pag-alis niya ay umabot ng mahigit kumulang 5,000 ang bilang ng mga rebelde. Sabi ng mga makaMarcos disiplina daw yung martial law, pero anong nangyari? Umabot ng libolibo ang bilang ng mga rebelde sa halip. Dahil di naman disiplina ang kanilang ginagawa kundi abuso ng karapatang pantao kaya marami ang nag-aklas. Subukan mong abusohin ang anak mo di ba lalaban yan sa iyo. Kagaya rin ni Marcos libolibo rin ang pinatay sa administrasyon ni Duterte. Ang kagulohan sa Pilipinas ay ang pangunahing dahilan kung bakit nagsialisan ang mga negosyante. Walang gustong magnegosyo sa gobernong magulo, walang respito sa batas, at walang paggalang sa karapatang pantao. Wala ring turista ang gustong mamasyal sa bansang barbaro dahil walang seguridad. 

Sa ibaba ay mga link ng mga ebidensya na nagpatunay na nabangkaruta ang gobernong Marcos noong 1983, dahilan na humingi siya ng mga moratorium sa 450 creditors sa pamamagitan ng kanyang prime minister noon na si Cesar Virata. 

1.) Inilathala ng New York Times noong Oktubre 15, 1983 ang paghingi ng Pilipinas ng delay of loan payments sa mga creditor

2.) Noong Septembre 22, 1987, Inilathala ng University of Chicago Press ang pang-ekonomiyang krisis sa Pilipinas dulot ng labis na pangungutang at korapsyon na nangyari sa terminong Marcos https://www.nber.org/system/files/chapters/c7525/c7525.pdf  

3.) Sa Philippine Business Conference noong Nobembre 1983, ipinaalam ni Marcos na ipinadala niya si Cesar Virata sa U.S. para makapag-negotiate ng rescheduling of loan payments, atsaka makahanap ng ibang mautangan aside from 450 creditors. Dito rin sa Philipine Business Conference na ito ay sinabi ni Marcos na bumagsak ang halaga ng peso ng 21.4%  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1983/11/10/address-of-president-marcos-on-the-9th-philippine-business-conference/  

4.) Si Marcos ay humingi ng palugit sa 450 na pinag-utangan niya 

5.) Kahirapang natamo ng mga Pilipino sanhi ng malaking utang at korapsyon ng gobrernong Marcos 

6.) Ang Pilipinas nakaharap sa krisis ng pagkakautang 

7.) Kasaysayan ng ekonomiya ng Pilipinas sa terminong Marcos 

8.) Inilathala ng Inquirer.net ang pagkabangkaruta ng Pilipinas sa terminong Marcos at paghingi niya ng 90-day moratorium sa mga creditor, at massive corruption na ginawa niya. https://opinion.inquirer.net/99481/the-marcos-debt

9.) Ang ugat ng kahirapan ng Pilipinas

10.) Sa taong 2025 pa matapos ang pagbabayad ng mga Pilipino sa inutang ng pamilya Marcos

Watch video: Totoo bang golden age ang diktadoryang Marcos noon? 

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Hindi namigay ng lupa ang pamilya Aquino sa Agrarian?

Isa lang ito sa mga tirada ng mga maka-Marcos, pero totoo ba ang paratang na ito? Ang sagot ay hindi, nagsinungaling lang ang mga ito para siraan ang pamilya Aquino. Sa pag-upo ni Cory bilang pangulo, 70% ng kanyang pagmay-ari ay ipinamahagi niya sa kanyang mga anak at sa isang grupo ng kawanggawa na tinatawag na “Daughters of Charity”. Ang opisina ng nasabing institusyon ay nakatayo din sa lupa ni Cory. Ang natirang 30% ng kanyang share ay ipinamigay niya doon sa mga magsasaka sa ilalim ng kanyang Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). At dahil naipamigay na ni cory ang ibang bahagi ng kanyang lupa, maliit nalang ang natirang share ng kanyang mga anak sa nasabing Hacienda. Yung agrarian reform ni Marcos na ipinagmalaki nila ay limitado lamang sa palay, mais, cassava, kamote, at iba pang crops. Pero sa ilalim ng CARP ni Cory, napaloob nito ang lahat ng klaseng pananim kasama na ang tubo na siyang pangunahing pananim sa Hacienda Luisita. Kaya makita natin dito na sa umpisa pa lang, kalooban na ni Cory na ipamahagi ang lupang pagmay-ari niya sa Hacienda Luisita, pati na ang mga lupa ng kanyang mga kapatid ay nais niyang ibigay. Ginawa niya ito na walang pag-atubili kahit magalit pa sa kanya ang kanyang mga kapatid na mga co-owner ng naturang asyenda. Sa termino ni Noynoy, ipinamigay din niya ang kanyang nasunod na share doon sa mga magsasaka. Likas na sa dugo ng pamilya Aquino ang mamigay ng lupa sa mga mahihirap, dahil ganyan din ang gawain ni Ninoy noon.

