Jesus (PBUH) said:
“No one is good except God alone”
(Mark 10:18, Luke 18:19)
Jesus (PBUH) had given this message in his prayer on the cross (The Psalm 22)
“Praise the Lord, you servants of the Lord
Honour the Lord,
You descendants of Jacob
Worship the Lord, you people of Israel.”
(The Psalm 22:23)
Jesus did know that the Lord is not like anything at all. And when Satan put him in trial by offering the kingdom of the whole world in lieu of a prostration before Satan. Jesus refuted him then and there, and said:
“Go away Satan! The Scripture says:
Worship the Lord, your God,
and serve only the Lord.”
(Matthew 4:10)
Jesus had openly declared:-
“Because I have come down from heaven to do___not my own will___ but the Will of the Lord___ Who sent me. And___ it is the Will of the Lord___ Who sent me that I should not lose any of all those__ the Lord has given me.”
(John 6:38, 39)
The Bible itself, tells that what kinds of changes were brought therein to mislead the people of Gospels. Torah (the Law of Moses) says that God talked to the nation of Moses on the mount Sinai where God gave the Commandments in
Godly voice.
When people heard the voice, they did tremble in fear and awe. And, later on, they requested the Lord, not to talk to them, so directly again. Because to bear with the Godly voice, was beyond their tolerance. The Lord, of course, acceded to their request.
God’s Foremost Commandment was about God’s Absolute Aloneness.
God said:-
“Worship no god but Me”.
(Exodus, 20:3)
“I, and I alone, am God; no other god is real.
I kill and I give life, I wound and I heal,
And no one can oppose what I do”.
(Duet. 32:39)
That was the foremost Commandment, given by the Lord in Godly voice to the nation of Moses. Wherein God mentioned further:-
“Worship Me alone and whosoever
will worship the god, other than Me,
will be My rival. And, I tolerate no
rivals. I will curse the people who do so”.
God also mentioned to the people___ not to make & worship the images of God. God told them that nothing is alike God in the heaven or on the earth, or under the earth, or in the water.
It simply meant that God is not like anything at all and a thing or a creature can never be considered as God.
The Bible also tells us that God is Omnipotent. The Book of Genesis, in its 1st chapter, says:
“God commanded, Let there be light
And the light appeared”.
(Genesis 1:3)
It simply means that God can create whatsoever God wills. So, according to the Bible, it is very clear that God, our Lord, is All Alone and whatsoever is created____ is created by God, independently.
So__ it is an admitted fact___ that the Prophets were the most obedient servants or Muslims of the Lord. And___ they taught their people__ to maintain the same level__ of obedience and loyalty to the Lord___ as were maintained___ by the Prophets, themselves.
The same was the case of Jesus___ who was all-obedient to his Lord. Hence__ ascription of any Godhood to him is__ predominantly wrong.
Whosoever goes through the prayer of Jesus on the cross (The Psalm-22), he is, automatically convinced that Jesus was not God or Saviour. Instead, he was a man and a Prophet of God__ whose Lord & Protecting Friend was God__ the One God. He was totally dependent upon One God__ for his safety and salvation__ like Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Isaac, Joseph, Moses and all the foregoing Prophets (peace & blessings of the Lord be upon all of them).
Jesus had never declared himself as God. Nor any of the Prophets had ever declared like that. Nor a man or a Prophet can ever become God. Because a man or a Prophet is a creature and the creature can never outdo the Creator. And, that is the true faith which has been advocated by Torah (the Law of Moses) and Quran including the Book of Psalms. To diminish this very true faith, a marginal note has been published by the society of Saint Paul, Rome, 1958 (Urdu edition of Bible) in Gospel by Matthew beneath a reference of the Psalm-22, in the following words:-
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“Eli Eli Lema Sabachthani”(My God, My God, why have you forsaken me) are the words, expressing intensity of the sufferings of Jesus. Whose godly-self was not depart-able from his manly-self but the godly-self was not consoling the manly-self. Yet, sometime after, expressing his anguish__ Jesus, also, expressed his trust when he said:-
“In your hands, My Father, I place my spirit”
it is quiet evident from this marginal note that it has been written to ruin the true faith which is emerging from the prayer of Jesus in terms of Monotheism. The words: “In your hands, My Father, I place my spirit” are the invention of Luke. Whereas according to his predecessors, Matthew and Mark, these were not the words of Jesus at all. Instead, the words of Jesus were:-
“Eli Eli Lema Sabachthani”
(Matthew 27:46)
or
“Eloi Eloi Lema Sabachthani”
(Mark 15:34)
In fact, the prayer is, directly, refuting the present Christian belief. So, by writing this marginal note, an indirect effort has been made to save the present Christian belief. But, the reality is reality and it can not be concealed from the eyes of wisdom.
The Last Verse of the prayer:-
“People not yet born will be told, The Lord saved the Lord’s people.”
(The Psalm 22:31)
is further clarifying that God saved Jesus. God had saved him from the painful & ruthless death of crucifixion. But the Disciples are announcing through their Gospels___ that the Lord had not saved Jesus. Instead, God had left Jesus helpless and Jesus had died on the cross in highly miserable condition.
The last verse of the prayer, containing the announcement:-
“The Lord saved the Lord’s people”
has been confirmed by the Revelation of the Lord, Al-Quran, as well:-
“And because of their saying:- We slew the Masseih Jesus, the son of Mary, Allah’s Messenger (Allah cursed them). They slew him not, nor crucified him (till death) but it appeared so unto them. And lo, those who disagree in this regard, they are in doubt thereof. They have no knowledge thereof save the pursuit of doubtful idea. They slew him not for certain. But Allah raised him to heaven. Allah has always been the All-Able, the Wise.”
