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Jews and Christians
Jews are accused of corrupting the Scriptures and
Christians are accused of worshiping Jesus as the Son of God. God said to worship none but Him.
They must be brought back to the true religion which is
Islam. Introduction page 2
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Koran revealed by Allah
Revealed by the Compassionate, the Merciful: a Book of revelations well expounded; A
Koran in Arabic for men of understanding.
It proclaims good news and a warning: yet most men turn their backs and pay no
heed.
Fussilat
Revelations Well Expounded
41:2-4
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Koran equal to Torah and
the Gospel
Believers, Jews,
Sabeans, and Christians
Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and does what
is right shall have nothing to fear or regret.
Al-Maidah The
Table 5:69
Koran confirming
Scriptures
This (Koran) is a blessed Book which We have revealed, confirming
what came before it (Scriptures),
Al-An’am
Cattle 6:92
Koran confirms Scriptures
To Moses We gave the Scriptures and after
him We sent other apostles, We gave Jesus son of Mary veritable signs
and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit.......
And now a Book (referring to the Koran) confirming
their own has come to them from Allah, they deny it, although they know it to
be the truth and have long prayed for help against the unbelievers. Allah’s curse be upon the infidels! Al-Baqarah The Cow 2:89
Koran confirms Scripture
This Koran could not have been devised by any but
Allah. It confirms what was revealed
before it and fully explains the Scriptures. It is beyond doubt from the Lord of Creation
Yunus Jonah
10:37
Al-A’La The Most
High 87:19
Scriptures
Has he not heard of what was preached in the scriptures of
Moses and Abraham
An-Najm The
Star 53:36-37
Koran confirms Scripture
Yet before it the Book of Moses was revealed: a guide and a blessing. This Book confirms it. It is revealed in the Arabic tongue, to
forewarn the wrongdoers and to give good tidings to the righteous.
Al-Ahqaf The Sand
Dunes 46:12
Torah
We gave the Torah to Moses, but contentions arose about
it. And but for a word from your
Lord, long since decreed, their differences would have been justly settled,
grave though their doubts were about it.
Fussilat Revelations Well Expounded 41:45
Koran flawless
We have given mankind in this Koran all manner of
parables, so that they may take heed:
a Koran in the Arabic tongue, free from any flaw, that they may guard
themselves against evil.
Az-Zumar The
Throngs 39:27-28
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Koran confirms Scriptures
– Torah and
Gospel
He has revealed to you the Book with the Truth,
confirming the Scriptures which preceded it; for He has already revealed
the Torah and the Gospel for the guidance of mankind, and the
distinction between right and wrong. Those
that deny Allah’s revelations shall be sternly punished. Allah is mighty and capable of revenge.
Al-I-Imran The
Imrans 3:3-4
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Security of Jews and Christians
Believers, Jews, Christians,
and Sabaeans -
Whoever believes in Allah (God)and the Last Day and does what is right
- shall be rewarded by their Lord;
They have nothing to fear or regret.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:62
Jews and Christians
As for the true believers, the Jews, the Sabeans,
the Christians, the Magicians, and the pagans, Allah
will judge them on the Day of Resurrection.
Allah is witness of all things.
Jews and Christians and
Scriptures
Jews and Christians accuse each other of being misguided
yet they both read the Scriptures.
The ignorant say they both are misguided. Allah will judge their disputes on the day of Judgment.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:113
Mosques of Allah and His Name
Who is more wicked than the men who seek to destroy the
mosques of Allah and forbid His name to be mentioned in them, when it
behooves these men to enter them with fear in their hearts? They shall be held up to shame in this
world and in the world to come grievous punishment awaits them.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:114
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Danger for rejecting the
Koran
Jews and Christians
But to those whose faith is firm We have already revealed
Our signs.
We have sent you forth to proclaim the truth and to give
warning. You shall not be questioned
about the heirs of Hell.
You will please neither the Jews nor the Christians
unless you follow their faith. And if
after all the knowledge you have been given you yield to their desires, there
shall be none to help or protect you from the Wrath of Allah. Those to whom We have given the Book, and
who read it as it ought to be read, truly believe in it; those that deny it
will surely be the losers.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:118-121
(This sets the Koran above the faith of both Jews and
Christians and consigns both Jews and Christians to the Wrath of Allah if
they don't accept the Koran.)