Noong Hunyo 10, 1988, si Cory ay lumagda ng batas para palawakin ang saklaw ng agrarian reform na naging epektibo noong Hunyo 15, 1988 limang araw ang nakalipas. Kaya sa umpisa pa lang ay mabanaag mong nasa puso na ni Cory na ipamigay ang kanyang lupain na walang pag-atubili. Ang nasa ibaba ay sinipi galing sa Department Agrarian Reform site; https://www.dar.gov.ph/about-us/agrarian-reform-history/

President Corazon C. Aquino (1986-1992)

The Constitution ratified by the Filipino people during the administration of President Corazon C. Aquino provides under Section 21 under Article II that “The State shall promote comprehensive rural development and agrarian reform.”

On June 10, 1988, former President Corazon C. Aquino signed into law Republic Act No. 6657 or otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL). The law became effective on June 15, 1988.

Subsequently, four Presidential issuances were released in July 1987 after 48 nationwide consultations before the actual law was enacted.

President Corazon C. Aquino enacted the following laws:

    • Executive Order No. 228, July 16, 1987 – Declared full ownership to qualified farmer-beneficiaries covered by PD 27. It also determined the value remaining unvalued rice and corn lands subject of PD 27 and provided for the manner of payment by the FBs and mode of compensation to landowners.
    • Executive Order No. 229, July 22, 1987 – Provided mechanism for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
    • Proclamation No. 131, July 22, 1987 – Instituted the CARP as a major program of the government. It provided for a special fund known as the Agrarian Reform Fund (ARF), with an initial amount of Php50 billion to cover the estimated cost of the program from 1987-1992.
    • Executive Order No. 129-A, July 26, 1987 – streamlined and expanded the power and operations of the DAR.
    • Republic Act No. 6657, June 10, 1988 (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law) – An act which became effective June 15, 1988 and instituted a comprehensive agrarian reform program to promote social justice and industrialization providing the mechanism for its implementation and for other purposes. This law is still the one being implemented at present.
    • Executive Order No. 405, June 14, 1990 – Vested in the Land Bank of the Philippines the responsibility to determine land valuation and compensation for all lands covered by CARP.
    • Executive Order No. 407, June 14, 1990 – Accelerated the acquisition and distribution of agricultural lands, pasture lands, fishponds, agro-forestry lands and other lands of the public domain suitable for agriculture. 

Noong naupo si Noynoy Aquino, ipinamigay din niya sa mga magsasaka ang kanilang share sa Hacienda at mga lupang pagmay-ari ng iba. Ang nasa ibaba ay sinipi galing sa Department Agrarian Reform site; https://www.dar.gov.ph/about-us/agrarian-reform-history/ 

President Benigno Aquino III (2010-2016)

President Benigno Aquino III vowed during his 2012 State of the Nation Address that he would complete before the end of his term the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), the centerpiece program of the administration of his mother, President Corazon Aquino.

The younger Aquino distributed their family-owned Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac. Apart from the said farm lots, he also promised to complete the distribution of privately-owned lands of productive agricultural estates in the country that have escaped the coverage of the program.

Under his administration, the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) project was created to contribute to the overall goal of rural poverty reduction especially in agrarian reform areas.

Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP) provided credit support for crop production to newly organized and existing agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) and farmers’ organizations not qualified to avail themselves of loans under the regular credit windows of banks.

