With Regards to Ansab
Definition: Ansab, plural for, Nasab, translates to, Genealogy.
Genealogy of the ‘Son of God’
Introduction
The Old Testament never spoke of Trinity in worship, never stated that the Holy Ghost is ‘God’ or that he is the Creator, never mentioned Jesus by name as being the eternal Son of the Creator or as being a part of a trio of creators that should be worshipped. Biblical prophets never mentioned Trinity in worship either by name or by
Suddenly and miraculously the New Testament, which Jesus u never wrote or authorized, which wasn’t written during his lifetime, started advocating a totally different religion that destroyed not only the Monotheism advocated in the Old Testament, but also altered and abrogated the entire biblical law. Suddenly, the one and only Creator (God) worshipped by all the prophets, including Jesus u, was replaced by a fantastic polytheistic dogma advocating concepts never spoken of before in the Old Testament: Trinity, Original Sin, Crucifixion, God having a son, literally, the Holy Ghost being God and, of course, the famous formula 1+1+1=1.
Three Questions
There is no denying that Christianity is mostly built around Jesus being the Son of God, as Christians falsely claim. They also believe that the Bible was inspired by God Himself and that the Old and the New Testaments constitute ‘The Literal Word of God’. Thus, three simple questions are asked of Christians.
1- Why would the claimed ‘Son of God,’ who –only according to Christians- descended from God Himself, need a genealogy?
2- If Jesus u needed a genealogy, then why would two divinely inspired Gospels contained in the Bible narrate genealogies that list sons of Adam as ancestors for Jesus u, a man who has no genealogy, since –only according to Christians- he descended from God Himself?
3- If the Bible is ‘The Literal Word of God’ as Christians claim, then why would two divinely inspired Gospels contain in the Bible list two different genealogies for Jesus, a man who has no genealogy, since –only according to Christians- he descended from God Himself?
For Those Who Listen to the Truth with an Open Mind
Proof the Bible Cannot Be Trusted with Ansab
Genealogy of Jesus, According to Matthew and Luke (Luke’s is given here in inverse order to make it easy to compare the two genealogies):
David (i.e. the Prophet) David (i.e. the Prophet)
Solomon Nathan
Rehoboam Mattatha
Abijah Menna
Asa Melea
Jehoshaphat Eliakim
Jehoram Jonam
Uzziah Joseph
Jotham Judah
Ahaz Simeon
Hezekiah Levi
Manasseh Matthat
Amon Jorim
Josiah Eliezer
Jeconiah Joshua
Shealtiel Er
Zerubbabel Elmadam
Abiud Cosam
Eliakim Addi
Azor Melki
Zakok Neri
Akim Shealtiel
Eliud Zerubbabel
Eleazar Rhesa
Matthan Joanan
Jacob Joda
Joseph (husband of Mary) Josech
Jesus Semein
Mattathias
Maath
Naggai
Esli
Nahum
Amos
Mattathias
Joseph
Jannai
Melki
Levi
Matthat
Heli
Joseph
Jesus (“the son, so it was thought, of Joseph”)
Solving Biblical Errors through Conjecture
Ever since the four Gospels, written by ‘Authors Anonymous,’ appeared many years after Jesus u departed this earthly life without being crucified, Christians tried in vain to explain the dramatic discrepancies between these two genealogies in the number of generations and in the names. They give various explanations for the discrepancies, always based on conjecture, but avoid answering this crucial question: Why did the writes of these Gospels, whoever they were, write a genealogy for Jesus u to begin with?
Further, why would Matthew (1:1) say this, “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham,” when this statement contradicts the foundation of Christianity, that is, Jesus u being the Son of God? Why would Luke (3:38) say this, “Adam, which was the son of God,” when according to Christians, it was Jesus u who was the Son of God not Adam?
Even if Perfectly Identical Why Would these Genealogies Appear in the Bible to Begin With?
The problem is not only in the discrepancies between the two genealogies of Jesus u found in Matthew and Luke, but also in the fact that each one of these two Gospels listed a detailed genealogy for a man Christians falsely claim to be the Son of God. Even if Christians can solve this clear error by whatever suggestion they may give, how can they answer the question of why Gospel writers would bring names of groups of men in the genealogy of Jesus u who Christians claim has God Himself as his direct ancestor; men who are not the paternal ancestors of Jesus u, if we were to believe what Christians claim about Jesus that is?
The Fact that these genealogies do appear in the New Testament proves that the Bible is not the ‘Literal Word of God.’ Instead, it is the corrupted version of what was once the Word of God, before it was edited, changed, translated, retranslated, amended, then changed again, until Christians can no longer differentiate between what is true and what is false in their holy book. Amazingly, Christian scholars avoid answering this crucial question and instead insist on spending tremendous time and effort in trying to reconcile the truly enormous and apparent differences found in the Bible with regards to the genealogy of Jesus u
Two Possibilities
Yet, even if the two genealogies of Jesus u –as recorded by Matthew and Luke- were perfectly identical, which they are not, then the fact that they appear in the Bible baffles the mind and indicates one of two conclusions, as follows.
1- Either the god of the Bible forgot to inspire the writers of the two Gospels popularly known as the Gospels of Matthew and Luke to –firstly- write their true names, and to –secondly- clearly state this otherwise utter Shirk: “Here is the genealogy of Jesus: Jesus, the son of Mary; Mary had Jesus with God Himself.” The god of the Bible –as described therein- may forget these things. However, Allah, the One and Only True Lord of all that exists, Who did not beget a son nor was He begotten, Who has revealed the original copies of the Torah and the Gospel which the Christians and Jews corrupted, never forgets; He always called Jesus by this: {Isâ (Jesus), the son of Maryam (Mary)}.
2- Or, the Bible contains mistakes and was written by fallible humans who committed manifest errors, contradicted each other, and never revealed their true identities.
Humankind Desperately Needs the Quran
There is an absolute and profound need for the Quran, which is the Last and Final Revelation from Allah the Exalted, the Lord and Creator of all that exists, to correct the many errors contained in the Bible and to resurrect the Monotheism that was preached by all of Allah’s Prophets, {Say (O, Muslims): “We believe in Allâh and that which has been sent down to us (the Quran) and that which has been sent down to Ibrâhîm (Abraham u), Ismâ‘îl (Ishmael u), Ishâq (Isaac u), Ya‘qûb (Jacob u), and to Al-Asbât[the offspring of the twelve sons of Ya‘qûb (Jacob)], and that which has been given to Mûsâ (Moses u) and ‘Isâ (Jesus u), and that which has been given to the Prophets from their Lord; We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him (Allâh) we have submitted (in Islâm)”} (2:136)
Jalal Abualrub (www.islamlife.com)
November 27, 2015