Jews and Christians
They say:
"Accept the Jewish or the Christian faith and you shall be
rightly guided."
Say "By no means!
We believe in the faith of Abraham the upright one. He was no idolater."
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:135
Say: “We believe in Allah and that which has been revealed
to us; in what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the
tribes; to Moses and Jesus and the other prophets by their Lord. We make no distinction among any of them,
and to Him we submit.”
If they accept Islam, they shall be rightly guided;
if they reject it, they shall surely be in
schism. Against them Allah is your
all sufficient defender. He hears all
and knows all.
Al-Baqarah The Cow 2:136-137
The only true faith in Allah's sight is Islam.
The only true faith in Allah’s
sight is Islam. Those to whom the
Scriptures were given (Jews and Christians) disagree among themselves,
through insolence, only after knowledge had been vouchsafed them. He that denies Allah’s revelations should
know that swift is Allah’s reckoning.
If they argue with you,
say: “I have submitted to Allah and
so have those that follow me.”
To those who have received the
Scriptures (Jews and Christians) and to the Gentiles say: "Will you surrender yourselves to
Allah?" If they become
Muslims they shall be rightly guided;
if they pay no heed, then your only duty is to warn them. Allah is watching all His servants.
Al-I-Imran The Imrans 3:19-20
Doctors of the Israelites
Your Lord is the Mighty One,
the Merciful. This is surely revealed
by the Lord of Creation. The faithful
Spirit has brought it down into your heart, that you may give warning in
eloquent Arabic speech.
It was surely foretold in the Scriptures
of the ancients. Is it not
sufficient proof for them that the doctors of the Israelites recognize
it? If We had revealed it to a
foreign man, and he had recited it to them, they still would not have
believed. Thus do We put unbelief in
the hearts of the guilty: they shall not believe in it until they see the
woeful scourge, which will suddenly smite them when they are heedless. And then they will say: “Shall we never be reprieved?”
Is it their wish to hurry on
Our scourge? Think! If We let them live in ease for many
years, and then the promised scourge does fall upon them, of what avail will
their past enjoyments be to them?
Never have We destroyed a
nation whom We did not warn and admonish beforehand. We are never unjust.
It was not the devils who
brought this down: it is neither in their interest nor in their power. Indeed, they are too far away to overhear
it.
Ash-Shu’araa The Poets 26:191-212
Covenant through Abraham
The Cow 2:122-150
pages 22-25
Mosque built by Abraham and Ishmael
Claim that the Covenant was given by Allah to Abraham
and Ishmael and that Abraham and Ishmael built the House.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:127
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Face Mecca
Many a time have We seen you turn your face towards the
sky. We will make you turn towards a
Qiblah that will please you. Turn
your face towards (Mecca) the Holy Mosque;
wherever you be, turn your faces towards it.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:144
Which ever way you depart, face toward the Holy Mosque
(Mecca). This is surely the truth
from your Lord. Allah is never
heedless of what you do. Whichever
way you depart, face towards the Holy Mosque: and wherever you are, face towards it, so that men will have no
cause to reproach you, except the evildoers among them. Have no fear of them; fear Me, so that I may perfect My favor to
you and that you may be rightly guided.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:149-150
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Jews
Some Jews take words out of their context and say: "We hear, but disobey. May you be bereft of hearing! Ra'ina!" thus distorting the phrase with their tongues and reviling the
true faith. But if they said: "We hear and obey: hear us and Ungurna," it would be better and more proper for
them. Allah has cursed them in their
unbelief. They have no faith, except
a few of them.
You to whom the Scriptures were given! Believe in that which We have
revealed, confirming your own Scriptures, before We obliterate your
faces and turn them backward, or lay our curse on you as We laid it on the
Sabbath breakers. What Allah ordains
shall be accomplished.