The legal case monitoring system (LCMS), a web-based legal system for recording and monitoring various kinds of agrarian cases at the provincial, regional and central offices of the DAR to ensure faster resolution and close monitoring of agrarian-related cases, was also launched.

Aside from these initiatives, Aquino also enacted Executive Order No. 26, Series of 2011, to mandate the Department of Agriculture-Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Department of Agrarian Reform Convergence Initiative to develop a National Greening Program in cooperation with other government agencies 

Ang tanong din, namigay ba ang pamilya Marcos ng lupa sa mga magsasaka sa ilalim ng Agrarian Reform Program? Ang sagot ay walang rekord, pero may rekord silang hindi nagbayad ng buwis sa kanilang mga ari-arian na umabot ng P203 bilyones.

Does Quran 5:32 prohibit killing?

Muhammad, a brutal murderer
Muhammad beheaded more or less 800 Jews

Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.

Quran 5:32

When nonMuslims condemn the beheadings, the bombings, and other forms of killing done by Islamic groups and pointed Allah as the causer of these heinous crimes, the Muslims will quote to them Quran 5:32 as evidence that Islam is a peaceful religion. Are the Muslims lying or just ignorant of the meaning of this verse? 

ANSWER: 

First, this Quran 5:32 is part of the narration (verses 27 to 32) quoted from the story of Abel and Cain in the Bible where Cain killed his brother Abel, so it must be understood by its context rather than by a single verse. The author of the Quranic book took this story and edited it by adding a commentary from Jewish Talmud (“if you killed one man as if you killed mankind”), and inserted a fairy-tale story about a crow which was sent by God suposedly to scratch the earth in order to demonstrate to Cain how he should hide the corpse of his brother under the ground. 

Second, Quran 5:32 was decreed only for the children of Israel in consequence of the killing of Abel, thus the Muslims or Arabs are not covered by this decree. To prove that Muslims are not covered by this decree, Muhammad beheaded 800 Jews [Sunan Abu Dawood, 38:4390 & Tabari, Volume 8, Victory of Islam, p. 35-36]. So this means that Muhammad had killed 800 mankinds? For Muhammad to kill hundreds of Jews indicates that he did not value a single life. 

Third, the succeeding verse 33 tells us the command of Allah for his prophet against the nonMuslims that they should be brutally killed, crucified, their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides, or they be exiled from the land. This is a strong proof that Allah does not value the lives of other people. 

To understand the context, let us read verses 27-33 of Quran chapter 5;

[Quran 5] Sahih International 

27 And recite to them the story of Adam’s two sons, in truth, when they both offered a sacrifice [to Allah ], and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. Said [the latter], “I will surely kill you.” Said [the former], “Indeed, Allah only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].

28 If you should raise your hand against me to kill me – I shall not raise my hand against you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allah , Lord of the worlds.

29 Indeed I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers.

30 And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.

31 Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, “O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?” And he became of the regretful.

32 Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.

33 Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment 

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The Father and the Son glorified each other

How the Father and the Son glorified or exalted each other? The Son glorified the Father by telling to the people that the Father sent him, that the Father is greater than him (John 14:28). Jesus also prayed to the Father while the people watching him. On the other end, the Father glorified the Son by declaring him as His beloved son right from the heavens (Mark 1:11). Many had witnessed that event and heard the Father’s voice. He also called Jesus as God in the Holy Scripture (Psalm 45:6-7 & Hebrews 1:8-9). Below are Biblical verses about glorifying God; 

Quoted from the Old Testament 

1. [Isaiah 25:1] O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

2. [Isaiah 60:9] “Surely the coastlands will wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the LORD your God, And for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.

3. [Psalm 34:3] O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. 

4. [Psalm 45:6-7] Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

5. [Psalm 50:15] And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.

6. [Psalm 69:30] I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. 

7. [Psalm 86:12] I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. 

Quoted from the New Testament

1. [Matthew 3:16-17] As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’

2. [Luke 3:22] and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.” 

3. [Mark 1:11] And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” 

4. [John 7:18] He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

5. [John 7:39] He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

6. [John 8:50] I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge 

7. [John 8:54] Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.

8. [John 12:28] Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

9. [John 13:31-32] Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.

10. [John 15:7-8] “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. “My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples

11. [John 16:14] He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.

12. [John 17:1] After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.