(Al-Quran 4:157,158)
the words “ but it appeared so unto them” of the Quranic verse, are highly ponderable. By virtue of these words, Allah, the Lord, the All-Able and the Wise; has pointed out Allah’s manner of the salvation of Jesus.
In response to the prayer of Jesus on the cross, the Lord ascended him up to heaven. And, the fact is known__ as Ascension of Jesus unto heaven___ before his death___ in the Muslim world and___ after his death on the cross___ In Christians world. Hence, the Ascension of Jesus has spelled out and approved by the Psalm-22 and Al-Quran, the both. According to the Psalm-22, it has been approved by the words of:
“The Lord saved the Lord’s people”
(The Psalm 22:31)
And according to Quran, it has been approved by the words of:
“But Allah raised him to heaven”.
(Al-Quran 4:158)
The fact of Ascension is, also, certified by another angle. The last verse of the Psalm-22, contains the words:-
“People not yet born will be told, The Lord saved the Lord’s people.”
(The Psalm 22:31)
Ponder over the words of “People not yet born will be told” and, then, look at the people, known by the title of Muslims. The Lord has told these people (the Muslims) about the Ascension of Jesus in Lord’s Revelation, Al-Quran:-
“But Allah raised him to Heaven”
(Al-Quran 4:158)
Wording of the last verse of the Psalm-22:-
“People not yet born will be told, The Lord saved the Lord’s people”
further clarifies that the people, present at the time of crucifixion, were not aware of the Ascension of Jesus. Because they had not observed the Ascension. So they remained doubtful in this regard including the Disciples. That is why that the statements of Disciples are not consistent. Instead, they are inconsistent and contradictory. For instance, according to Matthew, the last words of Jesus were:-
“Eli Eli Lema Sabachthani”
(Matthew 27:46)
according to Mark, the words were:-
“Eloi Eloi Lema Sabachthani”
(Mark 15:34)
according to Luke, they were:-
“Father in your hands, I place my spirit”
(Luke 23:46)
and, according to John, they were:-
“It is finished”
(John 19:30)
•Here the words of Matthew and Mark are almost the same. But, the words of Luke and John, are totally different. Not only from their predecessors but from each other as well. While, on the other hand, all the four Disciples, do not differ from each other in respect of the threefold atmospheric description. John has, of course, given only one description, but he is also total agreement with his three predecessors. The atmospheric description contains the following three points:-
•At noon or 12’ O Clock, the whole country was covered with darkness which lasted for three hours.
•Jesus cried out with a loud shout and uttered his last words. A sponge, soaked into some cheap wine, was attached to the end of a stick, to make Jesus drink.
•The curtain hanging in the Temple was torn into two pieces, from top to the bottom.
(Matthew 27:45 to52)
(Mark 15:33 to 38)
(Luke 23:44 to 46)
(John 19:29 to 30)
Consider this mutual agreement of the Disciples about the atmospheric description alongwith their foregoing open disagreement about the last words of Jesus.
Comparative study of the both, does signify the doubtfulness of Disciples about the end of Jesus. Whereby the Quranic verdict is automatically confirmed:-
“They are in doubt thereof”
(Al-Quran 4:157)
The Disciples were not certain about the salvation or Ascension-based end of Jesus. They were, definitely, in doubt thereof. So, whosoever is desirous to know the truth about Jesus, he should rely upon the prayer of Jesus (the Psalm-22) at first. And, thereafter, he should rely upon the verses of Quran (4:157,158). He should not rely upon the Disciples__ nor upon Clergy___ as the both have presented Jesus and his teachings__ either in distorted terms__ or in exaggerated terms.
The Verses of the prayer of Jesus (The Psalm-22) clearly clarify that Jesus was a man and a Prophet of God. He was not a partner of God___ nor an embodiment of manly-self and godly-self__ nor he had ever trusted his godly-self. He had, always trusted his Lord, the One Alone God, alone. That is why that he uttered the following words on the cross:
“Eli Eli lema Sabachthani”
or
“Eloi Eloi Lema Sabachthani”
“Eli Eli” or “Eloi Eloi” means: my God my God. While the words of “Lema Sabachthani” mean:
Why did you abandon me?
The Verse, as such, is openly expressing the fact___ that God is not a part and parcel of Jesus. God is the Creator of Jesus and Jesus is subservient to God in all respects. So, in the hours of trial, Jesus is rightly beseeching before God for help and salvation.
If the words of Jesus would have been like that:-
“Eli Eli”/ “Eloi Eloi”
Why did you depart from myself?
Or
Why did you depart from my body?
Or
Why did you depart me from yourself?
Or
Why did you depart me from your body?
Only then, there was some reason to say that Jesus was an embodiment of manly-self & godly-self___ or he was a partner of God. But as the situation is not like that at all, so, we must refrain from all such notions.
•Jesus is an embodiment of man-n-god.
•Jesus is Son-God or God is Father-God.
•Jesus is Saviour or the Almighty Lord.
•Jesus is the creator of universe.
So it is positively proved. Jesus is, simply, a man and a Messenger of God and his message is the Message of Monotheism___ not of Polytheism__ or Trinity, at all.
2006-09-18 02:33:34
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answer #10
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answered by ibn adam 4
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