An-Nisaa
Women 4:46-47
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Jews (hidden)
to flee from their country
Had We commanded them, saying: "Lay down your lives," or "Flee from your country,"
only a few would have complied. Yet,
had they done what they were admonished to do, it would have been better for
them and their faith would have been strengthened. We would have bestowed on them of Our grace a rich recompense
and guided them to a straight path.
An-Nisaa Women 4:66-67
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Covenant with Israel
Allah made a covenant with the
Israelites and raised among them twelve chieftains. Allah said: "I
shall be with you. If you attend to your
prayers and render the alms levy; if you believe in My apostles and assist
them and give Allah a generous loan, I shall forgive you your sins and admit
you to gardens watered by running streams.
But he that hereafter denies Me shall stray from the right path.
Al-Maidah The Table 5:12
Israel exalted above the nations
The Book and Israelites
We gave the Book to the Israelites and bestowed on them
wisdom and prophethood. We provided
them with wholesome things and exalted them above the nations. We gave them clear commandments: yet it was not till knowledge had been
vouchsafed them that they disagreed maliciously among themselves. Your Lord will on the Day of Resurrection
judge their differences.
Covenant with Christians
With those who said they were Christians We made a covenant
also, but they too have forgotten much of what they were exhorted to do. Therefore We stirred among them enmity and
hatred, which shall endure till the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will
declare to them all that they have done.
Jews and Christians are
unbelievers
Unbelievers are those who declare: "God is the Messiah, the son of
Mary." Say: "Who could prevent Allah, if He so
willed, from destroying the Messiah, the son of Mary, his mother, and all the
people of the earth? Allah has
sovereignty over the heavens and the earth and all that lies between
them. He creates what He will; and
Allah has power over all things."
Al-Maidah The
Table 5:17
The Jews and Christians say: "We are the children of God and His
loved ones." Say: "Why then does He punish you for your
sins? Surely you are mortals of His
own creation. He forgives whom He
will and punishes whom He pleases.
Allah has sovereignty over the heavens and the earth and all that lies
between them. All shall return to
Him."
Al-Maidah The
Table 5:18
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Death to the enemies of
Allah
Those that make war against Allah and His apostle and
spread disorder in the land shall be slain or crucified or have their
hands and feet cut off on alternate sides, or be banished from the land. They shall be held up to shame in this
world and sternly punished in the hereafter:
except those that repent before you reduce them. For you must know that Allah is forgiving
and merciful.
Al-Maidah The
Table 5:33-34
Fight for Allah
Believers, have fear of Allah and seek the right path to
Him. Fight valiantly for His cause,
so that you may triumph.
As for the unbelievers, if they offered all that the earth
contains and as much besides to redeem themselves from the torment of the Day
of Resurrection, it shall not be accepted from them. Woeful punishment awaits them. They will strive to get out of the Fire,
but get out of it they shall not.
Lasting punishment awaits them.
Make war on the infidels
It is not right that all the faithful should go to war
at once. A band from each community
should stay behind to instruct themselves in religion and to admonish their
men when they return, so that they may take heed.
Believers, make war on the infidels who dwell around
you. Deal firmly with them. Know that Allah is with the righteous.
Jews and Christians
Believers, take neither the Jews nor the Christians
for your friends. They are friends
with one another. Whoever of you
seeks their friendship shall become one of their number. Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.....
Al-Maidah The
Table 5:51
Friendship with infidels
- Jews & Christians
Believers, do not seek the friendship of the infidels and
those who were given the Book before you (Jews and Christians), who
have made of your religion a jest and a diversion. Have fear of Allah, if you are true believers. When you call them to pray, they treat
their prayers as a jest and a diversion.
This is because they are devoid of understanding.
Say: "People of the Book, is it not that you hate us
only because we believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us and to
others before, and because most of you are evil doers?"
Say: "Shall I
tell you who will receive a worse reward from Allah? Those whom Allah has cursed and with whom
He has been angry, transforming them into apes and swine, and those
who serve the devil. Worse is the
plight of these, and they have strayed farther from the right path.
When they came to you they said: “We are believers.”
Indeed, infidels they came and infidels they departed. Allah knew best what they concealed.
You see many among them vie with one another in sin and
wickedness and practice what is unlawful.