13. [John 17:4-5] “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. “Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

14. [Acts 3:13] The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus.

15. [Hebrews 1:8-9] But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.” 

16. [2 Peter 1:16-19] For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain. 

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Jesus is the Way, Gate, or Door

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. “

John 14:6
Where we go pointer

Quoted from the Old Testament 

1. [Psalm 16:11] You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.

2. [psalm 25:8-9] Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way. He guides the humble in what is rightand teaches them His way.

3. [Psalm 25:12] Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him. His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.

4. [Psalm 118:20] This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

5. [Psalm 119:30] I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

6. [Proverbs 2:8] He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

7. [Proverbs 4:18] The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.

8. [Proverbs 16:17] The path of the virtuous leads away from evil; whoever follows that path is safe.

9. [Isaiah 30:21] And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

10. [Isaiah 35:8] And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. 

11. [Isaiah 40:3] A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Quoted from the New Testament 

1. [Matthew 7:13-14] “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

2. [Luke 13:24] “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

3. [John 10:1-2] “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 

4. [John 10:7] So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly I say to you, I am the gate of the sheep.

5. [John 10:9] I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. 

6. [John 14:6] Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

7. [Luke 13:24-25] “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’

9. [Hebrews 9:8] By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

10. [Hebrews 10:20] by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

11. [Revelation 21:27] Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life 

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Allah is unsure of His Revelations

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Allah not just copied some of His Revelations (Qurans) from the people but also He uttered the words ‘perhaps’, ‘may’, or ‘maybe’ at numerous times showing that He is absolutely unsure of his Revelations. This indicates that He has no knowledge on what will happen in the future, therefore He cannot be God. Allah declared that He is all-knower and knower of the unseen, but the Koranic verses below contradict this declaration proving that He is a liar;

1. [2:21] O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous –

2. [2:52] Then We forgave you after that so perhaps you would be grateful.

3. [2:53] And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.

4. [2:56] Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful.

5. [2:63] And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], “Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous.”

6. [2:73] And We said: Smite him with some of it. Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand.

7. [2:76] Behold! when they meet the men of Faith, they say: “We believe”: But when they meet each other in private, they say: “Shall you tell them what Allah hath revealed to you, that they may engage you in argument about it before your Lord?”- Do ye not understand (their aim)?

8. [2:79] Therefore woe be unto those who write the Scripture with their hands and then say, “This is from Allah,” that they may purchase a small gain therewith. Woe unto them for that their hands have written, and woe unto them for that they earn thereby.

9. [2:143] Thus We have appointed you a middle nation, that ye may be witnesses against mankind, and that the messenger may be a witness against you. And We appointed the qiblah which ye formerly observed only that We might know him who followeth the messenger, from him who turneth on his heels. In truth it was a hard (test) save for those whom Allah guided. But it was not Allah’s purpose that your faith should be in vain, for Allah is Full of Pity, Merciful toward mankind. 

10. [2:150] And from wherever you go out [for prayer], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] may be, turn your faces toward it in order that the people will not have any argument against you, except for those of them who commit wrong; so fear them not but fear Me. And [it is] so I may complete My favor upon you and that you may be guided.

11. [2:169] He only enjoins you evil and indecency, and that you may speak against Allah what you do not know. 

12. [2:179] And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.

13. [2:185] The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey – then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.

14. [2:186] And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright.

15. [2:187] It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allah , so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His ordinances to the people that they may become righteous.

16. [2:188] And do not swallow up your property among yourselves by false means, neither seek to gain access thereby to the judges, so that you may swallow up a part of the property of men wrongfully while you know.

17. [2:189] They ask you concerning the new moon. Say: They are times appointed for (the benefit of) men, and (for) the pilgrimage; and it is not righteousness that you should enter the houses at their backs, but righteousness is this that one should guard (against evil); and go into the houses by their doors and be careful (of your duty) to Allah, that you may be successful.

18. [2:216] Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not. 

19. [2:219] They ask you about intoxicants and games of chance. Say: In both of them there is a great sin and means of profit for men, and their sin is greater than their profit. And they ask you as to what they should spend. Say: What you can spare. Thus does Allah make clear to you the communications, that you may ponder 

20. [2:221] And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember.

21. [2:242] Allah thus makes clear to you His communications that you may understand.

