The Discussion Continues
Between Shubbiha Lahum and Trinity 2 (C)
By Jalal Abualrub
The Discussion Continues
Between Shubbiha Lahum and Trinity 2 (C)
By Jalal Abualrub
Christians love to call Jesus The Prince of Peace. Indeed, Prophet `Esa, peace be upon him, is a prince of peace, an extraordinary man, a true human Prophet, the Masee’h, a patient and courageous Messenger from Allah. Prophet `Esa, peace be upon him, was and still is rejected by the majority of the Jews, especially those in his time who disbelieved in him and unsuccessfully tried to kill him. Prophet `Esa, peace be upon him, is also rejected by the Christians, who disbelieve in his being human not divine, who falsely ascribe divinity to a man who never claimed it for himself. Another aggression Christians commit against `Esa is that they call him Jesus. Jesus is not `Esa’s name. The name Jesus came as a result of a sickness many Western Christians have, they translate people’s names or change them to suit their culture. `Esa was not Greek, never spoke it and was never called ‘Jesus’ in his lifetime........... Read More
John Barton [Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford ] states: The author of John's gospel is, as we have noted already, unlikely to have been an immediate disciple of Jesus, if only because so much of the material in the synoptic gospels is missing from John. The likelihood is therefore that all the historical books of the New Testament are not eyewitness accounts of the events described...................................... Read More
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