Evil is what they do.
Why do their rabbis and divines not forbid them to
blaspheme or to practice what is unlawful?
Evil indeed are their doings.
Al-Maidah The
Table 5:57-63
Jews
The Jews say:
Allah's hand is chained."
May their own hands be chained!
May they be cursed for what they say!
By no means. His hands are
both outstretched: He bestows as He
will.
Al-Maidah The
Table 5:64
Jews and Christians
Those of the Israelites who disbelieve were cursed
by David and Jesus son of Mary, because they rebelled and committed
evil. Nor did they censure themselves
for any wrong they did. Evil were
their deeds.
You see many among them making friends with
unbelievers. Evil is that to which
their souls prompt them. They have
incurred the wrath of Allah and shall endure eternal torment. Had they believed in Allah and the Prophet
(Muhammad) and that which has been revealed to him, they would not have befriended
them. But many of them are evil
doers.
You will find that the most implacable of men in their
enmity to the faithful are the Jews and the pagans, and that the
nearest in affection to them are those who say: "We are Christians." That is because there are priests and
monks among them; and because they are free from pride.
When they listen to that which was revealed to the
Apostle, you see their eyes fill with tears as they recognize the truth. They say: "Lord, we believe. Count us among the witnesses. Why should we not believe in Allah and in
the truth that has come down to us?
Why should we not hope our Lord will admit us among the
righteous?" And for their words
Allah has rewarded them with gardens watered by running streams, where
they shall dwell forever. Such is the
recompense of the righteous. But
those that disbelieve and deny Our revelations shall become the inmates of
Hell.
Unbelievers
Unbelievers are those that say: "God is the
Messiah, the son of Mary."
For the Messiah himself said: "Children of Israel, serve Allah,
my Lord and your Lord." He that
worships other deities besides Allah, Allah will deny him Paradise, and the
Fire shall be his home. None shall
help the evil doers.
Unbelievers are those that say: "Allah is one of three." There is but one God. If they do not desist from so saying,
those of them that disbelieve shall be sternly punished.
Jesus
The Messiah, the son of Mary, was no more than an apostle:
other apostles passed away before him.
His mother was a saintly woman.
They both ate earthly food.
Scriptures
To Moses We gave the Scriptures, a perfect code for the
righteous with precepts about all things, a guide and a benison (blessing or
benediction), so that they might believe in meeting their Lord. And now We have revealed this Book
truly blessed. Observe it and
keep from evil, so that you may find mercy and not say: "The Scriptures
were revealed only to two communities (Jews and Christians) before
us; we have no knowledge of what they
read." Or "Had the Scriptures been revealed to us we would have
been better guided than they."
A veritable sign has now come to you from your Lord, a
guide and a benison. And who is more
wicked than the man who denies the revelations of Allah and turns away from
them: Those that turn away from Our
revelations shall be sternly punished for their indifference.
The Jews say Ezra is the son of God, while the Christians
say the Messiah is the son of God.
Such are their assertions, by which they imitate the infidels of
old. Allah confounded them! How perverse they are!
They make their clerics and their monks, and of the
Messiah, the son of Mary, Lords besides Allah; though they were ordered to
serve one God only. There is no god
but Him. Exalted be He above those
they deify besides Him!...........
At-Touba
Repentance 9:29-31
Fighting for the cause
of Allah
Do you pretend that he who gives a drink to the pilgrims
and pays a visit to the Sacred Mosque is as worthy as the man who believes in
Allah and the Last Day, and fights for Allah's cause? These are not held equal by Allah. Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.
Those that have embraced the Faith, and left their homes,
and fought for Allah's cause with their wealth and with their persons,
are held in higher regard by Allah.
It is they who shall triumph.
Their Lord has promised them mercy from Himself, and His pleasure and
gardens of eternal bliss where they shall dwell for ever. Allah's recompense is great indeed.
Say, "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your
wives, your tribes, the property you have acquired, the merchandise you fear
may not be sold, and the homes you love, are dearer to you than Allah, His
apostle and the struggle for His cause, then wait until Allah shall fulfill
His decree. Allah does not guide the
evil doers.......