22. [2:245] Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allah who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.

23. [2:246] Have you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, “Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allah “? He said, “Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if fighting was prescribed for you?” They said, “And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?” But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

24. [2:259] Or the like of him (Uzair) who passed by a town, and it had fallen down upon its roofs; he said: When will Allah give it life after its death? So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him to life. He said: How long have you tarried? He said: I have tarried a day, or a part of a day. Said He: Nay! you have tarried a hundred years; then look at your food and drink– years have not passed over it; and look at your ass; and that We may make you a sign to men, and look at the bones, how We set them together, then clothed them with flesh; so when it became clear to him, he said: I know that Allah has power over all things.

25. [2:266] Does one of you like that he should have a garden of palms and vines with streams flowing beneath it; he has in it all kinds of fruits; and old age has overtaken him and he has weak offspring, when, (lo!) a whirlwind with fire in it smites it so it becomes blasted; thus Allah makes the communications clear to you, that you may reflect.

26. [3:28] Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.

27. [3:72] And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], “Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will abandon their religion,

28. [3:73] And do not believe but in him who follows your religion. Say: Surely the (true) guidance is the guidance of Allah– that one may be given (by Him) the like of what you were given; or they would contend with you by an argument before your Lord. Say: Surely grace is in the hand of Allah, He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.

29. [3:78] And indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Scripture with their tongues so you may think it is from the Scripture, but it is not from the Scripture. And they say, “This is from Allah ,” but it is not from Allah . And they speak untruth about Allah while they know. 

30. [3:103] And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you – when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.

31. [3:123] And already had Allah given you victory at [the battle of] Badr while you were few in number. Then fear Allah ; perhaps you will be grateful.

32. [3:126] And in no way has Allah made (this supply) except as good tidings to you and that thereby your hearts may be composed; and in no way does victory (come) except from the Providence of Allah, The Ever-Mighty, The Ever-Wise.

33. [3:127] That He may cut off a portion from among those who disbelieve, or abase them so that they should return disappointed of attaining what they desired.

34. [3:130] O you who have believed, do not consume usury, doubled and multiplied, but fear Allah that you may be successful.

35. [3:132] And obey Allah and the Messenger that you may obtain mercy.

36. [3:140] If a wound should touch you – there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allah may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs – and Allah does not like the wrongdoers –

37. [3:141] And that Allah may purify the believers [through trials] and destroy the disbelievers.

38. [3:147] All that they said was: “Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything We may have done that transgressed our duty: Establish our feet firmly, and help us against those that resist Faith.”

39. [3:152] And certainly Allah made good to you His promise when you slew them by His permission, until when you became weak-hearted and disputed about the affair and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you loved; of you were some who desired this world and of you were some who desired the hereafter; then He turned you away from them that He might try you; and He has certainly pardoned you, and Allah is Gracious to the believers.

40. [3:156] O ye who believe! Be not like the Unbelievers, who say of their brethren, when they are travelling through the Earth or engaged in fighting: “If they had stayed with us, they would not have died, or been slain.” This that Allah may make it a cause of sighs and regrets in their hearts. It is Allah that gives Life and Death, and Allah sees well all that ye do.

41. [3:178] Let not the Unbelievers think that our respite to them is good for themselves: We grant them respite that they may grow in their iniquity: But they will have a shameful punishment.

42. [3:200] O you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful.

43. [4:3] And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses. That is more suitable that you may not incline [to injustice].

44. [4:11] Allah enjoins you concerning your children: The male shall have the equal of the portion of two females; then if they are more than two females, they shall have two-thirds of what the deceased has left, and if there is one, she shall have the half; and as for his parents, each of them shall have the sixth of what he has left if he has a child, but if he has no child and (only) his two parents inherit him, then his mother shall have the third; but if he has brothers, then his mother shall have the sixth after (the payment of) a bequest he may have bequeathed or a debt; your parents and your children, you know not which of them is the nearer to you in usefulness; this is an ordinance from Allah: Surely Allah is Knowing, Wise. 