Fight against such of those to whom the
Scriptures were given as believe in neither Allah nor the Last Day, who
do not forbid what Allah and His apostle have forbidden, and do not embrace
the true Faith, until they pay tribute out of hand and are utterly subdued.
Believers, why is it that when you are told: “March in the cause of Allah,” you
linger slothfully in the land? Are
you content with this life in preference to the life to come? Few indeed are the blessings of this life,
compared with those of the life to come.
If you do not go to war, He will punish you sternly
and will replace you by other men.
You will in no way harm Him: for Allah has power over all things......
At-Touba
Repentance 9:38-39
Whether unarmed or well equipped, march on and fight
for the cause of Allah, with your wealth and with your persons. This will be best for you, if you but knew
it.....
Those that believe in Allah and the Last Day will not beg
you to exempt them from fighting with their wealth and with their
persons. Allah best knows the
righteous. Only those seek exemption
who disbelieve in Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts are filled with
doubt because they doubt, they waver.
Moses, Israel, the Scriptures, and the Koran
We gave Moses the Book and made it a guide for the
Israelites, saying: “Take no other
guardian than Myself. You are the
descendants of those whom We carried in the ark with Noah. He was a truly thankful servant.
In the Book we solemnly declared to the
Israelites: “Twice you shall do evil
in the land. You shall become great
transgressors.”
And when the prophecy of your first transgression came to
be fulfilled, We sent against you a formidable army which ravaged your land
and carried out the punishment you had been promised.
Then We granted you victory over them and multiplied your
riches and your descendants, so that once again you became more numerous than
they. We said: “If you do good, it shall be to your
advantage; but if you do evil, you shall sin against your own souls.”
When the prophecy of your next transgression came to be
fulfilled, We sent another army to afflict you and to enter the Temple as the
former entered it before, utterly destroying all that they laid their hands
on.
We said: “Your
Lord may yet be merciful to you. If
you again transgress, you shall again be scourged. We have made Hell a prison house for the unbelievers.”
This Koran will give guidance to that which is most
upright. It promises the faithful who
do good works a rich recompense, and those who deny the life to come a woeful
scourge. Yet man prays for evil as
fervently as he prays for good.
Truly, man is ever impatient.
Allah has no son
Say: “Praise be to
Allah who has never begotten a son;
who has no partner in His Kingdom;
who needs none to defend Him from humiliation.” Proclaim His greatness.
Al-Israa The
Night Journey 17:11
Allah has no son
Praise be to Allah who has revealed the Book to His
servant shorn of contradictions and unswerving from the truth, so that he may
give warning of the dire scourge from Himself, proclaim to the faithful who
do good works that a rich and everlasting recompense awaits them, and
admonish those who say that Allah has begotten a son. Surely of this they could have no
knowledge, neither they nor their fathers:
a monstrous blasphemy is that which they utter. They preach nothing but falsehood.
Al-Kahf The
Cave 18:1-5
Christians
Those who say:
“The Lord of Mercy has begotten a son,” preach a monstrous falsehood, at which the very heavens might
crack, the earth split asunder, and the mountains crumble to dust. That they should ascribe a son to the
Merciful, when it does not become the Lord of Mercy to beget one.
Mary 19:88-92
Jesus
They say:
"Allah has begotten a son."
Allah forbid! Self sufficient
is He. His is all that the heavens
and the earth contain. Surely for
this you have no sanction. Would you
say of Allah what you know not?
No begotten son
Never has Allah begotten a son, nor is there any other god
besides Him. Were this otherwise,
each god would govern his own creation, each holding himself above the
other. Exalted by Allah above their
falsehoods!
Koran and Christian faith
By the Koran, with all its precepts! Surely the unbelievers are imbued with
arrogance and perverseness.
How many generations have We destroyed before them! They all cried out for mercy, when it was
too late to escape.
They marvel that a prophet of their own should arise among
them, “This is a sorcerer, a teller of
lies,” say the unbelievers. “Does he
claim that all the gods are one god?
This is indeed a strange thing.”
Their leaders go about saying: “Pay no heed and stand firm in the worship of your gods: it is a binding duty. We have not heard of this in the Christian
faith. It is nothing but a false
invention. Was the Word revealed to
him alone among us?”
Yes they are in doubt about My warning, for they have not
yet tasted My scourge.
Adopted son
Had it been Allah’s will to adopt a son, He would
have chosen whom He pleased out of His own Creation. But Allah forbid! He is Allah, the One, the Almighty.
Jews and Christians
Muhammad is Allah’s apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to the unbelievers
but merciful to one another. You
see them worshipping on their knees, seeking the grace of Allah and His good
will. Their marks are on their faces,
the traces of their prostrations.
Thus are they described in the Torah and in the Gospel: they are like the seed which puts forth
its root and strengthens it, so that it rises stout and firm upon its stalk,
delighting the sowers. Through them
He seeks to enrage the unbelievers.
Yet to those of them who will embrace the Faith (Islam) and do good
works Allah has promised forgiveness and rich recompense.
Jews & Scriptures
Those to whom the burden of the Torah was entrusted
and yet refused to bear it are like a donkey laden with books. Wretched is the example of those who deny
Allah’s revelations. Allah does not
guide the wrongdoers.
Say to the Jews:
“If you claim that of all men you alone are Allah’s friends, then
you should wish for death, if what you say be true!” But, because of what their hands have
done, they will never wish for death.
Allah knows the wrongdoers.
Say: “The death
from which you shrink is sure to overtake you. Then you shall be sent back to Him who knows the unknown and
the manifest, and He will declare to you all that you have done.”
The Land
We destroyed generations before your time on account of
the wrongs they did; their apostles came
to them with veritable signs, but they would not believe. Thus shall We reward the guilty. Then We made you their successors in
the land, so that We might observe how you would conduct yourselves.
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Worshiping Jesus
Speaking of Jesus, God said, Let all the angels of God
worship Him.
Hebrews 1:6
Jesus the Lamb receives worship along with the One seated
on the Throne and equally with Him.
Revelation
5:1-14
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All Scripture is inspired of God
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for
every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
NKJV
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We are warned against another Gospel
I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who
called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another;
but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of
Christ. But even if we, or an angel
from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to
you, let him be accursed. As we have
said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you
than what you have received, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:6-9
NKJV
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Koran does not confirm Scriptures
(How can a book confirm the Torah and Gospel when it
rewrites them and changes both the stories and the message?)
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Truth and the life
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6
But there were also false prophets among the people, even
as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in
destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on
themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways,
because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
2 Peter 2:1-2
NKJV
At the Transfiguration God Himself spoke
And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is
My beloved Son. Hear Him!"
Luke 9:35 NKJV
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Salvation is for all who
believe
Jews and Christians and
whoever
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him
is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because
he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:16-19 NKJV
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Do not even mention the name of other gods
And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and
make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your
mouth.
Exodus 23:13
Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is
written in the Book of the Law of Moses, lest you turn aside from it to the
right hand or to the left, and lest you go among these nations, these who
remain among you. You shall not make mention of the name of their gods, nor
cause anyone to swear by them; you shall not serve them nor bow down to
them,
Joshua 23:6-7 NKJV
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Do not alter to the Scriptures
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from
it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you. Deuteronomy 4:2
(NIV)
See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take
away from it.
Deuteronomy
12:32 (NIV)
Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove
you a liar.
Proverbs 30:66
(NIV)
I know that everything God does will endure forever;
nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men
will revere him.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
(NIV)
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of
this Book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues
described in this Book.
And if anyone takes words away from this Book of prophecy,
God will take away from him his share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy
City, which are described in this Book
Revelation 22:18-19. (NIV)
"Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey
the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments
which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all
nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and
overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:
Y Blessed
shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
Y Blessed
shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase
of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
Y Blessed
shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Y Blessed
shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
"The LORD will cause your enemies who rise
against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you
one way and flee before you seven ways.
The LORD will command the blessing on you in your
storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in
the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
The LORD will establish you as a holy people to
Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the
LORD your God and walk in His ways.
Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are
called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you.