45. [4:12] And you shall have half of what your wives leave if they have no child, but if they have a child, then you shall have a fourth of what they leave after (payment of) any bequest they may have bequeathed or a debt; and they shall have the fourth of what you leave if you have no child, but if you have a child then they shall have the eighth of what you leave after (payment of) a bequest you may have bequeathed or a debt; and if a man or a woman leaves property to be inherited by neither parents nor offspring, and he (or she) has a brother or a sister, then each of them two shall have the sixth, but if they are more than that, they shall be sharers in the third after (payment of) any bequest that may have been bequeathed or a debt that does not harm (others); this is an ordinance from Allah: and Allah is Knowing, Forbearing. 

46. [4:19] O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them unless they commit a clear immorality. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them – perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.

47. [4:25] If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free believing women, they may wed believing girls from among those whom your right hands possess: And Allah hath full knowledge about your faith. Ye are one from another: Wed them with the leave of their owners, and give them their dowers, according to what is reasonable: They should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours: when they are taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their punishment is half that for free women. This (permission) is for those among you who fear sin; but it is better for you that ye practise self-restraint. And Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 

48. [4:56] (As for) those who disbelieve in Our communications, We shall make them enter fire; so oft as their skins are thoroughly burned, We will change them for other skins, that they may taste the chastisement; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.

49. [4:84] So fight, [O Muhammad], in the cause of Allah ; you are not held responsible except for yourself. And encourage the believers [to join you] that perhaps Allah will restrain the [military] might of those who disbelieve. And Allah is greater in might and stronger in [exemplary] punishment.

50. [4:89] They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye may be upon a level (with them). So choose not friends from them till they forsake their homes in the way of Allah; if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them, and choose no friend nor helper from among them, 

51. [4:99] As for such, it may be that Allah will pardon them. Allah is ever Clement, Forgiving.

52. [5:52] So you see those in whose hearts is disease hastening into [association with] them, saying, “We are afraid a misfortune may strike us.” But perhaps Allah will bring conquest or a decision from Him, and they will become, over what they have been concealing within themselves, regretful.

53. [6:42] And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muhammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us].

54. [6:69] And those who fear Allah are not held accountable for the disbelievers at all, but [only for] a reminder – that perhaps they will fear Him.

55. [6:154] Then We gave Moses the Scripture, making complete [Our favor] upon the one who did good and as a detailed explanation of all things and as guidance and mercy that perhaps in [the matter of] the meeting with their Lord they would believe.

56. [7:26] O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness – that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember.

57. [7:57] And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.

58. [7:129] They said, “We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us.” He said, “Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do.”

59. [7:130] And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded. 

60. [7:164] And when a community among them said, “Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allah is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?” they [the advisors] said, “To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him.”

61. [7:168] And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].

62. [7:174] And thus do We [explain in] detail the verses, and perhaps they will return.

63. [7:176] And if We had willed, we could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.

64. [7:185] Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allah has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement hereafter will they believe?

65. [8:57] So if you, [O Muhammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded.

66. [9:102] And [there are] others who have acknowledged their sins. They had mixed a righteous deed with another that was bad. Perhaps Allah will turn to them in forgiveness. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

67. [12:21] And the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, “Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son.” And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.

68. [12:46] [He said], “Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry – that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know [about you].” 

69. [12:62] And [Joseph] said to his servants, “Put their merchandise into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again] return.”

70. [14:25] It produces its fruit all the time, by permission of its Lord. And Allah presents examples for the people that perhaps they will be reminded.

71. [15:2] Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.

72. [16:14] And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful. 

73. [16:78] And Allah has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and intellect that perhaps you would be grateful.

74. [16:90] Indeed, Allah orders justice and good conduct and giving to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.

75. [17:51] Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts.” And they will say, “Who will restore us?” Say, “He who brought you forth the first time.” Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, “When is that?” Say, “Perhaps it will be soon –

76. [18:6] Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muhammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.

77. [18:19] And similarly, We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, “How long have you remained [here]?” They said, “We have remained a day or part of a day.” They said, “Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.

78. [18:24] Except [when adding], “If Allah wills.” And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, “Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct.”

79. [19:71-72] There will be no one of you who will not enter it (Hell). This was an inevitable decree of your Lord. Afterwards he may save some of the pious, God-fearing Muslims out of the burning fire. 

80. [20:10] When he saw a fire and said to his family, “Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance.”