And the LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the
fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of
your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens,
to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of
your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
And the LORD will make you the head and not the
tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the
commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful
to observe them.
So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which
I command you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after
other gods to serve them.
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Covenant through Abraham and Isaac
And Abraham said to (Elohiym) God, "Oh, that Ishmael
might live before You!" Then
(Elohiym) God said: "No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you
shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for
an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I
have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great
nation.
But My covenant I
will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next
year."
Genesis 17:18-21
NKJV
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Face Jerusalem and the Temple
Solomon's prayer suggested that wherever one
travels when they pray they should pray toward the Temple in Jerusalem. 1 Kings 8:22-53, 2 Chronicles 6:1-42
There is no commandment from God in the Bible to
face in any direction when praying.
However Daniel faced Jerusalem when he prayed.
And during the Kingdom age Zechariah said:
Yes, many peoples and strong nations
Shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem,
And to pray before the LORD.'
Zechariah 8:22
NKJV
The Koran doesn’t quote the Scriptures
correctly
And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from
the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and
tell the children of Israel: 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and
how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if
you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a
special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of
priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the
children of Israel."
Exodus 19:3-6
NKJV
Then all the people answered together and said, "All
that the LORD has spoken we will do."
Exodus 19:8 NKJV
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Jews and the Land
The Bible does not call for the Jews to lay down their
lives or flee from their country.
And the LORD said to Abram,
after Lot had separated from him: "Lift your eyes now and look from the
place where you are--northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all
the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.
Genesis 13:14-15 NKJV
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Covenant with Abraham and
Israel
And God said to Abraham:
"As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after
you throughout their generations. This is My covenant which you shall keep,
between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you
shall be circumcised; and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your
foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. He who
is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your
generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any
foreigner who is not your descendant. He who is born in your house and he who
is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in
your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised male child, who
is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off
from his people; he has broken My covenant."
Genesis 17:9-14 NKJV
You are sons of the prophets,
and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And
in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' To you first, God, having raised up His
Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from
your iniquities." Acts
3:25-26 NKJV
For this is the covenant that
I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD:
I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will
be their God, and they shall be My people.
None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying,
'Know the LORD,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the
greatest of them. For I will be
merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I
will remember no more."
Hebrews 8:10-12 NKJV
Israel exalted above the nations
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep
My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for
all the earth is Mine.
Exodus 19:4-5 NKJV
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Covenant with the Christians
For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed
for many for the remission of sins.
Matthew 26:28 NKJV
"This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in
their minds I will write them,"
then He adds, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember
no more."
Hebrews 10:16-17 NKJV
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and
has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh
the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as
to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He
might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby
putting to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were
afar off and to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by
one Spirit to the Father.
Ephesians 2:14-18
NKJV
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is
neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male
nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's,
then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 3:26-29
NKJV
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Love your enemies
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who
curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully
use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven;
for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the
just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward
have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your
brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax
collectors do so? Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in
heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:44-48
NKJV
Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in
the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably
with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to
wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says
the Lord. Therefore
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his
head."
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with
good. Romans 12:17-21 NKJV
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality
judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time
of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with
corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received
by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of
a lamb without blemish and without spot.
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Friendships with other beliefs
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do
righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have
with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a
believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between
the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God
has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be
their God, and they will be my people."
"Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."
"I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons
and daughters, says the Lord
Almighty."
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
NIV
Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was
condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was
justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the
disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the
obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
Romans 5:18-19
NIV
As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on
your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account
of the patriarchs, for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. Just as you
who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result
of their disobedience, so they too have now become disobedient in order that
they too may now receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you. For God has
bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them
all.
Romans 11:28-32
NIV
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers,
intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone- for kings and all those
in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and
holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be
saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one
mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a
ransom for all men-the testimony given in its proper time. And for this
purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle-I am telling the truth, I am
not lying-and a teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles.
1 Timothy 2:1-7
NIV
This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance
and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living
God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.
1 Timothy 4:9-10
NIV
But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been
made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness
from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is
no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ
Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his
blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he
had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished- he did it to demonstrate
his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies
those who have faith in Jesus.
Romans 3:21-26
NIV
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of
works? No, but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is
justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. Or is He the God of the
Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,
since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the
uncircumcised through faith. Do we then make void the law through faith?
Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
Romans 3:27-31
NKJV
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Jesus is God and Son of God
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in
time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us
by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He
made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image
of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had
by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on
high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they.
For to which of the angels did He ever say:
"You are My Son, Today I have begotten You"?
And again:
"I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a
Son"?
But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He
says
"Let all the angels of God worship Him." :
Hebrews 1:1-6 NKJV
But to the Son He says:
"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter
of Your Kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your
companions."
Hebrews 1:8-9
NKJV
You have put all things in subjection under his
feet."
For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left
nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put
under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for
the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of
God, might taste death for everyone.
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by
whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of
their salvation perfect through sufferings.
For both He who sanctifies and those who are being
sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them
brethren,
Hebrews 2:8-12
NKJV
"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe
also in Me.
John 14:1-2 NKJV
Y Blessed
are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Y Blessed
are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.
Y Blessed
are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.
Y Blessed
are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.
Y Blessed
are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
Y Blessed
are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
Y Blessed
are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.
Y Blessed
are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Y Blessed
are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against
you falsely for My sake.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward
in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matthew 5:3-12
NKJV
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Moses received the Law
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD. And he rose early
in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve
pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent young men of
the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace
offerings of oxen to the LORD. And Moses took half the blood and put it in
basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Then he took the Book
of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said,
"All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient." And Moses
took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood
of the covenant which the LORD has made with you according to all these
words."
Exodus 24:4-8
NKJV
So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of
this law in a book, when they were finished, that Moses commanded the
Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying: "Take
this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD
your God, that it may be there as a witness against you; for I know your
rebellion and your stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you
have been rebellious against the LORD, then how much more after my
death?
Deuteronomy 31:24-27
NKJV
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Son of Yehowah
"I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me,
Y 'You
are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
Y Ask
of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of
the earth for Your possession.
Y You
shall break them with a rod of iron;
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we
beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of
grace and truth. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This
was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He
was before me.' " And of His fullness we have all received, and grace
for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son,
who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
John 1:14-18
NKJV
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said,
"Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is He
of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was
before me.' "I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to
Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water." And John bore witness,
saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He
remained upon Him. I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with
water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on
Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' "And I have seen
and testified that this is the Son of God."
John 1:29-34
NKJV
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but
that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not
condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:16-18 NKJV
God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He
has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:
Y 'You
are My Son,
Y Today
I have begotten You.'
Acts 13:33 NKJV
For to which of the angels did He ever say:
Y "You
are My Son, Today I have begotten You"?
Y And
again:
Y "I
will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son"?
But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He
says:
Y "Let
all the angels of God worship Him."
Y And
of the angels He says:
Y "Who
makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire."
But to the Son He says:
Y "Your
throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter
of Your Kingdom.
Y You
have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has
anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."
And:
Y "You,
LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are
the work of Your hands.
Y They
will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will fold them up, And
they will be changed.
Y But
You are the same, And Your years will not fail."
Hebrews 1:5-12
NKJV
So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High
Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
Y "You
are My Son, Today I have begotten You."
As He also says in another place:
Y "You
are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek";
Hebrews 5:5-6
NKJV
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God
has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
Him.
1 John 4:9 NKJV
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and
everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. By
this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His
commandments.
1 John 5:1-2
NKJV
Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in
Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without
blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by
Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the
praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the
Beloved.
Ephesians
1:3-6 NKJV
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Israel to inherit the Land
And dwell in it Forever
"David My servant shall be king over them, and they
shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe
My statutes, and do them. Then they shall dwell in the land that I have
given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell
there, they, their children, and their children's children, forever; and
My servant David shall be their prince forever.
Ezekiel 37:24-25
NKJV
"Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying: 'Write
in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you. For
behold, the days are coming,' says the LORD, 'that I will bring back from
captivity My people Israel and Judah,' says the LORD. 'And I will cause them
to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess
it.' "
Jeremiah 30:2-3
NKJV
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