81. [20:44] And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [ Allah ].” 

82. [20:113] And thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.

83. [21:13] [Some angels said], “Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes – perhaps you will be questioned.”

84. [21:61] They said, “Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify.”

85. [21:111] And I know not; perhaps it is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time.”

86. [23:49] And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they would be guided.

87. [24:27] O you who have believed, do not enter houses other than your own houses until you ascertain welcome and greet their inhabitants. That is best for you; perhaps you will be reminded. 

88. [26:3] Perhaps, [O Muhammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.

89. [26:129] And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?

90. [27:72] Say, “Perhaps it is close behind you – some of that for which you are impatient. 96. [28:9] And the wife of Pharaoh said, “[He will be] a comfort of the eye for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son.” And they perceived not.

91. [28:22] And when he directed himself toward Madyan, he said, “Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way.”

92. [28:29] And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, “Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves.”

93.[28:73] And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.

94. [30:41] Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness]. 

95. [30:46] And of His signs is that He sends the winds as bringers of good tidings and to let you taste His mercy and so the ships may sail at His command and so you may seek of His bounty, and perhaps you will be grateful.

96. [32:3] Or do they say, “He invented it”? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muhammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you [so] perhaps they will be guided.

97. [32:21] And we will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will repent.

98. [33:51] You may put off whom you please of them, and you may take to you whom you please, and whom you desire of those whom you had separated provisionally; no blame attaches to you; this is most proper, so that their eyes may be cool and they may not grieve, and that they should be pleased, all of them with what you give them, and Allah knows what is in your hearts; and Allah is Knowing, Forbearing.

99. [33:63] People ask you concerning the Hour. Say,” Knowledge of it is only with Allah . And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.”

100. [35:12] And not alike are the two bodies of water. One is fresh and sweet, palatable for drinking, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat tender meat and extract ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through [them] that you might seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

101. [36:45] But when it is said to them, “Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy… “

102.[36:74] But they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.

103. [40:67] It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason.

104. [41:26] And those who disbelieve say, “Do not listen to this Qur’an and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome.”

105. [42:17] It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.

106. [43:48] And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

107. [45:12] It is Allah who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

108. [46:47] And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief]. 

109. [47:22] So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship? 

110. [48:2] That Allah may forgive for you what preceded of your sin and what will follow and complete His favor upon you and guide you to a straight path

111. [49:11] O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one’s] faith. And whoever does not repent – then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

112. [51:49] And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.

113. [57:17] Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. We have made clear to you the signs; perhaps you will understand.

114. [59:21] If We had sent down this Qur’an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and coming apart from fear of Allah . And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought. 

115. [60:7] Perhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection. And Allah is competent, and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

116. [65:1] O Prophet, when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period and keep count of the waiting period, and fear Allah , your Lord. Do not turn them out of their [husbands’] houses, nor should they [themselves] leave [during that period] unless they are committing a clear immorality. And those are the limits [set by] Allah . And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah has certainly wronged himself. You know not; perhaps Allah will bring about after that a [different] matter.

117. [66:5] Maybe, his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your place wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient, penitent, adorers, fasters, widows and virgins.

118. [66:8] O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, “Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.”

119. [80:3] But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

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QUOTED FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT

1. [Deuteronomy 4:16] that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

2. [Deuteronomy 4:28] And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

3. [Deuteronomy 5:8] You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath 

4. [Deuteronomy 7:25] The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

5. [Deuteronomy 16:21] Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

6. [Deuteronomy 16:22] and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.

7. [Deuteronomy 27:15] Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image–an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman–and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

8. [Numbers 33:52] you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places

9. [Exodus 20:4-5] “You shall not make yourselves any idols: no images of animals, birds, or fish. You must never bow or worship it in any way; for I, the Lord your God, am very possessive. I will not share your affection with any other god! 

10. [Exodus 23:24] You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

11. [Exodus 32:4] He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

12. [Exodus 32:8] How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'”

13. [Leviticus 19:4] Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

14. [Leviticus 26:1] “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

15. [Leviticus 26:30] I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you

16. [Judges 2:11] And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

17. [Judges 10:6] And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

18. [1 Samuel 5:4] But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.

19. [2 Chronicles 14:5] Because he abolished the pagan places of worship and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, the kingdom was at peace under his rule.

20. [2 Chronicles 34:4] He ordered that the altars of Baal be demolished and that the incense altars which stood above them be broken down. He also made sure that the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images were smashed and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

21. [1 Kings 11:5] Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

22. [1 Kings 11:33] For Solomon has abandoned me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of the Ammonites. He has not followed my ways and done what is pleasing in my sight. He has not obeyed my decrees and regulations as David his father did

23. [1 Kings 12:28-30] After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. 

24. [1 Kings 12:32] He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made.

25. [1 Kings 14:9] You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.

26. [1 Kings 14:23] They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

27. [1 Kings 18:26] And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.

18. [1 Kings 19:18] Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel–all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

19. [2 Kings 10:19] Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

20. [2 Kings 10:29] but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit–the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

21. [2 Kings 16:4] Ahaz offered sacrifices at the local shrines, as well as on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

22. [2 Kings 17:17] They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire. They consulted fortune-tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the LORD’s anger.

23. [2 Kings 19:18] They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone–the work of human hands.

24. [2 Kings 21:6] Manasseh also sacrificed his own son in the fire. He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD’s sight, arousing his anger.

25. [Psalm 78:58] They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols

26. [Psalm 97:7] All worshipers of images are put to shame–those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods! 

27. [Psalm 115:4-7] Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats. 

28. [Psalm 135:15-17] The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. 

29. [Isaiah 2:17-18] The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day, and the idols will totally disappear. 

30. [Isaiah 2:20] In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold–the idols they made to worship.

31. [Isaiah 3:18] In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents

32. [Isaiah 10:10-11] As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria, and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”

33. [Isaiah 17:8] They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.

34. [Isaiah 27:9] Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

35. [Isaiah 30:22] So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

36. [Isaiah 31:7] For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made.

37. [Isaiah 37:38] And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

38. [Isaiah 40:19] To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

39. [Isaiah 42:8] I am the Lord. That is my name, and I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.

40. [Isaiah 42:17] They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

41. [Isaiah 44:9] All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.

42. [Isaiah 44:17] From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

43. [Isaiah 45:20] Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives of the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

44. [Isaiah 46:6] They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.

45. [Isaiah 57:5] who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

46. [Isaiah 65:7] both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.” 

47. [Jeremiah 7:9] Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, 

48. [Ezekiel 6:4-6] Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols. I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars. Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out. 

49.  [Ezekiel 6:9] Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me–how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations 

50. [Ezekiel 6:13] And they will know that I am the LORD, when their people lie slain among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak—places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

51. [Ezekiel 16:17] You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.

52. [Ezekiel 18:6] He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.

53. [Hosea 2:8] For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold–which they crafted for Baal.

54. [Hosea 2:13] I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD

55. [Hosea 4:17] Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

56. [Hosea 8:4] They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

57. [Hosea 8:11] “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

58. [Hosea 13:2] Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”

59. [Jeremiah 10:3-4] For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

60. [Jeremiah 10:5] Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.” 

61. [Jeremiah 10:11] Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”

62. [Jeremiah 10:14] Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. 

63. [Daniel 5:4] As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. 

64. [Zephaniah 1:4-5] “I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem. I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place, the very names of the idolatrous priests— those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the Lord and who also swear by Molek, 

65. [Habakkuk 2:18] What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”

QUOTED FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT

1. [Acts 15:20] Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

2. [1 Corinthians 8:1] Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

3. [1 Corinthians 8:3-4] But if any man loves God, the same is known by him. As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one

4. [1 Corinthians 8:7] But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

5. [1 Corinthians 10:7] Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”

6. [1 Corinthians 10:14] Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

7. [1 Corinthians 10:18-21] Think about the people of Israel. Weren’t they united by eating the sacrifices at the altar? What am I trying to say? Am I saying that food offered to idols has some significance, or that idols are real gods? No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to participate with demons. You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too

8. [1 Corinthians 10:28-29] But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

9. [1 Corinthians 12:2] You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

10. [1 Thessalonians 1:9] For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

11. [Ephesians 5:5] You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

12. [2 Timothy 3:4] traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God

13. [1 John 5:21] Little children, keep yourselves from idols. 

14. [Revelation 9:20] Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

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